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NAME: Sammie Puisis
SCHOOL: Mason High School
SPORT(S):
Basketball-Volleyball
GRADUATING YEAR: 2019
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT:
Signing to play at Florida State
BIRTHDATE: 11/06/2000
HEIGHT: 6'1"-160 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Mason
PARENTS: Edward &
Kelly
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: "My
parents."
FUTURE GOAL: Go to NCAA
Final Four
A four-year varsity starter and a member of the career 1,000+ point
club, Mason senior Sammie Puisis is an elite shooter and one of Ohio's
top basketball players. She helped lead last year's Comets' squad to
an Ohio state Final Four appearance and will play collegiately at
Florida State University.
Sammie has had a good senior showing, leading the GMC in scoring with
nearly 18 points per game. Big games this season include vs. Oak Hills
(26 points-8 rebounds), Olentangy Liberty (23 points-11 rebounds),
Toledo Rogers (22 points-9 rebounds) Fairfield (22 points) and Lakota
West (19 points-10 rebounds).
She holds numerous school records, including the all-time
single-season and career three-point shooting percentages at 52% and
48% respectively. Her 38 points vs. Hamilton last season tied a school
record for most points in a single game. She earned the honor of being
selected and attending the USA Basketball Women's Under-18 National
Team Trials last May at the United States Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs.
Her junior year, Sammie averaged 16.9 points-6.1 rebounds a game.
Among her numerous honors, last season she was named GMC Co-Player of
the Year, Cincinnati Enquirer Div. I Player of the Year, Southwest
Ohio District Div. I Player of the Year, Women's Sports Association
Player of the Year, Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame Player
of the Year and Cincinnati.com Sports Awards' Player of the Year. Her
AAU club team is Sports City U.
Also an all-star volleyball player, she earned first team all-GMC
three times. Her favorite athlete and most-like-to-meet is Stephen
Curry, favorite entertainer is Channing Tatum, favorite book is All
the Bright Places and favorite movie is Coach Carter.
COACH'S QUOTE – "Sammie is the purest shooter I have ever
coached and she works extremely hard at her entire game. What makes
her most impressive is that she is a wonderful person who cares deeply
for her family friends, teammates and coaches. She is what every
student-athlete should be…a great student, a great player and an even
greater person."
— Rob Matula, Basketball Coach
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