Evann Smith

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/24/2022
  • Sport
    Women's Soccer
  • School
    UC Santa Barbara
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Goalkeeper
  • Hometown
    Santa Clarita, Calif.
  • High School

  • Goalkeeper Evann Smith helped UC Santa Barbara in tremendous ways as the Gauchos took out two of the top teams in The Big West to close out the regular-season and secure a spot in The Big West Championship. For her efforts, Smith was rewarded as Big West Defensive Player of the Week 

  • Smith recorded six saves in the 1-0 shutout against UC Irvine, the fourth clean sheet of the season for the senior.  

  • The native of Santa Clarita, Calif., added two more stops and allowed one goal in the regular-season finale for the Gauchos. The 2-1 victory over Long Beach State clinched a postseason spot. With final seeding still to be determined in the expanded six-team field, the postseason conference championship bid for the Gauchos marks their fourth straight, and 10th all time. 

  • This is Smith’s second career weekly honor, also earning the defensive weekly nod on Oct. 4, 2021.