Samantha Owen Season 2020

Honors & Awards

• NFCA All-West Region Third Team (2018)
• First-Team All-WCC (2018)
• All-WCC Honorable Mention (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021)
• Nebraska Bronze Academic Medallion (2020)
• Five-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)

Fifth Season (2021)

• Has started one game at first base this season
• Has also appeared four times as a pinch hitter and once as a defensive replacement
• Made her first start at first base as a Husker in game one of the Ohio State doubleheader

Senior Season (2020)

• Season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic
• Made 18 appearances which included 16 starts - 14 at third base and two as the designated player
• Hit .229 with seven runs, 11 hits, three doubles, one homer and six RBIs
• Went 3-for-9 (.333) in the opening weekend at the Troy Cox Classic and also had three runs, one homer and four RBIs
• Went 1-for-3 with one run and one walk in the Huskers' first win of the season against UTEP
• Hit 2-for-4 with two runs, one homer and four RBIs in game two against the Miners
• Went 1-for-2 with a run against No. 3 Oklahoma at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
• Had one hit against Cal 
• Went 1-for-3 against No. 7/9 Florida
• Went 4-for-12 (.333) with two runs, a double and an RBI in four starts at the Mizzou Tournament
• Had one hit in game one against No. 21/23 Missouri
• Hit a double and scored a run in game one against Wichita State
• Went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the win against the Tigers
• Had one hit and drew a walk in the win against the Shockers
• Had one hit against No. 15/17 Arizona State and also recorded a run and an RBI

Junior Season (2019)

• Played in 49 of 52 games for Nebraska
• Started 45 games at third base and one as the designated player for a total of 46 starts
• Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.492) and doubles (10)
• Ranked third on the team in walks (27), RBIs (27) and on-base percentage (.421), while ranking fifth on the team with a .278 batting average 
• Added 15 runs, 35 hits, one triple and five home runs
• Appeared as a pinch hitter in game one against Texas Tech and also played second base
• Came in as a pinch hitter in the second game against the Red Raiders
• Played all four games in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and earned three starts
• Went 3-for-7 (.429) with two runs, four RBIs, one double, one homer and four walks
• Hit her first grand slam as a Husker in game two of the weekend against Pittsburgh
• Started all four games at third base at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
• Went 1-for-1 with an RBI against Arizona State
• Hit a double against UCLA - one of three Husker hits against the Bruins
• Went 4-for-10 with three runs, three RBIs, a double and a triple through the first two games of the Colorado State Classic
• Had two hits, two RBIs and two walks in the Wichita State series
• Had one hit in both games on day one of the Rock Chalk Challenge
• Went 2-for-2 with one run, two RBIs and a home run in game two against No. 25 Michigan, scoring Nebraska's only run of the game
• Went 2-for-5 in the Drake doubleheader
• Had a solo home run against the Bulldogs, scoring Nebraska's only run in the two games
• Had one hit in both games of the Illinois doubleheader, including a home run
• Had a two RBI hit against South Dakota State and scored one run
• Had Nebraska's only hit in game three against No. 25 Northwestern
• Had one hit and one RBI in game one against Purdue
• Scored one run in game two against Purdue
• Went 3-for-4 with three runs and two doubles in the series finale against the Boilermakers
• Went 3-for-7 (.429) in the Iowa doubleheader 
• Went 1-for-2 with a run and a walk in game one against Maryland
• Scored one run and drew three walks in game two against the Terrapins
• Had one run and one RBI in the series finale against the Terps
• Had one hit in each of the three games against Wisconsin
• Scored one run in game one against the Badgers and drew one walk
• Had two RBIs in game two against Wisconsin
• Went 2-for-3 with one run, three RBIs, a walk, a double and a home run against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament

Before Nebraska (Pacific/East Union HS)

• Spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons at Pacific
• Earned NFCA All-West Region third-team honors in 2018
• Earned first-team All-WCC honors in 2018
• Finished in the top five in the conference in batting average, slugging, RBIs, doubles and total bases in West Coast Conference play as a sophomore
• Named to the All-WCC honorable-mention team as a freshman in 2017
• Started 96 games for the Tigers in two seasons, appearing in all but four games during the two-year span
• Hit .308 with 11 home runs, 53 RBIs and 46 runs in two seasons with the Tigers
• Played for East Union High School
• Named the Stockton Record All-Area Player of the Year
• Earned VOL MVP and FLO Softball All-American accolades
• Helped the Lancers claim the state title as a senior, posting a .507 batting average
• Graduated with Cum Laude honors
• Played travel ball for the All American Sports Academy

Personal

• Child, youth and family studies major who earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2021
• Born on June 2, 1998
• Daughter of Mike Owen and Kristi Kettegen
• Has two younger sisters, Izabella and Sienna
• Izabella plays softball for Oregon State