• Volleyball Home
• |
• Thompson-Boling Arena
• |
• Coaches
• |
• Archive
• |
• Camps

Rebekah Smith 3                 Class: Freshman Hometown: Memphis, Tenn. High School: Hutchison Height: 5-11 Position: OH/DS

ROB PATRICK ON SMITH: "As Rebekah gains strength and knowledge of our offense, we may provide her with a bigger role offensively, but, at the beginning of her career, we will really focus on having her help us in the back row. To have somebody in the back row as tall as Rebekah will give us the ability to cover more court and improve our overall team defense. She also has a very good jump serve, which we are looking forward to using as a weapon for our team."

HIGH SCHOOL: Holds the Tennessee state record for most kills in a high school career with 2,560...Was named a 2008 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American...The three-time firstteam all-state selection played for University School in Jackson, Tenn., for two seasons before moving to Memphis where she competed on the Hutchison H.S. squad...Earned team MVP honors for Hutchison in both her junior and senior years... Led the team to back-to-back third-place finishes in the state tournament...Also was selected to play for the 2007 USA Youth National A-2 Training Team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and participated in the USA Volleyball Holiday Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., that same year...Following her senior campaign, she was named the 2008 "Best of the Preps" volleyball player by the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences...Says her biggest sports influences are beach volleyball stars Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh...Names Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Leonardo da Vinci and Angelina Jolie as people that she admires...Models herself athletically after Michael Jordan...Lists listening to music, watching movies, eating and reading as her favorite hobbies...Her father, Edd, played basketball for Union University...Would like to own an art gallery in Italy and travel following graduation... Former teammates playing college volleyball include Lizzy McLean (Christian Brothers), Cassidy Hawkins (UT-Martin), Aynne Swindell (Mississippi State) and Ashley Daniels (Lyon College)... Chose Tennessee over Ole Miss, Auburn and Chattanooga...Rebekah Erin Smith, the daughter of Edd and Suzanne Smith, was born on Feb. 26, 1991, in Jackson, Tenn.