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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Samantha Will

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Bishop Brady HS
  • Hometown Loudon, N.H.

Biography

As a senior (2021-22)

• Appeared and started in all 25 games, averaging 30.9 minutes per contest.
• Netted a career-high 19 points against Dartmouth on Feb. 18, sinking a personal record of five 3-pointers.
• Averaged 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
• Recorded a career-high 12 rebounds in Cornell’s win against Brown on Jan. 29.
• Notched 164 points, 113 rebounds, 34 assists, nine blocks, and 28 steals over the course of the season.

As a junior (2020-21)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a sophomore (2019-20)

• Appeared in 17 games as a sophomore, averaging 9.4 minutes per contest.
• Made first-career start at Brown on Feb. 22.
• This came one night after scoring a career-high 16 points against Yale on 7-of-11 shooting.
• Netted 13 points and corralled a career-high five rebounds against the Bears on Feb. 22, scoring in double figures in back-to-back games for the first time of her collegiate career.
• Averaged 3.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.
• Led Cornell in scoring twice in 2019-20.
• Notched 20 rebounds, six assists, four blocks, and three steals over the course of the season.

As a freshman (2018-19)

• Played in 23 games and averaged 7.5 minutes per contest during her rookie season.
• Was the first player off the bench twice during the season.
• Posted as season-high eight points at Harvard on March 8.
• Averaged 1.4 points and 0.8 rebounds per contest.
• Finished the year with seven assists and six steals.

Prior To Cornell

• Earned four varsity letters in basketball at Bishop Brady High School.
• Served as team captain as a senior.
• Led Bishop Brady to the NHIAA Division II final four as a senior.
• 1,000-point scorer.
• Named 2018 Miss New Hampshire Basketball.
• Named first-team all-state as a junior.
• Second-team all-state as a freshman.
• Chosen as the Concord Monitors 2017 Player of the Season.
• Two-time New Hampshire Basketball Coaches' Organization All-Academic Team selection.
• Won the 2018 Thomas Hardiman Effort Award, given to a player who is focused and driven to obtain athletic success.
• Won the Frank Monaghan leadership award for basketball, given to a player who demonstrates excellent leadership throughout the season.
• Also earned four varsity letters in lacrosse and three varsity letters in soccer at Bishop Brady.
• Served as team captain of both teams as a senior.

Personal

• Samantha Jane Will is the daughter of Daniel and Laurel Will and she has one older sister.
• Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2018-19Freshman

    Guard
    5'11"
    11
  • 11

    2019-20Sophomore

    Guard
    5'11"
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Junior

    Guard
    5'11"
    11
  • 11

    2021-22Senior

    Guard
    5'11"
    11