2022: Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24...Appeared in and started 16 games for the Gauchos...Finished the season with a 1.45 goals-against average...Recorded 37 saves with a .638 save percentage...Registered four shutouts for UC Santa Barbara.
2021: Named Big West Defensive Player of the Week...Appeared in and started all 19 games for the Gauchos...Totaled over 1,700 minutes...Earned eight wins in net for UC Santa Barbara...Earned seven shutouts...Recorded eight total saves in a 2-2 draw at Oregon on Sept. 3...Finished the season with a 1.06 goals-against average...Recorded 74 saves and a .787 save percentage.
2019: Appeared in three matches making one start as a freshman...Recorded her first career win over UC Riverside after posting three saves on Nov. 1...Recorded three saves in a 2-2 tie against UC Irvine in the regular season finale on Nov. 3.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Smith came to UC Santa Barbara from Santa Clarita, Calif., having played her club soccer from 2016-19 for Real So Cal Soccer Club in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy (DA) under coach Chris "Ozzie" Osment...With her help, the team won the 2017 SURF Cup in the Girls U17 DA division...Her season-best shutout streak was 838 minutes, while only conceding 0.17 goals per game. She was part of Real So Cal's roster for the 2017 Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) Player Development Program (PDP)...The 6' 0" netminder also played two seasons for Valencia High School in the Foothill League in the CIF Southern Section under Head Coach Kevin Goralsky.
PERSONAL: Evann Maryssa Smith was born May 23, 2001, in Los Angeles...The daughter of Sonya Barnett-Smith and LeRoy Smith...In the classroom, she earned several honors, including a Scholar Athlete award at Valencia High in the 2015-16 school year, Viking Valor Awards for Spanish in 2017 and U.S. History in 2018, and was a finalist in 2018 for the California NanoSystems Institute Nanovation Award...Her favorite athletes include Serena Williams, Mario Balotelli, Russell Wilson, and LeBron James...Her favorite novel is The Hunger Games...Roots for the Seattle Seahawks...Enjoys watching movies and TV shows...Her favorite pastime is spending time with family and friends...Enjoys visiting the Pacific Northwest, particularly the state of Washington...Her favorite movies include Forrest Gump, Definitely Maybe, and Star Wars...Favorite TV shows include The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Vampire Diaries, American Horror Story, and The Office...Her most memorable sports moment was when she helped her club team win the 2017 SURF Cup...Hoppies include reading and volunteering...Hopes to major in economics or psychology and aspires to a career in wealth management for professional athletes.
