Unlikely turn lands Smith a scholarship (The Beacon News)

Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 6:16 am

The temptation is to say Mariah Smith was flying below the radar, but that doesn’t go far enough.Fact is, the West Aurora senior’s flight hadn’t even left the ground. It soon will.”It really did make my head spin. I was wondering, ‘How did I get here?'” Smith said, recalling last month’s ceremony where she stared at the national letter of intent she was about to sign.