Two months after starting on the backline in the 2025 NCAA College Cup championships match with Stanford, Sammy Smith will be poised on another line—the start line at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics, as one of Team USA’s 16 cross-country skiing athletes.
The 20-year-old native of Boise, Idaho, has balanced soccer and cross-country skiing throughout her time at Stanford and is set to become the first student-athlete from the university to compete at the Winter Olympics in a sport other than their varsity sport since 1984.
