Penn State Nittany Lions

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Awards: Earned First Team All-Big Ten Honors (2021)... Named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team... Earned All-North Region First Team honor (2021)... Named Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-America (2020-21)...Earned CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-America honors (2020-21)... Named Big Ten Midfielder of the Year (2020-21)...Tabbed as a first team All-Big Ten honoree twice (2019, 2020-21)...Named a United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American (2018)...Tabbed a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American (2019)...Named to three first-team All-region squads...Dubbed a four-time all-conference honoree...Named ACC Midfielder of the Year while at Boston College (2018)...Member of the 2020-21 Big Ten regular season championship team and 2019 Big Ten Tournament Championship team...Named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in 2018... Named All-ACC third team and All-ACC freshman team...Selected as Boston College Freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2017.

Season:  2021 (Fall): Netted 8 goals and 8 assists... Led the team in assists...Became the 50^th player in NCAA Division I soccer history to score 40 goals and tally 40 assists. 2021 (Spring): Netted six goals and 12 assists...Recorded at least one point in the 10 matches...Scored three consecutive game-winning goals (2/25-3/4). 2019: Ranked second in the Big Ten with 32 points...Tied for second in the Big Ten with 11 goals. 2018: Led Boston College with 38 points (12G, 14A)...Named First-Team All-American. 2017: Tallied five goals and 10 assists. 

2021 Fall - Senior+ Season
Awards: Earned First Team All-Big Ten Honors... Named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team... Earned All-North Region First Team honor.

Season: Has started all 21 matches for the Nittany Lions. Became the 50^th player in NCAA Division I soccer history to score 40 goals and tally 40 assists. Finished second on the team with eight goals... Finished first on the team with eight assists.

Umass (8/19): Netted one goal in a 3-1 win. La Salle (8/22): Tallied her first assist of the season in a 4-0 win making her the NCAA active leader in assists with 47 assists. At West Virginia (9/2): Assisted game winning goal in a 2-0 win... added to her NCAA leading assist total to 28 in her career. At UCF (9/5): Netted one goal. At Virginia (9/9): Netted one goal in a 3-1 win… Eighth time in career she has scored at least one goal and recorded at least one assist in the same game. Northwestern (9/23): Recorded 50^th career assist. At Wisconsin (9/30): Netted fourth goal of the season in a 2-1 win. Maryland (10/8): Netted a hat trick and tallied an assist in a 5-1 win… Just the second Nittany Lion to record a hat trick in the first half of a match this season… Became the 50^th player in NCAA Division I soccer history to score 40 goals and tally 40 assists. Indiana (10/13): Netted one goal on a penalty kick in a 3-0 win. Purdue (10/17): Recorded her 52^nd career assists tying for 8^th all-time in PSU history. At Michigan (10/31): Tallied one assist. At #11 USC (11/19): Tallied one assist in NCAA Second Round. 



2021 Spring - Senior Season
Awards: Named Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-America...Earned CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-America honors...Tagged to TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team...Collected third consecutive First-Team All-Region honors...Named Big Ten Midfielder of the Year...Earned All-Big Ten first team honors...Collected CoSIDA Academic First-Team All-District...Earned second Academic All-Big Ten honor...Named to MAC Hermann Preseason Watch List...Earned Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch honors...Named to TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week twice (3/2, 3/23)...Named TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week (3/23)...Ranked as #2 player in country by TopDrawerSoccer

Season: Finished season with six goals and 12 assists...Ranked third in the country with 12 assists...Started all 16 matches for the Nittany Lions...Tallied 10 or more assists for fourth straight season...Scored three consecutive game-winning goals (2/25-3/4).

at Northwestern (2/25): Recorded season-best four points (1G, 2A), including game-winning PK goal. at Illinois (2/28): Netted game-winning goal in the fourth minute of play. Indiana (3/4): Scored third consecutive game-winning goal in 2-1 win. at Ohio State (3/13): Scored in fourth goal of season in 2-2 draw. Minnesota (3/18): Scored a goal and added an assists in a 3-0 win. Michigan (3/21): Tied a season best with four points (1G, 2 A) in a 4-1 win. vs. Alabama St. (4/28): Recorded her 10th assist of the season in 5-0 win over Alabama St. in first round of NCAA Tournament. 
 
