Luca Smith

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- (U.S Air Force Photo by Ray Bahner)

Photo by: U.S. Air Force Photo by Ray Bahn

Photo by: Justin Pacheco

(U.S. Air Force Photo by Justin R. Pacheco)

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Height:
6-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Redlands, CA
High School:
Redlands East Valley
Position:
G

- 6th in nation in saves in 2024 with 243.

2024 (Junior): Played in 32 games, making 29 starts ... 10-17 record ... 16.00 goals allowed average ... 243 saves ranked sixth in NCAA ... logged 792 minutes ... led team with 56 steals ... 14 assists ... career-high 21 saves against Fordham ... eight games with at least 15 saves ... had a .636 save percentage against Fresno Pacific and Cal State Fullerton.

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 24 games, making 17 starts ... posted 9-10 record ... 12.19 goals allowed average ... 125 saves in 467 minutes ... had 13 assists nad 31 steals ... ranked seventh in WCC in saves and fourth in save percentage (.418) ... season-high 15 saves against Austin College ... had 12 saves against #18 Navy ... four steals against John's Hopkins ... Had three games allowing two or fewer goals (vs. Johns Hopkins, Mount St. Mary's, Fresno Pacific).

2022 (Freshman): Played in 15 games, making nine starts ... posted 10-0 record ... 9.73 goals allowed average ... 92 saves in 319 minutes ... .487 save percentage ... had 21 steals and four assists ... made collegiate debut against Gannon with three saves in 16 minutes in reserve ... first-career start against Austin College, earning win with nine saves ... had two games with double-digit saves ... career-high 12 saves against Redlands ... 10 saves against Biola ... four steals against Austin College and Biola.

High School: Lettered four years in water polo … was the 2022 Redlands East Valley High School Athlete of the Year … earned the 2019 REV varsity Wildcat award … first-team all-league twice … team won the conference championship all four years … team was a CIF Division 2 Finalist … lettered in swimming, competing in the 200 medley relay, 200 frees relay, 50 free and 100 breaststroke … competed in volleyball as an outside hitter .. graduated with a 4.23 GPA … on the 4.0 honor roll in 2018, faculty honor roll in 2019 and the principal’s honor roll in 2020 … 10-time scholar athlete honoree.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 35 … son of Janice and Anthony Smith … has two younger siblings … plans to major in mechanical engineering with a minor in civil engineering … long-term goal is to become a pilot or special operations officer … hobbies are swimming, playing volleyball and motorcycle riding … walk-up songs would be Wolves by Big Sean or Hells Bells by AC/DC … father served in the Army and uncle, Kirk Varga, served in the Marines … greatest moment in sports was playing in the CIF Div. II Championship.