Career Statistics
Career
Games/Starts: 41/21
Career Stats: 1 assist, 1 point, 2 shots, 2,312 minutes
Awards
Patriot League Honor Roll - 2021
Raider Academic Honor Roll - 2019
2022 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 14/4
Stats: 1 shot, 663 minutes
Season Highlights: Made 14 appearances, including four starts…played 65 minutes in start at Providence (8/18)...logged a full 90 minutes of action against La Salle (9/1)...took the field for 69 minutes against Canisius (9/4)...helped the Raiders’ backline to shut out win over Boston University (9/21)...recorded a shot at American (10/15).
2021 (Junior)
Games/Starts:Â 16/16
Stats:Â 1 assist, 1 point, 1,374 minutes
Season Highlights: Played in 16 games starting all of them…helped Raiders’ backline record five shutouts…tallied first career point with an assist at Yale (9/5)….logged full 90 minutes and helped Colgate to shutout victories over Boston University (9/22) and Bucknell (9/25)…recorded season-high 110 minutes of action against Navy (10/2).
2020-21 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts:Â 3/0
Stats:Â 107 minutes
Season Highlights: Appeared in three games during sophomore campaign…played a season-high 57 minutes at Boston University (3/13)…saw 45 minutes of action against Lafayette (3/20).
2019 (Freshman)
Games/Starts:Â 8/1
Stats:Â 1 shot, 169 minutes
Season Highlights: Saw action in game games as a freshman for the Maroon and White…recorded her first collegiate start and played a season-high 50 minutes in win at Cornell (Oct. 15)…took one shot against Lipscomb (Sept. 8).
Before Colgate
A strong defender, Smith was a U.S. Soccer Training invitee and was nominated for the All-Star game in 2015. She comes to Colgate after graduating from The Westminster Schools, where she was the captain of her varsity women's soccer team and earned All-Star honors for the past three years. Smith played her club soccer for NASA Tophat and helped lead her team to the ECNL National Quarterfinals.
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Personal
Born:Â Merritt Atherton Smith in Atlanta, Ga.
Family: Daughter of Todd and Nancy…has one brother and sister.
