CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2021 SEC All-Newcomer Team

2023 (SENIOR*): Was one of two Rebels to start and play in all 60 games … Helped lead Ole Miss to its seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance … Posted a .229 batting average with 40 hits, half of which went for extra bases … Ranked second on the team with 10 home runs, eight of which came in SEC play … Paced the team with 44 RBI, the fourth most in a single-season in program history … Slugged .463 on the season … Assisted the Rebel defense in turning an SEC-leading 26 double plays … Registered a .984 fielding percentage with only 6 errors in 389 chances … Went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs in the win over McNeese (2/25) … Drove in three runs to following game against the Cowgirls (2/26) … Tied her career-high with three hits, including her first home run of the season, and racked up four RBI in the win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/3) … Doubled and drove in four runs against Purdue (3/18) … Homered in back-to-back games at No. 19 Auburn, lifting the Rebels to victory over the Tigers (4/1) … Launched a pair of homers against No. 15 Kentucky in the first two games of the series (4/7-8) … Hit a two-run home run to help Ole Miss storm back and even the series at Missouri (4/16) and then doubled as the Rebels took the series victory (4/17) … Recorded a home run in three straight games (4/23-29) … Went yard twice in the series at Florida, including a three-run home run to help Ole Miss pick up its first win over No. 14 Florida in Gainesville since 2014 (4/29) … Hit the game-tying single as the Rebels stunned No. 14 Alabama in the final game ever at the Ole Miss Softball Complex (5/7) … Hit the go-ahead two-run home run against LSU to send Ole Miss to the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament (5/10) … Was a home run shy of the cycle in the Rebels’ opening game of the Salt Lake City Regional against No. 16 Baylor (5/19) … Cleared the bases with a three-run double to send Ole Miss into the Regional Final (5/20).

2022 (JUNIOR): Helped lead Ole Miss to its sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance and fourth ever 40-win season … Started all 60 games at third base … Was one of three Rebels to start every game … Batted .250 on the year with 45 hits in 180 at-bats … Led the team with 22 extra-base hits, including nine home runs and 13 doubles … Drove in 40 runs, the second most on the team, and crossed the plate 31 times … Recorded 20 walks and had four sacrifice flies … Posted a .929 fielding percentage with 48 putouts and 108 assists … Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run and five RBIs in the season opener (2/10) … Tallied a career-high three hits in both games against Western Kentucky (3/4 & 3/5) … Homered twice in the win over Stephen F. Austin (3/11) … Was 2-for-3 in the Rebels’ upset of No. 9 Arkansas (4/1) … Doubled twice in the win at No. 9 Kentucky (4/8) … Drove in three runs to help Ole Miss knock off No. 12 Tennessee on senior day (4/30).

2021 (SOPHOMORE): Tabbed to the SEC All-Newcomer Team … Started all 58 games, 56 at third base … Batted .295 with a team-high .524 slugging percentage … Recorded a .427 on-base percentage, drawing 23 walks and 16 HBPs … Team leader with 39 RBIs, tallying a team-high 12 multi-RBI games … Also paced Ole Miss with 11 home runs, becoming the ninth Rebel ever with double digit homers in a season … Added five doubles … Scored 31 runs … Tied for team lead with a nine-game hitting streak … Went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs at Baylor (2/26) … Posted a second straight three-hit game against Sam Houston (2/27) … Batted 5-for-7 with a pair of home runs, three RBIs and three home runs in the doubleheader with North Dakota State (3/6) … Reached in all four plate appearances against Georgia (3/26), driving in three runs … Followed with a 2-for-3 showing with an HBP against the Bulldogs (3/27) … Clubbed two home runs at LSU (4/3), driving in four runs … Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, a run and an RBI at Texas A&M (4/17).

2020 (FRESHMAN): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 ... Started all 25 games between second and third base … Batted .242 with a .387 slugging percentage and a .368 OBP … Registered three doubles and a pair of homers … Posted 11 RBIs and seven runs scored … Drew 11 walks and a pair of HBPs … Was a perfect 3-for-3 on steal attempts … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double against Notre Dame (2/8) … Batted 1-for-2 with a home run and a pair of RBIs at UAB (2/21) … Was 2-for-3 with a homer and a pair of RBIs against North Alabama (2/25) … Ripped a pair of doubles, scoring twice, against Jackson State (2/29).

HIGH SCHOOL: a four-time letterwinner at Norco High School in Norco California … named Softball America's Travel Ball Player of the Year for 2019 ... helped her team to a national championship and CIF State Championship in 2019, four-straight Big 8 League Championships from 2016-18 as well as the 2018 CIF Southern Section Division I title ... Norco also was national runner up in 2017 and 2018 … a two-time All-American and California All-State honoree, receiving all-league laurels four-straight years from 2016-19 … during freshman season, batted .417 with nine doubles, a pair of triples and eight home runs, driving in 32 runs … registered a .407 average as a sophomore, posting seven doubles and seven homers with 30 RBIs and 23 runs scored … as a junior, batted .457, tallying eight doubles, seven long balls and 41 runs driven in … posted a .420 average during senior year with seven doubles, a triple and six homers, driving in 45 runs and scoring 19 more ...  also received academic honors all four years of high school.

PERSONAL: Full name is Paige Elizabeth Smith … born March 13, 2001 … daughter of Leslie and Mark Smith … has one sister, Mackenzie.