20 Sam York
Sam York
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Akron, OH
  • High School:
    Revere
  • Position:
    GK
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Bio

Career Highlights

2023

* First Team All-AMCC
* All-Region Third Team
* Named to ECAC All-Tournament Team
* Academic All-AMCC
* In 18 starts, made 46 saves
* Recorded a 10-5-3 record which ranked second in the AMCC
* Finished with five conference wins and only one loss
* Ranked atop the AMCC with eight shutouts and was third in goals-against average (0.92)
* First in the conference play in goals-against average (0.33) and third in save percentage (.750)

2022

* AMCC Defensive Player of the Year
* First Team All-AMCC
* Academic All-AMCC
* Team MVP
* United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
* First in conference in shutouts (13) and fifth in goals-against average (.47)
* Made 59 saves in 22 games played
* Only allowed 10 goals to lead the conference with a .855 save percentage

2021

* Academic All-AMCC
* Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
* First Team All-AMCC
* Posted an AMCC-best seven shutouts
* Lead the team in wins (11) and goals-against average (0.93)
* Made a career-high 12 saves at Rutgers-Newark
* Started in 16 contests

2020

* Academic All-AMCC
* No official season due to covid

2019

* Played in a pair of games for the Lions as a freshman
* Made his first collegiate start and shutout in a 4-0 win over Mt. St. Vincent
* Posted seven saves in 105 minutes of work
* Helped the Lions win the 2019 AMCC title and advance to the NCAA Tournament

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in plastics engineering technology and interdisciplinary business/engineering studies
* Schreyers Honor Society
* Behrend Honor Society
* TOPSoccer

Personal

* Son of Stephanie and John York
* Two-sport athlete at Revere High School
* Two-year letterwinner in soccer
* First Team All-District, First Team All-League (2018)
* Three-time Scholar Athlete Award Winner
* Ohio Scholastic Coaches Association Award
* Touchdown Club Foundation and Akron Beacon All-Star (2018) 

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 21 at Carlow W, 4-0
Oct 24 at Hilbert W, 3-0
Nov 1 Alfred St. L, 2-1
Nov 12 Franciscan W, 1-0
Nov 18 vs. Goucher W, 1-0
Nov 19 at Alvernia L, 2-1
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 18 7
Games started 18 7
Goals 0 0
Assists 0 0
Points 0 0
Shots 0 0
Shot Pct - -
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 0 0
Game Log - Goalkeeper
Date Opponent Score gp gs ga sv sv%
Sep 1 Alfred T, 1-1 1 1 1 4 .800
Sep 2 North Central (Ill.) L, 5-0 1 1 5 5 .500
Sep 8 vs. Muskingum W, 4-0 1 1 0 1 1.000
Sep 9 at Franciscan L, 3-0 1 1 3 5 .625
Sep 13 Grove City T, 0-0 1 1 0 4 1.000
Sep 16 at Chatham W, 2-1 1 1 1 2 .667
Sep 20 Houghton W, 2-0 - - - - -
Sep 23 La Roche W, 8-1 - - - - -
Sep 26 Wells W, 11-0 - - - - -
Sep 30 at Pitt-Greensburg T, 1-1 1 1 1 1 .500
Oct 4 Pitt-Bradford W, 5-0 1 1 0 0 -
Oct 7 Mt. Aloysius W, 1-0 1 1 0 2 1.000
Oct 10 at Alfred St. W, 2-0 1 1 0 3 1.000
Oct 14 Penn State Altoona L, 1-0 1 1 1 0 .000
Oct 18 at Fredonia W, 2-0 1 1 0 2 1.000
Oct 21 at Carlow W, 4-0 1 1 0 0 -
Oct 24 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 -
Nov 1 Alfred St. L, 2-1 1 1 2 1 .333
Nov 12 Franciscan W, 1-0 1 1 0 3 1.000
Nov 18 vs. Goucher W, 1-0 1 1 0 5 1.000
Nov 19 at Alvernia L, 2-1 1 1 2 8 .800
Game Log - Extended Goalkeeper
Date Opponent Score gp wins losses ties shutouts min
Sep 1 Alfred T, 1-1 1 0 0 1 0/0 90:00
Sep 2 North Central (Ill.) L, 5-0 1 0 1 0 0/0 90:00
Sep 8 vs. Muskingum W, 4-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Sep 9 at Franciscan L, 3-0 1 0 1 0 0/0 90:00
Sep 13 Grove City T, 0-0 1 0 0 1 1/0 90:00
Sep 16 at Chatham W, 2-1 1 1 0 0 0/0 90:00
Sep 20 Houghton W, 2-0 - - - - - -
Sep 23 La Roche W, 8-1 - - - - - -
Sep 26 Wells W, 11-0 - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Pitt-Greensburg T, 1-1 1 0 0 1 0/0 90:00
Oct 4 Pitt-Bradford W, 5-0 1 1 0 0 0/1 57:04
Oct 7 Mt. Aloysius W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Oct 10 at Alfred St. W, 2-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Oct 14 Penn State Altoona L, 1-0 1 0 1 0 0/0 90:00
Oct 18 at Fredonia W, 2-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Oct 21 at Carlow W, 4-0 1 1 0 0 0/1 45:00
Oct 24 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Nov 1 Alfred St. L, 2-1 1 0 1 0 0/0 90:00
Nov 12 Franciscan W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Nov 18 vs. Goucher W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 1/0 90:00
Nov 19 at Alvernia L, 2-1 1 0 1 0 0/0 110:00
  gp gs ga sv sv%
2019-20 2 1 0 7 1.000
2020-21 - - - - -
2021-22 16 16 15 73 .830
2022-23 22 22 10 59 .855
2023-24 18 18 16 46 .742
Total 58 57 41 185 .819

