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Ohio State Overview
• Finished her Ohio State career as a veteran of 202 games played with 183 starts
• Hit 47 home runs, which ranks fourth on Ohio State's all-time list
• Her 155 RBI are sixth-most in program history
• Had a .321 career batting average that included 177 hits, 33 doubles, 47 home runs and a .644 slugging percentage
• Graduated with her degree in middle childhood education and is pursing a master's degree in the sport coaching program
Career Honors
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2023)
• First Team NFCA All-Midwest Region (2022)
• Second Team NFCA All-Midwest Region (2021, 2023)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (3/6/21, 3/27/21 and 3/21/22)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2024)
• Played in 50 games and started 41 times, splitting time between catcher, DP and first base
• Hit .nine home runs and drove in 33 runs
• Went 4-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Minnesota (4/6)
• Also had multi-RBI games in conference play against Penn State (4/16), Wisconsin (4/13) and Michigan (5/3)
• Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and three RBI in a 9-0 win over Stony Brook (2/10)
As a Senior (2023)
• Hit .360 in 48 games with eight home runs, 10 doubles, 38 RBI and a .600 slugging percentage
• Had top 20 rankings in the Big Ten in batting average (10th), slugging percentage (16th) and OPS (.995 – 20th)
• Hit .426 over the final 30 games of the season with a .762 slugging percentage, .464 on-base percentage and 37 RBI
• Went 4-for-4 in the opening game of the Big Ten Tournament with five RBI and a three-run walk-off home run; was later named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• In a series at Indiana, hit .667 and had four extra base hits over three games
• Had a .382 batting average with runners in scoring position
• Her 17 multi-hit games were second-most on the team
• In a six-game stretch between April 11 and April 18, hit .450 with three home runs, a .522 on-base percentage and 10 RBI; Ohio State went 5-1 in those games and won series over Penn State and Illinois
• Finished with a team-best .421 batting average in conference-only games, which was the fourth-best mark among all players
As a Junior (2022)
• Finished tied for fourth in the Big Ten in home runs (16), third in slugging percentage (.755) and second in RBI (52)
• Led the Buckeyes with a .377 batting average, 52 RBI, 16 home runs, 12 doubles, .437 on-base percentage and .755 slugging percentage while playing in all 53 games
• Her 52 RBI were the sixth-most in a single season
• Named the Big Ten Player of the Week on March 21 after hitting .588 with six home runs and 10 RBI in a six-game stretch during Spring Break in Florida.
• Drove in a season-high four runs on three different occasions: vs. Lehigh (March 15), Northwestern (April 10) and Campbell (May 21)
• Had a 13-game hitting streak from March 13 through April 2 when she hit .487 with eight home runs, 16 RBI and a 1.154 slugging percentage.
• Batted .375 in Big Ten games with a team-high 20 RBI
• Ohio State was 11-3 in games when Hackenbracht hit a home run
• Had 16 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI outings
• Hit a team-best .455 with runners in scoring position (25-for-55)
As a Sophomore (2021)
• Finished second in the Big Ten in home runs (12) and slugging percentage (.727)
• Ranked in the top five in the Big Ten in four statistical categories: home runs (second, 12), slugging percentage (second, .727), on-base percentage (seventh, .444) and walks (seventh, 21)
• Hit 303 on the year in 40 games with 26 RBI and a .444 on-base percentage
• Was intentionally walked 11 times
• Batted .833 with three home runs, eight RBI, a 2.333 slugging percentage and a .857 on-base percentage in two games vs. Penn State (4/3-4/4/21)
• In four games April 23-25 vs. Rutgers, she hit .778 with three home runs, five RBI, nine runs scored and had a .867 on-base percentage.
• Reached base in 13 of her 15 plate appearances against the Scarlet Knights
• Ohio State was 8-2 in games in which she hit a home run
• Threw out 10 would-be base stealers from behind the plate
As a Freshman (2020)
• Played in 11 games, including three starts
• Paced the rookies with a .417 batting average
• Had six RBI, five hits, four runs and two home runs
• Recorded 1.000 slugging and fielding percentages
• Scored one run against UCSB (2/21) and Pacific (2/22) as a pinch runner
• Came in as a pinch hitter facing two outs and hit a solo home run, the first of her career, versus Wright State (3/7)
• Connected on a solo dinger against Oregon State (3/8)
• Tallied a career-high four RBI versus Lehigh with a single, double and bases-loaded walk (3/9)
Prior to Ohio State
• 2019 Johnny Bench National High School Catcher Award recipient
• First team All-Stark County honoree every year
• Three-time first team All-District
• Earned All-Ohio laurels three times
• Broke the school record for home runs with 10 as a freshman
• Snapped her own home run record as a junior with 14 dingers
• Finished her career with a .520 batting average, 136 RBI, 42 home runs and a 1.105 slugging percentage
• Spent her club ball career with the Ohio Emeralds
Personal
• Daughter of Dan and Heather Hackenbracht
• Has a brother, Tyler
• Father played football at Michigan State and is an assistant coach at perennial Ohio powerhouse Massillon Washington High School
2023 Softball Roster
Hackenbracht, Sam
Jersey Number 24
Sam Hackenbracht
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Massillon, Ohio
- Last School:
- Massillon Washington
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- R/R
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