Aiysha Smith | |
Number: | 31 |
Position: | Forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 173 |
Birth Date: | 1980 7, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan |
Nationality: | American |
High School: | Bishop Borgess (Detroit, Michigan) |
College: |
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Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 2003 |
Draft Round: | 1 |
Draft Pick: | 7 |
Draft Team: | Washington Mystics |
Years1: | 2003–2004 |
Team1: | Washington Mystics |
Highlights: |
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Bbr Wnba: | smithai01w |
Letter: | s |
Aiysha Kenya Smith (born July 18, 1980) is a former professional basketball player who spent her career for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. She was drafted by the Mystics (seventh overall) in the 2003 WNBA draft.[1] [2]
Smith attended Bishop Borgess High School in Detroit, Michigan.
At Tyler Junior College, Smith was a member of the Kodak All-America First Team (2001) and NCJCAA All-America (2001). At LSU she was a member of the All-SEC First Team (2002) and All-SEC honorable mention (2003)[3]
|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Washington|31||2||13.6||34.2||14.7||50.0||2.1||0.3||0.4||0.3||0.8||3.4 |-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Washington|29||3||13.9||40.8||56.3||64.7||2.4||0.5||0.6||0.4||0.7||4.0 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team|60||5||13.8||37.2||28.0||57.4||2.2||0.4||0.5||0.4||0.8||3.7
|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Washington|3||0||17.7||33.3||25.0||80.0||2.7||0.3||0.3 ||0.0||1.3||5.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|3||0||17.7||33.3||25.0||80.0||2.7||0.3||0.3 ||0.0||1.3||5.0
Source[4]
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
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1999-00 | St. John's | 29 | 276 | 37.9% | 13.3% | 76.5% | 7.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 9.5 | |
2000–01 | Tyler JC | |||||||||||
2001-02 | LSU | 30 | 476 | 51.1% | 10.0% | 75.2% | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 15.9 | |
2002-03 | LSU | 34 | 449 | 46.8% | 25.9% | 77.1% | 5.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 13.2 | |
Career | 93 | 1201 | 45.9% | 21.5% | 76.2% | 6.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 12.9 |
Smith played two seasons for the Mystics, playing in sixty games and starting five.[5]
Smith was an alternate on Team USA in the 2001 World University Games.[6]
Smith is married to former NFL defensive end Marcus Spears.[7] The couple have three children: Macaria Reagan Spears (born 2007), Marcus Rayshon Spears, Jr. (born 2009), and Miko Reign Spears (born 2013).