Southern New Hampshire University

2013: Team tri-captain…started 17 of 18 games in goal and posted a 1.03 goals-against average and .727 save percentage…finished with five shutouts on the season…opened the season with back-to-back shutouts against Wilmington (9/6) and Caldwell (9/8) to earn Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Week honors…had six saves in a 1-1 tie at Adelphi (9/14)…posted three straight shutouts from 10/12 (Le Moyne) to 10/19 (Pace)…made a season-high eight stops at nationally-ranked AIC (10/26).

2012: Appeared in eight games with six starts in goal…notched five shutouts, including four in the postseason, and recorded a 0.27 goals-against average and .923 save percentage…made three saves in her first appearance of the season en route to a shutout at Assumption (9/29)…did not allow a goal in three straight Northeast-10 Tournament games as the Penmen captured their first NE-10 Tournament title…made seven saves in a 1-0 semifinal win at Saint Rose (11/2)…turned aside one shot in the championship game against Adelphi (11/4)…made one save in a 0-0, 2OT tie with Dowling in the NCAA Tournament (11/9).

2011: Made 10 appearances in net with nine starts on this season...totaled 26 saves with a .722 save percentage en route to a 6-3-1 record...recorded her first collegiate shutout in a 1-0 win against Pace (9/20)...also posted a shutout at Franklin Pierce (9/28) and against Saint Michael's (10/12)...posted a career-high five saves against American Int'l (10/4) and then matched that in her next appearance against Adelphi (10/8)...allowed a team-best 1.10 goals per game.   

2010: Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Concordia (9/5)…made one save in a 7-0 victory…played in three games with two starts.

BEFORE SNHU/PERSONAL: 2010 graduate of St. Peter-Marian HS where she was a member of the bowling team and a four-year starting goalkeeper for the soccer team…served as a captain for the soccer team as a senior and led the Guardians to a 13-5-1 record…earned Central Massachusetts Conference All-Star accolades as a  senior…helped the Guardians to three straight Division 1 District quarterfinals and a Division 2 District semifinal as a senior…played club soccer for Fuller Hamlets Soccer Club…born Samantha E. Whittier on August 15, 1992…daughter of Wayne and Mary Whittier…serves on SNHU's S.A.A.C. committee...is a member of the Division II national SAAC representing the Northeast-10 Conference...Hospitality Business major.

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