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2023 Men's Lacrosse Roster

Hunter Martin
Brent Warzocha
Hunter Martin
Don Felice
Ryan Samson
Michael Nance
Theresa Gergar
Ryan Samson
Theresa Gergar
Theresa Gergar

26 Sam Handley

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 230
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • Highschool Jesuit

Biography

CAREER STATISTICS
2019: 16 played/15 started, 35 goals, 26 assists, 61 points, 90 shots, 6 GB, 1 CT
2020: 1 played/1 started, 3 goals, 2 assists, 5 points, 7 shots, 1 GB, 0 CT
2022: 16 played/16 started, 36 goals, 37 assists, 73 points, 131 shots, 20 GB, 2 CT
2023: 13 played/12 started, 30 goals, 25 assists, 55 points, 90 shots, 11 GB, 1 CT
CAREER: 46 played/43 started, 104 goals, 90 assists, 194 points, 318 shots, 38 GB, 4 CT

CAREER HONORS
2023:
First-team USILA All-America
2023: First-team Inside Lacrosse Media All-America
2023: First-team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America
2023: ECAC All-Star
2023: First-team All-Ivy (unanimous)
2023: Tewaaraton Award Semifinalist (1 of 25)
2023: PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Perfomer of the Year
2023: PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team
2022: Tewaaraton Award Finalist (1 of 5)
2022: Donald J. MacLaughlin Jr. Award recipient (USILA Midfielder of the Year)
2022: First-team USILA All-America
2022: First-team Inside Lacrosse Media All-America
2022: First-team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America
2022: Ivy League Player of the Year
2022: First-team All-Ivy (unanimous)
2022: Ivy League Tournament All-Tournament
2022: Academic All-Ivy
2022: PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year
2022: PhillySIDA Academic All-Area
2019: First-team USILA First-Team All-American
2019: First-team Inside Lacrosse Media All-American
2019: Inside Lacrosse National Freshman Of The Year
2019: Ivy League Rookie Of The Year (unanimous)
2019: First-team All-Ivy (unanimous)
2019: Tewaaraton Award Preseason Watch List
2019: ECAC Rookie Of The Year
2019: First-team ECAC All-Star
2019: CollegeCrosse.com All-Freshman Team
Two-time USILA National Team Of The Week (3/19/22, 4/15/19) 
Four-time Ivy League Rookie Of The Week (3/25/19, 4/1/19, 4/8/19, 4/15/19)

IN THE PENN RECORD BOOKS
Career Goals: 6th with 104
Career Assists: 5th with 90
Career Points: 3rd with 194
Points In a Season: 2nd with 73 (2022)
Points in a Season: 7th with 61 (2019)
Assists in a Season: 3rd with 37 (2022)
Goals in a Season: t-7th with 36 (2022)
Goals in a Season: 9th with 35 (2019)
Points as a Freshman: 1st with 61 (2019)
Goals as a Freshman: 1st with 35 (2019)
Assists as a Freshman: 1st with 26 (2019)

2023: Consensus first-team All-America from USILA, Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine … ECAC All-Star … Tewaaraton Award semifinalist (1 of 25) … Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection …  Played 13 games, making a start in 12 on the team’s first midfield unit … Led the team with 55 points with a team-leading 30 goals and 25 assists … Also notched three game-winning goals, two of which came in OT … Finished the season with at least two points in every game, concluding his collegiate career with a point in 46 straight games, which was the fourth-longest streak in the nation at the end of the year … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (all): seventh in points per game (4.23) and eighth in total points (55); eighth in goals (30), ninth in goals per game (2.31), fourth in assists per game (1.92) and assists (25) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (conference): second in assists per game (2.33), third in assists (14), sixth in points per game (4.50), eighth in points (27), 10th in goals (13) … AMONG NATIONAL PLAYERS (all): 21st in assists per game (1.92), 28th in points per game (4.23) … Started the year with a goal in eight straight games … Tallied a goal and an assist at Georgetown (2/18) … Picked up three points (1g/2a) in two straight games vs. Duke (2/25) and at Penn State (3/4) … Notched four goals—including the OT game winner— at Saint Joseph’s (3/8) … Totaled four points (2g/2a) vs. Villanova (3/11) … Totaled six points with two goals and four assists vs. Princeton (3/18), netting the OT game winner over the Tigers … Had a hat trick at Cornell (3/26) with an assist for four points … Provided offensive support in a victory over Yale (4/1) with two goals and three assists … Put forth a four-point effort at Harvard (4/15) with two goals and two assists in the win … Tallied six points (4g/2a) vs. Dartmouth (4/22) on five shots … Scored a career-high tying six goals and two assists for season-high eight points to lead the team past UAlbany (4/22) in the regular-season finale … Had a four-point showing (2g/2a) in a loss to Princeton (5/5) in the ILT semifinal … Drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 2023 PLL Draft by Chrome Lacrosse Club … USILA Scholar Athlete … Named PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year for the second consecutive season … PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team.

