Career Accolades

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2021)

  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Made her collegiate debut versus Arizona (Oct. 3)

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • Redshirted her first season on The Farm

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2020 graduate of The Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas
  • 2019 First Team Under Armour All-American
  • Finalist for USA TODAY High School Sports Dallas Girls Volleyball Player of the Year
  • No. 5 Senior Ace by PrepVolleyball, top middle blocker in the country
  • VolleyballMag.com Fab 50
  • Three-time all-state
  • Three-time team MVP
  • 2018 AVCA Volleyball Phenom and PrepVolleyball Top 50 Juniors lists
  • 2017 Southwest Preparatory Conference Hitter of the Year
  • 2017 PrepVolleyball Soph 79
  • 2016 PrepVolleyball Frosh 59
  • Played club for Texas Advantage Volleyball, winning junior nationals as 13, 15 and 17 Open divisions

Personal

  • Daughter of Leardrix and Mona Lisa Smith
  • Has a younger brother, Colin
  • Cousin, Kurt Thomas, played basketball at Texas Christian University and was a power forward in the National Basketball Association from 1995-2013
    • Was drafted by the Miami Heat and had stops in Dallas, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Chicago and Portland, before retiring with the Knicks
  • Interested in forensic pathology
  • Full name is Leilah Marie Smith
Career Highs
StatisticCareer HighOpponentDate
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Attempts1vs. ArizonaOct. 3, 2021
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Leilah_Smith_KAH_081721_002
2020
Middle Blocker
6-5 / -