Career Highlights:
• Detroit Mercy Athletic Director Honor Roll selection
• 2024 #HLWSOC All-Freshman Team selection
2024
• #HLWSOC All-Freshman Team selection
• Saw action in 20 games with seven starts
• Tied for fourth on the team in points (8) with three goals and two assists.
• Poster her third goal of the season with the equalizer, helping No. 3 seed UDM to a 2-1 win over No. 6 seed PFW in 2024 #HLWSOC quarterfinal action (11/3), giving the Titans their 10th win for the first time since the 2016 season.
• She came up clutch, scoring her second game-winning goal of the season to complete UDM's wild 4-3 come-from-behind win over Wright State (10/10).
• Added second assist on
Abbey Lodato's game-winning goal in UDM's 2-1 win at CSU (10/13).
• Had quite the breakout game recording her first career game-winning goal to lead Detroit Mercy to a 3-1 #HLWSOC season-opening win over Youngstown State (9/19)
• Posted first career assist on
Erica Toupin's game-winner against RMU (9/22).
High School:
• Team captain and four-year letter winner for Head Coach Manuel Rodrigues.
• Led Seaholm in scoring for three consecutive seasons (2021-23).
• Three-time All-District and All-OAA White League selection
• Three-year Oakland County Athletic Scholar-Athlete recipient
• National Science Honor Society and Student Congress member
• Member of the Make Me a Maple Freshman Mentor program and also serves as a senior mentor for underclassmen to shadow for community service.
Personal:
Full Name: Samantha Rose Sickinger
Parents: Al and Tracy Sickinger
• Father was a cheerleader at Minnesota and mother ran track and field at Ferris State
Siblings: Katelyn and Jack
Major: Business Administration (5-year MBA Program)
Reasons for choosing Detroit Mercy:
5-year MBA Program and coaching staff
