Sam Courtwright

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Height:
5-8
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Dallas, Texas
Prev School:
Texas Tech

Honors/Awards:
Big 12 All-First Team (2025, 2023), United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America (2023), TopDrawerSoccer Freshman All-America (2023), Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2023), United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Midwest Region (2025), United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Midwest (2023), College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-America (2025), College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2025)

U.S Soccer:
Named to the 2024 U-20 USYNT Roster, but was forced to miss the event due to injury … selected to the 2024 U-20 USWYT Training Camp (Jan. 15-23) for the 2024 U-20 World Cup ... invited to the U.S. National Team Development Camp Jan. 17-25, 2026.

Career:
Totaled nine goals and 15 assists for 33 points in two seasons at Texas Tech ... started all 43 matches she competed in ... logged 3,201 minutes.

2025 -- Redshirt Sophomore (at Texas Tech):
Big 12 All-First Team selection ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Midwest region ... College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-America ... played and started in 20 games … missed one contest (SMU) due to injury … ranked No. 71 in the TopDrawerSoccer postseason top-100 player rankings ... recorded four goals and seven assists in her comeback season from a season-ending knee injury in 2024 … named a First Team All-Big 12 selection and Second Team All-Midwest Region honoree … played 1,443 minutes and recorded 13 of her 31 shots on-goal … had a career-best SOG percentage of .419 … moved into ninth place on the all-time assist list at Texas Tech (15) … scored in the season-opener at San Diego State (Aug. 14) in 54 minutes of play … had four shots (three on-goal) and a goal in 52 minutes played against Youngstown State (Aug. 17) … ripped three shots in 80 minutes played in the 1-0 Big 12 road win against Baylor (Sept. 19) … scored the game-winning goal in the Red Raiders 2-0 win over Iowa State (Sept. 28) … had a pair of assists and two shots (one on-goal) in the Red Raiders 4-0 win over Oklahoma State (Oct. 2) … totaled two assists, four shots and a pair of shots-on-goal in the Red Raiders 3-2 win over Arizona State (Oct. 16) … recorded her third and final multiple assist match in the Red Raiders 3-1 win over Kansas State (Oct. 26) … scored the go-ahead goal and played 108 minutes in the Red Raiders Big 12 Quarterfinals against No. 23 Baylor (Nov. 3) … played 66 minutes and recorded and assist in the Red Raiders 2-1 NCAA First Round win over UTSA (Nov. 14) … played 107 minutes and recorded a shot-on-goal in the Red Raiders 1-1 draw against North Carolina (Nov. 21) ... a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.

2024 -- Sophomore (at Texas Tech):
Suffered a preseason knee injury prior to the season opener at Penn State and missed the entire regular season.

2023 -- Freshman (at Texas Tech):
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America ... TopDrawerSoccer Freshman All-America ... Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-Big 12 ... United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Midwest region ... played and started in all 23 matches during her true freshman season … recorded five goals and eight assists playing in 1,758 minutes … cemented her status as one of the elite freshmen country, becoming the first Freshman All-America selection in Texas Tech program history … opened her college career by scoring at New Mexico (Aug. 17) … had a pair of assists in just 45 minutes of action in the 6-1 victory over North Texas (Aug. 31) … scored a goal in a full-90 minute performance against Arizona … scored and tallied an assist in a 3-0 Big 12 victory over Cincinnati (Oct. 1) … contributed a key first half equalizer in a 2-2 draw at No. 6 BYU (Oct. 5) … scored another equalizing goal in a 1-1 draw at UCF (Oct. 12) ... selected as the No. 3 overall freshman in the 2023 TopDrawerSoccer midseason rankings.

Prep/Club:
Named a three-time ECNL First-Team All-Conference selection and an ECNL All-America in 2022 … helped lead DKSC to the 2022 ECNL Final Four … was invited to the ECNL National Training Camp ... ECNL South Carolina Best XI and ECNL Players to Watch list.

Personal:
Daughter of Carl & Greg Courtwright … has an older brother, Ben.

Last Updated 1/29/2026