24   Samantha Clark
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Neptune, N.J. High School: St. Rose Height: 6-2 Position: F Birthdate: 10/15/1993

2012-13: Had an outstanding freshman campaign for the Rams, playing in all 35 games and making 29 starts... Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team... Named A-10 Rookie of the Week a program-record five times... Registered four double-doubles... Scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in her second career start against Delaware St. (11/18)... Notched nine points and eight rebounds at San Francisco (11/21)... Registered her first career double-double, setting what were then new career-highs with 15 points and 13 rebounds vs Southern (12/10)... Tallied her second double-double in as many games against Morgan State (12/16)... Had 14 points and six rebounds against American (1/4)... Had ten points, eight boards and six blocks vs. UMass (1/16)... Recorded six blocks against Richmond (1/20)... Tallied nine points and eight boards at Xavier (1/23)... Notched her third double-double with 19 pts and 11 reb. against Duquesne (1/27)... Scored ten points and grabbed seven boards and VCU (2/2)... Grabbed 11 rebounds at La Salle (2/6)... Had 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks at Saint Louis (2/17)... Grabbed 11 boards against URI (2/21)... Had a double-double in the win over Saint Joe's (2/24).

Before Fordham: A Top-100 recruit, Fordham's first Top-100 recruit for women's basketball... Scored over 1,000 points in her high school career... An All-State selection in 2011-12... A finalist for the 2012 Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year award...Had an outstanding four-year career at St. Rose High School for head coach Joe Roman... Was named a 2011-12 McDonald's All-American Honorable Mention standout and ranked 21st nationally at her position by ESPN... Named Second Team All-State by the Newark Star Ledger... Also named First Team All-Non-Public, First Team All-County and First Team All-Shore Conference... Averaged a team-high 15.0 ppg and 7.2 rpg as a senior... Also blocked a team-best 43 shots... Shot 42.9 percent (30-for-70) from 3-point range... Led team to the Shore Conference Tournament title, scoring 28 points and adding 14 rebounds in the 65-56 championship game win over Manasquan... Shot 7-for-10 from the field and 12-for-13 from the foul line in that game... Closed out her high school career with 1,529 points... Named First Team All-Division in her first three years at St. Rose... Finished her junior year averaging 15 points and 5.2 rebounds per game... Scored double-figures in 19 contests and recorded double-doubles in four... Named First Team All-Monmouth County, Second Team All-Non-Public and Third Team All-Junior by the Newark Star Ledger following junior season... As a sophomore, took home a second-straight MVP of the Monmouth Challenge...Hoop Group named her First Team, All-Shore, and the Coast Star selected her as Defensive Player of the Year... A Third Team All-Non Public, Second Team All-Soph/Fresh and Second Team All-Monmouth County selection as a sophomore as well as being named "Top Sophomore in NJ" by the Newark Star Ledger... Named First Team All-Shore Conference by Hoop Group... 2010 Coast Star Defensive Player of the Year... Chosen as the MVP of the Monmouth Challenge... Team was ranked 10th in New Jersey and 4th in Shore Conference in 2010... Averaged 12 points and 10 rebounds as a freshman in 2009 to help her team advance to the Shore Conference Final Four... Named Third Team All-Soph/Fresh, Third Team All-Monmouth County and "Top Freshman" by the Newark Star Ledger as a freshman... Also named Freshman of the Year by the Hoop Group... Selected to the All-Tournament Team at the 2009 Marist Christmas Tournament and named MVP of the Monmouth Challenge... Played AAU basketball with the Central Jersey Hawks... Helped the Hawks win three Division 1 Championships (2006-08), as well as the Nike/US Junior National U17 Silver Division title in 2006, while placing seventh, nationally in 2006, ninth in 2007 and 13th in 2005.

Personal: Daughter of Barbara and Mark Clark... Both of her parents played basketball at Monmouth University... Mother is a member of the Monmouth University Athletic Hall of Fame, excelling in basketball, volleyball and softball for the Hawks... Has two older sisters, Allyson and Kelly... Sister, Kelly, played basketball at Wagner, leading the team in scoring in 2011-12 as a senior... Uncle, Joe Paterno, is a Fordham University Athletic Hall of Famer and ranks fourth on the Rams' all-time scoring list and 17th in career rebounds... Her aunt, Grace Paterno (Soloman), was member of the Wagner College basketball team from 1981-85 and is a member of the Wagner College Athletics Hall of Fame... Undecided on a major.