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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

Mikayla Schmidt/Mizzou Athletics

2 Sara-Rose Smith

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Victoria, Australia
  • High School Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence
  • Major Journalism

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021-22 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

2022-23:  Appeared in 31 games during the season with five starts ... Led the team and ranked 14th in the SEC with 6.7 rebounds ... Averaged 6.7 points and 1.2 assists ... Recorded six double-doubles, all of which came off the bench ... Played a team-high 31 minutes and notched the first double-double of her career with 10 points and 10 rebounds in season-opening win at Missouri State (11/7) ... Posted 12 points and 12 rebounds in a win over UT-Martin (11/17) … Secured a season best 15 boards with 11 points in a victory over Arizona State (12/4) ... Scored 15 points and notched six rebounds against Illinois (12/18) … Totaled 13 points and 12 boards in a win against Omaha (12/9) … Contributed 13 points and six rebounds against Arkansas (3/2) … Poured in a season-high 16 points with five rebounds against Vanderbilt (2/2) … Had 12 points, five rebounds, and a pair of steals against Georgia (1/26) … Contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds against Alabama (1/5) … Logged a double-double against Illinois State in the first round of the WNIT with 13 points and 11 boards (3/16) … Totaled 10 points and eight boards against SEMO (11/13) ... Dominated the paint against Western Kentucky securing a season-high 12 rebounds, along with four points, two blocks and two assists (11/14) ... Garnered seven rebounds and added five points in a victory over Wake Forest (11/21) ... Captured two steals and four rebounds versus Virginia Tech (11/23) ... Corralled seven boards, including five offensive, to go along with five points against Kentucky (12/29)... Secured six rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench at Auburn (1/1) ... Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds against Kentucky (1/29) … Had eight rebounds with two steals and four points against Alabama (2/5) … Scored four points and grabbed six rebounds against Texas A&M (2/20) ... Grabbed nine rebounds, notched two steals, and scored four points against Florida (2/26) ... Secured eight rebounds and notched three points at Kansas in the second round of the WNIT (3/20).

2021-22: Appeared in all 31 games and started one contest against Auburn … Averaged 1.5 points, 2.3 rebounds while converting an efficient 43.6% (17-39) shots from the floor … Scored a season-high 10 points and grabbed seven boards against Idaho St. (11/21) … Had an additional 10 point outing on a perfect 4-4 shooting performance and notched five rebounds in 26 minutes off the bench against SIUE (12/2) … Contributed six points and four boards in 17 minutes off the bench at Arkansas (1/9) … Dished a season-high four assists and secured four rebounds at Georgia (2/17).

2020-21: Played in 13 games in her true freshman campaign, average 0.2 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 4.3 minutes per game … Had multiple rebounds in four contests … Grabbed six rebounds and scored her only bucket of the season in 11 minutes off the bench against New Orleans (12/16) … Matched season-high with six rebounds and two steals against Southern Illinois (12/20) … Grabbed three rebounds in nine minutes off the bench against Fresno State (3/19) in the WNIT.

High School: Was a member of Australian’s selection camp roster for the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup … Captured a bronze medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics playing for Australian’s 3-on-3 national team … Led Lake Ginninderra College to an Australian Schools Championship in 2019 after averaging 20.3 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game … Played for a Victoria Metro team that won a gold medal at the 2018 U18 Australian Junior Championships, averaging 9.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game … Played two seasons for Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence in the NBL1 league, averaging 6.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in the elite conference … Also competed in volleyball, water polo, track & field and cross country while in high school.

Personal: Born on June 19, 2001 … Daughter of Chris and Kelli-Sue Smith … Has one sibling, Luke (20) … Major is Psychology … Was awarded the Endeavour Award, Citizenship Award and House Captain at the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence … Has volunteered at the Fair Share Kitchen and Red Cross … Enjoys playing the piano.

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Historical Player Information

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    2020-21Freshman

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    2021-22Sophomore

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    2022-23Junior

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