Sierra Smith joined GCU in the summer of 2019 as a graduate assistant with Athletic Communications, then was promoted to Assistant Director of Athletic Communications in October 2020. She graduated with her MBA in December 2020.
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Smith attended GCU during her undergrad, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Business Management while starring on the softball team for four seasons.
As a GCU student, Smith was hired by Lifetime Fitness in 2016 and served three years in the Kids' Activities Department. She also spent a year acting as the brand ambassador/social media chair for Sons of Arizona, a local nonprofit organization that serves children’s charities in Arizona.Â
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While playing softball for the Lopes, Smith was named to the WAC All-Academic Team all four years and was named to the All-WAC first team for the 2017 season, which is the year the Lopes were WAC regular-season champions. She earned Second Team All-West Region honors and was named to the All-WAC Tournament team in 2018 and was selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District team in 2019.
Smith was a GCU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member and social media chair. Additionally, she was named GCU’s Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2018-19.
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Smith, her parents and four older siblings grew up in Waddell, Arizona.
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