2019 – Junior Season
Awards: Named United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-America...Named First-Team All-North Region...Recognized as First-Team All-Big Ten...Named TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second-Team...Earned Big Ten Player of the Week (9/4)...Named to MAC Hermann Preseason Watch List...Named TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (9/3).

Season: Started in 24 matches...Appeared in all 25 games...Scored 11 goals and added 10 assists...Ranked second in the Big Ten with 32 points...Tied for second in Big Ten in both goals (11) and assists (10). 

Hofstra (8/25): Scored first goal of Penn State career in 6-0 win. at Long Beach State (8/30): Scored goal and added an assist in 3-1 win. at LMU (9/1): Scored goal in third consecutive game...Scored first game-winning goal of Penn State career. at Nebraska (10/27): Scored game-winning goal in 1-0 win in final game of regular season. vs. Purdue (11/8): Assisted on first goal of 2-0 win...Scored goal on penalty kick in 73rd minute. vs. Michigan (11/10): Scored goal on penalty kick in 83rd minute to send game to overtime of Big Ten Tournament Championship game. Stony Brook (11/15): Scored game-winning goal and added an assist in 3-1 win of first round of NCAA Tournament. vs. Arizona (11/21): Scored two goals and added an assist for five points in 4-3 overtime win in second round of NCAA Tournament. 

BEFORE PENN STATE
Transferred to Penn State after playing two seasons for Boston College. 

2018 – Sophomore Season
Awards: Honored as MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist...Recognized as first-team All-American...Selected ACC Midfielder of the Year and member of All-ACC first team.

Season: Started all  20 matches...Led the team in points (38), goals (12) and assists (14).

2017 – Freshman Season
Awards: Named All-ACC third team and All-ACC freshman team...Selected as Boston College Freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year

Season: Started all 20 matches...Tallied 20 points on five goals and 10 assists.

U.S. NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
Participated with U.S. Women’s National Team at the U-18, U-19 and U-20 levels...Captained the U-19 and U-20 squads...Took part in several tournaments such as the U-20 CONCACAF Qualifiers, Nike Friendlies, La Manga, UEFA International Cup...Attended six U-18 USWNT training camps and played in two international tournaments ...Captained the U-18 USWNT against Northern Ireland and was recognized as player of the game...Attended camps with Nittany Lion teammates Kerry Abello, Amanda Dennis, Shea Moyer and Frankie Tagliaferri.

BEFORE COLLEGE
Played club soccer for Match-Fit Academy and New York Soccer Club...Made 2016 ENCL Playoffs Daily Best List for the tournament…Earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI for her play with New York SC…Was a five-time Regional 1 Team honoree...Named an All-American...Played at the Masters School for head coach Hernando Santamaria...Selected MVP all four years and two-time team captain...Named league player of the year three times...Scored 100 goals in high school.

PERSONAL
Full name is Samantha Grace Coffey...Daughter of Wayne Coffey and Denise Willi...Has an older brother, Sean, and an older sister, Alex...Majoring in journalism...Born on December 31, 1998, in New York City, New York.

WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“As a transfer, the process of trying to find the right fit for me in such a short period of time was quite overwhelming. But after Penn State reached out to me, my decision became a lot easier to make. Not only is Penn State an athletic powerhouse, but it has such a great balance of academics. I fell in love with the beautiful campus and the atmosphere of State College. I connected very well with the coaches and players — it all just felt right. As soon as I got here, I felt like I was already home. I can’t wait to be a part of something really special here.”