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Sammy Mueller

Midfield
Position
5'8''
Height
Sophomore
Class
Pelham, NY
Hometown
Hackley School
High School
Sammy Mueller - Women's Lacrosse - Virginia Cavaliers

2020
• Inside Lacrosse Second Team All-American
• ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after leading UVA with nine goals and 12 ground balls in wins at No. 20 Stanford and California
• Started all eight games
• Led UVA with 28 points on 21 goals and seven assists
• Paced team with 30 ground balls, 29 draw controls and 15 caused turnovers
• Led ACC in ground balls per game (3.75) for second straight season
• Second in ACC in caused turnovers per game (1.88)
• Scored season-high six goals to lead UVA to win at No. 20 Stanford
• Scored in all eight games, with multiple goals in six contests
• Picked up career-high 11 ground balls at Stanford, tying for the second most in a single game in UVA history
• Had a goal, ground ball, caused turnover and draw control in every game
• Forced season-high three caused turnovers at Duke and had multiple in six games
• Had season-high six draw controls at Stanford and vs. Richmond

2019
• IWLCA First Team All-American
• ILWomen Second Team All-American
• Tewaaraton Award Nominee (Top 25)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• ACC All-Academic Team
• Played and started all 20 games in this season
• Second on the team with 48 goals
• Second on the team with 24 assists
• Led the team in total points with 72
• Second on team with 80 draw controls
• Matched career high six goals three times and two assists five times

2018 
• IWLCA Third Team All-American
• IWLCA All-Region Second Team
• All-ACC First Team
• Played and started in all 20 games this season
• Led the team with a career-high of 59 goals
• Third on team with 15 assists
• Second on team with 81 draw controls
• Had career-highs of 11 draw controls at Louisville (3/14/18) and 3 caused turnovers against Boston College (3/31/18)
• Had career-high of six goals against Navy (4/11/18) and a career-high of two assists against Boston College (3/31/18)

2017
• IWLCA All-South Region Second Team
• ACC Freshman of the Year
• All-ACC Academic Team
• VaSID Rookie of the Year
• VaSID Second Team
• Started in all but two games
• Led UVA with five game-winning goals this season
• Third on the team with 37 goals
• Scored a goal in all but two contests and started collegiate career with steak of 11 games with at least one goal
• Recorded a career-high six goals, including the game-winner, against Richmond
• Had four hat tricks and multiple goals in 11 games
• Second on the team with 27 caused turnovers and third in ground balls (50)
• Had multiple ground balls in 15 games, including career-high seven in win over Elon in NCAA First Round

HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner
• US Lacrosse High School All-American (2015 & 2016)
• Finished high school career with a record-high 289 goals and 136 career assists to tola 425 points
• Helped lead Hackley School to two NYSAAIS State Championships (2013 & 2016)
• Four-time Ivy League Champions (2013-16)
• Two-time school MVP (2015 & 2016)
• NYSAAIS State Runner-up in 2014 and 2015
• Holds school record for most goals and points in a single season (110 goals and 150 points)
• Three-time First Team All-Ivy League (2014-16)

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Caroline Samsen and Timothy Mueller
• Has one brother, Logan and one sister, Alexandra
• Father, Timothy, played lacrosse at Michigan State
• Mother, Caroline, was a gymnast at Connecticut College