2013 (Senior): Sat out 2013 with an injury and received a redshirt.
2012 (Junior): Finished second on the team with a 3.75 ERA ... Started 19 games, which was the second highest total on the team ... Among her six complete games, she tossed a team leading two shutouts ... Allowed just 78 hits in 86.2 innings ... Shut down Northwestern State on February 11, going the distance in a two-hit shutout, also adding three strikeouts ... Did extra work in an 8-inning complete game victory against Troy on March 14, giving up just three hits and one run ... Threw a shutout against FAU on April 24 ... Went the distance in a 4-2 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on May 5, limiting the explosive Ragin’ Cajun offense to just two runs on five hits.
Prior to ULM (Central Alabama CC): Experienced a great level of success in two seasons as a pitcher at Central Alabama CC under head coach Greg Shiver ... Held down a 41-6 career record with 391 strikeouts and a 1.26 ERA ... Ranked 18th in the NJCAA in 2011 ... Had a 21-2 record her sophomore season with 1.22 ERA and 184 strikeouts ... Only player from her team to earn NJCAA Division I All-American Second Team honors as well as land on the NFCA All-American Second Team ... Two-time Alabama Community College All-Region First Team selection ... Two-time ACCC all-tournament team and all-league team selection ... Helped lead Central Alabama CC to the 2011 ACCC Championship title ... Also the 2011 regional champions ... Finished seventh at nationals.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner at West Ouachita HS under head coach and former ULM great Lori Tande Bruscato ... All-state selection three years ... District co-MVP her junior and senior seasons ... Earned district MVP honors her sophomore year ... Northeastern Louisiana Pitcher of the Year in 2007 ... West Ouachita HS MVP for three seasons ... Landed on the all-star team her senior year ... Helped lead West Ouachita HS to a runner-up finish at the state championship in 2009 ... Academic all-state her senior season.
Personal: Full name Samantha Dawn Hamby ... Born July 3, 1991 ... Daughter of Al and Felicia Hamby ... Had one brother, Dalton ... Father played football for ULM in 1987-88 and was a member of the National Championship Team of 1987 and ULM Hall of Fame Class of 2012 ... Enjoys hunting ... Majoring in kinesiology.
