Biography
SPU: Five-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
5th year (2024): Played in all 26 matches with 24 starts, and was on the court for all 103 sets. ... Hammered a career-high 17 kills in a 3-1 victory at home against Central Washington on Oct. 24. ... Had double-digit kills in seven matches, including 12 in her career finale on Nov. 23 at home against Montana State Billings. In that same match, hit a season-high .400 (12-2-25). ... Came up with a single-season best 43 digs.
Senior (2023): Had by far her best season, playing in all 27 matches with 23 starts and seeing action in 100 of the 101 sets. … Her 220 kills were more than the 200 she logged in the first three of years of her career combined, ditto her 268 points (prior career total 256). … Rotating between the right side and the middle, got her hands on 89 total blocks. That included a career-high nine (all block assists) against Biola on Sept. 2. … Hammered 14 kills in a 3-2 victory against Concordia Irvine on Sept. 8. … Had three matches of .300-plus hitting and four of .400-plus.
Junior (2022): Played in 22 of the matches, totaling 69 sets. ... Set new career highs of 12 kills and 34 attacks in a five-setter at Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 15. It was her second career match with double-digit kills, and she logged a third one on Nov. 10 at home with 10 against Simon Fraser. ... In that same match, also recorded her 100th career block. ... Her last kill of the season, coming in the finale against Western Washington on Nov. 12, was the 200th kill of her career. ... Got her hands on a career-high 6 block assists at home against Montana State Billings on Oct. 8. That also tied her career high for total blocks. ... Finished with single-season bests for kills (105), attacks (333), digs (21) and blocks (45).
Sophomore (2021): Played in 16 of the 25 matches with six starts, totaling 42 sets. ...Came up big against Colorado Christian in just the second match of the season, posting career-highs of 10 kills, a .563 hitting percentage (10 kills-1 error-16 attacks) and 2 assists. ... Tied career high with 5 block assists at home against Saint Martin's on Sept. 30. ... Also had three matches with 4 block assists.
Freshman (2020-21): Played nine matches with six starts, totaling 33 sets before missing the second half of the season with an injury. ... Recorded a career-high six total blocks, with one solo, in the second half of a doubleheader at Saint Martin's on March 2, which the Falcons won in five games. ... Had at least two blocks in each of the nine matches she played. ... Hammered a career-high nine kills in a five-game home victory against Northwest Nazarene on April 10. ... Hit a career-best .444 (6 kills-2 errors-9 attacks) at Northwest University on March 19. ... Made her college debut in the first match of a season-opening doubleheader at Northwest University in Feb. 27, finishing with two kills and two block assists. ... Despite missing the second half of the season, her 27 blocks still ranked No. 4 on the team.
Personal: Erin Elizabeth Smith. … Nursing major.
Reason she chose SPU: “I was attracted to SPU because of the volleyball program and the nursing program. The campus is beautiful, but it was the support of everyone on the volleyball team and in the nursing program that made me feel like I could be part of something amazing. I love the community SPU has and how welcoming everyone on campus was. I felt like I could have a family and a home away from home.”
Carlsbad High School: Piled up 240 kills, 121 total blocks and .289 hitting in 46 matches as a senior in 2019 to help Carlsbad go 33-13 overall, win the California Interscholastic Federation’s San Diego Section championship and advance all the way to the regional final. … Named to Scripps Ranch All-Tournament team as a senior and to Avocado West League All-Tournament team as a junior.
Fun facts: Has been playing volleyball for six years prior to arriving at SPU. … Also has done swimming and soccer. … Dumbest movie she has ever seen is “Dumb and Dumber.” … Book she just couldn’t put down was “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie. … Favorite junk foods are brownies and Cheez-Its. … Favorite healthy foods are apples and peanut butter. … Favorite TV program is “Grey’s Anatomy.” … Favorite sports team is the Anaheim Ducks. … Favorite athletes are volleyball players Mackenzie Karnig and Alysha Buffini. … Her dream car is a red Volkswagen Bug. … Loves to shop for clothes. … If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be legendary actress Audrey Hepburn “because the outlook she had on life and on people inspires me to be kind and have courage for everybody, including myself.” She would serve different styles of pasta with garlic bread. … If she could be any action hero, she would be Superman. … Her friends call her E or E-E Ron or A-A Ron. … In 10 years, plans to be a labor and delivery nurse and possibly coaching volleyball. … Was born in England and moved to the United States at age 3. … Is fluent in sign language.
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr GP K E TA Pct Ast Ace D BS BA TB Pts
20 33 39 21 110 .164 0 1 6 2 25 27 54.5
21 42 56 30 133 .195 3 1 9 2 27 29 72.5
22 69 105 67 333 .114 2 0 21 3 42 45 129.0
23 100 220 97 611 .201 2 0 37 7 82 89 268.0
24 103 196 113 572 .145 4 1 43 5 75 80 239.5
TOT 347 616 328 1759 .xxx 11 3 116 19 251 270 763.5
