USA Archery Level 2
Sun God Archery Tier 1
2022-2023 Vice President
2023-2024 Vice President
2021-2024 UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member

Accolades:
2022 SIACC Women’s Fixed Pin Qualifier Gold

2022 Western Regional Women’s Compound Qualifier Bronze

2022 Western Regional Compound Mixed Team Bronze

2022 Mile Square Cup Women’s Compound Gold

2022 South Bay Archery Club’s Blue Pacific 3D Shoot Women’s Compound-1st Place 

2023 SIACC Women’s Fixed Pin Qualifier Gold

2023 SIACC Women’s Compound Qualifier Gold

2023 SIACC Women’s Compound Team Gold

2023 SIACC Compound Mixed Team Gold

2023 CORR Women’s Compound-2nd Place 

2023 Western Regional Women’s Compound Qualifier Bronze

2023 Western Regional Compound Mixed Team Bronze

2024 SIACC Women’s Fixed Pin Qualifier Silver

2024 SIACC Women’s Fixed Pin Round Robin Gold, 

2024 SIACC Women’s Fixed Pin Team Silver

2024 SIACC Compound Mixed Team Bronze

2024 Surfside 600 Women’s Compound Silver

2024 CORR Women’s Compound-3rd Place

2024 Western Regional Women’s Compound Qualifier Gold

2024 Western Regional Women’s Compound Eliminations Silver

2024 Western Regional Compound Mixed Team Gold

Sam first started archery through a church camp while she was in 5th grade, and she continued to do it every summer. She then received a bow from her parents for Christmas in her freshman year of high school, and continued to shoot with her dad throughout high school. Before attending UCSD, she researched and found the archery field. That was when her dad convinced her to continue shooting in college, and during her freshman quarter at UCSD, she was handed a flier and began coming regularly to the field. Before attending UCSD, she had not competed, however, since joining, she has dominated competitions and become a wonderful archer to shoot with. 

Sam is a multi-talented, hardworking individual who excels both on and off the field. Being a pre-med student, she balanced her classes, research position, EMT shift, and regularly attended practices and competitions. She also was the vice president of the club for her last two years at UCSD. When faced with a struggle or a problem, she was able to figure out ways that helped her grow immensely. For example, Sam faced a struggle of getting nervous at tournaments. To overcome this feeling, she scored herself at practice and set realistic goals at tournaments based on her average score, and she utilized meditation, breathing techniques, and visualization to help calm herself. She pushed herself to work hard, be persistent, believe in herself, and most of all have fun. Her weirdest memory of the club was when she won a match against fellow member and “fruit salad” teammate Alex Bachrach and received a rotisserie chicken from him as the prize (which they then ate on the field lol). 

Her advice for new shooters is to “have fun and talk to people.” She has greatly followed her advice and will be dearly missed. After college, Sam hopes to find a job as an ER tech in her hometown of Los Angeles to gain more medical experience. She will be taking the MCAT in January 2025, and will be applying to med school in June 2025. Sam also hopes to participate in more tournaments, especially 3D tournaments. We wish her the best in her academic, professional, and competitive pursuits, and may her positivity and compassion continue to shine wherever she goes. 

“Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy!”