Zoey Smith has two separate planners that guide her. One is for her work as a second-year pharmacy student at the Medical University of South Carolina . The other is for everything else, including lacrosse, which she played for four years in college and now coaches.
But her approach in all areas of her life is the same: Lead and attack. Smith, 23, of Lexington is the first in her family to set foot on a college campus and is one of eight MUSC student to be awarded a new scholarship for those who are the first in their families to seek higher education. But for Smith it goes beyond that, as she not only coaches high school girls in lacrosse but also is the mentor and trailblazer for her younger siblings and cousins and even girls she's never met who aspire to follow her.
She carries it with her every day regardless of what she is doing. Katie Jordan (left) and Zoey Smith talk to their team before the start of lacrosse practice at Septima P. Clark Corporate Academy, Monday, Oct.
21, 2024, on James Island. Smith is a second-year pharmacy student at Medical University of South Carolina but helps coach the Islanders lacrosse club in her free time. "I just feel like there are a lot of eyes on me," Smith said.
"I can't mess up. I can't fail." She was chosen to be part of the inaugural group to receive the First Scholarship awards at MUSC, funded by a new $7 million endowment, with $3.
5 million allocated this year from the S.C. Legislature and matched by $3.
5 million from MUSC. It is.