Sam Figueroa

6 - Sam Figueroa

Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
Year: Junior
Hometown: Salinas, Calif.
High School: Salinas HS
Position: Driver
Scored nine goals in 2009 with a high of two in a win over UC Santa Barbara (10/17/09)....had seven goals in 2008, recording one each in seven different games...was a redshirt with the UCI program in the 2007 season...twice earned first team All-Tri-County Athlete League honors...MVP at Salinas High School...earned second team All-Central Coast Section recognition...also competed in swimming, diving and tennis...named to the 2008 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic team...son of former UCI All-American, Hall of Fame member and Olympic silver medalist Gary Figueroa...grandson (by his mother Margaret) of UCI Coach Emeritus Ted Newland...majoring in political science...was a Big West Scholar-Athlete and MPSF All-Academic team honoree in 2009-10.