Amber Smith playing power forward? Lindsey Cunningham couldn’t foresee it, but that’s what the coaches told her on the first day of practice in 2016. Smith, an incoming freshman was only 5-foot-11: far smaller than a typical Southeastern Conference post player.
It didn’t take long for Cunningham, then a redshirt senior, to realize what the coaches saw in Smith’s game. She made up for her size with intelligence and athletic instinct, timing her jumps and using creative post moves to score.
These are skills she’s continued to use her junior season, and they’re only part of her arsenal.