GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - This week, Elizabeth Smith is our Pepsi Spotlight, after the Bear Grass Senior led her team to its first 1A State Championship appearance and made a run in doubles too.

After picking up the sport in middle school, she quickly took to the mentality needed out on the court.

“Before every point, whether I’m serving or returning, I tell myself I’m just going to get this point; it doesn’t matter about the next one or the one before, I’ll just get this one, and that’s all that matters right now,” Smith said.

Away from the court, Smith has been just as important to the Bears for her leadership.

“My first practice, I was so nervous,” first-year head coach Alan Mobley remembered, “but as soon as I saw my two seniors warm up, all that stress went away.”

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