2017 Merrimack College Softball Roster

31 Samantha Waskowitz

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Killingworth, Conn.
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) Haddam Killingworth
  • Major Business/Mathematics

Biography

Career:

  • All-Conference and All-Region performer as a senior
  • Tied for sixth in program history in single-season doubles (16) and third in walks (33)
  • Finished sixth in program history in base on balls (66)
2017:
  • NE10 All-Conference First Team
  • NFCA All-East Region Second Team
  • NE10 Player of the Week (4/24)
  • Enjoyed a career senior season that featured career highs in most offensive statistics
  • Set personal bests in hits (57), runs (43), RBI (34), all slash stats (.361/.446/.563), extra-base hits (22) and doubles (16)
  • Led Merrimack in extra-base hits and doubles, ranking third in the NE10 in both stats
  • Paced the Warriors and was sixth in the NE10 with 89 total bases
  • Registered 15 multi-hit efforts and nine multi-RBI games
  • Knocked in a team-high six runs in the postseason, all of which came in the NCAA Tournament 

2016: One of three Warriors to play in 49 games, missing just one game all season … Finished second on the team in batting avg. (.321), hits (45), on-base percentage (.444) and stolen bases (17), all career-highs … Posted 21 RBI … Led the team with two triples, nine doubles, 36 runs and 33 walks … Ranked third in the NE10 in BB and SB and ranked ninth in conference in OBP … Began the season with a 2-for-5 effort with a 2B, HR and 3 RBI … In one stretch, recorded a hit in 17 of 18 games … Led team with 12 multi-hit games

2015: Offensive leader in nearly category as part of breakout sophomore season ... Appeared in all but one of team's 43 games ... Finished 40-for-132, posting a .303 batting average, .338 OBP and .477 SLG% ... Led team with 26 runs and 24 RBIs while ranking second with five home runs ... Also added four doubles and team-high two triples ... Had team-high 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games while tying team lead with seven-game hitting streak ... Started 33 games at third base and eight more at second base ... Drove in four runs thanks to first-ever grand slam against Georgian Court (3/7) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs against Assumption (4/8) ... Finished season with 11 hits over final seven games.

2014: Appeared in 18 games with nine starts as a freshman ... Totaled four hits, two runs, one double and drew three walks ... Also went 2-for-2 in stolen bases ... Broke out for two hits against Alderson Broaddus (3/15) ... That game also featured her first collegiate double.

Before Merrimack: Four-year varsity letterwinner for Haddam Killingworth H.S. softball team … First player in school history to earn First-Team All-Shoreline Conference honors all four years … Named to Middletown Press All-Area team as a freshman and named Rookie of the Year … Honorable Mention New Haven Register All-State as a sophomore, junior … Named MVP of team … As a junior, named Coaches Junior Select All-Star … Shoreline Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Named Coaches Senior All-Star … Helped team claim Shoreline Conference title and advance to the Elite Eight of state tournament … Also earned a prolific four-year field hockey career, including twice earning All-State honors while helping team claim Class S State Championship … Recipient of the Carl J. Anderson Award representing an outstanding athlete displaying highest standards both on and off the fields … Member of Central Mass. Rapids 18U Gold and Connecticut Tradition 18U travel teams.

Personal: Born Jan. 30, 1995 … Daughter of David and Sandy … Has three siblings, John, Nicholas and David … Business/Mathematics major at Merrimack.

CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, at Assumption, 04/08/15 ; Assumption, 04/08/2016 ; American Int'l, Apr 11, 2016 
Doubles: 2, at Assumption, 04/08/15 
Triples: 1, 4 times
Home runs: 1, 6 times
Total bases: 6, Assumption, 04/08/2016 ; vs Shippensburg, Feb 19, 2016 
RBI: 4, vs Georgian Court Univ., 03/07/15 
Runs scored: 4, vs Felician, Feb 21, 2016 
Walks: 3, St. Michael's, 04/22/16 
Hit by pitch: 1, Le Moyne, 04/12/15 ; Bentley, Apr 12, 2016 
Struck out: 2, 7 times
Sac flies: 1, 4 times
Sac bunts: 1, 10 times
At bats: 5, Saint Anselm, 04/24/15 ; Saint Anselm, 04/25/15 ; vs Shippensburg, Feb 19, 2016 
Stolen bases: 2, at Bentley, 04/26/15 ; American Int'l, Apr 11, 2016 
Caught stealing: 1, 4 times
Field chances: 9, at Pace, Apr 20, 2016 
Putouts: 5, 5 times
Assists: 6, at Stonehill College, 04/10/15 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2014Freshman

    3B
    5'4"
    28
  • 31

    2015Sophomore

    3B/OF
    5'4"
    31
  • 31

    2016Junior

    2B/OF
    5'4"
    31
  • 31

    2017Senior

    2B/OF
    5'4"
    31