Samantha Judge

2013 Inductee

Samantha Judge has been a key member of the Scottish national hockey team since 1999, accumulating a superb 184 senior international caps to date. She has also represented Great Britain.

She is one of Scotland’s highest ever goal scorers, with 57 international goals, and has competed at three Commonwealth Games - Manchester 2002, Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010 - and is on course to be playing at the 2014 Games in Glasgow. Her exceptional career in international hockey spans major European and World level tournaments, and Samantha looks set to be among the first Scottish players to achieve over 200 international appearances for her country.

Samantha’s record at club level is also awe-inspring. She has played in nine European Club Championships, winning a bronze medal, and has won nine Scottish League titles and eight Scottish Cups.

Since 2011, Samantha has been player/coach with the University’s women’s hockey team and has been the key to the club’s success during this period, which includes helping it become one of the top teams in the country, winning the BUCS Trophy (2013) and making the Scottish Cup final (2013) for the first time in the club’s history.