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Sam Rippley Season 2022

PositionM
Height5-5
ClassGraduate Student
HometownMonument, Co.
High SchoolPalmer Ridge
Previous SchoolDavidson

Career Honors

  • ACC Academic Honor Roll 2022

Competed at Davidson from 2018-21

2022: Played in seven games, starting once ... Scored nine points (7 goals, 2 assists) and recorded 12 draw controls ... Scored twice in the ACC Tournament vs. Boston College where she also had two ground balls and three draw controls ... Had three draws and a goal vs. UVA ... Scored four points at Coastal Carolina and secured six draw controls ... Scored two goals and had one caused turnover in Hokies’ win vs. Radford … Had one caused turnover in the win against VCU.

2021: Earned Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference honors ... Led the team in scoring, with 42 goals ... Dished 7 assists ... Earned her 100th career point on 4/23 at Richmond ... Appeared and started in all 15 games ... Tallied 13 multi-goal games ... Scored a goal in all 15 games ... Recorded a season-high five goals, twice, against ECU and High Point ... Recorded the overtime game-winning goal against High Point on 3/3 ... Grabbed 30 draw controls and 23 ground balls ... Averaged 2.8 goals per game, ranking 68th nationally

2020: Season cut short due to COVID-19 ... Appeared in all six contests, making three starts ... Tallied seven goals and two assists for nine total points... Recorded one free position goal, eight ground balls, seven caused turnovers and 13 draw controls on the year ... Recorded three multi-point games

2019: Enjoyed a strong sophomore season, with career highs of 21 goals and 10 assists for 31 points (fourth on the team) ... played in all 17 games and started five of those games ... added 10 ground balls, one draw control and six caused turnovers ... registered four multi-goal games to push career total to eight ... opened the season with four goals at Winthrop ... had a career-best six points on a personal-best five goals and an assist in an 18-6 win vs. Old Dominion ... took a career-high seven shots in the win ... dished out a season-best three assists and added a goal for four points at Duke ... took 45 shots and put 36 of them on goal ... went 4-for-10 on free-position shots ... three times scooped up two ground balls in game

2018: Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... given the team's Most Improved Award ... key contributor as a freshman, playing 13 games and scoring 17 goals to go with two assists for 19 points ... added five ground balls, three draw controls and one caused turnovers ... four times recorded multi-goal games, three times having a hat trick ... led Davidson to a quarterfinal win over VCU at the A-10 Championship, earning first career start and finishing with season highs of four goals and five points ... ended the year scoring at least one goal in the final seven games played, recording 14 goals ... recorded first hat trick in a win vs. Gardner-Webb ... added another hat trick in a win at Duquesne ... took 43 shots and put 29 of them on goal during the season ... was an impressive 6-of-9 on free-position shots ... had a season-high two ground balls to go with a season-best eight shots at George Washington

High School: Competed as a five-sport athlete in lacrosse, basketball, softball, track, and cross country … Earned 17 Varsity letter, setting a Colorado state record … Was a three-year team captain on the basketball team, earned all-conference first team three times, and set the school record for most points, 1,112 … Was a two-year captain for the softball team and earned second-team all-conference honors … On the lacrosse field, she was a three-time all-conference pick … She played at the club level for Team 180 for one year

Personal: Born in Houston, Texas … Birthday is July 29 … Daughter of John Rippley, has six siblings, Ben, Hannah, Abby, Jack, Charlie, and Max … Father John wrestled at West Point … Plans to earn her Master’s degree in agriculture and applied economics and pursue a career in global development.