Samantha Peters

Samantha Peters

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Suwanee, Ga.

High School:
Collins Hill

Height:
5-4

Position:
SS

B/T:
R/R

2007- One of three players to start all 53 games ... Named to the All-Independent Newcomer Team, earning the first postseason honor bestowed upon the program ... Led the squad in eight offensive categories, including batting average (.327), runs scored (27), total bases (70), slugging percentage (.467), hits (49), RBIs (30), home runs (4), and times hit by pitch (5), while finishing second in walks (17) and on base percentage (.408) ... Peters finished the season with nine multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... Had a season-high four hits against Sacred Heart (3/6) ... Earned All-Independent Player of the Week for the week of March 20, earning the first POW honor in program history ... Her first collegiate home run was a grand slam in a doubleheader at Maryland (4/11) ... Peters carries an 11-game hitting streak into the 2008 season dating back to April 18 against George Mason.

High School: A two-sport athlete in softball and golf ... Her team won the 5A Georgia State Championship in 2006 ... Her team won the 7AAAAA Regional Championship in 2005 ... Placed third at the state championship (5A) in 2004 ... Named the 5A Georgia Player of the Year and to the Senior All-Star Team in 2006 ... Named first team all-state, county and region her junior and senior year ... Gwinnett County Super 6 both her junior and senior years ... Led her team with a .398 batting average and fielding average of .980 her junior year .... Named the Atlanta Journal Constitution Player of the Year her sophomore year ... Made second team all-state and first team all-county her sophomore year ... Recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award ... Member of the Beta Club.

Personal: Born Samantha M. Peters on March 20, 1988 in Syracuse, New York.