Amonte Hiller Announces Addition of Graduate Transfer Sammy Mueller

EVANSTON, IL – Combe Family Head Lacrosse Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller announced the addition of graduate transfer Sammy Mueller to Northwestern's 2020-21 roster. She joins the Wildcats after a standout career at the University of Virginia.

During her time in Charlottesville, Mueller tallied 165 goals, 50 assists, 171 ground balls, 84 caused turnovers and 204 draw controls in 69 games with 67 starts. She is also the younger sister of former All-Big Ten defensive standout, Ally Mueller ('18).

Amonte Hiller on Mueller: "We could not be more excited to welcome Sammy into our program. Sammy is a tremendous talent and an incredible teammate. Having her sister Ally in the program allowed us to see firsthand the values of work ethic and toughness that the Mueller family embodies. It is very rare to bring someone into your program with this level of experience and we can't wait to take advantage of that. We are looking forward to helping Sammy grow as a player and create strong chemistry with the incredible team we have in place"

AT VIRGINIA: Inside Lacrosse Second Team All-America Honors…. IWLCA First Team All-America Honors… IL Women Second Team All-America Honors… All-ACC First Team… ACC Freshman of the Year… Tewaaraton Award Nominee…. ACC Academic Honor Roll… ACC All-Academic Team…

AS A SENIOR:

Mueller earned IL Second Team All-America Honors after starting all eight games for the Cavaliers and receiving ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week Honors
Lead UVA with 28 points through eight games with 21 goals, 29 draw controls and 15 caused turnovers
Led the ACC in ground balls pers game for the second straight season and had a goal, ground ball, caused turnover and draw control in every game

AS A JUNIOR:

Earned multiple postseason honors, including IWLCA First Team All-America Honors, IL Women Second team All-America Honors, ACC Academic Honor Roll and ACC All-Academic Team designation
Started all 20 games in the 2019 season and was second on the team with 48 goals, 24 assists and 80 draw controls
Was a Top 25 Tewaaraton Award Nominee

AS A SOPHOMORE:

Earned IWLCA Third Team All-America, IWLCA All-Region Second Team and All-ACC First Team honors
Started all 20 games for UVA and led the team with a career high 59 goals, 15 assists and 81 draw controls

AS A FRESHMAN:

Was named the 2017 ACC Freshman of the Year after leading Virginia with five game-winning goals, four hat tricks and 11 multiple goal games
Earned IWLCA All-South Region Second Team, All-ACC Academic Team, VaSID Rookie of the Year and VaSID Second Team honors after tallying 37 goals, 27 caused turnovers and 50 ground balls on the season

PREP AND PERSONAL:

Four-year varsity letter winner at Hackley School in Hackley New York
2x US Lacrosse High School All-America Honoree (2015 & 2016)
2x NYSAAIS State Champion (2013 & 2016)
2x NYSAAIS State Runner-up (2014 & 2015)
Finished her prep career with a record-high 289 goals and 136 assists
Father Tim played lacrosse for Michigan State, Mother Caroline was a gymnast at Connecticut College
Has two siblings, her sister Ally Mueller the played under Kelly Amonte Hiller (2014-18) and brother Logan

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Amonte Hiller Announces Addition of Graduate Transfer Sammy Mueller

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