2015: Started 30 games and appeared in 31 total after missing the first month of the season due to injury ... Had 25 starts at catcher and five as the designated player ... In the very first start of her collegiate career, caught a Kristen Wood no-hitter while going 1-for-2 at the plate with two RBIs against Ball State (3/8) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a double and also threw out a runner trying to steal against IUPUI (3/14) in her second-career start at catcher ... Hit .625 (5-for-8) in a series sweep at Penn State (3/21-3/22) ... Began a Saturday doubleheader by going 1-for-2 with a walk in the first game before a 2-for-2 performance with a run scored after entering in a double switch in the nightcap (3/21) ... In the series finale, was 2-for-4 with her first-career home run (3/22) ... Was 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and two runs scored in a victory over Wisconsin (3/28) ... Hit an eighth-inning, walk-off home run in a 4-3 victory over Purdue to open a series sweep of the Boilermakers (4/3) ... Followed it up with a solo home run in Game Two that proved to be the difference in a 2-1 win (4/4) ... Crushed a three-run home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois before going 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two (4/22) ... Doubled, drove in a pair and scored twice in a win over Ohio State (4/24) ... Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a home run and a career-best three runs scored in the second game of a series with the Buckeyes (4/25) ... Drove in a pair in a midweek win against DePaul (4/29) ... Did not record a hit in a three-game series at Iowa, but still drove in three runs including two in an 11-6 game two victory (5/2) ... Went 0-for-1 in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal matchup against Purdue with a walk and a sacrifice fly (5/8) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in an NCAA Tournament game against Kentucky (5/15) ... Doubled and scored a run in another NCAA Regional contest at No. 21 Notre Dame (5/16).
High School: Named Tucson's top recruit in any sport, male or female, by the Arizona Daily Star ... Is a four-year starting catcher for Canyon Del Oro, entering her senior season with a career .422 average, 20 home runs and 126 RBIs ... Helped lead her team to the 2011 state championship, earning the No. 2 ranking in the nation from ESPN Rise ... Repeated as state champs in 2012 before reaching the semifinals in 2013 ... Three-year team record entering 2014 is 99-12 ... Is a three-time All-Southern Arizona, two-time All-State Division II and two-time Team Defensive MVP honoree ... Has played three years of club with the AZ Hotshots and one season with the Desert Thunder ... Won the 2012 ASA Gold National Championship with the Desert Thunder ... Three-time Premier National Qualifier with the AZ Hotshots ... A standout athlete, also has earned three letters in basketball, two in golf and one in volleyball ... Ranked fourth in her class of 339 ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born Samantha Rae Nettling ... Daughter of Julianne and Bill Nettling ... Father was a four-year letterman in football at Arizona ... Formed the team "Pink Dorados" to support the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, twice earning High School Team Challenge Championships for most team members and most contributions raised ... Recruited over 150 team members and raised over $3,500 annually ... Chose Northwestern over Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon ... Anticipated major is journalism.