2022: Team captain … Tewaaraton Award finalist, the first in program history … Donald J. MacLaughlin Jr. Award recipient as the USILA’s top Division 1 Midfielder, just the second in program history … First-team USILA All-America … First-team Inside Lacrosse Media All-America … First-team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America … Ivy League Player of the Year … Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection … Named All-Tournament at Ivy League Tournament … Started all 16 games on the first midfield unit … Finished with 73 points which is second on Penn’s single-season list … Finished with 37 assists which is third on Penn’s single-season list … Also had 36 goals … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (all): second in points per game (4.56), third in assists per game (2.31), ninth in goals per game (2.25) … Nationally, 16th in points per game and 18th in assists per game AMONG IVY PLAYERS (conference): first in points per game (5.83), first in assists per game (3.00), t-5th in goals per game (2.83) … Also had two caused turnovers and 19 ground balls … Recorded at least three points in all but one game … Named to the USILA Division I Team of the Week after he recorded 11 points and had three GB at Princeton (3/19) … His eight assists against the Tigers were one shy of the program’s single-game record, set in 1969 … Led Penn with seven points (3g/4a) in Ivy Tournament semifinal win at Brown (5/6), followed up with five points in the Ivy final against Yale to earn All-Tournament honors … Scored three times and assisted the game-tying goal with 29 seconds left in Penn’s 10-9 OT win over Richmond in the NCAA first round (5/14) … Dished out three assists in NCAA quarterfinal loss to Rutgers (5/21) … Opened the season with three points against Georgetown (2/19) … Scored once and dished out three assists in OT win over Duke (2/26) … Scored three times and had an assist and three GB in win over Penn State (3/5) … Had two goals and an assist in 8-7 win at Villanova (3/13) … Led Penn with six points (3g/3a) in Ivy win over Cornell (3/26) … Followed that up with another hat trick and two assists at Yale (4/2) … Recorded three points (1g/2a) vs. Brown (4/9) … Scored four goals, added an assist and four ground balls in Ivy win over Harvard (4/16) … Recorded a hat trick, two assists and a caused turnover at Dartmouth (4/23) … Held to a goal and an assist in an OT win over Saint Joseph’s (4/26) … Scored twice and added an assist in regular-season finale, a win at UAlbany (4/30) … Academic All-Ivy ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year (men's lacrosse) ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area (men's lacrosse) ... Following the season, one of just nine collegians among 67 players invited by USA Lacrosse to try out for the 2023 World Lacrosse Men's Championship.

2021: Season was limited to one game due to Ivy League restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic … Did not see any action.

2020: Started one game at midfield … All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March, 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … missed the final four games of the season due to injury … Scored three goals and added two assists at Maryland (2/15).

2019: First-team USILA All-American … First-team Inside Lacrosse All-American … Inside Lacrosse Freshman of the Year … Unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year … Unanimous first-team All-Ivy … ECAC Rookie of the Year … ECAC first-team All-Star … CollegeCrosse.com All-Freshman selection … Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (3/25, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15) … One-time USILA National Team of the Week selection (4/15) … Set Penn freshman records in goals (35), assists (26), and points (61) … 61 points rank No. 4 all-time by a Quaker in a single season … 35 goals rank No. 6 all-time by a Quaker in a single season … Ranked No. 2 nationally among freshman in assists … Ranked No. 3 nationally among freshmen in points … Had a goal and an assist against No. 3 Maryland (2/16) … Scored three times at No. 5 Penn State (3/2) … Scored four time and added three assists at No. 11 Villanova (3/8) … Had four assists against Saint Joseph’s (3/10) … Scored twice and added three assists against Princeton (3/16) … Had three goals and two assists at No. 8 Cornell (3/23) … Scored twice and added three assists against No. 2 Yale (3/30) … Scored game-win the third overtime to knock off defending national champion Yale … Scored twice and added four assists at Brown (4/6) … Had six goals on six shots at Harvard (4/13) … Scored four times against Dartmouth (4/20) … Scored four times and added an assist against Vermont (4/27) … Had three goals and an assist against Brown (5/3) in Ivy League Tournament semifinals … Had a goal and an assist against Army West Point (5/11) in NCAA Championship first round.

High School: Three-time USLacrosse All-American … 2018 Adrenaline All-American … Lettered in lacrosse and basketball, captaining both teams … Helped Jesuit’s lacrosse team win three Metro League championships … Nike Oregon Sports Awards Player of the Year … Oregon High School Lacrosse Association (OHSLA) and Metro League Player of the Year as a senior … Three-time first-team Oregon State Athletic Association (OSAA) All-State … Three-time first-team All-Metro League … In basketball, helped team to Metro League title as a sophomore and named all-conference as a senior … Honor Roll student … National Honor Society member … 201 Club member … Jesuit High School Ambassador … Four-time Metro League Scholar Athlete.
 
Personal: Son of Lisa and JB Handley … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business ... Athletic experience at Penn endowed by the Greene Family Men's Lacrosse Student-Athlete Experience Endowment.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Senior

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    2023Senior

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