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Sam Lofton
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Forward/Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Lock Haven, Pa.
- High School:
- Central Mountain
- Major:
- Health Science
Bio
Career Highlights:
Played in 80 career games, starting 74 of them
Scored six goals and 12 assists for 24 career points
Two-time team captain in 2013 and 2014
Named to CAA All-Academic team in 2013 and 2014
First Team All-CAA honoree in 2014
Second Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honoree in 2014
First Team ECAC All-Star in 2014
Finished tied for 25th in program history for assists (12) (as of Nov. 8, 2014)
2014 as a Redshirt Senior:
• Started all 20 games JMU played
• Scored three goals, all of which were game-winners
• Tallied seven assists, which placed second on the team and in the CAA
• Tied for second on the team in points with 13
• Scored the game-winner Sept. 7 at home in a 1-0 win over VCU
• Scored on a free kick from 25 yards out Sept. 19 with 33 seconds to play to lift JMU past Appalachian State 2-1
• Scored on a penalty kick in overtime Oct. 26 to give JMU a 1-0 win over Elon
• Finishes her JMU career with 12 assists, which ties her for 25th in program history (as of Nov. 8, 2014)
• Named First Team All-CAA
• Named a Second Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region performer
• Earned CAA All-Academic honors
• Named a First Team ECAC All-Star performer
• Earned VaSID All-State First Team honors
• Named to JMU Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Named to the midseason edition of TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 20 in the CAA (#16)
• Named to the postseason edition of TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Top 20 in the CAA (#6)
• One of three team captains
• JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award
2013 as a Redshirt Junior:
• Spring Semester Dean's List
• Played in 21 games, making 20 starts
• Scored two goals and added four assists for an eight-point season
• Netted a goal in JMU's 3-1 triumph over Hofstra in the CAA Tournament semifinals
• Scored her other goal in a 2-0 win over UNCG
• Part of JMU's defensive core that produced six shutouts and allowed only 1.17 goals per game, which ranked third in the CAA
• Named to CAA Championship All-Tournament Team
• One of three team captains
• Named to CAA All-Academic Team
• JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2012 as a Junior:
• Played in two games before an injury ended her season
• Received a medical redshirt and an additional year of eligibility
• JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2011 as a Sophomore:
• Played in 19 games, making 18 starts
• Tallied one goal with one assist for three points
• Scored a goal in JMU's 6-0 scoring barrage vs. Pittsburgh
• Dished out an assists in a 4-3 OT win at Hofstra
• Named to JMU Invitational All-Tournament Team
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2010 as a Freshman:
• Played in 20 games, making 18 starts
• Named JMU's Rookie of the Year
• JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
High school and club:
• Two-time All-State selection
• First Team All-Mountain League as a sophomore, junior and senior and Honorable Mention as a rookie
• Played in Mountain League Senior All-Star Game
• Named team MVP as a senior and attacking MVP as a freshman, sophomore and junior
• Set Central Mountain school records for goals in a game (6) and season (22) and career assists (60)
• Team captain as a senior
• Helped CMHS to district title and AA state semifinals in 2006 and to a district runner-up finish in 2010
• NSCAA Scholar All-American and Scholar All-Region as a senior
• Member of the Olympic Development Program Region I and State teams from U-13 to U-16
• Played club soccer for the Hershey Attack (2007-09) and the North Union Dynamo (2007-10)
• Helped the Attack to the region semis in 2009, a state title in 2009 and state indoor runner-up in 2010
• Honor roll student
Personal:
• Samantha Jane Lofton
• Majoring in health science with a pre-med concentration
• Minoring in Biology
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