Sam Apuzzo

2022 Season: Placed second on the leaderboard with 1,782 points after starting all 12 games … first player in Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse history to serve as a captain during every week of a season … led league with 1,130 win points and 270 MVP points while posting 10-2 record … ranked second in the league with 24 goals and 41 points … scored at least one goal in 11-of-12 outings, including nine multi-goal games … closed season with 14 goals over final five games, including three hat tricks … scored season-high four goals against Team Glynn while setting league record with 15 shots … opened Week Four with three goals, including a two-pointer, and an assist against Team Johansen … also had three-goal effort against Team Johansen in Week Three … also contributed 10 caused turnovers with 20 ground balls and 20 draw controls.

2021 Season: Finished third in the leaderboard standings with 1,685 points, including league-high 560 stat points … made largest move on the leaderboard from Week One to Week Five, elevating 38 spots to No. 3 position … tied for league lead with goalkeeper Caylee Waters after tallying 255 MVP points … third in the league with seven game MVP honors, including league-best four MVP 1 picks … one of two players to accrue 500 or more points in a single week … set league season high with 521 points in Week Five after scoring nine goals, including a pair of two-pointers, with three assists and nine ground balls … only player in the league to score at least one goal in all 15 games … also paced league with 11 multi-goal efforts, including eight hat tricks … led Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse with 36 goals and 91 shots while ranking second with 47 points … also tied for eighth in the league with eight assists … ranked third in the league with 47 draw controls over 15 games … closed season with six consecutive hat tricks … set league season high with 238 leaderboard points against Team Read on Aug. 6 after netting three goals with five ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers … erupted for five goals and an assist in overtime loss to Team Wood on July 31 while recording seven draw controls … tallied season-high eight draw controls to close Week Two against Team Treanor while chipping in four ground balls with a goal … attempted league-high 12 shots against Team Arsenault on Aug. 16, scoring three times with six draw controls … set league record for fastest goal to begin a game when she scored just six seconds into the game against Team Ohlmiller on Aug. 20 … No. 2 overall selection during inaugural Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse weekly draft. 

International Experience: Represented Team USA at 2022 World Lacrosse Women's World Championship … ranked fourth in the tournament with 14 assists while contributing 14 goals in eight games … tallied six assists against Scotland on July 1 … also scored three goals with two assists in Gold Medal Game victory against Canada … member of the training for the 2015 United States Under-19 Team … made her debut with the Senior National Team at the 2018 President’s Cup in Florida. 

Other Professional Experience: Spent two seasons with the New York Fight of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League … first overall pick in the 2019 WPLL Draft by New York … scored eight goals with seven assists in 2019 while adding eight draw controls. 

At Boston College: Four-year letter winner for the Eagles who started all 81 games from 2016-19 … winner of 2018 Tewaaraton and Honda Sport Awards … two-time Honda Sport Award for Lacrosse nominee … three-time nominee for Tewaaraton Award, including finalist recognition in 2018 and 2019 … garnered IWLCA All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference First Team commendations three times … two-time selection as IWLCA and ACC Attacker of the Year (2018, 2019) … three-time member of NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team … honored as 2018 and 2019 ACC Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Boston College’s all-time leader with 283 career goals and 397 career points … also ranks on Eagles’ career list with 114 assists … needed just 25 games to reach 100 career points, which is tied for the second-quickest in school history … owns three of the top single-season point totals at Boston College, including school-record 129 points in 2018 … scored 80 or more goals in a season three times … ranks second on Eagles’ single-season list with 94 goals during 2019 campaign … also owns Eagles’ career draw controls record … set school mark with 191 draw controls as a senior in 2019 … one of three players in school history with at least 100 draw controls in a single season … tallied 10 points in a game four times … netted career-high nine goals against Navy on Feb. 24, 2018 … established Boston College single-game record with 17 draw controls against Louisville on Apr. 26, 2018 … served as a team captain during 2019 campaign.