Samantha Dewey

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Fairland, Ind.
High School:
Triton Central

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2019 USC All-America Third Team
2019 USC All-East Region First Team
2019 All-BIG EAST First Team
2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2018 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year
2018 First Team All-BIG EAST
2018 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
2018 USC All-East Region Third Team
2017-18 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016 All-Ohio Second Team
2016 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2015 BIG EAST All-Freshman Team
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (8/24/2015 and 10/26/2015)
5 x BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (9/7/2015, 9/5/2016, 10/17/2016, 8/21/2017, 8/28/2017)

2019: Started in all 23 matches for the Musketeers during her red-shirt senior season…Led the squad on offense with 30 points on 13 goals, including four game-winners, as well as four assists…Her 13-goal season will go as the fourth most in a single season in program history… Led the Musketeers on offensive in each of her four full seasons and earned All-BIG EAST honors following each of those seasons…Finished her career with 103 points on 40 goals and 23 assists…Had a career-best four-goal match in season opener at Murray State, helping Xavier come from behind to win 4-3…That match goes down as the second most goals (4) and points (8) in a single match in program history, and the most in over 30 years…Also had multi-goal games against NKU (2) and Seton Hall (2)…Notched the game-winners in matches at Murray State, against NKU, at Miami (Ohio and at St. John’s…Collected three points on a goal and an assist at Akron…Also scored at Lipscomb and at Georgetown…Capped off her career by earning a spot on the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team…Was also a unanimous selection to the 2019 All-BIG EAST First Team…Was named to the USC All-East Region First Team after leading the Musketeers as the program won its first regular season conference title, first BIG EAST Tournament Championship and first NCAA Tournament match, while collecting a program-best 17 wins...Signed with agreement with Real Betis Féminas in Seville, Andalusia, Spain in January 2020.

2018: Appeared in 21 matches, starting in 18…Led the team in goals (9), assists (7) and points… Her 25 points marked the most for a Musketeer since Lauren Giesting's 25 points in 2003…Her goals were the most by a Musketeer in over 10 years and included four game-winners… Tallied the game-winner in a two-goal outing against Southern Indiana…Scored the game-winners in 2-0 wins over Dayton and Miami…Scored the game-winner on a PK in 3-2 overtime win at DePaul…Also scored in 1-1 double overtime draw against DePaul in BIG EAST Quarterfinals to help force the game to PKs where Xavier advanced to the BIG EAST Semifinals for the first time in program history…Named BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST…Earned BIG EAST All-Tournament Team…Named to the All-East Region Third Team by United Soccer Coaches.

2017: Appeared in five games, starting in two, before redshirting due to injury… Scored three goals for six points, including a pair in 3-2 win over Cleveland State… Also recorded game-winning goal in 1-0 win against Ball State… Recorded 11 shots, including nine on-frame…finished with six points in 326 minutes…Was named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team, the first Musketeer to earn preseason conference honors since Xavier joined the BIG EAST in 2013…Was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll twice, (8/21, 8/28).

2016: Appeared in all 19 matches, starting 18 as a sophomore…Led the team in points (20), goals (8) and matched Kenadie Carlson for team-high in assists (4)…Scored a pair of goals at Dayton, including what would be the game-winner of the 3-1 win, the Musketeers first win over Dayton since 2000…Was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for performance at Dayton…Scored the go-ahead goals in the 50^th minute of 3-2 win at Youngstown State and the 27^th minute in 2-1 win at Ohio…Also score the game-winner in the 1-0 win over Villanova, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll…Became the first Musketeer in program history to earn All-BIG EAST Second Team honors.

2015: Played in 18 games as a freshman, starting in 14… Matched Kenadie Carlson for team high in goals-scored with seven…Scored the game winner against Marian as part of a hat trick in 5-0 win (9/6)…Led the team in assists with eight, a mark that was second highest in the BIG EAST through regular season play, 30^th in the NCAA and fifth all-time in Xavier’s record books…Finished the season with a team-high 22 points… Was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Twice (8/24 and 10/26), was named to the conference’s Weekly Honor Roll for the week of Sept. 7 and was unanimously voted to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team by league coaches.

Prior to Xavier: Set several records during her high school career...including the Indiana State record for the most goals in one season (83) as well as for the most goals in a career (257)... Holds record at Triton Central, for most goals and assists in a career...Part of a team that was Sectional and Regional champions...Named All-State in 2014...With her club team, Indiana Fire Juniors, she was the leading scorer on an ECNL team for 2012 and 2013 and won the State Cup Championship three times.

Personal: Daughter of Eric and Elizabeth Dewey...Mother played basketball and volleyball at Johnson College...Has three younger siblings, Cole, Rachel and Levi... Brother Cole plays soccer at Georgetown (Ky.) College...Major is undecided.