Full Bio: NaLyssa Smith

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WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 11, 2022	Drafted Indiana in the first round (No. 2 overall) of the 2022 WNBA Draft from Baylor
February 2, 2025	Traded to Dallas from Indiana in a four-team trade in February 2025
June 30, 2025	Traded to Las Vegas from Dallas for a 2027 First Round Draft Pick

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER

Career Highlights

2025 WNBA Champion
2022 WNBA All-Rookie Team
2022 Associated Press All-Rookie Team

2025 (Las Vegas | 30-14, 2nd place / Dallas Wings)

Won WNBA Championship
Averaged 7.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in the 2025 season; averaged 8.2 points and 5.3 rebounds with the Aces in 27 games
Scored in double figures in 16 games, including the last 3 games of the regular season
Scored a season-high 20 points on May 31; also scored a season-high 14 points with the Aces on Aug. 17
Recorded 3 double-doubles on the season
Started 26 games for Las Vegas

2024 (Indiana | 20-20, 6th place)

Averaged 10.6 points and 7.1 rebounds in 24.8 minutes in 40 regular season games
Recorded a career-high 8 double-doubles on the season
Tallied a season-high 15 rebounds along with 12 points on June 30 vs. Phoenix
Scored a season-high 23 points on 8 of 14 (.571) field goal shooting
Scored at least 20 points twice (May 30 & June 21)

2023 (Indiana | 13-27, 10th place)

Averaged a career-high 15.5 points along with 9.2 rebounds in 28.5 minutes in 31 regular season games
Scored a career-high 30 points on 12 of 18 (.667) field goal shooting

2022 (Indiana | 5-31, 12th place)

Named to the 2022 WNBA All-Rookie Team and 2022 Associated Press All-Rookie Team

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER

2025 (Las Vegas — 2-1 vs. Seattle, 1st Round; 3-2 vs. Indiana, Semifinals; 4-0 vs. Phoenix, Finals)

Appeared all 12 playoff games
Scored in double digits in 3 games, including a playoff career-high 18 points in Game 2 vs. Indiana

2024 (Indiana — 0-2 vs. Connecticut, 1st Round)

Appeared both playoff games
Scored in double digits in 3 games, including a playoff career-high 18 points in Game 2 vs. Indiana

ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER

2025 Season (Nashville, Tennessee)

2023 Season (Nashville, Tennessee)

Placed 1st to end the 2023 AU season, finishing with 6,811 points
Played all 15 games
Averaged the second-highest 24.2 points per game on 50.2% field goal shooting
Led the league with 12.3 rebounds per game and 184 total rebounds
Recorded the fourth-highest minutes per game at 35.7 mpg

*The point system at Athletes Unlimited is based on game performance

ATHLETES UNLIMITED STATISTICS

Year	Leaderboard	League	G	Min	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3GA	3G%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	A	S	B	TO	PF	Total AU Pts	Avg.
2023	First Place	Athletes Unlimited	15	35.7	134	267	.502	9	40	.225	86	114	.754	54	130	184	27	7	10	39	11	6,811	24.2

Totals/Averages

OVERSEAS CAREER

2024-25 Season (Unrivaled)

Signed to Unrivaled to Mist BC to a relief contract
Played one game with Mist BC, tallying 2 points in 5 minutes

2024-25 Season [Zhejiang Golden Bulls (WCBA)]

Played 17 games with the Golden Bulls, averaging 16.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals

COLLEGE

Senior (Baylor, 2021-22)

Won the Katrina McClain Award in back-to-back seasons
Big 12 Player of the Year (unanimous)
Set a Baylor program record with 26 double-doubles in her senior season
Led the team with 22.1 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game
2022 WBCA All-American, John R. Wooden All-American, Senior Class Award All-American, Associated Press All-American, Sports Illustrated All-American
2022 All-Big 12 First Team
2022 Big 12 All-Defensive Team
2022 Naismith Player of the Year Finalist

Junior (Baylor, 2020-21)

2021 WBCA Katrina McClain Award – First-ever Baylor player to receive the award
2021 WBCA Wade Trophy Winner (National Player of the Year)
2021 WBCA All-American, John R. Wooden All-American, Associated Press All-American, ESPN.com All-American
2021 Big 12 Player of the Year
2021 All-Big 12 First Team
2021 Naismith Trophy Award Midseason Team
Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player after winning the Big 12 Tournament title
Played and started in all 31 games
Averaged a team-best 18.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, while shooting a team-best 56.1% from the floor
Tallied 12 games with at least 20 points

Sophomore (Baylor, 2019-20)

2020 All-Big 12 First Team
2020 Naismith Trophy Midseason Team
2020 WBCA All-America Honorable Mention and Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention
2020 Texas Sophomore of the Year
Earned Big 12 Player of the Week award on Nov. 11
Led Baylor with 14.3 points per game and
Led the Bears with 11 double-doubles on the season

Freshman (Baylor, 2018-19)

2019 Big 12 Sixth Woman of the Year
2019-30 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
Only freshman to appear in all 38 games
Averaged 8.4 points and 5.1 rebounds her freshman year
Named Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Week on Nov. 12
Helped lead the Bears to a NCAA Championship title

COLLEGE STATISTICS

Year	Team	G	GS	Min	FG	FGA	FG%	3G	3GA	3G%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	A	S	B	TO	PF	PTS	Avg.
2018-19	Baylor	27	25	800	120	288	.417	69	187	.369	25	38	.658	22	59	81	33	27	11	52	35	334	12.4
2019-20	Baylor	30	26	706	98	216	.454	74	164	.451	9	14	.643	7	51	58	22	38	7	31	58	279	9.3
2020-21	Baylor	34	34	1,066	169	407	.415	108	259	.417	34	48	.708	19	85	104	43	62	15	46	56	480	14.1
2021-22	Baylor	33	33	1,105	173	381	.454	111	244	.455	44	53	.830	4	72	76	46	36	9	43	62	501	15.2

Totals/Averages		142	128	4,091	614	1,429	.427	389	931	.409	122	170	.686	63	295	358	162	170	48	185	240	1,739	11.8

HIGH SCHOOL

2020 Michigan Miss Basketball Runner Up
AP Division I Player of the Year
2020 Player of the Year by the Lansing State Journal
First Team All-Michigan honors
Scored 1,370 career points in high school at East Lansing High School

PERSONAL

Birthday is Aug. 14, 2002
Has a twin sister, Aashawnti, and an older sister, Aazhenii
Proud tribal citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan (Gun Lake Tribe)
Grew up in Huntsville, Alabama