College basketball captain killed in alleged hit-and-run by 18-year-old charged with DWI

A 20-year-old college student who was a star on the basketball team was killed in a hit-and-run, police said.

Emily Mae Smith, 20, of Greenville, New York, died early Saturday morning after a vehicle hit her near Pierrepont Avenue in Potsdam, according to a release from the Potsdam Police Department.

Smith was a transfer student and business administration major at State University of New York (SUNY).

"In her first year here at SUNY Potsdam, Emily was already excelling academically...