Senior (2006): Hit .301 for the year with 66 hits ... Recorded four doubles and six triples with 18 RBIs ... Stole a total of 19 bases and committed only one fielding error ... Earned Big East All-Conference Second Team and awarded to the Big East Honor Roll on May 1st.
Junior (2005): Named to All-C-USA Second Team ... Received CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III honors ... Member of C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Named to FIU Diamond Fun and Sun Classic All-Tournament Team for batting .467, recording seven hits and slugging .600 ... Led the team in hits, tallying 87 on the season ... Stole 28 bases in 33 attempts to lead the team in steals ... Finished first in multi-hit games, netting a total of 24 ... Had 15 two-hit games, eight three-hit games and one four-hit game ... Hit five triples during the year after going the two previous seasons without one ... Led the team in triples ... Registered 235 at bats for the team high ... Recorded the second-highest batting average (.370) and on base percentage (.417) on the team ... Finished third on the team in runs, scoring 44 ... Moved into the following position in the USF career record book: eighth in runs, tied for fifth in stolen bases ... Ranked the following in single-season records: second in at bats and in hits, sixth in triples, fifth in stolen bases, tied for eighth in runs ... Ended the season ranked the following in C-USA: fifth in batting average, seventh in runs, second in hits, third in triples, second in stolen bases, fourth in total plate appearances, first in at bats ... Netted three multi-RBI games - two two-RBI games and one three-RBI game ... Posted the longest hitting streak of all players, going 10 games with a hit from Feb. 4-14 ... Will enter the 2006 season currently riding a six-game hit streak (started May 13) ... Was one of four players to play and start in all 70 games ... 2/5/05 vs. Illinois State - Went 3-for-4, hit a triple, scored a run and stole a base ... Batted .500 ... 2/11/05 vs. Notre Dame - Tallied her first RBI of the year ... 2/12/05 vs. Notre Dame - Hit her first double of the year ... 2/13/05 vs. Coastal Carolina - Went 1-for-3, scored two runs, stole a base and drove in a run ... Extended her hit streak to 10 games ... 2/19/05 vs. Jacksonville - Had an RBI single ... Went 2-for-4, scored a run and stole a base ... 2/20/05 vs. FAMU - Went 4-for-5, scored two runs and drove in a run ... 2/21/05 vs. Hofstra - Stole two bases ... 2/26/05 vs. Illinois - Walked home a run ... 2/26/05 vs. Temple - Went 2-for-3, scored two runs and stole a base ... Drove in a run off a sac fly ... 3/4/05 vs. Pittsburgh - Tallied her second double of the year ... Scored a run ... 3/8/05 vs. Temple - Went 2-for-4 and scored two runs ... Hit an RBI triple ... 3/10/05 vs. Tennessee Tech - Went 3-for-4 and batted .455 ... Hit an RBI double and scored a run ... 3/12/05 vs. UCF - Stole three bases ... Scored two runs while going 2-for-4 ... 3/19/05 vs. Louisville (Game 1) - Was perfect at the plate, going 1-for-1 and scoring two runs ... Hit a triple and walked two times in the game ... 3/25/05 vs. Southern Miss (Game 2) - Drove in a run off a single ... Extended her hit streak to eight games (3/12/05-3/25/05) ... 4/2/05 vs. East Carolina (Game 2) - Tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-out, two-RBI triple ... Went 2-for-4 in the game ... 4/6/05 vs. Stetson (Game 1) - Went 3-for-4 in the game, batting .333 ... Stole a base ... 4/9/05 vs. UAB (Game 2) - Hit a three-RBI triple to give the Bulls the lead ... Went 3-for-4 and scored two runs while stealing two bases ... 4/20/05 vs. UCF - Was perfect at the plate, going 3-for-3 and scoring two runs ... Batted .727 in the game while hitting a double in the game ... 4/23/05 vs. Houston (Game 2) - Went 2-for-3 in the game and scored a run ... Tallied her fifth double of the year ... C-USA TOURNAMENT ... 5/12/05 vs. Houston - Was perfect at the plate, going 3-for-3 and tying the C-USA Tournament record for hits in a game ... Stole a base and tallied a sacrifice bunt ... 3/13/05 vs. Houston - Tallied two hits in the game and stole two bases ... NCAA REGIONAL ... 5/20/05 vs. UCF - Drove in two runs, one off a bases-loaded walk and one off a single ... Went 2-for-3 and scored two runs ... Batted .667 ... 5/21/05 vs. UCF - Hit the game-winning RBI double to give the Bulls the 5-4 win ... Went 3-for-4 in the game, hit .545 and scored a run ... 5/22/05 vs. Bethune-Cookman - Was one of two players to have a multi-hit game against the Wildcats ... Went 3-for-4 and stole a base ... Batted .600 in the game.
Sophomore (2004): Had a 15-game hit streak from March 17 to April 10 ... Tallied 18 multi-hit games ... Finished second on the team stealing 16 bases in 20 attempts ... Tied for seventh in C-USA in stolen bases ... Finished third on the team in fielding percentage (.983) and was one of four Bulls to only commit one error the entire season ... Was perfect at the plate four times (2-2 on Feb. 8, 2-2 March 13, 3-3 March 20, 3-3 April 18) ... Drove in a run in a 6-3 victory over conference foe Southern Miss on March 20 ... Scored two runs in an 8-6 victory against in-state rival UCF on May 7 ... Finished fifth on the team in hits (69) and runs scored (39) ... Tenth in the conference in hits ... Ranked sixth all-time in hits in a season ... Scored the only run in a 2-1 loss to East Carolina on April 9 ... Played and started in 72 games ... C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal Winner for having a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or above ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Freshman (2003): Started 24 games but appeared in 50 games for the Bulls ... Eighteen of those starts came in center field, five in left field and one start came as designated player ... With Ray in the starting line-up, the Bulls were a dominating 18-6 ... Hit .400 against Conference USA opponents ... Not only a threat from the plate but also on the base path, stealing six bases in eight attempts ... Had a season-high two stolen bases on April 19 against Louisville ... Had eight putouts and a 1.000 fielding percentage in the 17 games she appeared in against C-USA opponents ... Finished the season with a .950 fielding percentage, committing only one error the entire season.
High School: First Team All-State and All-Area ... Named Athlete of the Year ... Team MVP ... Named Player of the Year by local newspaper ... All-Conference Selection ... Batted .463 in senior season ... Earned four letters in softball as well as cross country ... Also earned two letters in basketball ... Was named MVP of the cross country team for three years ... Qualified for state in cross country ... Member of National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.
Personal: Full name is Samantha Ann Ray ... Born on April 29, 1984, in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Ronald Ray ... Father was a national champion in wrestling at Oklahoma State ... Has two sisters, Andrea, 27, and Melissa, 24 ... Majoring in accounting.
