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Updated: December 13, 2012

2012: Saw time in 30 matches, making 29 starts, while appearing in 111 sets … Registered 328 kills, 150 digs and 45 blocks for the season … Tallied 15 kills and six digs against No. 23 Michigan … Notched back-to-back 20 kill performances with a season-best 23 against Harvard and 20 versus Middle Tennessee State … Got up for five blocks versus George Mason … Recorded consecutive double-doubles against Liberty and No. 15 Florida State, going for 21 kills and 10 digs versus the Flames and 13 kills and 12 digs against the Seminoles …The double-double versus Liberty was the first of her career … Led the Hokies in a win over Liberty as she recorded her first career double-double with 21 kills and 10 digs … Threw down 18 kills to go with six digs versus Clemson.

2011: Saw time in 28 matches, making 12 starts, while appearing in 106 sets … Finished the year with 207 kills, 60 digs and 57 blocks … Threw down nine kills against NC State and at Duke … Got up for five blocks and added 11 kills at NC State … Tallied nine kills and six blocks at Maryland … Led the team with 12 kills at Boston College … Notched a season-best 13 kills against Ohio … Opened the season with 29 kills, nine digs and nine blocks during the Hokie Tournament ... Competed at US tryouts in the offeseason.

2010: Appeared in 23 matches as a freshman, making starts against No. 19 Tennessee and Jacksonville State … Registered 119 kills, three assists, six aces, 37 digs and eight block assists, hitting .127 in 60 sets on the season … Notched double-digit kills in three matches, including a season-high 15 against Clemson on Oct. 1 … Hit .474 with 12 kills and two service aces against Long Island.

High School: Four-year volleyball player for Ardrey Kell High School … Southwestern Player of the Year 2009 … Best All-Around Athlete 2008, 2009, 2010 … Hitting Efficiency 2006, 2007 … United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award 2010 … All-Conference 2008, 2009, 2010… All-Tournament Player 2007 … prepvolleyball.com Top 100 Senior Aces 2009 … Made the North Carolina State Finals in 2009.

Personal: Samantha Gostling was born June 15, 1992, in Charlotte, N.C. … Daughter of Bonnie and Luke Hill … Has an older brother, Zach … Enjoys volleyball, hanging out with friends and traveling … Majoring in psychology.