Samuelson Earns Scholar-Athlete Recognition

Former UConn star Katie Lou Samuelson has been
named the American Athletic Conference women's
basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

PROVIDENCE—Former UConn standout Katie Lou Samuelson was named the 2018-19 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s basketball the conference announced on Tuesday. Selections for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are made by the faculty athletic representatives on the basis of academic credentials and athletic performance.

Each conference school may nominate one student-athlete who has achieved senior academic standing as determined by the institution. A winner is chosen from each of the conference's 22 sponsored sports in addition to an at-large selection from a sport not sponsored by the conference.

Samuelson finished her UConn career with 2,342 points, good for fifth in the program’s record books. She was a three-time WBCA Coaches’ All-American and a two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She was drafted No. 4 overall by the Chicago Sky.

From 23 individual sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year, two players were chosen as the conference’s overall Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Jake Agnos (ECU baseball) and Leonie Harm (Houston golf). Each sport’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year earns a $2,000 postgraduate scholarship while Agnos and Harm receive $4,000 postgraduate scholarships.

—Staff Reports

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