Samantha Woitkoski

Bio

Another of the Sage fabulous freshmen from the 2012 team, Samantha Woitkoski had a banner rookie campaign. She started 46 games and hit a cool .341 on the season. She etched her name into a number of Sage single-season records along the way. She ranks No. 7 in single-season at-bats (135), No. 5 in hits (46), and No. 18 in doubles (6).  She finished the season with an impressive .385 slugging percentage and was a perfect 5-5 on stolen bases a year ago. She scored 24 runs and had a .371 on-base percentage on the season.  She finished the 2012 season ranked No. 71 in Division III with her 0.93 RBI's per game average after breaking Sage's single-season RBI mark with her 42 RBIs.

She was forced to watch from the sidelines with an injury in 2013. She returned to help the Gators win the 2014 Skyline Conference regular-season championship and the Skyline Tournament Runner-up title. She had 19 hits in 35 games played, while adding eight RBI’s. She finished the season with a .905 fielding percentage and has now played in 81 games at Sage with 80 starts. She has a .280 career batting average with 65 career hits and 24 RBIs.

A graduate of Lansingburgh High School, she participated in softball, volleyball, and cheerleading. She earned a spot on the Troy Record All-Area Team as well as the Colonial Council All-Star Team. A team captain in softball, she was also saluted as the team’s MVP as a senior.  She helped the 2008 team capture the Colonial Council Championship and the following year the Section II Class A Championship crowns.

A National Honor Society student, was named to the 2012 and 2013 Skyline Conference Scholar-Athlete Team after also earning Dean’s List acclaim. A three-time Sage Scholar-Athlete Team honoree, she majored in physical therapy at Sage and graduated Magna Cum Laude in December of 2014. She also earned a spot on the NFCA Scholar-Athlete Team in 2012 and is a Kellas Scholar at Sage and was inducted into the Athenian Honor Society in 2014, while winning the Kathleen Harrington Memorial Award for Physical Therapy in 2014 and is now a student in Sage’s graduate school. She is the daughter of Paul and Joann Woitkoski.

My Favorite Professional Athlete is:
Dustin Pedroia

My Favorite Sports Team is:
The Boston Red Sox

The Thing I like Best about Sage is:
Sage softball and going to school in Troy!