EDISON, N.J.  – VMI's Sadie Smith was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women's Water Polo Rookie of the Week for the week of Feb. 20.

Smith had an impressive weekend in her four matches at the Macalester Invite (VMI went 2-2). She had a hat trick in three of the four matches, totaling 15 goals, seven assists, 13 steals and six drawn exclusions.

"Sadie had an outstanding weekend," said head coach Danielle Montenegro. "In a normally defensively minded position, she did a great job of being a huge offensive threat in each game. It says a lot that she came out of breakout on Monday, played four games over the weekend, and was one of the leading goal scorers. She's very deserving of this award, and I look forward to seeing what else she can accomplish in her time at VMI."

Smith has 17 goals in the five games of her young career to go along with 10 assists and 14 steals.

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VMI is off until a four-game stretch in California March 11-15.