Samantha "Sammy" Davis (born April 23, 1997) is an American

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forward, currently playing with the

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of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was drafted 1st overall in the

2020 NWHL Draft The 2020 NWHL Draft took place on April 28–29, 2020. The Boston Pride selected Sammy Davis with the 1st overall pick, having made a trade with the yet unnamed Toronto expansion team. Davis becomes the third Terriers hockey player to go first o ...

by the

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following a two-year

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of the

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Playing career

While a high school athlete for Tabor Academy in

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, Davis was awarded the John Carlton Memorial Trophy, given out annually by the

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of the

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. Davis was named to the

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All-Rookie team, scoring 26

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in 39 games in the 2015–16 season. She would put up 23 points in 35 games the next year, before missing the entire 2017–18 season after having bilateral hip surgery. She finished her university career with 142 points in 147 games, being named to the Hockey East First-Team All-Star and MVP of the 2019 Beanpot Tournament in her final year. She was recognised with the

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in 2020, the first player from Boston University to win the award. Near the end of her university career, she contacted both the NWHL (renamed PHF in 2021) and the

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to explore her professional options, expressing a hope that the two organisations would merge. She would end up being drafted by the NWHL's Boston Pride in April 2020, after they traded for the 1st overall pick from the

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. On April 30, 2020, she signed her first professional contract with the Pride. Ahead of the

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, she announced that she would be donating all profits she received from jersey sales to the Travis Roy Foundation for research on spinal cord injuries. Within five days of her announcement, she hit her $2,400 fundraising goal for the Foundation, with

forward Chris Wagner joining her charitable efforts.

International play

Davis served as assistant captain for

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in the

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, where she scored 3 points in 5 games as the country won gold.

Personal life

Davis has a Master's Degree in Special Education, and has been admitted to the

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doctorate program in occupational therapy. In high school, she had done research on a marine lab in the Atlantic Ocean. Her elder sister, Alex, played with the

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program from 2011 to 2015 and her twin brother, Bradley, played

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in the

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Career statistics

Awards and honors

*2020

* Finalist, 2021 NWHL Newcomer of the Year

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Sammy Boston Pride players 1997 births Isobel Cup champions Living people American women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Occupational therapists People from Pembroke, Massachusetts Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey players Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts PWHL Ottawa players