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Jersey Number 2
Kaylene Smikle
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Major:
- Sociology
- Hometown:
- Bay Shore, NY
- High School:
- Westtown
- Prev School:
- Rutgers
- 2025 All-Big Ten First Team (Media), Second Team (Coaches)
- 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team (Coaches & Media)
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List (2025)
- 2023 Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Coaches & Media)
- Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan. 6, 2025)
- 3X Big Ten Freshman of the Week
- Named to Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List and Naismith Trophy Watch List
- Preseason All-Big Ten
- Returned from injury vs. Towson and scored 13 points in 13 minutes with 5 rebounds and 2 assists
- Went 11-11 at the free throw line for 13 points vs. Princeton
- Led Terps with 22 points and went 9-11 at the line in win over #16 Kentucky
- Played in seven games and missed remainder of the season due to knee surgery
As a Junior (2024-25):
- All Big Ten First Team (media); Second Team (coaches)
- Big Ten Player of the Week (1/6/25, 2/9/25)
- Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll (12/23/24)
- Scored in double figures in 30 of 33 games
- Led Terps with 20.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 19-21 from the free throw line in three NCAA Tournament games
- Scored 11 of the Terps' first 15 points and finished with 20 vs. Coppin State
- Scored 20+ points in career-best streak of 5 games (11/7/24-11/24/24)
- Named to Navy Classic All-Tournament Team
- Reached 1,000 career points with 21 vs. William & Mary, her 58th career game
- Led Terps with season-high 26 points, 9 in fourth quarter, and 6 steals in win at No. 23 Iowa
- Went 13-18 from the field for career-high 36 points with 8 rebounds in win at Washington
- Added 16 points with 6 rebounds in win at Indiana
- Led Terps with 26 points, 15 in second half and 5 in OT, in win over No. 12 Ohio State
- Scored 18 of her 21 points in second half of NCAA First Round win over Norfolk State
- Scored 24 points with 7 rebounds and 3 steals in NCAA Second Round win over #21 Alabama
- Led Terps with 17 points in NCAA Sweet Sixteen vs. #2 South Carolina
Before Maryland:
- 2023 All-Big Ten Second Team at Rutgers
- 2023 All-Big Ten Freshman Team at Rutgers
- Averaged 17.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 47 games played at Rutgers over the past two seasons
- Played in just 15 games this past season
- As a freshman in 2022-23, was No. 5 in the Big Ten in scoring with 17.9 points per game in addition to averaging 19.5 points in Big Ten play
- Became Rutgers' all-time leading freshman scorer in program history, ending the season with 573 points
- A four-star recruit and the No. 11 ranked wing in the nation according to espnW and the No. 64 overall recruit in the country coming out of high school
- Parents are Ruthmila and Luis Smikle
- Sociology major
- Mary Lucas Founding Rebounder Endowed Scholarship for Women's Basketball recipient
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