2020 USC Women's Soccer Roster
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Bruder, Samantha
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Jersey Number 26
Samantha Bruder
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder/Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Oaks Christian HS
- Hometown:
- Bell Canyon, Calif.
Bio
REDSHIRT-SENIOR/2020-21:
REDSHIRT-JUNIOR/2019:
REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE/2018:
REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN/2017:Â
FRESHMAN/2016: Redshirted her true freshman season at USC.
NATIONAL TEAM/ODP/CLUB: Member of the U-14, U-15, U-18 U.S. National Teams...Member of state and regional ODP teams for over five years...Played club for Real So Cal for 11 years...Won Surf Cup twice, U-16 and U-17.
HIGH SCHOOL:Four-year starting varsity forward/defender at Oaks Christian HS...Player of the Year in 2014...Leading goal scorer with 23 goals in 2014-15...Three-time All-Marmonte League first teamer...Led her HS team to two Marmonte League titles...2014-15 Marmonte League MVP CIF champion in 2013...Named Oaks Christian HS Best Athlete in 2011...Was named the No. 1 Defender in 2013-14 in Top Drawer Soccer's positional rankings...2014 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Tournament leading scorer...Dean's List all four years.
PERSONAL:Daughter of Jay and Carrie Bruder...Has two sisters, Alexandra and Jacqueline...Mother Carrie attended USC...Sister Alexandra attended USC and currently plays soccer at Vanderbilt..Lists sushi as her favorite food...Favorite movies include Harry Potter and Ferris Bueller's Day Off...Favorite TV shows are Grey's Anatomy and The Office...Would like to see the Northern Lights...Wants to travel to the Maldives...Favorite musician is Ben Howard...Has been involved in National Charity League since seventh grade...Also plays piano....Birthdate is February 14, 1998.
- Played in all 14 games for the Trojans, starting 13
- Named to the All-Pacific Region second team and All-Pac-12 second team
- Helped anchor a Trojan back line that posted 7 shutouts, including 5 in a row at one point
- Was only subbed off twice, playing the full 90 minutes in 11 of USC’s 13 regular season contests and leading the Trojans in minutes played (1,265)
- Named to Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
REDSHIRT-JUNIOR/2019:
- Played in 21 games for the Trojans as a forward, starting 16 to help the team to an NCAA Quarterfinals appearance
- Posted two assists on the season
- Had an assist in a 3-0 win over then-No. 19 Washington State (10/24) and picked up an assist in the Trojans NCAA Tournament opening round win over Cal State Fullerton (11/16)
- Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE/2018:
- Played a total of 15 games as a reserve for a total of 224 minutes played
- Scored two goals on the season
- Notched her first career goal against Arizona State on 10/7 and also scored against Oregon on 10/21
- Earned an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic team
REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN/2017:Â
- Appeared in ten games as both a forward and defender in her freshman season, including a start against Kansas on 9/3
- Recorded her first career assist in the season opener against UC Davis
- Finished the season with four shots and one point in 270 minutes on the field
- Earned a spot as a 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention along with 11 of her teammates
FRESHMAN/2016: Redshirted her true freshman season at USC.
NATIONAL TEAM/ODP/CLUB: Member of the U-14, U-15, U-18 U.S. National Teams...Member of state and regional ODP teams for over five years...Played club for Real So Cal for 11 years...Won Surf Cup twice, U-16 and U-17.
HIGH SCHOOL:Four-year starting varsity forward/defender at Oaks Christian HS...Player of the Year in 2014...Leading goal scorer with 23 goals in 2014-15...Three-time All-Marmonte League first teamer...Led her HS team to two Marmonte League titles...2014-15 Marmonte League MVP CIF champion in 2013...Named Oaks Christian HS Best Athlete in 2011...Was named the No. 1 Defender in 2013-14 in Top Drawer Soccer's positional rankings...2014 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Tournament leading scorer...Dean's List all four years.
PERSONAL:Daughter of Jay and Carrie Bruder...Has two sisters, Alexandra and Jacqueline...Mother Carrie attended USC...Sister Alexandra attended USC and currently plays soccer at Vanderbilt..Lists sushi as her favorite food...Favorite movies include Harry Potter and Ferris Bueller's Day Off...Favorite TV shows are Grey's Anatomy and The Office...Would like to see the Northern Lights...Wants to travel to the Maldives...Favorite musician is Ben Howard...Has been involved in National Charity League since seventh grade...Also plays piano....Birthdate is February 14, 1998.
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