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2020 Softball Roster

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23 Samantha Coffel

23 Samantha Coffel

  • Position:
    Outfielder
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Carl Sandburg
  • Hometown:
    Orland Park, Ill.

Summary

Biography

2020: Played in all 21 games and started 19 ... one of five Broncos to appear in every regular season game and one of four with 15+ hits ... posted a .302 batting average with 16 hits, four doubles, six runs batted in and six scored ... tied for second on the squad with four doubles ... paced the team with eight walks ... registered three games with 2+ hits, including a year-high three against Florida A&M (March 7) ... scored a personal-best three runs versus Florida A&M and drove in another ... picked up two hits apiece against Dartmouth (February 29) and in game two versus St. Bonaventure (March 3) ... drew a season-high two walks against Northern Kentucky (February 14) ... during 8-6 comeback victory at Belmont (February 15), drove in a run to make it a 6-4 deficit and scored the final run of the game to seal the win ... had an RBI single in WMU's 9-7 victory at No. 22 Arizona State, marking the program's first top-25 triumph since 2018 ... defensively, tallied five putouts and an assist, finishing with a 1.000 fielding percentage.

2019: Appeared in and started three games as an outfielder ... recorded one hit and one run batted in at Arizona (February 8). 

2018: First Team All-Mid-American Conference ... MAC All-Freshman Team … MAC Player of the Week … appeared in 54 games, starting 53 … posted an overall batting average of .364 and hit .420 during MAC games … turned in league's third-highest batting average in MAC play … finished with 63 hits, the fifth most in single season in school history … 60 hits were fifth most in the MAC … hit 15 doubles, the second most in school history, and the fourth most in the MAC … delivered first career home run against Alabama State (February 24) … had five games of 3+ RBI in a game … led team with 20 multi-hit games … totaled the second most RBI in WMU single season with 39, the ninth most in the league … drove in a season-high four runs against Delaware State (March 9) … tallied a season-high four hits against NIU (April 28) … led team with six games of 3+ hits  … 22 RBI during conference play were fourth most in the MAC during league action … delivered the game-winning hit with a two-out, two-run single in WMU's 2-1 upset over No. 19 BYU on February 8.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Carl Sanburg … helped high school team to an overall 55-16 fall and spring season record in 2016 … 2016 member of the sectional and regional championship team … 2016 All-Southwest Suburban Conference … 2016 honored to the All-Region team … All-State recognition in 2016 … during senior season had a .487 batting average ... hit 13 home runs and 12 doubles ... recorded 42 RBIs ... was selected to All-State, All-Area and All-Conference.
 
Personal: Daughter of Jill Justin-Coffel, who was a three-time All-America softball selection (1987-88-89) at Northern Illinois, playing in 182 games, batting .467 and driving in 134 runs while becoming the first Division I player to hit at least .400 in each season of career ... mother went on to play for Team USA (1985-95), winning gold at the Wold and Pan-American championships, and was inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    Outfielder
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    2019Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'9"
    23
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    2020Junior

    Outfielder
    5'9"
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