Northeastern State University Athletics

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NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 51 career matches and has made 22 starts . . . owns 30 career points (9g-12a) and two game-winning goals . . . has been honored on both the 2013 Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team and the 2013 All-MIAA Honorable Mention team . . . most career points in a single game is four, which he has recorded against Southwest Baptist (Oct. 19, 2013) and Southern Nazarene (Oct. 26, 2013) . . . most career minutes played is 99, which came against Colorado Mesa (Sept. 7, 2012) . . . was the only player in the MIAA to win the athlete of the week award twice in 2013 . . . his first-career goal was quite a memorable one, as it was the game-winning strike against Fort Hays State in the 2012 NCAA Round of 16, giving NSU its first victory in the NCAA Championship in school history . . . has been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll three times (2012-14).
 
Junior (2014) – Competed in 16 matches and finished with seven starting assignments . . . posted eight points (2g-4a) and attempted 11 shots in 715 minutes of game time . . . scored against Upper Iowa (Oct. 11) and registered a season-best three shots against the Peacocks . . . had a goal and an assist against Lindenwood (Oct. 18) . . . assisted on the game-tying goal in the NCAA Championship Round of 16 against Fort Hays State (Nov. 21) . . . played a season-high 70 minutes against the Tigers . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore (2013) – Participated in all 17 matches and made 14 starts . . . named to the Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team and the All-MIAA Honorable Mention team . . . ended the year fourth on the team with 18 points (6g-6a) . . . finished fourth in the MIAA in assists and 10th in both goals and points per game (1.06) . . . scored goals in three of the first four matches of the season . . . had another four-match stretch where he scored in three games late in the year . . . lone game-winning goal came in a 1-0 win at then-No. 6 Rockhurst (Sept. 8) . . . had two four-point efforts (1g-2a), coming against Southwest Baptist (Oct. 19) and Southern Nazarene (Oct. 26) . . . played a season-high 97 minutes against Fort Hays State (Oct. 24) . . . was the only two-time winner of the MIAA Athlete of the Week award (Sept. 10 and Oct. 29) . . . landed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Freshman (2012) – Saw action in 18 contests and earned a starting assignment against Colorado Mesa (Sept. 7) . . . scored the game-winning goal and his first-career marker in NSU’s 6-3 victory over Fort Hays State in the NCAA Round of 16 (Nov. 16) . . . recorded assists against both Southern Nazarene (Oct. 20) and Harding (Oct. 26) . . . attempted five shots on the year and saw the field for 544 minutes . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
High School – Played in the all-state game in Colorado senior year . . . was part of a club team that won the state cup senior year.
 
Personal – Majoring in pre-dentistry . . . son of Paul Samia and Sheryl Frost . . . born April 4, 1994.