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2019 Women's Lacrosse

23 Sam Keesey

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Major Nursing
  • Hometown Bel Air, MD

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2019)
HONORS:
Team MVP; IWLCA National Defender of the Year; IWLCA All-America First Team; All-SSC First Team; IWLCA Player of the Week (4/10/18); SSC Defensive Player of the Week (4/08/19); All-SSC Tournament Team; All-South Region First Team; IWLCA All-Star, SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… helped lead a Moccasin defense that held opponents to a stunning 8.25 goals per game and an 8.17 mark in SSC games... she totaled 110 draw controls, caused 48 turnovers, picked up 39 ground balls, and recorded six points (1g, 5a) to round out her collegiate career… she set career highs in draw controls (110), caused turnovers (48), and assists (5)… in her career, she has totaled triple digits in draw controls (233), caused turnovers (107), and ground balls (101)... she is third all-time in individual single-season draw controls after totaling 110 in 2019... she is third and fourth all-time in FSC single-season history as she totaled 48 caused turnovers in 2019 and 39 caused turnovers in 2018… in April of 2019, she earned conference and national recognition as she followed up a week where she won 13 draw controls, caused eight turnovers and tallied an assist during a week in which the Mocs won a pair of conference games… her collegiate playing career ended in the Division II IWLCA Senior All-Star game as a member of the South team… on the day, she picked up a ground ball and caused a turnover as the South rallied off four unanswered goals for a 14-13 win.

AS A JUNIOR (2018)
HONORS: IWLCA First Team All-American … IWLCA All-South Region First Team… All-SSC First Team… SSC All-Tournament Team… SSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… SSC Defensive Player of the Week (4/18) …
started all 19 games … tallied five goals and one assist for six points... picked new career highs with 43 ground balls, 98 draw controls, and 39 caused turnovers… had eight games picking up at least 3+ ground balls… season-high eight caused turnovers in a 15-6 win vs. No. 10 Queens (3/8) … led the Mocs in caused turnovers… finished second on the team in draw controls and third in ground balls … finished third in the SSC with 2.05 caused turnovers per game and fourth in draw controls per game with 5.16.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Played in 10 games and made seven starts ... scored one goal and tallied three assists ... her lone goal came in a start against Rollins (4/11) ... picked up 15 groundballs and caused 14 turnovers. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in 16 games and made four starts ... scored one goal on one shot ... the goal came in the win against Gannon (3/2) ... collected four ground balls and caused six turnovers.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered for four years in lacrosse and field hockey and also lettered for one year in basketball ... served as the team captain as a senior ... helped lead Bel Air to its first-ever State Championship in 2015 ... as a senior, scored 37 goals, had 14 assists and recorded 34 ground balls ... was the team's second-leading scorer and team leader in caused turnovers ... in the classroom, was a member of the National Honor Society in both 2014 and 2015 ... played club lacrosse for Skywalkers 2015 Blue Team since 2008 ... was a part of Skywalkers 2012 National Championship team.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Tracy and Ben Keesey ... has a brother, Ben and a sister, Brooke.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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