Tyresa Smith

Tyresa Smith (born April 21, 1985) was the 18th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft and was selected in the second round by the Phoenix Mercury. Smith was selected from the University of Delaware where she was the team's second all-time leading scorer and became the first player from UD to be drafted in the WNBA draft. In 2007, she was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Defensive Player Of The Year, led the CAA in scoring, and was named First Team All-CAA after averaging 19.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game. She was also the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. On August 19, 2007 she was signed by the Detroit Shock.^[1] After her career with Detroit, she played in Germany, Russia and Greece.^[2]

Tyresa Smith

Personal information
Born	(1985-04-21) April 21, 1985 (age 40)
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Career information
High school	Polytech (Woodside, Delaware)
College	Delaware (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007: 2nd round, 18th overall pick
Drafted by	Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	2007–2011
Career history
2007	Detroit Shock
2010–2011	Inexio Royals Saarlouis
Career highlights
2× First-team All-CAA (2006, 2007) 2× CAA Defensive Player of the Year (2006, 2007) 3× CAA All-Defensive Team (2005–2007)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Smith grew up in Dover, Delaware and played high school basketball for Polytech High School. She led the team to a state championship in 2003 as a senior and was named the state of Delaware's female basketball player of the year.^[3][4] She shared a Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association award with Carrie Lingo, with them both being recognized as Delaware's Outstanding Athlete of 2007.^[5] She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2020/2021 class.^[6]

Today she teaches health and physical education at Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School, Washington, D.C.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Detroit	1	0	7.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	1	0	7.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Detroit	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

College

Source^[7]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Delaware	29	227	42.8	–	53.9	3.7	2.0	2.6	0.7	7.8
2004–05	Delaware	31	318	37.5	–	63.4	4.9	3.2	3.2	0.4	10.3
2005–06	Delaware	30	458	42.6	–	68.5	6.4	2.5	2.8	0.7	15.3
2006–07	Delaware	32	632	44.1	–	73.2	7.5	2.3	2.6	0.6	19.8
Career	Delaware	122	1635	42.2	0.0	66.8	5.7	2.5	2.8	0.6	13.4