2020-21 Soccer Roster
Sample, Karlina
vs
Georgia
Sep 12 (Fri)
7:30 PM
Jersey Number 21
Karlina Sample
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Reedy
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
Bio
- United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team (2020)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team (2020)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team (2020)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 – No. 14 (2020)
- SEC Co-Defender of the Year (2020)
- All-SEC First Team (2020)
- Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (11/3/20)
- Texas A&M Defensive MVP (2020-21)
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (4/12/21)
- “Farmers Fight” Perseverance Award (2019)
CAREER: Owns 51 Aggie caps, including 48 starts... the Maroon & White have logged shutouts in 23 of her 51 matches... tallied one goal and one assist in her career... three-year captain... finished her second season as President of The B.L.U.E.print (Black Leaders who Undertake Excellence) – a Texas A&M student-led organization.
2021 – SENIOR: Started all 18 games, including shutouts against Sam Houston (9/3), Southern (9/8) and Kentucky (9/17)... served as team tri-captain... scored first career goal against Vanderbilt (10/24)... played 90-plus minutes in 14 contests, including two matches with over 100 minutes... equaled a career high with 110 minutes against Oklahoma State (9/12).
2020-21 – JUNIOR: Started all 17 matches of the 2020 campaign... served her first season as tri-captain... shared SEC Defender of the Year recognition with teammate Jimena Lopez... earned United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team and United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team... ranked 14th on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100... finished second on the team in minutes played with 1,550, seeing action in all but 10 minutes of play... played 90-plus minutes in 15 matches, including 100 minutes at Rice and 110 minutes against Oklahoma State... played in all nine shutouts of the season... collected her first career assist against Tennessee (10/23)... earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week following the Aggies’ shutout of No. 3 TCU (4/12)... rose to No. 21 on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Midseason Top 100.
2019 – SOPHOMORE: Started 10 games on the backline for 822 minutes of action... suffered a season-ending injury at Florida (10/6)... her 82.2 minutes per match ranked second on the team behind only Briana Alston... played the entirety of six matches, including matches of 110 minutes against Pepperdine (8/25) and Brown (9/8)... appeared in seven shutouts for the Maroon & White.
2018 – FRESHMAN: In her first year in Aggieland appeared in six games, including three starts, for a total of 341 minutes... played the entirety of Texas A&M’s last three matches, including shutouts against North Texas and TCU... saw action in four shutouts.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Spent the last three prep years with the Solar Soccer Club... helped Solar SC to three Texas Regional titles... has participated in three national training camps in 2016 and 2017, including the ECNL/id2 Training Camp in Portland in July 2017.... named to the Best XI for the 2016 ECNL U16 National Playoffs by TopDrawerSoccer... participated in two US Soccer U14 National Team Camps in 2014... earned a varsity letter in soccer as a freshman at Frisco High School... earned All-District 9-5A as a freshman at Frisco, helping squad to the fifth round of the state playoffs... also earned two varsity letters in basketball at Reedy High School... appeared in 21 games with the basketball squad at Reedy as a junior, averaging 2.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game... ran the sprints for both Frisco (Fr.) and Reedy (So. & Jr.), including the 4x100 Relay, 100 Hurdles and 4x400 Relay... won eighth grade district championships in the 100 Hurdles and the 400 in 2013... National Junior Olympic runner-up in the 4x400 in 2014... finished third in the 400 Meter Dash Midget Girls at the 2012 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
PERSONAL: Majoring in telecommunication media studies.
7/1/22
Weekly Press Conference: G Guerrieri
Tuesday, September 02
Lafayette Postgame: Kaylee Noble, Holly Storer, G Guerrieri
Sunday, August 31
Highlights: Texas A&M 7, Lafayette 1
Sunday, August 31
Mic'd Up: Taylor Jernigan
Wednesday, August 27
