Junior - 2017

• Played in 46 games, totaling 17 starts as the designated player and seeing action in 28 games as a pinch runner and one as a pinch hitter
• .200 BA, 21 R, 9 H, 2 RBI, 9 TB, 3 BB, 5-of-6 SB
• 1.000 fielding percentage, 3 PO, 10 A, 0 E
• Registered her first career RBI on a grounder against Purdue (April 9)
• Totaled three runs and a stolen base in a win over Kennesaw State (February 25)
• Batted .300 with three hits, two runs and a stolen base in the Michigan State series

Sophomore - 2016

• Appeared in 28 games, mainly being used as a pinch runner
• 17 R, 3-of-6 SB
• Recorded a 1.000 fielding percentage with two assists against East Carolina (March 6)

Freshman - 2015

• Appeared in 12 games as a freshman, primarily as a pinch runner, making one start.
• Recorded two runs and a walk.
• Scored her first career run as a pinch runner at Houston (2/20).
• Made her first-ever start at designated player at No. 13 UCLA (3/7).
• Reached base safely for the first time against No. 15 Minesota, drawing a pinch hit walk in game one (3/20).

High School

• A four-year starter for Hoffman Estates High School, coached by former Illini standout Lindsey Hamma.
• Hit .417 as a senior, earning MSL All-Conference and Daily Herald All-Area in 2014.
• Team Co-Captain 2014.
• Played nine seasons of travel ball with the Schaumburg Sluggers.

Personal

• Born Samantha Acosta on March 27, 1996.
• Daughter of Al and Julia Acosta.
• Third of four children, with siblings Vince, Jessica and Jordan, as well as step-sisters Kayla and Jenni.
• National Honor Society.
• Four-time Honor Roll.
• Illinois State Scholar.
• Majoring in Civil Engineering.