2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

Kurt DeVoe
Parker Hewett
Kurt DeVoe
Darral Freund
Hannah Wiest
Edward Jacobs, Jr.

21 Emma Smithey

  • Position RS
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Waxahachie
  • Hometown Waxahachie, Texas
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2024: Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2025 ... Did not appear in a match for the Orediggers.

2023: Started one match and totaled 12 sets of action across six matches, playing right side for Mines ... Closed the year with 20 kills on .259 hitting while adding 10 digs, four total blocks, and one assist ... Top performance of the year came at South Dakota Mines on Oct. 13 where she put down eight kills and hit .300 with nine digs and two total blocks ... Notched five kills against #7 MSU Denver on Sept. 29.

2022: Appeared in 30 sets across 14 matches with one start as a right side for the Orediggers ... Finished the season with 29 kills on .155 hitting with 14 digs, five blocks and one assist ... Collegiate debut was against Ferris State on Sept. 2 ... Followed that with her top outing of the season at South Dakota Mines on Sept. 16 which included 11 kills on .455 hitting with two digs and one block ... Also put down six kills at Black Hills State on Sept. 17. ... Had one kill, zero errors, one dig and one black in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against eventual national champion West Texas A&M.

Fall 2021: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-time varsity letter winner competing in volleyball at Waxahachie High School in Texas … Hit .241 playing the right side on her way to All-District honors as a sophomore and junior … Also claimed Honorable Mention All-County as a junior in 2019 … Voted most improved in her first two year on the court and named team captain her senior season … Played club ball for Bandits and for Texas Image and helped her squad to the Regional Qualifiers … Put up the Max-Preps Block of the Week and #2-ranked Hit of the Week in her senior season … Academically earned Honor Roll status as a sophomore and junior along with perfect attendance … Claimed the Trustee's Award, Superintendent Honor Roll and status as the Vice President of the National Honor Society as well.
 

Career Match Highs
Kills: 11 at South Dakota Mines (9/16/22)
Attacks: 22 at South Dakota Mines (9/16/22)
Attack Percentage (min. 5 kills): 0.455 (11-1-22) at South Dakota Mines (9/16/22)
Blocks: 2 at South Dakota Mines (10/13/23)
Service Aces: n/a
Digs: 9 at South Dakota Mines (10/13/23)
Assists: 1 - 2x, last at South Dakota Mines (10/13/23)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2021Freshman

    RS
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    RS
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    RS
    6'1"
    21
  • 21

    2024Senior

    RS
    6'1"
    21