14 - Sam Apuzzo

SAM APUZZO

POSITION: Attack HEIGHT: 5-6

HOMETOWN: West Babylon, N.Y. COLLEGE: Boston College SamApuzzo

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ATHLETE CAUSE: Headstrong Foundation

ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE

2022 Season: Placed second on the leaderboard with 1,782 points after starting all 12 games … first player in Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse history to serve as a captain during every week of a season … led league with 1,130 win points and 270 MVP points while posting 10-2 record … ranked second in the league with 24 goals and 41 points … scored at least one goal in 11-of-12 outings, including nine multi-goal games … closed season with 14 goals over final five games, including three hat tricks … scored season-high four goals against Team Glynn while setting league record with 15 shots … opened Week Four with three goals, including a two-pointer, and an assist against Team Johansen … also had three-goal effort against Team Johansen in Week Three … also contributed 10 caused turnovers with 20 ground balls and 20 draw controls. 2021 Season: Finished third in the leaderboard standings with 1,685 points, including league-high 560 stat points … made largest move on the leaderboard from Week One to Week Five, elevating 38 spots to No. 3 position … tied for league lead with goalkeeper Caylee Waters after tallying 255 MVP points … third in the league with seven game MVP honors, including league-best four MVP 1 picks … one of two players to accrue 500 or more points in a single week … set league season high with 521 points in Week Five after scoring nine goals, including a pair of two-pointers, with three assists and nine ground balls … only player in the league to score at least one goal in all 15 games … also paced league with 11 multi-goal efforts, including eight hat tricks … led Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse with 36 goals and 91 shots while ranking second with 47 points … also tied for eighth in the league with eight assists … ranked third in the league with 47 draw controls over 15 games … closed season with six consecutive hat tricks … set league season high with 238 leaderboard points against Team Read on Aug. 6 after netting three goals with five ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers … erupted for five goals and an assist in overtime loss to Team Wood on July 31 while recording seven draw controls … tallied season-high eight draw controls to close Week Two against Team Treanor while chipping in four ground balls with a goal … attempted league-high 12 shots against Team Arsenault on Aug. 16, scoring three times with six draw controls … set league record for fastest goal to begin a game when she scored just six seconds into the game against Team Ohlmiller on Aug. 20 … No. 2 overall selection during inaugural Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse weekly draft.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Represented Team USA at 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship … ranked fourth in the tournament with 14 assists while contributing 14 goals in eight games … tallied six assists against Scotland on July 1 … also scored three goals with two assists in Gold Medal Game victory against Canada … member of the training for the 2015 United States Under-19 Team … made her debut with the Senior National Team at the 2018 President’s Cup in Florida.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spent two seasons with the New York Fight of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League … first overall pick in the 2019 WPLL Draft by New York … scored eight goals with seven assists in 2019 while adding eight draw controls.

AT BOSTON COLLEGE

Four-year letter winner for the Eagles who started all 81 games from 2016-19 … winner of 2018 Tewaaraton and Honda Sport Awards … two-time Honda Sport Award for Lacrosse nominee … three-time nominee for Tewaaraton Award, including finalist recognition in 2018 and 2019 … garnered IWLCA All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team commendations three times … two-time selection as IWLCA and ACC Attacker of the Year (2018, 2019) … three-time member of NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … honored as 2018 and 2019 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Boston College’s all-time leader with 283 career goals and 397 career points … also ranks on Eagles’ career list with 114 assists … needed just 25 games to reach 100 career points, which is tied for the second-quickest in school history … owns three of the top single-season point totals at Boston College, including school-record 129 points in 2018 … scored 80 or more goals in a season three times … ranks second on Eagles’ single-season list with 94 goals during 2019 campaign … also owns Eagles’ career draw controls record … set school mark with 191 draw controls as a senior in 2019 … one of three players in school history with at least 100 draw controls in a single season … tallied 10 points in a game four times … netted career-high nine goals against Navy on Feb. 24, 2018 … established Boston College single-game record with 17 draw controls against Louisville on Apr. 26, 2018 … served as a team captain during 2019 campaign.

PERSONAL

Member of Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse’s Player Executive Committee … currently serving as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Boston College … helped Eagles reach NCAA Championship Game in 2022 … earned her Master’s degree in Sports Administration from Boston College.

APUZZO’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON GP GS G 2G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GB DC TO CT LPTS 2021 15 15 36 2 9 47 91 0.396 58 0.637 32 47 20 11 1,685 2022 12 12 24 1 16 41 78 0.308 53 0.679 20 20 15 10 1,782 TOTAL 27 27 60 3 25 88 169 0.355 111 0.657 52 67 35 21 3,467