Lady Aggie
Basketball
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As an Aggie
Sams is
likely the highest rated high school recruit to sign with the women’s
basketball program at North Carolina A&T…Sams was ranked as high as No.
31 in the nation among high school prospects by Scouts.com…Will likely
step in and start at the small forward position for the Aggies…Has the
ability to play all five positions and can play much bigger than her
height suggests…Sams will also improve the Aggies free throw shooting.
High
School Career
Considered
the best player in Western Pennsylvania over the last three years of her
career…Played varsity basketball for four years at New Castle under head
coach Luann Grybowski…Recorded five triple-doubles as a senior,
including a game in which she scored 27 points, 15 rebounds and 10
steals to go along with five assists…In a Western Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic League playoff game, she scored 23 points,
grabbed 20 rebounds and had eight steals…As a senior, she averaged 19.0
points per game and led New Castle to the WPIAL Class 4A championship
game…Played well in the game despite having a knee injury…As a four-year
varsity starter, Sams scored 1,909 points…As a junior she averaged 19.2
points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.0 steals, 4.5 assists and 1.0 blocks per
game…She was named the Pittsburgh Tribune Review player of the
Year, the Lawrence County Female Athlete of the Year and for three
straight seasons she was named to the WPIAL section 3-4A MVP…She is also
a two-time Associated Press PIAA first-team performer.