#8 Samantha Knudsen
Height: 5-5
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Missouri Valley
Major: Biology
About Samantha: Born 4/9/1993...is the daughter of Kim Knudsen...has two brothers, Chris and Josh.
High School Highlights: Samantha earned Second Team All-Conference catcher in 2010, First Team All-Conference catcher in 2011, Honorable Mention All-State in 2010 and 2011 as well as being team captain in 2011. She was a five-year letter winner in softball and also a 2-year letter winner in cheerleading
College Highlights: Sam started all 11 games in which she appeared in. She finished with 13 hits in 33 at-bats, including a 2-for-3 effort in only her second career game, posting a double, RBI and a run scored. She turned in a career-best three hits in the opener of a doubleheader at Wartburg College before turning in three more in the finale of the twinbill. In that series, she went 6-for-10 with a pair of stolen bases.
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2012
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11-11 | .394 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 |
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Career Totals
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11-11 | .394 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 |
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