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Bradley University Athletics

2022 Softball Roster

Profile

  • OF/C
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Phillips Ranch, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 5'6
    Height
  • Diamond Ranch
    High School
Josh Schwam
Josh Schwam
Josh Schwam
Samantha Smith
#12
Samantha Smith
OF/C
Position
Senior
Class
Phillips Ranch, Calif.
Hometown

Season Stats

Season:
2022
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Career Stats

Career Statistics

Summary

Biography

Honors & Awards
Second Team All-MVC: 2022
MVC Player of the Week: 03-01-22
Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team: 2022
NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete: 2021-22, 2018-19
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2021
MVC Honor Roll: 2021, 2020 & 2019
Bradley AD Honor Roll: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

2022 (SENIOR)
One of four players to start all 52 games … Voted the team’s Most Improved Player after garnering Second-Team All-MVC honors … Plainsman Invite All-Tournament … Slugged a team-best 15 doubles to rank third in the MVC for the most doubles by a Brave since 2017 … Her 15 doubles tied for the sixth-best season total in Bradley history … Led the squad with 35 runs for most by a Brave dating back to 2019 … Owned a .306 average with 48 hits after entering the season with a .194 career average … Hit .289 in Valley play and tied for the team lead with 13 RBI … Boasted 13 multi-hit games and had seven outings with multiple RBI … Named MVC Player of the Week on March 1 after going 8-for-16 with two doubles, six runs and four RBI with a .625 slugging percentage and .471 on base percentage at the Plainsman Invite. 

2021 (JUNIOR)
Appeared in 36 games, starting 30 contests … Collected a double against Illinois-Springfield … Highlighted a win at East Tennessee State by going 3-for-4 with two runs scored … Started seven of the final eight games of the year … Had four multi-hit outings … Did not commit an error in 47 chances in the outfield.

2020 (Sophomore)
Started 11 of the 15 games she saw action in … Five of her eight hits went for extra bases … Owned a .300 average with runners on base … Drove in four runs to highlight a 12-2 win against Army, hitting a three-run homer in the victory … Went 7-for-16 with three doubles, a triple and five runs scored in her final six outings of the year.

2019 (Freshman)
Made 14 starts in the outfield early in the season, before being used primarily as a pinch hitter late in the season … Was hit by a pitch a team-high six times, which tied for the ninth-best season total in school history … Ripped a double for her first career hit against Seattle … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in the win vs. Purdue … Hit a solo homer in the win over San Jose State at the Troy Cox Classic.

High School
Selected as Diamond Ranch’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in addition to earning the school’s athlete of the year award … She was a two-time offensive player of the year for the Panthers and was a first-team all-conference performer as a sophomore in 2016 after helping her team to a conference title … Second-team all-conference selection as a freshman … Hit .474 during her sophomore campaign to go with a .535 on base percentage and 11 stolen bases … Helped Corona Angels to the 2014 PGF 14U national championship.
 
Personal
The daughter of Blanca Smith and Thomas Smith, Samantha was born in Baldwin Park, Calif. … Has two siblings: Matthew & Alyssa … Majored in social work