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Sam Joseph Season 2025

PositionGK
Height6-4
ClassSenior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.
High SchoolSaint Augustine High School
Previous SchoolUCLA

CAREER HONORS
• All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
• ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 26, 2025)
• Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week (Sept. 3, 2024)
• All-Big Ten Fall Academic (2024)
• UCLA Director's Honor Roll (2022)

2025 (Senior)
• Started in all 16 matches for the Hokies, logging a team-high 1,440 minutes in the goal which was 11th in the conference
• Finished with seven shutouts sitting at 35th nationally and fifth in the league
• Ranked seventh in saves per game (2.88), ninth in total saves (46) and goals against average (1.19), and 11th in save percentage (70.8) in the ACC
• Recorded 27 saves in ACC play
• Tallied a career-high 10 saves versus Clemson
• Kept a clean sheet against No. 3 Ohio State during the season opener

AT UCLA
2024 (Junior)
• For the season had a record of 3-1-2, GAA of 1.17, a save percentage of 0.750, and made 21 saves on the year
• All six of his appearances in 2024 came against ranked opposition
• Posted four shutouts, against No. 11 LMU where he made one save in a 2-0 win, against No. 18 Portland where he made three saves in a 2-0 win, against No. 3 Denver where he made one save in a 0-0 draw, and at No. 14 Northwestern, where he made five saves in a 1-0 win in UCLA's First Big Ten Conference match
• While in goal, UCLA outscored their opponents 9-7
• Tallied nine saves in UCLA’s 4-1 loss at No. 8 Wisconsin

2023 (Sophomore)
• Appeared in a career-high 10 games as a sophomore
• For the season, had a record of 5-3-2, GAA of 1.20, a save percentage of 0.760, and made 38 saves on the year
• Posted two shutouts, against Rutgers where he made four saves in a 4-0 win, and at San Diego State where he made a then career-high seven saves in a 3-0 win
• While in goal UCLA outscored their opponents 20-12
• Made at least four saves in seven of the 10 games he appeared in

2022 (Freshman)
• Started one game as a freshman, UCLA’s NCAA Tournament First Round win over California Baptist, making four saves on 12 shots
• Finished the season 1-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .800 save percentage

PREP
• Spent time with NY Red Bulls II in the USL, seeing action in two games
• Developed at Albion SC in his native San Diego
• Attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego, did not play high school soccer

PERSONAL
• Born and raised in San Diego, Calif.
• Parents are Nicole and Dan
• Has an older sister, Grace
• Aspires to play soccer professionally