2013 Field Hockey Roster
Sam Night
- Position:
- Midfield/Forward
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- St. John's School
Majoring in public policy ... Member of the Honors Carolina program ... Participates in the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Veteran Leaders program ... Represents the team as part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council
2015: As a sophomore, came off the bench to play in 23 games ... Scored four goals and had five assists ... Named to the NFCA National Academic Squad and the All-ACC Academic Team ... Switched to No. 5 at the start of the season after wearing No. 12 her first two years ... Recipient of the team's Iron Ram Award, recognizing the best all-around performance in strength & conditioning during the 2015-16 school year
2014: As a redshirt freshman, played in 21 games, starting two ... Scored four goals and added one assist ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Recipient of the team's Dawson Family Most Improved Player Award
2013: Did not see action and will count the year as a redshirt season ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Played in the U.S. Field Hockey Young Women's National Championship in June of 2015
Before UNC: At St. John's School in Houston, helped her team to Southwest Preparatory Conference championships in 2011 and 2012 ... As a senior (2012), named to the NFHCA High School All-West Region team and the NFHCA High School National Academic Squad ... Earned SPC All-Conference honors in 2012 and All-South Zone honors in 2010 and 2011 ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Also competed in track & field, helping her school to three conference championships and earning all-conference honors her freshman through senior years ... Captained the track team as a senior ... St. John's School Athletic Excellence nominee 2009-2013 ... Named to the High Honor Roll 2009-13 and served as Tour Guild Chair as a senior
National/International: Selected for USA Field Hockey High Performance Camp and Young Women's National Championship, 2014-15 ... National Futures Championship 2011 ... Junior Olympics 2011
More on Night: Born in Austin, Texas ... Daughter of Stacy and Susan Night ... Her mother played tennis at Oklahoma ... Favorite pastimes are cooking and baking, yoga, going to farmers' markets and watching old movies ... Favorite sport other than field hockey is football ... Fun fact is that she's never eaten a banana ... Athlete she most admires is Serena Williams ... After college, would like to travel and go to culinary school
