Samantha Galina

Position:
Epee/Left Hand
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dix Hills, N.Y.
High School:
Commack

Working toward a double major in public policy and art history ... Active on campus with Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, UNC Chabad and Carolina Outreach ... Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Leadership Lab program ... A Roosevelt Institute Summer Policy Fellow

Fencing at UNC: In her third year on the women’s epee squad and serves as a captain ... Has qualified for NCAA Regionals each year, placing 28th as a freshman in 2015 and 16th as a sophomore in 2016

Before UNC: Graduate of Commack High School … Fenced three years on the varsity team after a year on JV … Team captain … Named all-county and All-Long Island … Four-year recipient of Scholar-Athlete award … Earned the Most Improved Player Award and the Coach’s Fencer of the Year Award … Placed second at Suffolk County Fencing Championships and third at Brentwood All-Long Island Holiday Tournament … Started fencing in ninth grade when the coach suggested she try out because she’s tall

More on Galina: Daughter of Andrea and Michael Galina … Has one sister … Favorite pastimes are arts & crafts, cooking, yoga, traveling and running … Favorite sport other than fencing is skiing … Has two dogs, Lucy and Theodore Roosevelt ... Describes herself as an "organic foodie" ... Athlete she admires most is teammate Erin O'Neill … After graduation, plans to hike the Appalachian Trail with her dog then go to law school and eventually reform the American prison system