Georgian Court University

Georgian Court University Athletics
900 Lakewood Avenue Lakewood, NJ 08701

Division 2 New Jersey Northeast

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Samantha Hosford

Head Coach | 3rd Season | 22-16

Samantha Hosford is in her third season at Georgian Court in 2024 after having been named the fifth head coach in the 15-year history of the GCU women's lacrosse program.

In her inaugural season, Hosford led the Lions to their fifth straight CACC Tournament Championship after going 9-0 in the CACC regular season for their fifth straight regular season title as well. Four Lions made the All-CACC team with Sabrina Chandler and Shaine Sauter earning First Team honors.

The Lions put together another season of 10+ wins in 2023. They had five make the All-CACC team including Goalkeeper of the Year Alexis Hahn. Remi Reinhardt also made the All-CACC First Team. Riley O'Connor, Kelsey Naclerio and Alyssa Wahl all were selected for the All-Region team and Hahn, Wahl and Jade Rivera represented Georgian Court at the IWLCA Senior All-Star game.

Hosford came to Georgian Court from Division III Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa. where she served as head coach for four seasons (2018-21). After a two-year postseason drought, Hosford led the Knights back to the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth playoffs in her first season on the sidelines. Promoting academic success away from the field, Hosford's teams earned selection to the IWLCA Honor Roll in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Prior to her time at Arcadia, Hosford served as an assistant coach at Western Connecticut State University where she was responsible for the oversight of all academics for her student-athletes. She also was active in all aspects of recruiting for the program.

Very familiar with NCAA Division II, Hosford completed a one-year graduate assistantship at her alma mater, East Stroudsburg University, where she was previously a four-year letter winning defender for the Warriors. In addition to her time on the lacrosse team, Hosford also spent four seasons on the field hockey squad, which won the 2015 NCAA Division II National Championship.

Hosford earned her bachelor's degree from East Stroudsburg in May 2016, and her master's degree in sports management from ESU in December 2017. She played her scholastic lacrosse locally as a student-athlete at Jackson Memorial High School, earning first team All-Ocean County and third team All-Shore Conference as a senior midfielder and team captain.