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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
2024 Ohio State Softball Roster
Hackenbracht, Sam
Jersey Number 24
Sam Hackenbracht
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Massillon, Ohio
- Last School:
- Massillon Washington
- Height:
- 5-6
- B/T:
- R/R
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