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2017-18 Women's Basketball

44 Samantha Wetzel

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Joseph's HS
  • Hometown Sicklerville, N.J.

Biography

Career Statistics 

Career Honors
Ambler Scholar Athlete (2018)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2017-18)
Centennial Conference Women's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year (2016-17, 2017-18)
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team (2017-18)
Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2017-18)
Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference (2015-16, 2016-17)
Academic All-Centennial (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)
Centennial Winter Academic Honor Roll (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)
Centennial Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 15, 2018)
Gwynedd Mercy Tip Off Tournament MVP (2017-18)
Gwynedd Mercy Tip Off All-Tournament Team (2017-18)
DeSales Morgan Stanley/Easton Tip-Off All-Tournament Team (2016-17) 

Single-Season Records
Total blocks: 1st (86, 2017-18)
Free-throw Percentage: 1st (.895, 2017-18)

Career Records: 
Games Played: 1st (107)
Total blocks: 1st (274)
Defensive Rebounds: 1st (620)

2017-18: Co-captain … Second-team All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference Women’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year … CoSIDA Academic All-District … Ambler Scholar-Athlete, Kannerstein Award … Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Averaged 12.4 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game … One of four players to start all 28 games … Took over the Centennial Conference all-time career blocks record with four blocks in Centennial Conference Championship against Gettysburg (Feb. 24) … Had eight games with five or more blocks including a season-best seven blocks against McDaniel (Jan. 11) …  Tallied four double-doubles, including a 14-point, 17-rebound performance against Gwynedd Mercy … Picked up Gwynedd Mercy Tip-Off Tournament MVP Honors after the performance … Named Centennial Conference Player of the Week after logging back-to-back double-double efforts against McDaniel (Jan. 11) and Johns Hopkins (Jan. 13) … Tallied seven assists ­­­against Immaculata (Jan. 15) and eight against Washington College (Jan. 31).

2016-17: Co-CaptainCentennial Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year … Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference … Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll ... One of four players to start in all 26 games … Eclipsed her single-season blocks record with 78 total blocks and took over the Haverford career record with 188 blocks through her first three seasons … Tallied seven double-doubles on the season … Season-high 20 points against Ursinus (Jan. 26) and Washington College (Feb. 1) … Posted a 23-rebound effort against William Paterson (Nov. 20), taking home DeSales Tip-Off All-Tournament Team honors … Tallied five or more blocks on six occasions including three seprate six-block performances against Immaculata (Jan. 16) and Swarthmore (Jan. 18 and Feb. 15) … Also dished out four assists and added two steals against Swarthmore (Feb. 15). 

2015-16: Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … One of three players to start in all 26 games … Set a program record with 73 total blocks … First on the team and third in the conference with 2.8 blocks per game … Third on the team in scoring at 9.5 points per game … Led the Fords in total defensive rebounds with 167 … Averaged 7.5 rebounds per game to rank seventh in the conference and second on the team … Five double-doubles … Eight games with at least five blocks … Seven games with double digit rebounds … Posted a career game against Gettyburg (Feb. 6) with 22 points, including three baskets from beyond the arc, nine rebounds, six assists, a block, and no turnovers … Secured 17 rebounds vs. McDaniel (Feb. 13) … Finished with 10 points and 16 rebounds vs. Franklin & Marshall (Jan. 30) … Scored 19 points and 11 boards against Washington College (Feb. 2).

2014-15: Played in all of the team's 27 games ... Averaged 16.2 minutes and 5.7 points per game ... Ranked second on the team in blocked shots (37), field goal percentage (.504) and fourth in rebounds (121) ... Eight points, 10 rebounds vs. Manhattanville (Nov. 16) … Three straight games of at least 10 points (Nov. 18-25), shooting 72.2 percent during that span … Had 10 rebounds and two blocks vs. Johns Hopkins (Jan. 7) … Six points, seven rebounds in 12 minutes vs. Washington and Lee (Jan. 4) … Double-double vs. Bryn Mawr (Jan. 15) with 10 points and career-high 11 rebounds … 12 games of at least one block (Dec. 4-Jan. 29) … 12 points, nine rebounds at Ursinus (Feb. 18).

Prep: Lettered in basketball and volleyball … Two-year captain of both teams … Cape Atlantic Basketball All-Star … Second-team all-conference as a senior in basketball, earning honorable mention accolades in two previous seasons … Ultimate Team Player and Outstanding Leadership Award honoree … Played for Atlantic Cape Wildcats … Four-time all-conference selection in volleyball, garnering first team honors in her final two seasons … Volleyball Team MVP … Hammonton Gazette Girls’ Volleyball All-Star … Third-team All-South Jersey … Class President as a sophomore and junior … Senior Executive Class President … President of National Honor Society … Class Valedictorian … Business & Technology, Spanish, Science, English and Mathematics academic achievement award recipient … Named to Honor Roll during all four years of high school … Mark A. Sirolli Scholarship Award winner.

