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Samantha Gjerde

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg H.S.
Hometown:
Sunburg, Minn.

2018: Did not play … redshirted.

Before SDSU: Graduated from Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg High School in 2017 ... six-year letterwinner and five-year starter in softball ... four-time All-State awardee, earning First Team honors as a junior and senior and honorable mention nods in 2014 and 2015 ... four-time All-Section 3A pick (2014-17) ... four-time All-Camden Conference selection (2014-17) with most valuable player honors the final three years ... four-time West Central Tribune All-Area First Team honoree (2014-17) ... All-Star Game participant in 2017 ... set school records for career doubles (57), RBIs (133) and hits (167) along with the single-season doubles record (16) in 2016 ... for her career, posted a .448 batting average (167 for 373) with 133 runs driven in, 57 doubles, 10 triples, five home runs and 65 stolen bases ... as a senior hit .506 with 15 doubles, 40 RBIs and 44 runs scored ... hit .423 as a junior, racking up 23 RBIs with 48 runs scored ... did not strike out in 2016 ... also lettered four times in volleyball and basketball ... in volleyball, was a three-time West Central Tribune All-Area honorable mention selection and a two-time All-Camden Conference pick ... set school record with 1,796 set assists ... in basketball, scored 1,201 career points and was a five-time West Central Tribune All-Area First Team pick in 2017 and honorable mention selection in 2016 ... was a two-time All-Camden Conference pick for basketball with co-MVP honors in 2017 ... National Honor Society member ... participated in high school theatre.

Personal: Born Oct. 5, 1998 in Willmar, Minnesota ... daughter of Paul and Jennifer Gjerde ... has one brother, Weston, and three sisters, Maret, Josie and Elsa ... majoring in Animal Science and Dairy Science.