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2024-2025 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Larry Levanti Photography
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Samantha Pricken

  • Class Senior
  • Event(s) Back / Sprint Free
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Wayne, N.J.
  • High School Wayne Valley

Biography

2023-24 SEASON
NJAC Championships (2/15-18/24)
  • Finished eighth in the 100 back B Final (1:01.91)
  • Secured seventh in the 200 back C Final (2:18.68)
  • Helped the Pioneers place 10th in the 200 free relay (1:45.00), 400 free relay (3:52.18), 200 medley relay (1:55.66) and 400 medley relay (4:14.54)
  • Posted prelim times in the 50 free (26.17), 100 free (57.30) and 50 back (28.22)
Individual Victories
  • 50 Back: 29.44 (at Western Connecticut, 1/27/24)
  • 100 Back: 1:05.48 (vs. Bard, 1/20/24), 1:06.32 (vs. John Jay, 12/12/23), 1:04.93 (vs. FDU-Florham, 12/9/23), 1:05.70 (at Maritime, 12/5/23), 1:07.06 (at Brooklyn, 12/2/23), 1:06.54 (vs. Ramapo, 11/14/23), 1:07.83 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/21/23)
  • 200 Back: 2:23.67 (at Western Connecticut, 1/27/24), 2:26.58 (vs. Lehman, 1/23/24)
  • 50 Free: 27.21 (at Western Connecticut, 1/27/24), 26.86 (vs. Bard, 1/20/24), 26.72 (at Mount Saint Mary, 1/13/24), 26.51 (vs. FDU-Florham, 12/9/23), 27.17 (at Brooklyn, 12/2/23), 27.74 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/21/23)
  • 100 Free: 59.66 (at Mount Saint Mary, 1/13/24), 1:01.14 (at Moravian, 11/11/23)
  • 200 Free: 2:11.37 (vs. Lehman, 1/23/24), 2:12.10 (vs. John Jay, 12/12/23), 2:13.31 (at Maritime, 12/5/23), 2:19.75 (vs. Purchase, 11/4/23)
  • 100 Fly: 1:06.41 (at Mount Saint Mary, 1/13/24)
Relay Victories
  • 400 Free: 4:02.22 (vs. Montclair State, 1/30/24)
  • 200 Medley: 2:00.00 (at Western Connecticut, 1/27/24), 2:00.68 (vs. Bard, 1/20/24), 1:58.77 (vs. John Jay, 12/12/23), 2:04.09 (at Maritime, 12/5/23), 2:05.72 (at Brooklyn, 12/2/23), 2:05.74 (at Moravian, 11/11/23), 2:06.91 (vs. Purchase, 11/4/23)
  • 400 Medley: 4:25.29 (vs. Lehman, 1/23/24)
 
2022-23 SEASON
Metropolitan Conference Championships (2/16-19/23)
  • Placed seventh in the 100 back B Final (1:02.10)
  • Secured fifth place in the 200 back C Final (2:18.61)
  • Helped WP finish 12th in the 200 medley relay (1:57.65) and 400 medley relay (4:20.32), and 13th in the 200 free relay (1:46.78) and 400 free relay (3:54.60)
  • Swam a 25.70 in the 50 free preliminary round
Individual Victories
  • 50 Back: 29.41 (vs. Rowan, 11/15/22), 29.58 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/22/22)
  • 100 Back: 1:03.50 (vs. Western Connecticut, 1/28/23), 1:03.61 (vs. Mount Saint Mary, 1/14/23), 1:06.34 (at Lehman, 1/10/23), 1:05.16 (at John Jay, 12/9/22), 1:08.69 (vs. Maritime, 12/6/22), 1:06.90 (at Purchase, 11/5/22), 1:06.43 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/22/22)
  • 200 Back: 2:25.83 (at Bard, 1/21/23)
  • 50 Free: 26.04 (vs. Western Connecticut, 1/28/23), 26.77 (at John Jay, 12/9/22), 27.15 (vs. Kean, 12/2/22)
  • 100 Free: 57.48 (vs. Maritime, 12/6/22), 1:00.17 (vs. Brooklyn, 12/3/22)
  • 200 Free: 2:10.81 (at Bard, 1/21/23), 2:13.75 (at SUNY Delhi, 1/17/23), 2:09.27 (vs. Mount Saint Mary, 1/14/23), 2:12.74 (vs. Maritime, 12/6/22), 2:14.37 (vs. Brooklyn, 12/3/22), 2:16.01 (at Purchase, 11/5/22)
Relay Victories
  • 200 Free: 1:49.22 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/22/22)
  • 200 Medley: 2:00.32 (at Montclair State, 1/31/23), 2:02.58 (vs. Western Connecticut, 1/28/23), 2:01.76 (at Bard, 1/21/23), 2:01.76 (at SUNY Delhi, 1/17/23), 1:58.45 (vs. Mount Saint Mary, 1/14/23), 2:01.91 (at Lehman, 1/10/23), 2:08.76 (vs. Brooklyn, 12/3/22), 2:06.59 (at Purchase, 11/5/22)
  • 200 Meter Medley: 2:15.78 (at Baruch, 10/28/22)
  • 400 Medley: 4:34.08 (at Ramapo, 1/27/23)
 
PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON
  • A graduate of Wayne Valley H.S.
  • Swam with Packanack Swim Club for eight years
  • Also lettered in field hockey
  • Member of the Tri-M National Music Honor Society
 
ACADEMICS
  • Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student-athlete honor society
  • A Fall 2022, Spring 2023 and Fall 2023 Dean’s List student
  • Named to the 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
  • A member of the 2023-24 Academic All-NJAC Honorable Mention
  • Majoring in nursing
Pricken’s Personal Bests
Event Time Season
50 Free 25.70 2022-23
100 Free 55.99 2022-23
200 Free 2:09.27 2022-23
50 Back 28.22 2023-24
100 Back 1:01.61 2023-24
200 Back 2:18.61 2022-23

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-2023Junior

    Back / Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2023-2024Junior

    Back / Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2024-2025Senior

    Back / Sprint Free
    5'6"