Sam Werner Season 2016

In The News

• 12/15/17: Timbers Academy helped Langsdorf, Werner on their way to NCAA College Cup success - Tim Froh (Timbers.com)
• 12/11/17: Bozeman’s Werner delivers Stanford’s third straight title - Michael Appelgate (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
• 12/14/16: Bozeman’s Werner helps Stanford soccer to second title - Michael Appelgate (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• 2017 College Cup Offensive Most Outstanding Player
• 2017 Top Drawer Soccer College Cup Best XI
• 2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team
• 2017 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region
• 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6, 2016)
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in 67 matches and made 31 starts
• Tallied nine goals, including three game winners, and nine assists
• Put 36 of his 82 career shots on goal (.439)
• In his four seasons, Stanford won three national championships, four Pac-12 titles, had a 65-10-13 overall record (.813) and 30-3-7 (.838) conference mark

As a Redshirt Junior (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats

• College Cup Offensive Most Outstanding Player
• Top Drawer Soccer College Cup Best XI
• All-Pac-12 Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in all 23 games and made 17 starts
• Tied for fourth on the team with career highs in both goals (5) and assists (5)
• Scored three of his five goals in the postseason and all five came in the season's final eight games
• His final goal of the year was his lone game-winner of the season
• Stripped an Indiana player and scored at 102:03 in the College Cup final to lift Stanford its third consecutive national championship, 1-0
• Also added insurance goals in the quarterfinals at No. 1 Wake Forest (12/2) and in the semifinals against No. 4 Akron (12/8), both 2-0 Stanford victories
• First two goals of the season came in back-to-back wins over UCLA (11/2) and San Diego State (11/5)
• Had a pair of assists in the season-opener at San Jose State (8/25)
• Also assisted on goals at San Diego State (9/28), UCLA (10/1) and No. 21 Washington (10/19)
• Tied for seventh in the Pac-12 in assists

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6)
• Appeared in all 23 games and made seven starts
• Tied for sixth on the team with seven points on two goals and three assists
• Scored against No. 16 UCLA (10/16) and in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament at No. 7 Louisville (12/3)
• Had assists in back-to-back 1-0 road wins at No. 16 Washington and Oregon State 
• Also assisted on a Drew Skundrich goal at No. 24 UCLA (10/23)
• Converted his attempts in College Cup penalty shootouts against No. 10 North Carolina (12/9) and No. 2 Wake Forest (12/11)
• His sixth-round penalty in the final against the Demon Deacons put Stanford ahead for good

As a Redshirt Freshman (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Made seven starts and 21 total appearances, scoring twice and adding an assist
• Converted for the Cardinal in its penalty shootout win against Akron in the NCAA semifinals (12/11)
• Earned his first career start in a 2-0 win over VCU (9/6)
• Tallied his first career assist and point against Oregon State (10/11)
• Scored his first career goal at Washington (11/2)
• Backed that up with a winner in the regular-season finale against Cal (11/12)

As a Freshman (2014)

• Redshirted

High School/Club

• A 2014 graduate of Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Ore.
• Attended Bozeman High School in Bozeman, Mont. as a freshman and sophomore, where he played two seasons of soccer
• Scored 13 goals with eight assists over his two seasons at Bozeman
• Helped team to third-place state finish in 2011
• Named first-team all-state following each season
• Became the first freshman to make all-state first team
• Played for Portland Timbers Academy (2012-14) and Bozeman Blitzz (2010-12)
• Started 11 of 15 matches for the Timbers’ U-18 team in 2012-13
• Scored four goals in the 2013-14 USSDA season
• Made the Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) Team in 2010-11, becoming the first Montanan to achieve the feat in the modern ODP era

Personal

• Born in Bozeman, Mont.
• Parents are Jordan and Amanda
• Has a younger sister, Mia
• Hobbies include playing the guitar