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Jersey Number 16
Samantha Arnold
- Position:
- Back
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- East Brunswick, N.J.
- High School:
- East Brunswick HS
2026 Senior Nexus Championships
2026 NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
2026: Played in first six games at back, making two starts ... had defensive save in season opener against Monmouth (Aug. 28)Ā
2025: Played in nine games, with four starts at back ... made collegiate debut against Monmouth (Sept. 21) ... moved into starting lineup at back for 2-1 overtime win over Ohio State (Sept. 26), where she had the game-winning assist to set up the winning goal
Prior to Rutgers: Was a MAX Field Hockey Top-100 Player ā¦ set her schoolās record for total points in her career with 224 ā¦ scored 77 goals and had 70 assists in high school career, including 86 points (33 goals and 20 assists) as a senior, tying her sisterās school record for goals in a seasonā¦ was a three-time GMC Player of the Year ā¦ four-time First Team All-Conference ā¦ four-time All-Division ā¦ three-time High School Varsity Female Athlete of the Year (each grade) ā¦ two-time All-Group 4 ā¦ Second Team MAX Field Hockey All-New Jersey Region in 2023 ā¦ NJFHCA All-North Jersey First Team in 2023 and Second Team in 2022 ā¦ two-time team captain as a junior and senior ā¦ team won goal at field hockey Junior Olympics in 2021
Personal: Parents are CarrieAnn and Art ā¦ has an older sister, Natalie, who played for Rutgers field hockey for four years prior to heading to Michigan State for final collegiate season ā¦ mother went to Rutgers and was on the diving team ā¦ also played four years of varsity lacrosse, where she was First Team All-Conference in 2024 and competed in two seasons on winter track ā¦ went to nationals for archery in 2019 ā¦ participated in NJ Junior PGA League
2026 NFHCA Collegiate Watch List
2026: Played in first six games at back, making two starts ... had defensive save in season opener against Monmouth (Aug. 28)Ā
2025: Played in nine games, with four starts at back ... made collegiate debut against Monmouth (Sept. 21) ... moved into starting lineup at back for 2-1 overtime win over Ohio State (Sept. 26), where she had the game-winning assist to set up the winning goal
Prior to Rutgers: Was a MAX Field Hockey Top-100 Player ā¦ set her schoolās record for total points in her career with 224 ā¦ scored 77 goals and had 70 assists in high school career, including 86 points (33 goals and 20 assists) as a senior, tying her sisterās school record for goals in a seasonā¦ was a three-time GMC Player of the Year ā¦ four-time First Team All-Conference ā¦ four-time All-Division ā¦ three-time High School Varsity Female Athlete of the Year (each grade) ā¦ two-time All-Group 4 ā¦ Second Team MAX Field Hockey All-New Jersey Region in 2023 ā¦ NJFHCA All-North Jersey First Team in 2023 and Second Team in 2022 ā¦ two-time team captain as a junior and senior ā¦ team won goal at field hockey Junior Olympics in 2021
Personal: Parents are CarrieAnn and Art ā¦ has an older sister, Natalie, who played for Rutgers field hockey for four years prior to heading to Michigan State for final collegiate season ā¦ mother went to Rutgers and was on the diving team ā¦ also played four years of varsity lacrosse, where she was First Team All-Conference in 2024 and competed in two seasons on winter track ā¦ went to nationals for archery in 2019 ā¦ participated in NJ Junior PGA League
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