June 18, 2001
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - U. S. Field Hockey national head coachTracey Belbin announced that 1998 Honda Award winner Mimi Smith has beenadded to the U.S. National Squad roster. Smith's addition along with Kim Miller (`00),and defender Jill Reeve (`93) gives Old Dominion three players on the squad.
Smith (Va. Beach, Va.) garnered several honors during her final season with the Lady Monarchs. Among them were the Honda Award, CAA Defensive Player of the Year, First team All-American and the Old Dominion University Female-Athlete-of-The-Year for 1998-99. The Lady Monarchs captured the NCAA National Title in fall of 1998.
Miller (Va. Beach, Va.), a teammate with Smith on the 1998 Championshipteam. She was a three-time All-American and three-time All-CAA performer. Reeveis still the school's all-time assist leader with 139 and helped lead the Lady Monarchsto three-straight NCAA titles in 1990, 91 and 92. She was also on the U.S. Olympicteam which compete in the 1994 games in Atlanta.