University of Connecticut Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Sami Barnett
- Position:
- UTILITY
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Liberty Hill High School
- Hometown:
- Liberty Hill, Texas
2021: Appeared and started in 27 contestsโฆ Posted a .282 batting average with 22 hits, 16 runs (4th), 12 RBI (5th), seven doubles (T-2nd), a triple, and two home runsโฆ Four multi-RBI gamesโฆ Five multi-hit games, including season-high three hits at Providence (April 27) and versus Villanova (May 15)โฆ Slugged .474 while and tallied a .391 on-base percentage (4th)โฆ Two stolen basesโฆ Involved in a pair of double playsโฆ Second in putouts with 142โฆ Fielding percentage of .986.
2020: Played in all 21 games, starting 18, at first baseโฆ Finished second on team in doubles (7)โฆ Third in homeruns (2), slugging percentage (.517) and total bases (30)โฆย Fourth in runs (11), batting average (.293), stolen bases (4)โฆ Fifth on team with 17 hitsโฆ Also added 10 RBIโsโฆ On-base percentage of .379โฆ 104 putouts was second-best on the teamโฆ Involved in five double playsโฆ. Fielding percentage of .991โฆ Notched season-high two runs against Sacramento State (March 1) and JMU (March 7)โฆ Four multi-hit games, including season-best three hits at Hofstra (March 10)โฆ Posted a pair of multi-RBI games, Feb. 8 against Delaware and Hofstra (March 10). ย
2019:ย Played in 12 games with 10 starts before sitting out the remainder of the season due to injuryโฆPosted a batting average of .222โฆTallied six hits, scored a run, notched one double, through 27 at-batsโฆSlugged .259 with an on base percentage of .250โฆDefensively: 48 putouts, three assists, perfect fielding percentage
Three game hitting and reached base streak.
Season highs: A pair of hits and a double vs. Michigan State, Feb. 8thโฆScored one run and an assist at USC Upstate, Feb. 16thโฆNine putouts vs. Florida Gulf Coast, Feb. 23rd.
2018:ย Appeared in 35 games, making 12 startsโฆMade nine starts at designated playerโฆAccounted for 10 hits, including one home run and two doubles, while recording seven RBIโฆMulti-hit game, as well as first-career homer, in win over Marist on March 16โฆSeason-long three-game hitting streak from March 10-13 in the Oklahoma State Hall of Fame Classic.ย
Before UConn:ย Attended Liberty Hill High School as a junior and senior, after being enrolled at San Pasqual High School in Escondido, Calif. for her freshman and sophomore yearsโฆPlayed softball and volleyball in high schoolโฆFirst Team All-Avocado League and All-Avocado League Academic Award in softballโฆClass 4A District 19 Co-ChampionโฆAll-Central Texas First Team on two occasionsโฆSecond Team All-State in TexasโฆAll-time home run record holder at Liberty Hill High SchoolโฆTwo-time Avocado League All-Academic in volleyballโฆPresidentโs Award for Academic ExcellenceโฆAssistant Principalโs Honor RollโฆTwo-time recipient of the Varsity Scholar-Athlete Letter.
Personal:ย Samantha Barnett is the daughter of Mike and Michelle BarnettโฆBorn in June of 1999โฆOne younger sister, EmilyโฆAllied health science major.
