Emily Samuelson

Another AWESOME opportunity to serve at the Haven House❤️ @havenhousestl

YES…FINALLY, only 7 more sleeps!!!😴😊♥️💛🔱

The BEST part of coaching is celebrating & sharing the happy moments with our former players. CONGRATULATIONS Dani on your big day!❤️🎉🎊🥳

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY today to our freshman, Lexi Hanna! Have an AWESOME DAY Lex🎉🎊🎂🎈♥️🔱💛

Fun morning participating in the annual UMSL 5k Run, hosted by @umslalumni. GREAT JOB TEAM💪♥️🔱💛🥳

Happy 8 to the JOY of my life! Cruz makes my world & me a better person in every way. I am so grateful to experience the purest form of love being his mom🥳💕💫🎈🤟

Kiara will continue her academics in the fall at UMSL pursuing her MBA. Her future goal is to play professionally overseas. AMAZING WORK Ki! We are so proud of you & cannot wait to have you back on the court in the fall👏🎈🎓🔱✨💫🥳

Ki has averaged in 4 years 23.8 min, 7.9 reb, 9.5 pts & shot 54.1 FG%. She has also recorded 19 total double-double games. Ki earned 1st Team All-GLVC (2022), GLVC Player of the Week honors (2022), 2nd Team All-GLVC (2021) & Academic All-GLVC for 3 years.

Kiara is a resilient & tireless player for our program. Ki gives it her all in everything she does on the court. Ki has brought a winning attitude & a tremendous work ethic daily to our program. In her 4 seasons she has started 95/102 games, while not missing a single game.

Today we celebrate the graduation of Kiara Stewart– DON’T WORRY FANS, Ki will be back for her 5th year at UMSL! Ki graduated w/ a degree in Business Administration w/ an emphasis in Marketing. Ki earned a minor in Communication, earning a 3.4 GPA. Ki is a 1st generation grad!

Congratulations to Kenzie, Alex, Adi & Faye for earning all A’s this semester! Awesome work ladies💯👏📚And congrats to our entire team for finishing w/ a 3.4 team GPA!

2nd Olympic Triathlon in the books! I will never win any awards, as I am an awful swimmer!! I absolutely love the mental challenge & was happy to break my 1st time by 20 minutes🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

Adi has a job lined up as a Recruiter for Insight Global Company located in Milwaukee, WI. Thank you Adi for all that you have given our program! We will miss your zest for life, which you brought to our program daily 🎈👏🔱🎓🥳 @plavsicadriana

Adi graduated with a Business Administration degree with an emphasis in management and a minor in Digital Marketing Communications. Adi graduated with a 3.8 overall GPA. She was Academic All-GLVC for 4 years.

Adi’s spirit and hard work made every team better. Adi always put her teammates first in all that she did on and off the court. She was the mother hen to many players.

Today we celebrate graduating senior guard Adriana Plavsic from Brookfield East high school (WI). Adi dedicated herself to our Triton program for 4 years. Adi was a consistent voice of enthusiasm in everything she did for our team…Practices, Games, Life.

Just before commencement last weekend, we caught up with @UMSLWBB star Alex LaPorta for a look back at her student-athlete career at UMSL. Read Alex’s full story at UMSL Daily: umsl.edu/go/PY5

Dani finished her career by starting 77-77 total games, not missing 1 single game. In her 3 years as a Triton she avg. 7.6 pts, 2.9 asst., 5.2 reb., & shot 80% from the FT line.  Dani WE will miss your tenacious efforts on the floor & everything you have given our program🥳🎓🩺👏

Dani graduated w/ a bachelors of Science in Nursing w/ a minor in Psychology. Dani balanced the hectic schedule of a nursing student & still finished with an overall 3.5 GPA. By no surprise, Dani already has a position at Mercy Hospital of St. Louis as an operating room nurse.

Today we highlight graduating senior Danielle Berry from Francis Howell HS. Dani played 3 total seasons for the Triton’s after transferring from Eastern Illinois University. Dani is the epitome of GRIT & RESILLENSE. Dani was a fighter on the floor and never gave up on possession.