Sami Barnett

Position:
UTILITY
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Liberty Hill High School
Hometown:
Liberty Hill, Texas

2021: Appeared and started in 27 contests… Posted a .282 batting average with 22 hits, 16 runs (4^th), 12 RBI (5^th), seven doubles (T-2^nd), a triple, and two home runs… Four multi-RBI games… Five multi-hit games, including season-high three hits at Providence (April 27) and versus Villanova (May 15)… Slugged .474 while and tallied a .391 on-base percentage (4^th)… Two stolen bases… Involved in a pair of double plays… Second in putouts with 142… Fielding percentage of .986.

2020: Played in all 21 games, starting 18, at first base… Finished second on team in doubles (7)… Third in homeruns (2), slugging percentage (.517) and total bases (30)… Fourth in runs (11), batting average (.293), stolen bases (4)… Fifth on team with 17 hits… Also added 10 RBI’s… On-base percentage of .379… 104 putouts was second-best on the team… Involved in five double plays…. Fielding percentage of .991… Notched season-high two runs against Sacramento State (March 1) and JMU (March 7)… Four multi-hit games, including season-best three hits at Hofstra (March 10)… Posted a pair of multi-RBI games, Feb. 8 against Delaware and Hofstra (March 10).

2019: Played in 12 games with 10 starts before sitting out the remainder of the season due to injury…Posted a batting average of .222…Tallied six hits, scored a run, notched one double, through 27 at-bats…Slugged .259 with an on base percentage of .250…Defensively: 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. 8th…Scored one run and an assist at USC Upstate, Feb. 16th…Nine putouts vs. Florida Gulf Coast, Feb. 23rd.

2018: Appeared in 35 games, making 12 starts…Made nine starts at designated player…Accounted for 10 hits, including one home run and two doubles, while recording seven RBI…Multi-hit game, as well as first-career homer, in win over Marist on March 16…Season-long three-game hitting streak from March 10-13 in the Oklahoma State Hall of Fame Classic.

Before UConn: 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 years…Played softball and volleyball in high school…First Team All-Avocado League and All-Avocado League Academic Award in softball…Class 4A District 19 Co-Champion…All-Central Texas First Team on two occasions…Second Team All-State in Texas…All-time home run record holder at Liberty Hill High School…Two-time Avocado League All-Academic in volleyball…President’s Award for Academic Excellence…Assistant Principal’s Honor Roll…Two-time recipient of the Varsity Scholar-Athlete Letter.

Personal: Samantha Barnett is the daughter of Mike and Michelle Barnett…Born in June of 1999…One younger sister, Emily…Allied health science major.