Samantha Starkey

Samantha Starkey

  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Bellefontaine
  • High School:
    Bellefontaine
  • Events:
    Backstroke/Freestyle
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice

2022-23

  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • 100-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 59.71 
  • 200-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 2:10.40
  • 500-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 5:48.37
  • 1000-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 12:24.72
  • 1650-yard freestyle season-best and career-best time of 20:15.76
  • 50-yard backstroke season-best time of 33.94 
  • 100-yard backstroke season-best and career-best time of 1:11.50
  • 100-yard breaststroke season-best and career-best time of 1:29.38
  • Earned first varsity letter

2021-22

  • 50-yard freestyle season-best of 30.97
  • 100-yard freestyle season-best of 1:05.77
  • 200-yard freestyle season-best of 2:11.36
  • 500-yard freestyle season-best of 5:56.03
  • 1000-yard freestyle season-best of 12:34.91
  • 1650-yard freestyle season-best of 20:37.25
  • 50-yard backstroke season-best and career-best time of 33.66
  • 100-yard backstroke season-best of 1:12.25

Career Best

  • 100-yard freestyle: 59.71 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2023
  • 200-yard freestyle: 2:10.40 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2023
  • 500-yard freestyle: 5:48.37 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2023
  • 1000-yard freestyle: 12:24.72 at John Carroll on Jan. 27, 2023
  • 1650-yard freestyle: 20:15.76 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2023
  • 100-yard backstroke: 1:11.50 at Akron vs Mount Union vs Baldwin Wallace on Jan. 20, 2023

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner in swimming
  • Team Captain 
  • Four-time Member of District Team 
  • 3rd Team All Conference
  • 2nd Team All Conference
  • Three-year letterwinner in tennis
  • Team Captain 
  • Conference Sportsmanship Award 
  • Salutatorian
  • Graduated with Honors and Capstone Diplomas
  • Graduated with Associate of Science from Clark State College
  • National Honor Society President
  • Ohio Attorney General's Teen Ambassador Board Member
  • Academic Boosters Award for Math and English
  • Honda Academic Breakfast for Geometry, College Algebra, Calculus
  • September Senior of the Month

Personal 

  • Dean's list student
  • Jacket Scholar
  • Member of Legal Studies Honor Society
  • Daughter of Michael and Nancee Starkey
This page was last updated on June 28, 2023