Samantha Camuso Class: Sophomore Hometown: Redding, Calif. High School: Foothill HS Height: 5-7 Position: OF Experience: 1V Bats/Throws: L/R

2009
Camuso underwent surgery for a torn labrum in her right shoulder in January. She will miss the entire season and plans to apply for a medical redshirt.

2008
Was one of three Bruins to start all 60 games, making 58 starts in right field and two in left ... led the team with a .366 batting average, tied for third with four home runs and was fourth with 36 runs batted in ... was also second in slugging percentage (.549), tied for second with 16 doubles and a .434 on base percentage, third in total bases (96) and tied for first in triples (2) ... named second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pacific-10 Conference, and honored on the All-Pac-10 Freshman first team ... ranked fourth among All-Pac-10 players in batting average, tied for fifth in doubles and tied for 10th in hits ... set a UCLA single-game record with five runs scored against Santa Clara on Feb. 9 ... also went 4-for-4 with seven RBI and a home run against the Broncos ... collected her first collegiate RBI in the season opener against Nevada (Feb. 8) and belted her first career homer, a two-run shot, later that day against Oklahoma, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored ... went 5-for-10 (.500) with three runs and three RBI during the Regionals (May 16-18), hitting two home runs against Nevada (May 17 and 18) ... hit the go-ahead bomb in the sixth inning of the Regional-clinching game to lift the Bruins to a 4-3 victory ... went 2-for-3 with a run, a walk and a double in Game 1 of the Super Regionals against Georgia (May 24) ... earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors on April 8 after going 6-for-13 (.462) with two RBI in wins over Washington, Stanford and California (twice) ... had 18 multiple-hit contests, which was third on the squad ... posted three-hit games against Cal State Bakersfield (Feb. 27), San Diego (Feb. 29) and Stanford (April 27), as well as 14 two-hit contests ... registered eight multiple-RBI games ... had an RBI in every game of the San Diego Classic (Feb. 29-March 2), finishing the weekend with seven runs batted in and a .533 average (8-for-15) ... recorded six game-winning RBI ... drove in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth against nationally-ranked San Diego State on March 1 and had a walk-off game winner on an RBI double against nationally-ranked Long Beach State on March 9 ... was a Top 25 finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year award.

FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL
Camuso played four years of softball and two seasons of basketball at Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, Calif. ... named All-Eastern League first team each season and three-time all-section ... received Northern Section MVP and CalHi All-State underclassman team accolades her final two seasons ... earned Team MVP honors with the Cougars in 2006 and 2007 ... was named first-team All-American by NFCA as a junior and by EA Sports as a senior ... earned Foothill Scholar Athlete of the Year plaudits in 2007 ... helped FHS to the school's first softball section championship in her senior season ... hit .711 during her senior year, the third-best total in the state, with 57 runs scored, 10 home runs and a state-best 69 hits ... earned All-League honors in basketball in 2006 ... had the highest GPA in her graduating class and was an AP Scholar with Honors.

PERSONAL
Born Samantha Ashley Camuso on Dec. 21, 1988 in San Jose, Calif. ... parents are Becky and Kenny Camuso ... has two younger sisters, Mandy and Mia ... father played baseball at De Anza Community College and grandfather Chuck was an NBA official and coaches high school baseball ... chose UCLA to be challenged both athletically and academically and to be part of a winning tradition ... favorite academic class is math ... lists her biggest athletic highlight as making a verbal commitment to UCLA ... admires former Bruin Dot Richardson for her accomplishments both in softball and as an orthopedic surgeon ... favorites include the movie "Rudy", actor Adam Sandler, the band Rascal Flatts and eating Grammy Camuso's spaghetti ... hobbies include hitting with her dad ... majoring in physiological science.

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