Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER

Played in 119 games in four seasons at Georgia State to tie for fifth-most games played...Made 23 starts for the Panthers.

Earned Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall semester 2013 with 3.06 GPA and spring 2014 with a 3.15 GPA....Had 3.6 GPA for fall semester 2014 to raise cumulative GPA to 3.01.

Produced four double-figure scoring games, topped by a 15-point night, with nine games of five or more rebounds.

Scored 328 points (2.8 ppg) and logged 1,347 career minutes...Pulled down 239 rebounds (2.0 rpg)...Made 53 assists in her career.

A career 71.9 percent free throw shooter, hiting better than 70 percent in two seasons.

Defensively, came away with 52 steals and blocked six shots...Earned CAA Rookie-of-the-Week in 2011.

2014-15
 
Played all 30 games and started four in her senior season as a Panther.

Started season with five points and five rebounds in 18 minutes in road win at North Florida (Nov. 15).

Played 21 minutes vs. UL Lafayette (Jan. 24) and scored six points on 3 of 4 field goals, while pulling down three rebounds for the Panthers.

Season high for rebounds was six vs. Arkansas State (Jan. 31) with three offensive boards and three on the defensive end.

Made final start on Senior Day (March 7) vs. Georgia Southern and had two rebounds, but did not score.

2013-14
 
Started five games and played in 30 of the 31 games, charting 275 minutes.

Scored 63 points on season with season-high eight points in two games (NC A&T, Nov. 15 and Belmont, Nov. 27)... Added seven points in win over Kennesaw State (Dec. 3).

Grabbed 55 rebounds during season with six each vs. San Jose State (Dec. 18) and Belmont (Nov. 27)...Had two  games with five rebounds.

Played season-high 26 minutes in win over Belmont, making two steals and blocking a shot, in addition to her eight points and six rebounds...Contributed 24 minutes with six points in the win over Jacksonville State (Nov. 29).

2012-13
 
Played all 29 games, drawing four starting assignments as sophomore...Played double-figure minutes in all but five of the games.

Her 122 points (4.2 per game) were topped by 11-point effort in the win at George Mason (Jan. 27).

Had personal-best six-rebound game at Hofstra (Jan. 10) as well as a five-rebound night at Old Dominion (Jan. 24).

Scored nine points in 13 minutes off the bench against Florida  (Nov. 11) and nine points in 15 minutes in the win over Jacksonville State (Nov. 14)...Added eight points in 18 minutes in win over Florida A&M (Nov. 24).

Played career-high 32 minutes against Delaware (Jan. 31) because of her defense and added seven points to go with three steals.

Added 20 steals and 20 assists, while making five 3-point baskets
Finished season by making 13-of-last-16 free throws to finish year at 79.4  percent (27 of 34)...Started the season by making her first eight free throw attempts...A miss in the final game of the season knocked her below the 80 percent mark that she had been above most of the year.

2011-12

Gained valuable experience as a freshman, playing all 30 games and starting 10, while logging 371 minutes on the court...Chosen as CAA Rookie of the Week  (Feb. 6).

Produced three double-figure games and scored 108 points (3.6)...Grabbed 58 rebounds (1.9), had 19 steals, 16 assists and four blocked shots.

Played 20 or more minutes in six games...Added three 3-point baskets on the season.

Season-best scoring game was 15 points in the win over Northeastern (Feb. 2) as she made 5 of 8 shots and 5 of 8 free throws.

Scored 12 points at VCU (Jan. 29) in her home state and made two steals.
Added 11 points on 4 of 5 shooting against James Madison (Jan. 8) with 2- of-2 free throws made.

Had four games with five rebounds, three of those games against CAA foes. Had 12 games with three or more rebounds.

Had bests of three steals (home JMU) and two blocked shots (at JMU).

PREP

Scored 1,169 points in her four-year prep career in Virginia at Patrick Henry and Franklin County high schools in the western part of the state of Virginia near Roanoke.

Combo wing/guard who averaged 13.6 points for her career, with 7.2 rebounds a game over her four years (619 rebounds).

The 5-foot-9 Smith made 153 assists and blocked 126 shots...Also averaged two steals a game.

Had a 25-point, 17-rebound game vs. Franklin County as a senior for coach Toree Dunleavy...Her top high school scoring game was 28 points.

Had a 21-point game vs. Pulaski County and a pair of 20-point nights as a senior at Patrick Henry.

Was a two-time All-Western Valley District honoree, an all-region first team pick and an All-Virgnia honorable mention choice.

In addition, played AAU ball with the Roanoke Lady Hawks on a team that was the state of Virginia runner-up...Was rated one of the top 40 wing players in country by ESPN HoopGurlz.

During high school career, Smith received recruiting early interest from George Washington, East Carolina and Norfolk State.

PERSONAL

Miranda Brinae Smith was born April 11, 1993 in Roanoke, Va. to Anthony and Rhonda Smith...Has a younger sister, Lauryn, 13.

Family tree on her mother’s side includes Dwaine “Pee Wee” Board, an NFL player for 10 years and an NFL assistant coach for 20 more years... “Pee Wee” was a defensive end and coached with teams that have played in six Super Bowls, winning five.

Smith is a health and exercise science major. and plans to be a teacher and coach, most likely at the middle school level.