Cara Sambeth Season 2024

Career Highlights

• Two-time All-America East second team (2021, 2022)
• America East All-Rookie team (2021)
• America East Championship All-Tournament Team (2022)
• NFCHA Scholar of Distinction (2021)
• NFHCA National Academic Squad (2021, 2022)
• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022)

As a Sophomore (2022)

• All-America East second team
• America East Championship All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Started all 19 games along the back line
• Helped team to five shutouts and the top goals-against average in the America East
• Scored one goal with four assists for six points. Ranked second on the team in assists.
• Registered assists against UC Davis (Sept. 25), James Madison (Oct. 20), Richmond (Oct. 23) and UAlbany (Nov. 6)
• Scored first-career goal at New Hampshire (Oct. 30)

As a Freshman (2021)

• All-America East second team
• America East All-Rookie team
• NFCHA Scholar of Distinction
• NFHCA National Academic Squad
• Started all 11 of her appearances, eight in central defense and the final three at goalkeeper
• Tallied one assist
• Ranked second in the nation with nine defensive saves, leading Stanford to a second-place national finish in the category
• Had five defensive saves against Liberty, which is tied for the second most in a single game in NCAA history
• Appeared as a goalkeeper for the final three games, making nine saves with a 1.07 goals-against average and one shutout.
• Played on a back line that was without a goalkeeper for the first 10 matches of the year

Before Stanford

• Part of Germany national team system. Appeared in 34 matches with three goals.
• Won 2021 U18 European Championship with Germany
• Three-time Six-Nation-Champion in 2017 (U16), 2018 (U16) and 2019 (U18) with Germany
• Played for Eisenbahner Sportverein Mu¨nchen e. V. from 2006-19, moved to Mu¨nchner Sport Club e. V. in 2019.
• With Mu¨nchner Sport Club e. V., played in 1st Bundesliga, among the top eight teams in Germany.
• Won U18 Bavarian Indoor Championships in 2019
• With ESV, won multiple Bavarian Championships in both field and indoor hockey.
• 2019 Southern Germany Indoor Championship, named to All-Star team
• Third place at 2019 German Indoor Champioship, selected to All-Star team
• Named to All-Star team at 2018 German Indoor Championship, heling ESV take fifth place

Personal

• Parents are Frank Sambeth and Margit Christiany-Sambeth
• Has three brothers, Caspar, Kai and Carl-Philipp
• Father, Frank, attended Stanford