SylverSamuel

• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

Senior (2016): Set a new career high with three stolen bases in a game against Evansville and at Arkansas … Has a team-high 24 stolen bases on the season and became just the third player in UK history with 70 career stolen bases with one vs. Indiana on Wednesday, March 9 … Set a new hitting streak high with a nine-game streak beginning against Oregon on 2/14 running through Feb. 26 against Lipscomb … Leading the team in batting average with a .348 average … Kentucky’s best slapper … Has 55 hits on the season, a career high for her this many games into a season … Passed Meagan Aull for second all-time at UK with 71 career steals … Now is just one stolen base away from breaking the school record for stolen bases (82) in a career, as she has 82 … Had a career-high tying four-hit game at Arkansas in the Sunday win … Had UK’s only hit in the series opener at LSU, a game-winning RBI base hit up the middle … Had multi-hit games in two of the three match-ups at No. 4 Alabama … Scored game-winning run to clinch a sweep of Mississippi State on Sunday. 

Junior (2015): Had 13 multi-hit games on the season ending with a .297 average … Had 34 runs scored, two triples, six RBI and team-best 20 stolen bases … Went 3-for-4 against Georgia Southern with three runs scored and an RBI … Went 4-for-4 against LIU Brooklyn – including two hits against the shift with the Blackbirds bringing in an extra infielder … Had three hits in the DH at TTU, including a triple and RBI … Had a hit and stole two bases against Ohio, while going 2-for-2 against Indiana with a stolen base and run scored … Had three hits in the LSU series, including going 2-for-3 on Saturday with an RBI and run scored … Had a hit in all three games against South Carolina, including going 2-for-4 in the finale with two runs scored and two stolen bases … Went 2-for-2 against Tennessee on Sunday with a triple and single … Was 2-for-4 in the SEC Tournament game vs. Tennessee with a run scored … Had a hit in all three regional games, including two runs scored … Had a hit in six of the team’s last seven games, including a season-best five-game hitting streak … Kentucky went 21-9 when she had a hit and 13-3 when she steals a bag.

Sophomore (2014): Played in all 69 games with 62 starts … Ended the season with a .287 average, including 38 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, one homer (inside the park) and nine RBI … Paced the team with 20 stolen bases taking her career total to 41, which is seventh most in program history … Posted her first career double in UK’s win over Texas … Had four hits in five games at the FAU Invitational … Went 3-for-5 in the series finale with Missouri – a career high for hits in a game … Key triple in the top of the eighth inning vs. Missouri, scoring the game-winning run in the series clincher … Had two singles vs. Indiana, going 2-for-3 … Continued her hot bat in the Kentucky Tournament, hitting .450 with two doubles and the first four RBI of her career … Had three hits against Auburn and went 2-for-3 against Louisville with two runs scored … Had three hits in the Tennessee series, scoring two runs … Had the game-winning RBI against Louisville, slapping a ball to third base that scored a run (was ruled a fielder’s choice) … In SEC Tournament, she had two hits vs. Miss. State with a run scored, while launching a two-run double vs. LSU in the ninth inning to lift UK to the SEC Championship game … Had a hit in all four games in regional play with three runs scored and two RBI … Hit an inside-the-park home run against DePaul to spark the UK offense and followed with an RBI triple … Has a hit in 12 of her 16 career NCAA Tournament games … Had a hit in 29 of her last 45 games and scored a run in 27 of her last 45 games … Had a seven-game hitting streak during the year, which was a career best … Had two hits in the WCWS.

Freshman (2013): Showed a great amount of defensive and offensive improvement in her first season with Kentucky, finishing fourth on the team in batting average and playing a solid centerfield … Stole a team-best 21 bases out of 22 attempts … Hit towards the bottom of the order most of the year and really gave UK an offensive spark with her speed … Batted .319 in 57 games played with 42 starts … Scored 22 runs … Stole two bases during the Kajikawa Classic … Went 1-for-1 against Washington, tapping home once … Had two hits and three runs scored in the Coke Zero Spartan Classic … Went 1-for-2 with a run scored and a stolen base vs.â?^Ole Miss … Recorded a 1-for-2 game with a run scored vs.â?^UNC … Went 1-for-2 and stole a base vs. Iowa … Had a single and scored a run against Louisville … Recorded a hit in all three games of the Southâ?^Carolina series, along with two stolen bases and two runs … Hit a single in the win over Florida … Went 2-for-2 in game one of the MTSU doubleheader, and followed going 1-for-2 with two runs scored in game two … Scored the game-winning run in the seventh inning against Louisville … Went 2-for-2 in game one of the Alabama series … Tied for most hits on the team with Joiner (five) and scored three times in Lexingtonâ?^Regional with three stolen bases … Had a hit in the Tempe Super Regional.

High School: Talented outfielder who holds several school records at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, S.C. … Played left field and center field in high school … Helped lead team to state championship in 2012 while finishing top five in the region from 2008-11 … School records include: most hits in a season with 59 her senior year; most runs in a season with 49 her senior year; most stolen bases in a season with 51 her senior year; highest batting average (.527) and on-base percentage (.569) in a season; highest career batting average (.485) and career on-base percentage (.543); career runs scores with 155; career stolen bases with 140 … Three-time AAAA Coaches Association for Women’s Sports All-State … 2012 Coaches Association for Women’s Sports All-Star … Four-time AAAA All-Region honoree … Voted 2012 AAAA Coaches Association for Women’s Sports Player of the Year … Named All-State four times by the High School Sports Report in South Carolina on top of several 2012 Baseball/Softball Player of the Week honors … Was the High School Sports Report Miss. Softball and Co-Player of the Year her senior year … Parents are Ruperto and Yolanda Samuel … Has two siblings … Athletic family as her dad played football at Kansas, mother was a cheerleader, grandfather and great uncle played baseball for the Dominican Republic and cousin played football at Arkansas … Plans a major in kinesiology or animal sciences.