Samantha Williams Season 2023

Career Highlights

• Pac-12 Champion (2022)
• College Cup appearance (2023)
• All-Pac-12 freshman team (2020-21)
• Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Senior (2023)

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 15 matches, starting four, while logging 535:05 minutes
• Scored her lone goal of the season, a game-winner, vs. Saint Mary's (Aug. 27)
• Assisted on a goal in Stanford's 3-0 win over Arizona (Oct. 1)
• Compiled eight shots, putting five on frame, including a pair of shots vs. San Francisco (Aug. 24)
• Played 30+ minutes in nine of her 15 matches played and reached 40+ minutes in six contests

As a Junior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 22 matches, starting 14, while logging 1043:37 minutes
• Scored seven goals and assisted on a team-best six more to total 20 points
• Finished the year with two game-winners, including at San Francisco (Aug. 25) and vs. Washington State (Oct. 9)
• Scored twice and added an assist to finish with a season-best five points in the season opener vs. Sacramento State (Aug. 18) - her second career brace
• Had a goal and an assist against Utah (Oct. 27)
• Also scored at Santa Clara (Sept. 18) and California (Nov. 4)
• Compiled 36 shots, putting 16 on frame, including a season-best six at Oregon (Oct. 20)
• Contributed seven points in a span of four matches from Oct. 27 to Nov. 11, scoring two goals and assisting on three more
• Played 40+ minutes in 15 of her 22 matches played and reached 50+ minutes in eight of the 22

As a Sophomore (2021)

• Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 20 matches, starting 16, while totaling 1107:09 minutes
• Scored a pair of goals, and assisted on one more, to finish with five points
• Registered 30 shots, putting 15 on goal, while collecting two game-winning goals
• Scored a goal on three shots vs. Utah (Sept. 24)
• Scored on her lone shot vs. Arizona State (Oct. 21)
• Assisted on a goal and took four shots vs. CSUN (Aug. 26)
• Played 50+ minutes in 14 of her 20 matches played

As a Freshman (2020-21)

• All-Pac-12 freshman team
• Led the team with nine points, and tied the team lead with four goals in her debut campaign
• Appeared in all 14 matches, making eight starts as a forward
• Scored her first career goal in the loss at Oregon State (Feb. 28)
• Finished the 5-0 win over Utah with a brace – Stanford’s only multi-goal game by an individual of the season (March 5)
• Scored the go-ahead goal in the 55’ in the 2-1 loss to No. 4 UCLA (April 11)
• Assisted on Kiki Pickett’s game-winning goal in the 3-1 victory over Oregon State (March 26)
• Played more than 50 minutes in nine matches while totaling 908:45 total minutes

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at JSerra Catholic high school in San Juan Capistrano, California
• CIF Division I state champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Trinity League champions (2017, 2019)
• Team MVP (2017, 2019)
• All-State All-American (2019)
• Represented SoCal Blues at the club level (2016-20)
• ECNL national champions (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Personal

• Born in Torrance, California
• Daughter of Caroline and David Williams
• Has an older brother, Marty, and an older sister, Lachelle
• Founded a non-profit organization called Kids Kick Back that collects used cleats and athletic shoes, donating them to people in need around the world