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Jersey Number 7
Samantha Budd
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- West Deptford
- Hometown:
- West Deptford, N.J.
The Budd File
- 11th in program history with 141 career points
- Also owns 100 career goals for her career (103)
- Fourth in program history with 129 draw controls
- Most single-game draw controls in program history (12)
- 3x Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch (2018-20)
- 1x Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2019)
- Rutgers Athletics' Female Sophomore Athlete of the Year (2018)
- 2x Academic All-Big Ten Selection (2018-19)
Career Highs
- Points: 9 (March 19, 2019 at Lafayette; March 5, 2019 vs. Monmouth)
- Goals: 8 (March 19, 2019 at Lafayette)
- Assists: 2 (5 times)
- Ground Balls: 3 (March 19, 2019 at Lafayette; Feb. 11, 2007 vs. Temple)
- Draw Controls: 12 (Feb. 10, 2018 at Temple)
- One of four team captains for the 2020 season
- 2020 Big Ten Player to Watch
- Finished season third on the team in points (24) and goals (22)
- Produced six multi-goal games and had four outings with three or more scores
- Collected 100th career goal in win over Lafayette, finishing with four scores against the Leopards (3/10)
- Scored a season and game-high five goals in season-opening win against LIU (2/8)
- 2019 Big Ten Player to Watch
- 2019 Academic All-Big Ten
- Second on the team in points (49), goals (36), assists (21) and draw controls (43)
- 11 multi-point games and six hat tricks
- Secured 100th-career point against Cornell (April 2)
- 2019 Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (March 26)
- Tied a career-high with nine points on eight goals and an assist, including the game-winning strike with 45 seconds to go in win at Lafayette (March 19)
- Scored a career-high nine points on seven goals and two assists in win vs. Monmouth (March 5)
- Collected 100th-career draw control at Drexel (March 2)
2018 (Sophomore)
- 2018 Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch
- 2018 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2018 Rutgers Athletics Female Sophomore Athlete of the Year
- Led team in draw controls (54)
- Co-led in points (37) and goals (30)
- Seven multi-point and four hat tricks
- Produced five points on three goals and two assists in win vs. Lafayette (April 3)
- Five points on four goals and an assist in win over Delaware (Feb. 24)
- Season-high seven points on six goals and a helper in win at Monmouth (Feb. 17)
2017 (Freshman)
- Appeared in all 16 games with five starts as a rookie
- Finished with 15 goals and five assists
- Second on the team in draw controls (29)
- Produced two hat tricks, including three-goal effort in win over Michigan (April 13)
- Five draw controls at Lafayette (Feb. 21)
- Made collegiate debut at Temple (Feb. 11)
Prior to Rutgers
- Four-year girl’s lacrosse starter at West Deptford High School, serving as captain her junior and senior seasons
- First team all-conference as a junior and sophomore
- Collected second team all-South Jersey honors her junior season
- Surpassed 100-career goals in her sophomore campaign
- Helped West Deptford to three conference championships
- Team won the Gloucester County Cup her rookie year
- Four-year letterwinner in soccer and three-year letterwinner basketball
- First team all-conference soccer player in her first three seasons
- Helped basketball to a South Jersey Group II title as a sophomore
Personal
- Daughter of Paul and Maria
- Has two siblings, Caitlin and Christopher
- Biomedical engineering major
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