2022 Field Hockey Roster
Popper, Sammy
Jersey Number 16
Sammy Popper
- Position:
- Forward/Defense
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Germantown Academy
- Hometown:
- Blue Bell, Pa.
Bio
AT PRINCETON
Awards:
First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2019)
Ivy Rookie of the Year (2019)
NFHCA All-Academic Team (2020)
First-team All-Ivy League (2019, 2022)
Second-team All-Ivy League (2021)
2022
• first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second time in her career
• second on the team with nine goals and 20 points
• fourth in the Ivy League in goals and fifth in points
* started every game
2021: Started all 17 games ... second-team All-Ivy League selection ... scored nine goals and had five assists for 23 points ... was second on the team in goals and points and third in assists ... had the game-winning goal in overtime against Penn State ... had two goals and an assist in the first eight games and then had seven goals and four assists in the final nine games ... scored twice against Yale ... had single goals against Delaware, Boston University, Dartmouth, Penn State, Harvard, Monmouth and Columbia.
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019: First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region … Ivy Rookie of the Year …first-team All-Ivy ... One of four players with at least 10 goals … Third on the squad with 26 points (10 goals, six assists) … Registered two goals at No. 1 North Carolina (Sept. 6) … Scored in back-to-back games at No. 4 Maryland (Sept. 24) and at Dartmouth (Sept. 27) … Had two goals at No. 4 Maryland (Sept. 24) … Posted two goals and an assist vs. Columbia (Oct. 12) … Contributed a tally in three consecutive games at Boston University, at No. 14 Harvard and vs. Cornell (Nov. 3).
Before Princeton:
Germantown Academy: First-Team All-Inter-AC all four years … First-Team All-American as a senior captain … Team MVP each year of her career … Set the program single-season record for goals (56) … Broke the school record for career goals (179) and points (417) … Named Team MVP … Squad was 2018 Inter-AC Champions and the PAISAA State Runner-Up twice (2017, 2018) … Also ran winter track sophomore year … Yearbook Club two years … Part of the Student Government as a senior.
National and Regional Experience: Member of the U.S. Indoor and U-19 Junior National Outdoor Teams (2015-present) ... Played in the 2018 indoor World Cup and 2017 PanAm Games ... Played for the U-19 National Indoor and U-17 Junior National Outdoor units in 2014-15 ... Experience with the U.S. Indoor Development Group (2012-13) and U-16 squad (2013-14) ... PanAm Elite Player Award along with Junior Player of the PanAm Championship in 2017.
Academic: National Honor Society … Francey Garran Memorial honor in 2015 … Leopold Memorial Prize in 2016 … Osbourn Memorial Prize in 2017 … All awards were for Outstanding Achievement in academics and athletics.
Personal: Daughter of Maggie Grasso and Howard Popper … Has two brothers, Nolan and Devin.
Awards:
First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2019)
Ivy Rookie of the Year (2019)
NFHCA All-Academic Team (2020)
First-team All-Ivy League (2019, 2022)
Second-team All-Ivy League (2021)
2022
• first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second time in her career
• second on the team with nine goals and 20 points
• fourth in the Ivy League in goals and fifth in points
* started every game
2021: Started all 17 games ... second-team All-Ivy League selection ... scored nine goals and had five assists for 23 points ... was second on the team in goals and points and third in assists ... had the game-winning goal in overtime against Penn State ... had two goals and an assist in the first eight games and then had seven goals and four assists in the final nine games ... scored twice against Yale ... had single goals against Delaware, Boston University, Dartmouth, Penn State, Harvard, Monmouth and Columbia.
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2019: First-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region … Ivy Rookie of the Year …first-team All-Ivy ... One of four players with at least 10 goals … Third on the squad with 26 points (10 goals, six assists) … Registered two goals at No. 1 North Carolina (Sept. 6) … Scored in back-to-back games at No. 4 Maryland (Sept. 24) and at Dartmouth (Sept. 27) … Had two goals at No. 4 Maryland (Sept. 24) … Posted two goals and an assist vs. Columbia (Oct. 12) … Contributed a tally in three consecutive games at Boston University, at No. 14 Harvard and vs. Cornell (Nov. 3).
Before Princeton:
Germantown Academy: First-Team All-Inter-AC all four years … First-Team All-American as a senior captain … Team MVP each year of her career … Set the program single-season record for goals (56) … Broke the school record for career goals (179) and points (417) … Named Team MVP … Squad was 2018 Inter-AC Champions and the PAISAA State Runner-Up twice (2017, 2018) … Also ran winter track sophomore year … Yearbook Club two years … Part of the Student Government as a senior.
National and Regional Experience: Member of the U.S. Indoor and U-19 Junior National Outdoor Teams (2015-present) ... Played in the 2018 indoor World Cup and 2017 PanAm Games ... Played for the U-19 National Indoor and U-17 Junior National Outdoor units in 2014-15 ... Experience with the U.S. Indoor Development Group (2012-13) and U-16 squad (2013-14) ... PanAm Elite Player Award along with Junior Player of the PanAm Championship in 2017.
Academic: National Honor Society … Francey Garran Memorial honor in 2015 … Leopold Memorial Prize in 2016 … Osbourn Memorial Prize in 2017 … All awards were for Outstanding Achievement in academics and athletics.
Personal: Daughter of Maggie Grasso and Howard Popper … Has two brothers, Nolan and Devin.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Reflections from the Princeton Athletics Class of 2023
Friday, June 02
Field Hockey Senior Day 2022
Wednesday, November 02
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
