PCC's Kim Smith Inducted Into Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Kim Smith setting the free throw record at the 2009 state semifinals at Fresno's Selland Arena (archive photo by Richard Quinton)
Kim Smith setting the free throw record at the 2009 state semifinals at Fresno's Selland Arena (archive photo by Richard Quinton)

Kim Smith became the second Pasadena City College alumnae in two years to be inducted into the California Community College Women's Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Now known by her married name as Streeter, she will accept the award as part of a 3-person 2025 class on March 13 at the Banquet of Champions preceding this year's 3C2A State Championship Tournament at Mt. San Antonio College.

Streeter, now a TLC Athletic Coordinator at College of the Canyons, joins her teammate Kinyada Johnson (2024 class) in the CCCWBCA HOF. The two were instrumental in helping the Lancers win the 2009 state championship, the first-ever state title in women's sports at PCC.

Streeter played on two Elite Eight teams as she also helped PCC advance to the state quarterfinals as sophomore in 2010. She was the team's leading scorer that season.

Coached by current PCC head coach Joe Peron, she is the program's fifth all-time leading scorer with 997 points as she was twice selected All-South Coast Conference and All-State Second Team in the '09-10 season. 

A 5-foot-8 guard, Streeter tied a school postseason record by scoring 35 points in a famous 2009 semifinals victory over previously undefeated and #1-seed Ventura, 106-93. She set a state tournament record by converting 23 of 29 free throws. She then helped the Lancers defeat San Joaquin Delta in the title game played at Fresno's Selland Arena. 

In her two seasons, she played on PCC squads that totaled 58 wins to just nine defeats. Streeter holds the PCC school records for most free throws made and attempted in a season and career. 

She earned a playing scholarship to NCAA Division I University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she played two seasons for the Miners. She was the team's assists leader as a senior in 2011-2012 when she helped UTEP to the Conference USA championship and a 29-4 record. An accomplished student, she was twice named to the conference's academic honor roll. 

Streeter served nearly eight years on the PCC staff as a Learning Center Coordinator at the Stan Gray Academic Athletic Zone before moving on to her job at Canyons. She earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at UTEP and then a master's in physical education/sports management at Azusa Pacific University.