LaQuita enters her first season with the women's cross-country/track team...Graduated from Columbus High...Member of 4x1 team that was Region runner up in 2007 and 2008.

Personal: Daughter of Douglas Smith and Cheryl McQueen...Loves to eat Jambalya...Favorite movie is Love & Basketball...Favorite actor is Denzel Washington...Enjoys writing poetry and dancing in her spare time...Lists Kobe Bryant as her favorite professional athlete...Never has, but would love to travel outside the U.S...Lists her dad as her hero and having the most influence in her life...Most memorable athletic achievement was going to the state track and field championships.