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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
• ACWPC All-American (Third Team - 2024)
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2023)
• 2-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2024; March 11, 2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023, April 18, 2023)
• ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent - 2023)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024, 2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• 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 … recorded 62 total points (fourth on the team) … collected 40 goals (fourth on the team) and 22 assists (third on the team) … 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)… 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) … scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games … went 9-10 in sprints on the year … had a season-best 10 consecutive games with at least one goal scored (March 31 thru April 26) … tallied 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks.
2024
Played in all 26 games … had 35 goals (third on the team) and 18 assists (sixth on the team) … totaled 53 points on the season (ranked third on the team) … went 6-for-11 in sprints on the year … 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) … scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games … notched a career-high five goals in a win vs. No. 7 Arizona State on Feb. 17 … collected a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored twice on the season … had 11 multiple-goal games, including one five-goal game and three hat tricks.
2023
Played in 29-of-29 games … tallied 30 goals (seventh on the team) and 19 assists (fourth on the team) for a total of 49 points (fifth on the team) … also drew three exclusions, had 24 steals (tied for the lead on the team), and two field blocks … went 1-5 on sprints on the year … 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) … had eight multiple-goal games, including four hat tricks … scored at least one goal in four consecutive games twice on the season … 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 … for water polo, earned first-team All CIF-SS Division I in 2019 and 2020 … 2019 Orange County Dream Team … 2020 All-Orange County first team … Sunset League first-team honors in 2021 and 2020 … for swimming, named All-America in 2019 as part of the 4x400 and 4x200 free relays … 2021 Sunset League champion in the 100 free … played club with Newport Beach Water Polo … named to the 2021 Junior Olympic All-America first team and the 2020 SoCal Championships All-Tournament Team … member of the U.S. Youth National Team, traveling to Budapest, Hungary in 2019 and to Athens, Greece, in 2020 … member of the U.S. Junior training team.
PERSONAL
Full name: Taylor Cole Smith … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Trent and Kristin Smith … has two younger brothers, Trent Jr. and Troy … athlete she admires most is professional surfer Bethany Hamilton … enjoys surfing, boating, painting, and spending time at the beach … both brothers play water polo at Newport Harbor High School … father, Trent, played water polo at USC … wants to go in to medicine … major is psychobiology.
• ACWPC All-American (Third Team - 2024)
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2023)
• 2-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2024; March 11, 2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 24, 2023, April 18, 2023)
• ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent - 2023)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024, 2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• 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 … recorded 62 total points (fourth on the team) … collected 40 goals (fourth on the team) and 22 assists (third on the team) … 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)… 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) … scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games … went 9-10 in sprints on the year … had a season-best 10 consecutive games with at least one goal scored (March 31 thru April 26) … tallied 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks.
2024
Played in all 26 games … had 35 goals (third on the team) and 18 assists (sixth on the team) … totaled 53 points on the season (ranked third on the team) … went 6-for-11 in sprints on the year … 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) … scored at least one goal in 18-of-26 games … notched a career-high five goals in a win vs. No. 7 Arizona State on Feb. 17 … collected a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored twice on the season … had 11 multiple-goal games, including one five-goal game and three hat tricks.
2023
Played in 29-of-29 games … tallied 30 goals (seventh on the team) and 19 assists (fourth on the team) for a total of 49 points (fifth on the team) … also drew three exclusions, had 24 steals (tied for the lead on the team), and two field blocks … went 1-5 on sprints on the year … 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) … had eight multiple-goal games, including four hat tricks … scored at least one goal in four consecutive games twice on the season … 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 … for water polo, earned first-team All CIF-SS Division I in 2019 and 2020 … 2019 Orange County Dream Team … 2020 All-Orange County first team … Sunset League first-team honors in 2021 and 2020 … for swimming, named All-America in 2019 as part of the 4x400 and 4x200 free relays … 2021 Sunset League champion in the 100 free … played club with Newport Beach Water Polo … named to the 2021 Junior Olympic All-America first team and the 2020 SoCal Championships All-Tournament Team … member of the U.S. Youth National Team, traveling to Budapest, Hungary in 2019 and to Athens, Greece, in 2020 … member of the U.S. Junior training team.
PERSONAL
Full name: Taylor Cole Smith … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Trent and Kristin Smith … has two younger brothers, Trent Jr. and Troy … athlete she admires most is professional surfer Bethany Hamilton … enjoys surfing, boating, painting, and spending time at the beach … both brothers play water polo at Newport Harbor High School … father, Trent, played water polo at USC … wants to go in to medicine … major is psychobiology.
| 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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