2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Jahari Smith
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bolingbrook, Ill.
- High School:
- Bolingbrook
2022-23: Played in 11 games with six starts … started 122 consecutive games in her Chippewa career … graduates as the program’s all-time leader with a .581 career field goal percentage … season-high 16 points at Indiana State (Nov. 16), one of three games with double-digit points … season-high 12 rebounds v. Tulane (Nov. 25).
2021-22: Steady and solid program mainstay started all 27 games … averaged 29.1 minutes per game … averaged a double-double with 12.5 points and a team-high 10.4 rebounds per game … became the first Chippewa to average a double-double since Reyna Frost in 2018-19 … ranked second in the MAC and 26th nationally in rebounds per game … led the MAC and ranked ninth nationally with a .590 field goal percentage … her field goal percentage is the second best for a single season behind the .591 posted by Jody Beerman in 1985-86 … boasts a CMU-best .577 career field goal percentage … scored a career-high 21 points v. Miami (Ohio) (Jan. 26) and hauled down a career-high 23 rebounds v. Western Michigan (Jan. 5) … that 23-rebound effort was a season high for a MAC player … had three of the top-six rebounding games among MAC players on the season … her 23 rebounds were one shy of the program record … posted a career-high five blocks v. Northern Illinois (Jan. 1) … had 11 double-doubles on the season including six in her final 10 games … has 14 career double-doubles.
2020-21: Enjoyed a solid junior season starting all 27 games and averaging 25.2 minutes per … averaged 7.4 points per game and a team-best 7.4 rebounds led per … posted a team-best .568 field goal percentage … ranked second on the team with 12 blocks … matched a career-high with 19 points in a 100-92 victory v. Ohio in a MAC Tournament semifinal (Mar. 12) … notched a double-double at Ohio (Jan. 16) with 11 points and 10 boards … brought down a career-best 14 rebounds v. Toledo (Feb. 24) … named to the 2021 Academic All-MAC Team.
2019-20: Started all 30 games and averaged 17.4 minutes per contest … averaged 4.6 points per game and led CMU with a .541 field goal percentage … averaged 4.8 rebounds … second on the team with 22 blocks ... scored a season-high 12 points and had seven rebounds v. Green Bay (Nov. 6) ... secured a season-high 10 rebounds at Eastern Michigan (Jan. 22) … recorded a career-best three blocks v. Eastern Michigan (Mar. 7).
2018-19: Started all 33 games as a true freshman, averaging 19.4 minutes per ... averaged 6.1 points per game and led the team with a .595 field goal percentage ... second on the team with 20 blocks ... notched a double-double in her first collegiate game with 14 points and 11 rebounds v. Oakland (Nov. 8) ... posted a season-high 19 points on 9-of-10 shooting v. Western Kentucky (Nov. 17) ... tallied 15 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and two steals v. UCF (Nov. 21) ... finished with 18 points and seven boards v. NIU (Jan. 12) ... posted second double-double of the year with 10 points and a season-best 12 rebounds v. Eastern Michigan (Jan. 26) ... scored 14 points with seven rebounds v. Bowling Green (Feb. 20).
High School: Two-year letterwinner, two-time team most valuable player and two-time team captain ... reached 1,000 career points during junior year ... averaged 14 points and eight rebounds during 2016-17 season, when she made 63 percent of her field goal attempts ... named to All-Southwest Suburban-Blue Team in 2017 ... earned as spot on the Joliet, Ill. Herald-News All-Area Team.
