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BULLDOG CAREER:
2017-18 (Junior) Selected to the All-NSIC second team and All-NSIC Defensive Team in back-to-back seasons • garnered NSIC North Player of Week honor on Dec. 11, 2017 • led the Bulldogs with 296 points, 140 assists and 56 steals • averaged 11.0 points, 5.2 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game • was second in the NSIC in assists and steals per game • her assists per game total was 18th in Division II • tallied three 20-point games and reached double figures in 16 games • broke her career mark with 13 assists in the game versus St. Cloud State, the 11th highest total in the nation and tops in the NSIC • filed 16 games with at least five assists • recorded her second career double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds at Michigan Tech • registered her best game of the season against Minnesota State scoring a season high 20 points to go along with eight assists, six rebounds and three steals • one of two Bulldogs to registered a assist-to-turnover ratio above 2.00 • made a team high 65 free throws and finished with a 78.3 percent at the line.
2016-17 (Sophomore) Named to All-NSIC second team and All-NSIC Defensive Team • was the lone non-senior starter starting all but one of the 28 games • knocked down 38 percent of her shots from the floor and was even more lethal from behind the arc shooting at a 41 percent clip from three • led the team with 109 assists (3.9 per game) and 69 steals (2.5 per game) for a second consecutive season • was second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.4 points, and second in rebounds with 5.1 per game • played (1002) and averaged (35.2) the most minutes • recorded double-digit scoring efforts in 20 games including a collegiate-best 25 against Upper Iowa on Jan. 14 • matched a career high 10 rebounds against Bemidji State on Dec. 2 • also dished out eight assists on two occasions, totaling personal bests • was selected to the NSIC All-Academic team.
2015-16 (Freshman) Named to All-NSIC Freshman Team while starting all 26 games for the Bulldogs in her first collegiate season • notched her season-high 17 points for the first time at Northern State on Dec. 11 and again at U-Mary on Feb. 19 • grabbed her season-best nine rebounds to go with 15 points at St. Cloud State on Dec. 19 • dished seven assists, a season-best, to go with eight points against Minot State on Jan. 22 • finished third on the team averaging 9.2 points per game while shooting 34.1 percent on the season.

BEFORE UMD: A 2015 graduate of New Berlin Eisenhower High School • started three of four years player for coach Gary Schmidt and the Lions • served as captain as a senior, earning All-State, All-Woodland Conference , and All-Suburban First Team selections while making a pair of All-Star teams including the Rising Star Team • received a second team All-Wisconsin nod as a junior as well as a second-team All-Woodland Conference • led the Lions to a state runner-up finish as a sophomore and regional championships as a junior and senior • also a state qualifier in swimming as a junior & senior and participated in track & field as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Born Samantha Marie Kozlowski in Milwaukee, Wis. • daughter of Judith and Daniel Kozlowski • has a pair of sisters, Jennifer and Brittany • participated in student union and DECA while at New Berlin • plans to major in health care management at UMD.