Kianna Smith (born June 10, 1999) is an American-South Korean professional basketball for the Samsung Life Blueminx.
Smith graduated from Troy High School in Fullerton, California, where she was rated a five-star recruit by ESPN and earned McDonald's All-American honors.
Due to the proximity of Cal State Fullerton, Smith often worked out with the men's team at Titan Gym after school.
[3] She averaged 15 points per game as a junior at Troy, and received Orange County Register All-County First Team honors.
[4] As a senior, Smith averaged 21.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, about four assists and three steals per game, helping her team reach the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Open Division semifinals.
[7] She competed for West Coast Premier on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit alongside Kennedy Burke and Destiny Littleton.
[13] She was named National Freshman of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association after posting 14 points, eight assists and four rebounds in a 62–52 victory over Kentucky on December 21.
[14] At the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament on March 16, 2018, Smith recorded a season-high 20 points and eight assists in a 68–62 loss to Virginia.
[32] On September 16, 2022, Smith was selected with the first pick in the Women's Korean Basketball League (WKBL) draft by Samsung Life Blueminx.
[2] Her mother is South Korean and her father, who is American,[33] serves as head men's basketball coach at Cal Poly and played collegiately at UNLV and Dominican University of California.