Tyresa Smith Explained

Tyresa Smith
Birth Date:21 April 1985
Nationality:American
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Kg:72
High School:Polytech
(Woodside, Delaware)
College:Delaware (2003–2007)
Draft Year:2007
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:18
Draft Team:Phoenix Mercury
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:2007
Career End:2011
Years1:2007
Team1:Detroit Shock
Years2:2010–2011
Team2:Inexio Royals Saarlouis
Highlights:
  • 2× First-team All-CAA (2006, 2007)
  • 2× CAA Defensive Player of the Year (2006, 2007)
  • 3x CAA All-Defensive Team (2005–2007)
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Tyresa Smith (born April 21, 1985) was the 18th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft and was selected in the second round by the Phoenix Mercury. Smith was selected from the University of Delaware where she was the team's second all-time leading scorer and became the first player from UD to be drafted in the WNBA draft. In 2007, she was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Defensive Player Of The Year, led the CAA in scoring, and was named First Team All-CAA after averaging 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. She was also the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. On August 19, 2007 she was signed by the Detroit Shock.[1]

Smith grew up in Dover, Delaware and played high school basketball for Polytech High School. She led the team to a state championship in 2003 as a senior and was named the state of Delaware's female basketball player of the year.[2] [3] She shared a Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association award with Carrie Lingo, with them both being recognized as Delaware's Outstanding Athlete of 2007.[4] She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2020/2021 class.[5]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Detroit|1||0||7.0||0.0||0.0||50.0||2.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||0.0 ||1.0 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|1||0||7.0||0.0||0.0||50.0||2.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||0.0 ||1.0

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Detroit|1||0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0 ||0.0 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|1||0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0 ||0.0

College

Source[6]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2003–04Delaware2922742.853.93.72.02.60.77.8
2004–05Delaware3131837.563.44.93.23.20.410.3
2005–06Delaware3045842.668.56.42.52.80.715.3
2006–07Delaware3263244.173.27.52.32.60.619.8
CareerDelaware122163542.20.066.85.72.52.80.613.4

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kevin Tresolini . Detroit adds UD grad Smith for playoff run . 8 April 2022 . . 21 August 2007 . C1, C3.
  2. News: Mike Finney . Polytech's Smith proud to earn spot with Hens . 8 April 2022 . . 23 March 2003 . WS4 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Blair Morse . Polytech's Smith gets over slow start . 8 April 2022 . . 9 March 2003 . D1, D8 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Athlete-of-the-Year. 2021-05-25. www.delasports.org.
  5. Web site: Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware | 2020-2021 Inductees. February 28, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240228162021/http://www.desports.org/inductees/2020-2021/ . 2024-02-28 .
  6. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-21.