Sam Arbaugh

Arbaugh’s 2009 Game-by-Game Statistics
Arbaugh’s 2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
Arbaugh’s 2012 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2011-12 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
  
• 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2011 SEC Softball Community Service Team
  
• 2011 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2010 SEC Sportsmanship Award
  
• 2010 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  

2012 (SENIOR): Played in 15 games, starting on Senior Day … Picked up a pinch hit at Winthrop (3/28) … Scored seven runs, including the lone run in the start against Auburn (4/29) … Member of the Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll … Also garnered recognition on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Scholar-Athlete listing. 2011 (JUNIOR): Did not play during the season … Did participate in four of the fall games, going 1-for-6 at the plate … Earned a spot on the 2011 SEC Softball Community Service team … Member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Garnered recognition on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Won the SEC Sportsmanship Award for her efforts in sending a card to the Dickenson State University softball team after the death of three players in an automobile accident … Started 19 games and played in 26 total … Had two hits on the season while finishing third on the team with four sacrifices … Scored a career-high three runs while picking up her first career hit in the win over Loyola (2/27) … Also got a single in the first game at No. 12/10 Georgia (4/24). 2009 (FRESHMAN): Earned a spot on the 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll … Played in 12 games, starting two … Used mainly as a pinch-runner, with that accounting for eight of her appearances … Scored two runs in that role, including the tying run in an eight-run fifth in game two against Mississippi (3/18) … Started in the flex spot, playing second base, at Auburn (3/29) … Also drew a start in the final game of the LSU series (4/26). HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered for three years at Aiken H.S. … Earned defensive MVP honors as a senior, while she picked up offensive MVP honors as a junior and sophomore … Garnered MVP honors in the North/South All-Star Game … An all-region performer as a sophomore, junior and senior … Named Aiken’s Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior … Played travel ball with the S.C. Jets … Earned Marketing Student of the Year … Won first place at the S.C. DECA competition in sport and entertainment marketing division during both her sophomore and junior years … Competed at the International DECA Conference and placed in the top 10 … Also named to the honor roll. PERSONAL: Samantha Nicole Arbaugh was born in Aiken, S.C., to parents Amy Kirkland and Todd Arbaugh … Enjoys riding four-wheelers and listening to country music from artists like Taylor Swift … Majoring in sport and entertainment management … Served as a member of South Carolina’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee.