2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

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© Michael Mann Jr
Michael Mann
Andy McLean

23 Samantha LaFon

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, OH
  • High School Ironton
  • Prev School Marshall

Biography

SENIOR • 2024-25
Appointed as the Sun Belt representative on the NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group … Played in 22 games during the 2024-25 season … Shot 71.4% from the field … Netted a season high eight points and matched her career high four field goals against James Madison (Feb. 13) … Grabbed a season high four rebounds on three occasions.

JUNIOR • 2023-24
Played 18 games her first year at App State, seeing 129 minutes of action ... Shot .692 percent from the floor ... Pulled down 30 rebounds, with 12 coming on the offensive backboard ... Netted six points and grabbed seven rebounds in the Mountaineers' win over South Alabama on Jan. 6 ... Played a season-high 20 minutes at Marquette on Dec. 17, scoring four points on 2-3 shooting ... Recorded her first block in an App State uniform on Jan. 27 against James Madison ... Missed just four shots in 2023-24. 

PRIOR TO APP STATE
Appeared in 31 games off the bench during the 2022-23 season at Marshall … Netted 65 points and recorded 59 rebounds … Went 51.9 percent from the field … Recorded a season-high seven rebounds against Arkansas State on Jan. 28. 
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time All-District and Ohio Valley Conference First-Team honoree … All-Ohio Special Mention … Led the Ohio Valley Conference in rebounds … ranked 12th in the state of Ohio for field goal percentage (57%) … Four-time All-District honoree and Southeast Ohio District Offensive Player of the Year for volleyball
 
CLUB
Competed on the West Virginia Thunder club team under the direction of Scott Johnson and Travis Trice 
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dawn Mitchell and Mark LaFon … Has two siblings, Allison and Avery … Enjoys reading, spending time with family, and cooking

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023-24Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    23
  • 23

    2024-25Senior

    Forward
    6'0"
    23