Career Honors and Awards:
- 2022 MAC Commonwealth Second Team
- 2022 MAC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 MAC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 MAC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 MAC Commonwealth Second Team
- 2019 MAC Academic Honor Roll
2021
Started all 20 games he appeared in for the Pride...Hit .268 with three homers and 11 RBI...Closed the season strong, going 7-for-15 with two doubles, two homers, and six driven in his final four contests...Four multi-hit games...3-for-5 with two RBI against Alvernia (4/2)...2-for-2, reaching base four times with a long ball, three runs scored, and four RBI against Hood (4/24).
2020
One of two players to start all 11 games for the Pride...Led the team with two homers and tied for second with nine RBI...Stole seven bases...Two multi-hit games...Delivered his first homer of the season against Trine (3/3)...Homered as part of a two-hit effort against Chatham (3/5)...Drove in three runs and scored twice against Neumann (3/10).
2019
One of three players to start all 45 games for the Pride...Hit .331 with 12 doubles, seven triples, a home run, and 26 RBI...Stole 26 bases...Posted a Widener first year record 22-game hitting streak (3/19-5/2)...Reached base safely in 34 consecutive games from March 7 through May 2...Seven triples led the conference...26 steals tied for the league lead...Tied for fifth in hits (56) and runs scored (43)...Had 15 multi-hit games...Went 3-for-3 with a walk in both ends of a doubleheader at Albright (4/6), delivering two triples in the second game...Went 3-for-7 with three steals against Stevenson (3/29).
High School
Honorable Mention All-Conference performer at Bishop Shanahan High School...Team captain...Also played basketball.
Personal
Son of Maria and Mark Samson...Mentioned his favorite athlete is Andrew McCutchen...Enjoys reading, working out, and watching TV...Aspires to become a database analyst or work in cyber security.
Why Did You Choose Widener?
"I chose to attend Widener University because of its highly credited computer science program and the opportunity I was given to play next level baseball. Widener offers all of the resources I need to successfully enter the working world straight out of college."
