Brittany Smart
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| No. 2 – Canberra Capitals | |
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| Position | Guard |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 28, 1985 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Career information | |
| College | Cedarville (2003–2007) |
| WNBA draft | 2007: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2009 | Point Chaud Sprimont |
| 2010–2013 | Kvarnby |
| 2013–2014 | Northland Luleå BBK |
| 2015 | Sandringham Sabres |
| 2015–2018 | Melbourne Boomers |
| 2018–2020 | Sydney Uni Flames |
| 2020–present | Canberra Capitals |
| Career highlights | |
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Brittany Smart (born May 28, 1985) is an American professional basketball player.
High school
Smart attended 3 different high schools in the Ohio area, ending her high school career at Shawnee High School, Springfield Ohio. Her father, Mike Smart, coached her throughout her high school career. She made the 1st-Team-All-Conference for all four years and led her team to the State Championships. In her senior year, Smart was the leading scorer in the whole of Ohio high school basketball averaging 32.5 points per game and 2,181 points for the season.[1]
College
Smart signed early to Cedarville University near her hometown of Xenia, Ohio. Declining several Division 1 scholarships, she opted to stay local and go to the same school her grandparents and parents attended.
Smart remains one of Ohio's all-time leading scorers in college basketball, and at the time of her graduation, she was the top scorer in the state of Ohio, men's and women's, with 3,236 Career Points.[2] She remains the Cedarville University All-Time Leading Scorer. In 2003, Smart was crowned the NAIA National Player of the Year. Smart assembled some staggering numbers during her career at Cedarville in which she set 23 career, season, and single-game records. Her 3,236 points is the top mark all-time in NAIA Division II and she is the Ohio college women's basketball career scoring leader for all divisions. Smart was a three-time NAIA All-American and the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year as a senior.[3] The Lady Jackets were 126-16 during her four-year career with two NAIA Division II national runner-up finishes and four conference championships.
She also holds the tournament record for points-in-a-game for NAIA Division II Women's Basketball tournament, 47 points.[4] In 2007, she featured in Sports Illustrated in the “faces in the crowd” segment.[5]
Smart was named MVP of the Coates Sports Management Pro Basketball Exposure Camp in Boston. The two-day event attracted approximately 70 women including several NCAA Division I players, current pro players from overseas, and a few WNBA draftees. It was designed to give players with professional basketball aspirations the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of various pro scouts, coaches, and agents.
As a result of her showing at the camp, Smart received ten offers from various Europeans teams before selecting Point Chaud which is located in Sprimont, Belgium.