 Personal: Daughter of Diana and Richard Wetzel.

 Minutes Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds  
Year gp-gs min avg fg fga pct fg fga pct ft fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast t/o blk stl pts avg 
2014-15  27-2 438 16.2 69 137  .504  .000 17 27  .630 38 83 121 4.5 34 13 25 37 155 5.7 
2015-16  26-26 765 29.4 109 241  .452 17  .294 25 31  .806 29 167 196 7.5 50 29 66 73 10 248 9.5 
2016-17  26-26 712 27.4 121 294  .412 11  .000 17 22  .773 38 173 211 8.1 50 40 53 78 259 10.0 
2017-18  28-28 817 29.2 153 333  .459 14  .429 34 38  .895 61 197 258 9.2 41 48 40 86 346 12.4 
TOTAL 107-82 2732 25.5 452 1005  .450 11 42  .262 93 118  .788 166 620 786 7.3 175 130 184 274 27 1008 9.4 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Points: 22, Gettysburg -- 2/6/16
Rebounds: 23 [t-3rd], vs William Paterson -- 11/20/16
Assists: 8, at Washington College -- 1/31/18
Steals: 2, 5 times
Blocks: 7 [t-4th], McDaniel -- 1/11/18
FG made: 10, at Ursinus -- 1/26/17 ; Washington College -- 2/1/17 ; vs Muhlenberg -- 2/23/18
FG attempts: 20, at DeSales University -- 11/19/16
3FG made: 3, Gettysburg -- 2/6/16
3FG attempts: 4, Gettysburg -- 2/6/16
FT made: 6, at Dickinson -- 1/27/18
FT attempts: 6, 5 times
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS - [At time of graduation]:
Defensive rebounds: 1st (620)
Blocked shots: 1st (274)
Blocked shots average: 1st (2.6)
Games played: 1st (107)
Field goals made: 3rd (452)
Field goal percentage: 3rd (.450)
Rebounds: 3rd (786)
Defense rebound avg: 4th (5.8)
Free throw percentage: 5th (.788)
Field goals attempted: 6th (1005)
Games started: t-7th (82)
Points: 8th (1008)
Rebounding average: 9th (7.3)
Minutes: 10th (2732)
Scoring average: 15th (9.4)
SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS - [At time of graduation]:
Free throw percentage: 1st (.895 in 2017-18)
Blocked shots: 1st (86 in 2017-18)
Games played: t-1st (28 in 2017-18)
Games started: t-1st (28 in 2017-18)
Field goal percentage: 2nd (.504 in 2014-15)
Blocked shots: 2nd (78 in 2016-17)
Blocked shots average: 2nd (3.1 in 2017-18)
Defensive rebounds: 3rd (197 in 2017-18)
Blocked shots: 3rd (73 in 2015-16)
Blocked shots average: 3rd (3.0 in 2016-17)
Field goals made: 5th (153 in 2017-18)
Rebounds: 5th (258 in 2017-18)
Defensive rebounds: 5th (173 in 2016-17)
Blocked shots average: 5th (2.8 in 2015-16)
Defensive rebounds: 6th (167 in 2015-16)
Defense rebound avg: 8th (7.0 in 2017-18)
Field goals attempted: 11th (333 in 2017-18)
Defense rebound avg: 11th (6.7 in 2016-17)
Points: 12th (346 in 2017-18)
Field goal percentage: 12th (.459 in 2017-18)
Blocked shots: t-12th (37 in 2014-15)
Games started: t-12th (26 in 2016-17)
Games started: t-12th (26 in 2015-16)
Rebounds: 13th (211 in 2016-17)
Rebounding average: 14th (9.2 in 2017-18)
Defense rebound avg: 14th (6.4 in 2015-16)
Games played: t-15th (27 in 2014-15)
Field goal percentage: 16th (.452 in 2015-16)
Field goals made: t-16th (121 in 2016-17)
Field goals attempted: 17th (294 in 2016-17)
Rebounds: t-17th (196 in 2015-16)
Blocked shots average: 18th (1.4 in 2014-15)
Minutes: 19th (817 in 2017-18)

 

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-15First-Year

    F/C
    6'3"
    44
  • 44

    2015-16Sophomore

    F/C
    6'3"
    44
  • 44

    2016-17Junior

    F/C
    6'3"
    44
  • 44

    2017-18Senior

    F/C
    6'3"
    44
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