Schneiderman-Smith, originally of Brandon, S.D., now lives in Claremont, Calif. She played basketball at Moorhead State University for one year before transferring USF where she played basketball three years and volleyball for four years. While at USF, she accumulated six All Conference, five All Region, two All Tournament, and an All American award. Schneiderman-Smith was selected first team All-GPAC as an outside hitter as a junior and senior and was second team as a sophomore.
Also in volleyball, she eamed NAIA Second Team All-Region IV as sophomore and junior. On the basketball floor, she averaged 12.8 ppg, 2.0 assists and 4.6 rebounds as a junior for the USF WBB Team, which reached the NAIA Final Four in 2003. Schneiderman holds the school record for free throwing shooting at 86.4 percent (114-132) in 2003-04. Named All-GPAC first team in 2002-03, she finished with 1,188 points, which ranked ninth when she left USF.
A 2000 graduate from Brandon Valley High School, she earned eight varsity letters - four each in volleyball and basketball and was inducted into Brandon Valley’s Hall of Fame in 2014. She led her team to a rare State Tournament appearance where the Lynx finished in third place and she was named to the All-Tournament Team. She set school records for attack percentage and kills, was named All Conference three times and earned All State twice. After her senior season, Schneiderman-Smith was named to the South Dakota Volleyball Elite 6 Team.
On the basketball court, Lindsey helped lead her team to two state tournament appearances after a several year drought. She established school records for points in a season and season scoring average during her career. A finalist for Miss Basketball in South Dakota, Schneiderman-Smith was honored twice as an All-Tournament selection, three times as an All-Conference selection, and was twice named to the All-State Team.