Kaylee Smiler Season 2020-2021
#11PositionGuard
Height5-8
ClassSophomore
HometownHamilton, New Zealand
Senior: 2023-24
- Started in 32 games for BYU in 2023-24, averaging 35.7 meetings per game
- The senior scored 7.2 points per game, grabbed 2.3 rebounds and dished 3.7 assists
- Smiler was second on the team in steals with 45 (1.4 per game) and blocks with 35 (1.1 per game)
- Smiler notched the second-highest three-point field goal percentage, going 42-of-91 for 46.2 percent
- The product of Hamilton, New Zealand jumped into third place all-time for three-point percentage at 42.8 percent as well as 14th place in all-time made threes with 125 for her career
- With 76 career blocks, Smiler has recorded the 10th-most blocks in program history
Junior: 2022-23
- Started 28 games for the Cougars while appearing in 30 of 32 total games in 2022-23
- Scored 7.2 points per game on 44.7 percent shooting, going 46.7 percent from behind the arc to lead BYU
- Recorded 27 blocks and 22 steals during her junior campaign
Sophomore: 2021-22
- Played in 22 games
- Averaged 2.5 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.2 minutes per game
- Shot 39.6 percent from the field
- Season-high 7 points at Santa Clara
- Totaled 21 assists, including three against Pepperdine and LMU
- Made 10 of 32 from behind the arc
Sophomore (COVID): 2020-21
- Played in a total of 24 games on the season, averaging 16.3 minutes per contest
- Posted the second-highest 3-point percentage on the team (.392), knocking down 20 of her 51 attempts from distance
- Averaged 3.1 points, 1.0 assists, 1.0 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game
- Scored a season-best nine points twice, versus Montana State on Dec. 10 and at Loyola Marymount on Jan. 7
- Dished out a season-high four assists twice, against Pepperdine on Feb. 4 and at Pacific on Feb. 11
- Ranked eighth in the WCC in assist/turnover ratio (1.6)
Freshman: 2019-20
- Saw action in a total of 27 games averaging 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds while averaging nearly 10 minutes of playing time
- In first collegiate game, she played one minute at Washington State on Nov. 9
- Her season totals include a total of 48 points, 35 rebounds, 21 assists, three blocks and seven steals
- Had season bests in points with 19 at SMC on Jan. 18; in rebounds with six at SMC; in assists with three vs. SCU on Jan. 25
- Tallied one game with 10+points (19 at SMC) and had three assists in two games
Before BYU
- Four-year letter winner in basketball
- Three-time Team MVP in 2015, 2016 and 2017
- Named to Tournament Team in 2017
- Team placed fourth at National Competition in 2017
- Played on the Waikato U19 and U23 Club Team
- Helped team finish first at U19 National Competition in 2017
- Team finished first at U23 National Competition
- Named to U19 Tournament Team in 2017
- Played four different sports in high school
Personal
- Daughter of Phillip and Loanna Smiler
- Has three brothers and one sister
- Played with her sister on Single-A national championship team
- Served as the student body president at Melville High School in 2017
- Plays piano and sax
- Loves Polynesian dancing
- Human Resource Management major
- Working on a master's degree in biology
Women's Basketball
Smiler selected to New Zealand Tall Ferns FIBA Women's World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournament roster
Former BYU women’s basketball player Kaylee Smiler has been selected to compete for the New Zealand Tall Ferns in the FIBA Women’s World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Mexico on August 19-25.
Junior2022-2023
Guard
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Sophomore2021-2022
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Freshman2019-2020
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2018-2019
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Senior2023-2024
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