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Jersey Number 7
Taylor Smith
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Newport Harbor HS
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข ACWPC All-Americanย (Third Team - 2024)
โข All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
โขย MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2023)
โข 2-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2024; March 11, 2025)
โขย MPSFย Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023, April 18, 2023)
โข ACWPCย All-Academic (Excellent - 2023)
โข 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024, 2025)
โข Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
โข 6-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Played in all 26 games โฆ recorded 62 total points (fourth on the team) โฆ collected 40 goals (fourth on the team) and 22 assists (third on the team) โฆ had 23 steals (second on the team), drew 10 exclusions (tied for fifth on the team), and tallied eight field blocks (tied for third on the team)โฆ notched a season-high four goals four times (in a win at No. 6 UC Irvine on Feb. 22, in back-to-back MPSF home wins over No. 5 California on March 8 and No. 15 Indiana on March 9, and in the MPSF semifinal win over No. 4 California on April 26) โฆ scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games โฆ went 9-10 in sprints on the year โฆ had a season-best 10 consecutive games with at least one goal scored (March 31 thru April 26) โฆ tallied 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks.
2024
Played in all 26 games โฆย had 35 goals (third on the team) and 18 assists (sixth on the team) โฆ totaled 53 points on the season (ranked third on the team) โฆ went 6-for-11 in sprints on the year โฆ drew eight exclusions (ranked eighth on the team), had 15 steals (ranked fifth on the team), and recorded six field blocks (third on the team) โฆ scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games โฆ notched a career-high five goals in a win vs. No. 7 Arizona State on Feb. 17 โฆ collected a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored twice on the season โฆ had 11 multiple-goal games, including one five-goal game and three hat tricks.
2023
Played in 29-of-29 games โฆ tallied 30 goals (seventh on the team) and 19 assists (fourth on the team) for a total of 49 points (fifth on the team) โฆ also drew three exclusions, had 24 steals (tied for the lead on the team), and two field blocks โฆ went 1-5 on sprints on the year โฆ scored a season-high and career-high four goals in the win vs. No. 21 San Diego State at the UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 21) โฆ had eight multiple-goal games, including four hat tricks โฆ scored at least one goal in four consecutive games twice on the season โฆ scored at least one goal in 17-of-29 games played.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter winner in both swimming and water polo at Newport Harbor High School โฆ for water polo, earned first-team All CIF-SS Division I in 2019 and 2020 โฆ 2019 Orange County Dream Team โฆ 2020 All-Orange County first team โฆ Sunset League first-team honors in 2021 and 2020 โฆ for swimming, named All-America in 2019 as part of the 4x400 and 4x200 free relays โฆ 2021 Sunset League champion in the 100 free โฆ played club with Newport Beach Water Polo โฆ named to the 2021 Junior Olympic All-America first team and the 2020 SoCal Championships All-Tournament Team โฆ member of the U.S. Youth National Team, traveling to Budapest, Hungary in 2019 and to Athens, Greece, in 2020 โฆ member of the U.S. Junior training team.
ย
PERSONAL
Full name: Taylor Cole Smith โฆ born in Newport Beach, Calif. โฆ parents are Trent and Kristin Smith โฆ has two younger brothers, Trent Jr. and Troy โฆ athlete she admires most is professional surfer Bethany Hamilton โฆ enjoys surfing, boating, painting, and spending time at the beach โฆ both brothers play water polo at Newport Harbor High School โฆ father, Trent, played water polo at USC โฆ wants to go in to medicine โฆ major is psychobiology.
ย
โข ACWPC All-Americanย (Third Team - 2024)
โข All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
โขย MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2023)
โข 2-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2024; March 11, 2025)
โขย MPSFย Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023, April 18, 2023)
โข ACWPCย All-Academic (Excellent - 2023)
โข 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024, 2025)
โข Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
โข 6-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Played in all 26 games โฆ recorded 62 total points (fourth on the team) โฆ collected 40 goals (fourth on the team) and 22 assists (third on the team) โฆ had 23 steals (second on the team), drew 10 exclusions (tied for fifth on the team), and tallied eight field blocks (tied for third on the team)โฆ notched a season-high four goals four times (in a win at No. 6 UC Irvine on Feb. 22, in back-to-back MPSF home wins over No. 5 California on March 8 and No. 15 Indiana on March 9, and in the MPSF semifinal win over No. 4 California on April 26) โฆ scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games โฆ went 9-10 in sprints on the year โฆ had a season-best 10 consecutive games with at least one goal scored (March 31 thru April 26) โฆ tallied 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks.
2024
Played in all 26 games โฆย had 35 goals (third on the team) and 18 assists (sixth on the team) โฆ totaled 53 points on the season (ranked third on the team) โฆ went 6-for-11 in sprints on the year โฆ drew eight exclusions (ranked eighth on the team), had 15 steals (ranked fifth on the team), and recorded six field blocks (third on the team) โฆ scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games โฆ notched a career-high five goals in a win vs. No. 7 Arizona State on Feb. 17 โฆ collected a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored twice on the season โฆ had 11 multiple-goal games, including one five-goal game and three hat tricks.
2023
Played in 29-of-29 games โฆ tallied 30 goals (seventh on the team) and 19 assists (fourth on the team) for a total of 49 points (fifth on the team) โฆ also drew three exclusions, had 24 steals (tied for the lead on the team), and two field blocks โฆ went 1-5 on sprints on the year โฆ scored a season-high and career-high four goals in the win vs. No. 21 San Diego State at the UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 21) โฆ had eight multiple-goal games, including four hat tricks โฆ scored at least one goal in four consecutive games twice on the season โฆ scored at least one goal in 17-of-29 games played.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter winner in both swimming and water polo at Newport Harbor High School โฆ for water polo, earned first-team All CIF-SS Division I in 2019 and 2020 โฆ 2019 Orange County Dream Team โฆ 2020 All-Orange County first team โฆ Sunset League first-team honors in 2021 and 2020 โฆ for swimming, named All-America in 2019 as part of the 4x400 and 4x200 free relays โฆ 2021 Sunset League champion in the 100 free โฆ played club with Newport Beach Water Polo โฆ named to the 2021 Junior Olympic All-America first team and the 2020 SoCal Championships All-Tournament Team โฆ member of the U.S. Youth National Team, traveling to Budapest, Hungary in 2019 and to Athens, Greece, in 2020 โฆ member of the U.S. Junior training team.
ย
PERSONAL
Full name: Taylor Cole Smith โฆ born in Newport Beach, Calif. โฆ parents are Trent and Kristin Smith โฆ has two younger brothers, Trent Jr. and Troy โฆ athlete she admires most is professional surfer Bethany Hamilton โฆ enjoys surfing, boating, painting, and spending time at the beach โฆ both brothers play water polo at Newport Harbor High School โฆ father, Trent, played water polo at USC โฆ wants to go in to medicine โฆ major is psychobiology.
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| TAYLOR SMITH'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2023 | 29 | 30 | 73 | .410 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 26 | 35 | 73 | .480 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 26 | 40 | 96 | .417 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 10 |
| Totals | 81 | 105 | 242 | .434 | 59 | 62 | 16 | 21 |
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Friday, March 14
UCLA vs. Princeton
Thursday, March 13
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 15 Indiana
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