Amaya Smith

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Photo by: Madison Davidson '25 - @_mld.jpeg

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Madison Davidson '25 - @_mld.jpeg

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Photo by: Jasper Warner '25 - @jasperwarnermedia

Position:
Guard
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Flint, Mich.
High School:
Powers Catholic

2024-25: Appeared in 13 games, made collegiate debut at Michigan (11/14/24) … scored first collegiate points with a three-pointer against Concordia (MI) (12/4/24)

High School: Graduated from Powers Catholic High School in Flint, Mich. … attended Lake Fenton High School freshman-junior year … All-Saginaw Valley League first team (2024) … three-time All-Metro League, second team in 2023, 2021, honorable mention in 2022 … named Lake Fenton’s Most Improved (2021) in basketball, Most Valuable Player (2021) in volleyball … led Powers to a district championship and regional final in 2024, Lake Fenton to districts appearances in 2022 and 2021 … member of YoungLife, the Rotary Club and the Unicef Club.

Club: Played for the Michigan Storm of Detroit (2022-23) and the Michigan Mystics of Clio, Mich. (2019-22).

Personal: Daughter of Amanda and Kevin Smith … has one younger sister, Kendyl … father, Kevin, played for NCAA III Kalamazoo College (1996) and NAIA College of the Ozarks (1997) … grandfather, Craig, is a 1974 graduate of Central Michigan University … her favorite athlete is Caitlyn Clark of the Indiana Fever … a favorite memory is when her family took a motor home to a campground for her basketball tournament in Tennessee and getting caught in a storm at the top of a mountain.

“Why CMU?”: “I fell in love with the coaching staff, it felt like home and it was only an hour away from my house.”