- 1/25/26: ‘Always Been My Dream’—U.S. Soccer Star Set for 2026 Winter Olympics - Ben Steiner (Sports Illustrated)
- 1/23/26: Boise native makes U.S. Olympic ski team. She started training a month ago - Michael Lycklama (Idaho Statesman)
- 1/23/26: Stanford soccer star Sammy Smith named to U.S. Olympic ski team - Cydney Henderson (USA Today)
- 1/22/26: Sammy Smith chases Winter Olympic dreams (Stanford Report)
- 11/13/24: Sammy Smith is a World Cup performer in soccer ... and cross-country skiing (NBC Sports)
Career Highlights
- ACC champion (2025)
- ACC Tournament champion (2025)
- Two College Cup appearances (2024-25)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2025)
- ACC All-Academic Team (2024)
As a Sophomore (2025) • ACC Champions, ACC Tournament Champions
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Appeared in 25 matches, starting 14, while logging 1388:14 minutes
- Started each of Stanford's final four matches, including playing all 90 minutes in the national semifinal against Duke (Dec. 5)
- Finished the year with one goal and two assists for four points
- First career goal came vs. SMU (Oct. 25)
- Managed assists vs. Arizona (Aug. 28) and at Pitt (Sept. 14)
- Helped the Cardinal post nine shutouts while limiting opponents to 24 goals (0.96 per game) on 205 total shots
- Played 40+ minutes in 18 of her matches and logged full time in four
As a Freshman (2024)
- ACC All-Academic Team
- Appeared in 13 matches while logging 287:49 minutes
- Registered 49 minutes in a 2-0 shutout victory at NC State (Sept. 22)
- Helped guide Stanford to 12 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .78 goals per game on 9.09 shots per game
- Played 20+ minutes in six of her matches and logged 40+ three times
National Team Experience
- Earned a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile as a member of the U.S. Soccer Under-19 Women’s National Team
- Played for U.S. U-19 National Team in Spain (May 2024)
- Represented the U.S. at the 2022 U17 World Cup
- U.S. U-15, U-17, U-19 and U-20 Youth National Team domestic and international training camps participant
Prior to Stanford
- 2024 graduate of Boise High School in Boise, Idaho
- Helped her team to a state title (2022) and three runner-up finishes (2020-21, 2023)
- Three-time Southern Idaho Conference champion (2021-23)
- Two-time Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year (2023-24)
- Southern Idaho Conference Player of the Year (2023)
- Three-time All-State (2020-21, 2023)
- Team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Scored 11 goals and assisted on 11 more as a senior
- Ranked as the nation’s No. 22 recruit in the Class of 2024 by TopDrawerSoccer
- Competed for Boise Timber Thorns FC
- Team captain of her club team and three-time ECNL National Training Camp selection (2018-19, 2022)
- Also competed in cross country skiing, track and field, cross country and freestyle skiing
- Member of the U.S. Ski Team and No. 1 ranked sprinter and No. 2 ranked distance skier in the world for her age
- 2026 Winter Olympian (U.S. Olympic Cross Country Ski Team)
- Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year in track and field (2021) and cross country (2020)
Personal
- Daughter of Kristin and Stephen Smith
- Father played soccer at Duke where he was an Academic All-American and garnered Duke's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year
- Mother rowed at Stanford before becoming Iron Man 70.3 age-group World Champion
- Has two siblings, Logan and Tucker
- Sister, Logan, also plays soccer at Stanford