Susan Smith recorded an exceptional three-year collegiate career at Durham College that began in 1984. Smith, a dual sport athlete was a member of both the top ranked women's fastball and women's volleyball programs at Durham College.

On the diamond, she was an outstanding OCAA all-star third basemen - leading her team to back-to-back OCAA women's fastball championship titles in 1984-85 and 1985-86. She was always near the top of the batting race and provided gold glove defence in each and every game.

Smith captained the 1985-86 Lords volleyball team to the school's first-ever Division I title and a trip to nationals, where they won a CCAA bronze medal (the school's first-ever national medal). She capped off her collegiate career by being named Durham's female athlete of the year in 1986-87.

Smith was inducted into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.