Samantha Andersch
	Last College: Fairlfield University (MA, 2000) Position: Assistant Coach Experience: Second Season at FSU BA (1997): James Madison University

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Assistant coach Samantha Andersch enters her second season with the Florida State women’s soccer program. Andersch joined the Seminole staff after a stellar career as a player at James Madison University, a graduate assistantship at Fairfield University and a head coaching stint at Staples High School.

Andersch has been involved with coaching at all levels of soccer for the past 14 years. Most recently, she coached the Junior Varsity soccer team at Staples High School in West- port, Conn. Before taking that position, she spent two seasons serving as a graduate assistant for the Fairfield Stags women’s soccer program where she was involved with evaluating potential recruits, assisting in practice and game preparations and providing academic support and retention for student-athletes. While at Fairfield, the Stags made an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1999, won the MAAC Conference Championship in 1999 and posted a 24-14-4 record in two seasons.

Andersch coached the Fairfield Strikers U-14 Youth Travel Team and the Diamonds U-13 Premier Travel Team during the 1998 and 1999 seasons. She spent two summers as a soccer camp instructor at the Fairfield University and Princeton University Soccer Camps. As a four-year starter in the midfield for James Madison University, Andersch ranks fourth on the Dukes all-time career assist list, 11th on the career points list, 15th on the all-time goals list and her JMU teams were ranked in the top 25 every season she played. Andersch was selected to compete in the Umbro Select Senior All-Star game in 1996 and was an NSCAA//Umbro All-Region first team selection in 1996. As a freshman, Andersch led the team in assists and tied the university’s single game record for assists (3).

In high school, Andersch was a two- time NSCAA All-American and a Parade All-American. She was a U-14 National Pool player and played for the U-19 and U-16 Region I Olympic Development teams. A native of Columbia, Md., Andersch was named Washington Post All- Metro first team three times and All- Region and All-State twice.

Since completing her master’s degree in computers in education, Andersch taught for a year and a half. She started her teaching career at Tomlinson Middle School in Fairfield, Conn., where she taught eighth grade mathematics. She then moved to Staples High School where she spent the year as a computer science teacher instructing students on computer operations and software systems. n

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