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Sam Scolarici

School
Hofstra University
Position
Forward
Major
Journalism

Classroom

Has a 3.60 grade point average while majoring in journalism. She is slated to graduate in May 2015. She is a two-time CAA Commissioner Academic Award recipient.

Character

One of veteran leaders on the team as a four-year contributor…Also has been involved in all aspects of campus, including joining the campus radio station WRHU-FM, where she works to hone her journalism skills.

Community

Was part of Hofstra’s parternship with the Let All The Children Play Foundation for an afternoon of sports at the Hofstra University Fitness Center. More than 100 participants attended the sports day and were taken through drills and games in soccer, baseball and softball. Scolarici was one of the student-athletes who helped run the event…Helped lead several youth clinics throughout the semester Children were taken through drills, games and activities that stressed skill building, teamwork and sportsmanship. Some of the organizations worked with included the Massapequa Soccer Club and the Levittown Soccer Club. She also participated in Hofstra holding a special youth day on April 13, where they joined with soccer legend Pele and hosted a day full of soccer activities at James M. Shuart Stadium.

Competition

All-Colonial Athletic Association First Team selection in 2013…Set Hofstra’s single-season goal record with 18, breaking the previous mark of 17 that stood since 1994…Also set a single-season school record with 38 points to surpass the previous mark of 35 that was also set in 1994…Led the CAA in goals in starting all 19 games…Notched two assists to contribute to her point total…Posted a CAA-best five game-winning goals…Finished second in the CAA with 69 shots…Led the league with 2 points per game and 0.95 goals-per-contest…Goal total tied for 10th-most in the NCAA Division I…Tallied first career hat trick in accounting for Hofstra’s entire offensive production in a 3-2 overtime win over the College of Charleston on Sept. 29…Compiled four multi-goal games, including a two-goal effort in the season opener against Syracuse on Aug. 23…Also scored twice against Albany (Sept. 8) and Towson (Sept. 20)…Crafted a five-game goal-scoring streak from Sept. 1-13….Credited with three consecutive game-winners against Saint Joseph’s, UNCW and CofC,…Broke Carlene Wawrzonek’s previous single-season record of 17 goals with a scoring strike at James Madison in the CAA Tournament semifinals on Nov. 8….Broke Wawrzonek’s record of 35 points with a goal versus UNCW in the CAA Tournament quarterfinals on Nov. 2…