BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Navy women's basketball's hold on the Patriot League Rookie of the Week award continued on Monday as freshman guard Kyah Smith (Richmond, Va.) gathered her first accolade of 2023-24. Smith was recognized for her efforts in helping Navy go 1-1 against Holy Cross and Lafayette this past week.

Smith led Navy with a 14.5 points per game scoring average for the week as she started out by scoring 11 points against Holy Cross on Wednesday before coming back and netting a game-high 18 points versus Lafayette on Saturday. Smith was particularly a threat from three-point range against the Leopards as she sank three treys. To round out her statline on Saturday, she added four rebounds, three assists and three steals over 36 minutes off the bench.

This is Smith's first career Patriot League weekly award and sixth Rookie of the Week honor for the program this season as her backcourt mate Zanai Barnett-Gay (Glenn Dale, Md.) has already earned five awards as the conference's top rookie.

Over the first 15 games of her collegiate career, Smith is 11th overall in the Patriot League with an 11.8 points per game scoring average. Additionally, she averaging 3.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per contests.

Coming off a 56-47 victory over Lafayette on Saturday, Smith and her Navy teammates will be back in action Wednesday evening with a 6 p.m. showdown at Lehigh.