Awards
- All-WAC First Team (21-22, 22-23)
- All-WAC Second Team (20-21)
- WAC Golfer of the Month (October 2022)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (19-20, 20-21, 22-23)
- Academic All-WAC (20-21,21-22, 22-23)
- Academic All-District (22-23)
2022-23 (GRADUATE STUDENT): Became first Redhawk to earn All-WAC First Team in back-to-back years... competed in all 12 tournaments and 33 rounds... logged SU's single-season best stroke average (73.27), counting score (32 times/97%), made birdies (100), par five scoring (4.7435)... recorded nine par or better rounds... finished tied for 11th at the Green Wave Fall Classic (Sept. 12-13), setting school records for lowest round (eight-under 64), lowest 36 hole total (seven-under 137), lowest 54 hole total (six-under 210)... finished tied for fifth at the Gonzaga Invitational (Sept. 18-20) with a three-round total of one-under 212 (72-68-72)... finished tied for third a the Boston College Intercollegiate (Sept. 26-27) with a three-round total of four-over 220 (74-74-72)... finished tied for fifth at The Clash at Boulder Creek (Oct. 23-25) with a three-round total of five-under 211 (72-71-68)... finished tied for seventh at the WAC Championships (Apr. 23-25) with a three-round total of six-over 222 (70-77-75)... went 3-0 in match play action at the Mountain Classic Matchplay (Feb. 13-14).
2021-22 (SENIOR): Competed in ten tournaments and thirty rounds... stroke average of 74.83... shot season-low round of three-under 69 which was her best finish at Grand Canyon Women’s Spring Invitational and she tied for second with a two-under 214 (75-70-69) (Feb. 28-Mar. 1)… finished tied for 11th at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic (Sep. 13-Sep. 14) with a six-over 219 (70-74-75)… finished tied for twelfth at Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird (Mar. 10–Mar. 12) with a ten-over 226 (71-78-77)… finished tied for fifth at WAC Women's Golf Championship (Apr.18-Apr.20) with a four-over 220 (74-73-73)… notched the fifth lowest scoring average in SU history (74.83), highest finishing percentage (74.7) … tied for the fourth most all time rounds par or better (7), most rounds played in a season (30), lowest all-time single round score in SU history twice (69)… most birdies in a single season (75).
2020-21 (JUNIOR): Shot six rounds of par or better, second most in school history... had a 83.2% finish percentage, second-best in program history... averaged a score of 4.1188 on par fours, best in program history... averaged a score of 5.0313 on par fives, seventh-best in program history... competed in six tournaments and 16 rounds... stroke average of 74.44 was fourth in the WAC and second best in school history... Won individual title at Bobcat Spring Invitational (Apr.12-13) with two round total of 138 (69-69), earning the program record for lowest score in a 36 hole event and setting the fourth ranked low round total of 69... at the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic (Apr. 5-6), placed sixth with a three round total of 216 (72-70-74) which is ranked fifth for lowest score at a 54 hole event... at the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational (Mar.11-12), placed 11th with a two round total of 150 (77-73)... tied for 19th at the Red Rocks Invitational (Mar.20-21) and WAC Championship (Apr. 19-21), shooting three round totals of 227 (76-81-70) and 232 (76-75-81).
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in three tournaments and eight rounds… stroke average of 77.88… posted season-low rounds of three-over 75 at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invite (Oct. 14-15) and the Grand Canyon University Women’s Spring Invitational (Feb. 22-23)… at the GCU Women’s Spring Invitational, tied for 27th place after shooting a seven-over 151 (75-76).
SJSU: At San Jose State University, Bruce competed at the Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 10-11), finishing three rounds with a 75.67 stroke average and a second round of even-par 72.
High School: Bruce competed at the 2017 and 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship… in 2017, won low medalist honors in qualifying for the U.S. Junior Girls Championship… won the 2017 Faldo Series Philippines Championship for Girls Under 21… competed in the 12th Faldo Series Grand Final… was a member of the Philippine women’s national team from 2015-17… with that team, played at the 2017 Toyota Junior Golf World, won the 2015 Kartini Cup at South East Asian Team Golf Championships (PUTRA) and took third place in the 2015 Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Schools Championship.. Bruce spent four years on Assumption College’s varsity women’s golf team… with the school team, won the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP) Inter-School Championship, High School Girls Team and Individual divisions as a freshman and as a sophomore.
Samantha Bruce placed second overall in the 2013 Ladies Pilipinas Golf Tour (LPGT) Q-School… at Seattle U, she is majoring in Computer Science with a Specialization in Business and a Minor in Math, she was awarded math honors during all four years of high school… was a Committee of Order and Peace officer in her junior and senior years… was a member of the Program of Excellence in Mathematics in her junior year… was class marshall in her senior year.