2023: Golden Eagle Award recipient...Hit .281 in 114 at-bats...Recorded 32 hits including four doubles...Scored 24 runs good for third on the team...Had nine multi-hit games on the season including a hit in the last eight of nine games in the season...Went 6-for-11 with two doubles and two runs scored in three games against UC Riverside on May 5 and May 6.
2022: Appeared in 35 of UC Santa Barbara's 54 games during her junior campaign...Recorded 24 hits with three doubles and six runs batted in...Ranked third on the team with a .358 batting average...Ended the season with an on-base percentage of .411.
2021: Appeared in 37 games in her sophomore year...Recorded 17 hits with one double and one triple...Helped lead her team to a 10-4 victory over UC San Diego on Mar. 26 with two runs and one hit...Recorded an on-base percentage of .297.
2020: Appeared in 18 games in her freshman campaign...Went 4-for-20 on the season and drew two walks...Recorded her first career hit in UC Santa Barbara's 17-10 extra-inning win over Northern Colorado on Feb. 14...Earned back-to-back hits on Feb. 21 vs. Ohio State and Feb. 22 vs. Illinois-Chicago...Picked up another hit in UC Santa Barbara's 7-1 win over Saint Peter's on Mar. 1.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Los Alamitos High School competing in soccer and softball...Competed in the Sunset League...Earned two varsity letters...Earned the Coaches Award and Sunset League First Team honors in both 2018 and 2019...Named All-Tournament Team at the 2019 Carew Classic...Selected to the OC All-Star Team in 2019...Named to the Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team First Team in 2019...Was a part of Sunset League Championship-winning teams in 2018 and 2019...Won the Tournament of Champions in 2018...Reached CIF postseason in both 2018 and 2019...Made Principal's Honor Roll and earned Scholar-Athlete all four years.
PERSONAL: Samantha Starr Denehy was born to parents Debbie and Dan Denehy in Anaheim, Calif...Names Los Alamitos, Calif. as her hometown...Has one older sister, Nicole...Plans to major in communications...Her favorite TV shows are The Office and New Girl...Her favorite musicians/bands are Post Malone, Luke Combs, and Louis the Child...Her hobbies include going to the beach, driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, and getting food with her friends.
