Erika Smith excelled on both the field hockey and women’s lacrosse fields for the Bears for four seasons from 2000 to 2004.  She also skippered the field hockey team from 2006 to 2013, and the lacrosse squad from 2006 to 2011 and again in 2013.

Smith, who captained the field hockey team for three seasons, was a Little East Conference First Team All-Star in 2003 and Second Team All-Star in 2001 and 2002.  She was also a three-time All-MASCAC Field Hockey First Team selection and finished her career with 13 goals and 16 assists for 42 points in 66 games.

In the sport of women’s lacrosse, Erika was a four-time New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance (NEWLA) All-Star capturing first team honors in 2002 and 2004.  In 2002, she was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year and was chosen as an ECAC Division III New England Second Team All-Star.  Smith captained the team during her senior season of 2004 when she led all of Division III with 95 ground balls.  In 63 career lacrosse games, she amassed 88 goals and 43 assists for 131 points.

In eight seasons as the Bears’ field hockey coach, Smith produced an overall record of 99-61 (.619). She was named the MASCAC Field Hockey Coach of the Year in 2007 when her squad set the program mark with 16 wins and captured the ECAC Division III New England Tournament championship.

In a seven-year stint as the BSU women’s lacrosse coach, Erika guided her teams to an overall record of 91-35 (.722) as she is the program's all-time winningest coach. The Bears captured conference regular season and tournament titles in each of her last five seasons and made NCAA Division III Tournament appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Erika was named the NEWLA Coach of the Year in 2011 after guiding her team to a program record 17 wins.

Erika earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Bridgewater State in 2004 and completed her Masters in Physical Education in 2008.  In 2010, she earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Educational Leadership from BSU.