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2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Samantha Clifford

  • Class Junior
  • Position Fly / Free
  • Hometown Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • High School Seaholm

Biography

Academic Information
•    Mathematics major.
•    Has received academic honors from the USNA in four semesters.
•    Was named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in 2025.

Athletic Honors
•    Earned Second-Team All-Patriot League honors in 2025.

2024-25 / Sophomore
•    Advanced to the championship final in two events at the Patriot League Championship.
•    Placed fifth in the 100 free and eighth in the 200 free.  Also placed 21st in the 500 free.
•    Swam on Navy relay teams that placed second (800 free) and third (400 free).
•    Scored points in three events at the ECAC Championship.
•    Placed fourth in the 100 fly, sixth in the 1650 free and 15th in the 100 back.
•    Also swam on 200 and 800 free relay teams that each placed second.
•    Set career-best times of 57.83 in the 100 back a d 55.27 in the 100 fly at the latter meet.
•    Totaled four individual event victories (3, 100 free; 1, 200 free) and four relay event wins (3, 200 free; 1, 400 free) during the regular season.

2023-24 / Freshman
•    Recorded a trio of second-place finishes at the ECAC Championship in the 100 free, 200 free and 500 free.
•    Also swam on winning 800 free and 200 medley relay teams, as well as on the third-place finishing 400 free relay team at the meet.
•    Posted season-best times at the meet in the 100 free (50.79) and 200 free (1:49.39) and a career-best effort of 4:54.91 in the 500 free.

High School 
•    Graduated from Seaholm High School.
•    Earned four letters in swimming at the school.
•    Won the state (Mich.) title in the 100 free as a junior and the 200 free as a senior.
•    Set the school record in the latter event in her final year.
•    Also swam on state relay winning teams in each of her four years.
•    Her team won a trio of state titles.
•    Swam on the club level for Birmingham Family YMCA and Blue Dolphins and competed on the club’s national team for five years.
•    Was a member of the National Honor Society and student council.

Personal 
•    Sister swam at Hillsdale.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Fly / Free
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Fly / Free
  • 2025-26Junior

    Fly / Free