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Sam Apuzzo ‘19 Elevated to Assistant Coach
July 20, 2021 | Lacrosse
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Former Tewaaraton Award winner Sam Apuzzo '19 has been elevated to a full-time assistant coach on the Boston College lacrosse coaching staff.
Apuzzo becomes the assistant coach following the departure of Kayla Treanor, who is now the head coach at Syracuse. Apuzzo spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant on BC's staff.
A native of West Babylon, N.Y., Apuzzo will lead an offensive unit that was fifth in the country in scoring offense last season. As a graduate assistant, she led one of the best draw unit's in the country, who was fourth in the nation with 17.71 draws per game and sixth grabbing 60.1% of draws.
During her career with the Eagles, Apuzzo helped lead the team to three consecutive national championship appearances and two back-to-back undefeated regular seasons during her junior and senior years. She holds the all-time program records for career points (390), goals (278) and draw controls (444). She ranks fourth all-time in assists with 112. She holds the first (129), third (124) and fourth (119) single-season point records as well as the second (94), third (88) and fourth (80) single-season goal records. Her 191 draw control wins as a senior also marks the best in single-season program history, paving the way for the team to reach the 400-draw win milestone for the first time. Over her career, she had four 10-point performances, headlined by a nine-goal contribution against Navy (Feb. 24, 2018) and multiple eight-goal outputs.
Apuzzo is one of two Tewaaraton Award recipients from BC (2018), is a three-time nominee (2017, 2018, 2019) and a two-time top-five finalist (2018, 2019). She also claimed the Honda Award for Lacrosse in 2018 and was a finalist again in 2019. She was a three-time IWLCA First Team All-America selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a two-time IWLCA Attacker of the Year (2018, 2019), a two-time Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (2018, 2019), a three-time NCAA All-Tournament Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a three-time All-ACC First Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a three-time All-ACC Tournament Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019) and the ACC Attacker of the Year honoree in back-to-back years (2018, 2019).
Apuzzo becomes the assistant coach following the departure of Kayla Treanor, who is now the head coach at Syracuse. Apuzzo spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant on BC's staff.
A native of West Babylon, N.Y., Apuzzo will lead an offensive unit that was fifth in the country in scoring offense last season. As a graduate assistant, she led one of the best draw unit's in the country, who was fourth in the nation with 17.71 draws per game and sixth grabbing 60.1% of draws.
During her career with the Eagles, Apuzzo helped lead the team to three consecutive national championship appearances and two back-to-back undefeated regular seasons during her junior and senior years. She holds the all-time program records for career points (390), goals (278) and draw controls (444). She ranks fourth all-time in assists with 112. She holds the first (129), third (124) and fourth (119) single-season point records as well as the second (94), third (88) and fourth (80) single-season goal records. Her 191 draw control wins as a senior also marks the best in single-season program history, paving the way for the team to reach the 400-draw win milestone for the first time. Over her career, she had four 10-point performances, headlined by a nine-goal contribution against Navy (Feb. 24, 2018) and multiple eight-goal outputs.
Apuzzo is one of two Tewaaraton Award recipients from BC (2018), is a three-time nominee (2017, 2018, 2019) and a two-time top-five finalist (2018, 2019). She also claimed the Honda Award for Lacrosse in 2018 and was a finalist again in 2019. She was a three-time IWLCA First Team All-America selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a two-time IWLCA Attacker of the Year (2018, 2019), a two-time Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American (2018, 2019), a three-time NCAA All-Tournament Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a three-time All-ACC First Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019), a three-time All-ACC Tournament Team selection (2017, 2018, 2019) and the ACC Attacker of the Year honoree in back-to-back years (2018, 2019).
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