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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