Jayla Smith

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
High School:
Lawrence North
Prev School:
Purdue
Major:
General Studies

AWARDS & HONORS

2021 Indiana Miss Basketball

2025-26: Stuffed her stat line with 13 points, four steals, two rebounds, two assists and a career-high six blocks for a win against Arkansas State (Nov. 11) ... Scored a career-high 17 points and notched three blocks, one steal and two rebounds in win against North Alabama (Dec. 21) … Added 15 points, shooting 75% from the field, and five rebounds, three assists and zero turnovers against Northwestern (Nov. 29) … Tied her previous career high with 16 points against Washington State (Nov. 23) … Notched 15 points, four rebounds, two steals and a block against Texas A&M (Jan. 25) ... Scored 13 points to go along with four rebounds and three steals in a win at St. Louis (Dec. 14) … Scored 10 points, knocking down two of three from the three-point line to go along with three rebounds, two steals and a block at Tulane (Nov. 6) … Secured 11 points and five rebounds against SIU (Nov. 18) ... Posted nine points and five rebounds, along with an assist and a steal in her first career game with Mizzou against Central Arkansas (Nov. 3) ... Contributed offensively and defensively with six points, three assists, three rebounds and two steals against SIUE (Dec. 7) … Tallied eight points, a block and two assists at Kentucky (Jan. 4) … Reached nine points and three rebounds, while adding two steals and an assist versus Bradley (Nov. 28) … Recorded eight points and a steal at Vanderbilt (Jan. 8) … Grabbed six rebounds, four points and four steals against California (Dec. 4).

2024-25 (Purdue): Played in two games before suffering an injury … In those contests, she tallied 5.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per game.

2023-24 (Purdue): Appeared in 32 games with one start … Averaged 3.8 points, 1.5 rebounds over 12.6 minutes per game … Shot 42.1% from inside the arc … Posted 10.3 points, and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50% from the field in three games of the WNIT … Went 6-of-10 from the field for a regular-season high 13 points against Florida (Nov. 20) … Notched a season-high 15 points in 19 minutes against Duquesne in the WNIT (March 28).

2022-23 (Purdue): Appeared in all 30 games with three starts … Averaged 7.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 19 minutes per game … Scored in double digits in nine games … Shot 45.5% from the field … Finished second on the team with 17 blocks … Set season-long career highs in nearly every statistical category … Kept Purdue’s season alive and boosted NCAA Tournament chances with a game-winning three in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament against Wisconsin (March 2) … Matched career high with 16 points in the season opener against Marshall (Nov. 10) and in the Big Ten Tournament against Iowa (March 3) … Tallied five straight games in double figures during Big Ten play against Penn State, Michigan, Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota.

2021-22 (Purdue): Played in 30 games, starting one … Averaged 4.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 15.8 minutes per game … Hit double figures in five games and knocked down a triple in 10 outings … Recorded at least three steals in three games … Opened career with 11 points and four steals at Western Kentucky (Nov. 10) … Tallied a career-high 16 points off the bench on 6-of-8 shooting and 4-of-4 3-pointers against Nebraska (Jan. 30).

High School: No. 42 player in the nation, No. 13 guard and a 4-star recruit by Prospect Nation … Ranked No. 49 player in the nation and the No. 1 player in the state of Indiana by MaxPreps … Opened the 2020-21 season by scoring her 1,000th career point in early November … Started all 59 games over the last two seasons … Averaged 14.7 points per game and 37% from distance as a junior … Won the 2020 IHSAA State Championship, playing all 32 minutes and dropping 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting with five 3-pointers … Named First Team Prep Girl Hoops 4A All-State, IBCA Supreme 15 All-State, MIC All-Conference, All-Marion County as a junior … Led the team in steals with 3.7 per game, a school record in 2018-19 … Played in all 24 games as a freshman, averaged 6.9 points per game and a 35% clip from behind the arc.

Personal: Born December 16 in Munster, Ind. … daughter of Jay and Aiesha Smith … has one sibling, Juneus “JR” Smith … majoring in General Studies.