2024: Earned Academic Honor (Fall 2023) and Academic Distinction (Spring 2024) accolades on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll and named to the New Haven Dean’s List following the spring semester … Appeared in 17 games, starting eight … Finished the season with a pair of hits and knocked in four runs … Her two hits came in separate games, the first coming in her first appearance of the season when she went 1-for-2, while scoring a run, off the bench against Indiana-Pa. … Also finished with one hit and an RBI, in a pinch hit scenario, against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Apr. 1) … Both of her RBI came in the same game as she walked with the bases loaded twice against Indianapolis (Mar. 13) … Her final RBI of the season came on an infield groundout against in-state rival Bridgeport (Apr. 22).
2023: Made an appearance in 13 games, starting in two … finished the year with one hit in nine at bats and scored two runs … Her lone hit of the season was a triple which on opening day in the second game of the season against Bowie State (Feb. 24) … Added one stolen base on the season which came as a pinch runner against Franklin Pierce (Mar. 20).
2022: Appeared in eight games, with one start … Finished the season with three runs scored, including in her first career start against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 7).Â
2021: Appeared in two games, both in a pinch running role … Earned Academic Honors on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the Spring 2021 semester.
High School: Four-year varsity member of the Crusaders softball team at Morris Catholic, including serving as the team captain as a junior and senior … Named to the Morris County Girls Softball Coaches Association’s Morris County All-Coaches Team following the 2019 season.
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Johanna Bizub Smith … Has one twin sister, Stephanie who also plays softball at New Haven … Has three cousins playing collegiate football; Shane Smith at Wagner, Joseph Bahnatka at East Stroudsburg and Paul Bahantka at Wesley College … Also has one cousin who plays softball at UMass, Peggy Bush … Majoring in Forensic Psychology