2018 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 31
Sam Acosta
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hoffman Estates, Ill.
- High School:
- Hoffman Estates
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.
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