Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

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2019-20: Assistant captain ... Played 10 games ... One assist (Merrimack) ... Had three shots on goal while blocking 11 shots ... Three penalties for six minutes ... Two penalties in eight ECAC Hockey games ... Season-best seven blocked shots against Yale ... Team's Community Service Award ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... 

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2018-19: Played 35 games ... One goal (at St. Lawrence) and four assists ... Had 29 shots on goal while blocking 38 shots ... Nine penalties for 29 minutes ... One goal and four assists in 21 ECAC Hockey games ... Season-best six shots against St. Lawrence ... Blocked season-high four shots against UConn ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2017-18: Played 26 games ... One goal (Union) and two assists ... Nine penalties for 21 minutes ... Forty shots on goal while blocking 42 shots ... Team's Most Improved Player ... ECAC Hockey All-Academic ...

2016-17: Played 14 games ... One assist, which was in conference play ... Two penalties for four minutes ... 

Before Rensselaer: Captained Brookings Blizzard of NAHL (2015-16) ... Attended Saint Thomas Academy (2009-13) ... Frank Lang Plus/Minus Award (2012-13) ... All-Conference Honorable Mention in 2012-13 ... Team won Minnesota State High School Hockey Championships in 2011-12 and 2012-13 ... Two years of varsity baseball (first base, outfield) ... 

Personal: Industrial and Management Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List ... Athletics Department's Henry J. Kumpf Award in 2020 ... Son of Delinda and Tim Samec ... Cousin, Robb Stauber, played hockey at University of Minnesota and LA Kings ... Won Hobey Baker Award ... Uncle, Frank Serratore, coaches at Air Force Academy.

On attending Rensselaer: "When I came out on my visit I got a big sense of brotherhood and I wanted to be a part of that. I also wanted to be a part of a program with a rich tradition that's moving in the right direction." - August 2017

Benefits of the undergraduate community: "The support you receive from all the staff is second to none. Our schedules get really hectic during the season and all the teachers I've encountered have been more than willing to help me catch up on the material we miss because of hockey." - August 2017