Career Stats: Season

  gp wins losses ties shutouts min
2019-20 2 1 0 0 1/1 105:05
2020-21 - - - - 0/0 0:00
2021-22 16 11 5 0 7/0 1458:03
2022-23 22 14 3 5 13/2 1932:47
2023-24 18 10 5 3 8/2 1562:04
Total 58 36 13 8 29/5 5057:59

Career Stats: Season Ext.

  gp gs ga/g gaa sv/g
2019-20 2 1 .00 0.00 3.50
2020-21 - - - - -
2021-22 16 16 .94 0.93 4.56
2022-23 22 22 .45 0.47 2.68
2023-24 18 18 .89 0.92 2.56
Total 58 57 .71 0.73 3.19

Career Stats: Game

  gp min/g
2019-20 2 52:32
2020-21 - 0:00
2021-22 16 91:08
2022-23 22 87:51
2023-24 18 86:47
Total 58 87:12

Career Stats: Game Ext.

  gp gs ga sv sv%
Event          
Total 18 18 16 46 .742
Conference 7 7 2 6 .750
Exhibition - - - - -
Location          
Home 8 8 9 19 .679
Away 8 8 7 21 .750
Neutral 2 2 0 6 1.000
Result          
Wins 10 10 1 18 .947
Losses 5 5 13 19 .594
Month          
September 7 7 11 22 .667
October 7 7 1 7 .875
November 4 4 4 17 .810

Splits Stats: Season

  gp wins losses ties shutouts min
Event            
Total 18 10 5 3 8/2 1562:04
Conference 7 5 1 1 3/2 552:04
Exhibition - - - - 0/0 0:00
Location            
Home 8 3 3 2 3/1 687:04
Away 8 5 2 1 3/1 695:00
Neutral 2 2 0 0 2/0 180:00
Result            
Wins 10 10 0 0 7/2 822:04
Losses 5 0 5 0 0/0 470:00
Month            
September 7 2 2 3 2/0 630:00
October 7 6 1 0 4/2 552:04
November 4 2 2 0 2/0 380:00

Splits Stats: Season Ext.

  gp gs ga/g gaa sv/g
Event          
Total 18 18 .89 0.92 2.56
Conference 7 7 .29 0.33 .86
Exhibition - - - - -
Location          
Home 8 8 1.13 1.18 2.38
Away 8 8 .88 0.91 2.63
Neutral 2 2 .00 0.00 3.00
Result          
Wins 10 10 .10 0.11 1.80
Losses 5 5 2.60 2.49 3.80
Month          
September 7 7 1.57 1.57 3.14
October 7 7 .14 0.16 1.00
November 4 4 1.00 0.95 4.25

Splits Stats: Game

  gp min/g
Event    
Total 18 86:47
Conference 7 78:52
Exhibition - 0:00
Location    
Home 8 85:53
Away 8 86:52
Neutral 2 90:00
Result    
Wins 10 82:12
Losses 5 94:00
Month    
September 7 90:00
October 7 78:52
November 4 95:00

Splits Stats: Game Ext.

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