2019 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Samantha Runyon
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Scripps Ranch
- Hometown:
- San Diego, CA
- Major:
- Psychology
2019
Posted 119 saves, stopping 35.9 percent of shots faced over 18 games...Recorded double-digit saves in four different contests...Made six saves in season-opening win over St. Francis Brooklyn (2/9)...Stopped nine shots in rematch vs. the Terriers before making 10 saves later in the day vs. Brown (2/24)...Totaled seven saves in win over Fresno Pacific (3/14)...Equaled career high with 11 saves in home game vs. Harvard (3/30)...Made nine stops in 10-9 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) (3/31)...Stopped seven shots vs. Bucknell at CWPA Championship (4/26).
2018
Totaled a team-high 145 saves with a 41.9 percent save percentage over 22 games...Made five saves apiece in wins over Fresno Pacific and Concordia (Calif.) on GW's West Coast trip...Stopped nine shots in a win over Gannon in the opener of a doubleheader March 17 and then blocked 10 shots in the nightcap against host VMI...Set a career high with 11 saves against Saint Francis (Pa.) on April 8, holding the Red Flash scoreless into the fourth quarter...Made eight saves in a win over Harvard on April 14 and nine stops in a victory over Brown on April 15...Totaled 27 saves in four games at the CWPA Championship with eight of them coming in a win over Saint Francis (Pa.).
2017
Split time in net as a rookie, posting 85 saves against 173 goals for a .329 save percentage...It was the fifth-most saves a freshman has accumulated in program history...Also tallied 11 steals and two assists for the season...Made five saves in her collegiate debut to help the Colonials beat Gannon (2/11) and five more against Harvard later that day...Saw action in two of three games at the Mercyhurst Invitational, notching eight total saves to help the Colonials earn wins over Grove City and Siena (2/18-19)...Made six saves in a win over Gannon (3/11) and seven the next time out in a win at Chapman (3/14)...Established a career high with a pair of steals against Whittier (3/17)...Set season high with eight stops against Harvard (4/8) and tallied seven saves against Brown a day later.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time team MVP ... Led Scripps Ranch High School to the 2016 Eastern League co-championship and CIF title game ... All-Academic Team selection ... Competed in the Junior Olympics with the San Diego Shores Water Polo Club and the Scripps Water Polo Club ... Member of the Spoken Word Club.
PERSONAL
Samantha Nicole Runyon ... Born Feb. 13, 1998, in San Diego, California ... Daughter of Stephanie and Eric Runyon ... Has a younger sister, Chelsea ... Intends to major in psychology.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| Saves | 11 | 2x, Last vs. Harvard (3/30/19) |
| Assists | 1 | 7x, Last vs. Fresno Pacific (3/14/19) |
| Steals | 3 | 3x, Last vs. Fresno State (3/13/19) |
| CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Saves | GA | Sv.% | Assts. | Steals | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 85 | 173 | .329 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 145 | 201 | .419 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 119 | 212 | .359 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | 349 | 586 | .373 | 7 | 50 | ||||||||||
