Joshua Sampietro '18 Recruiting Profile

My career goal is to become a Fish and Game Warden.  The past two summers I have been working full time at Point Reyes National Seashore with the Youth Conservation Corps reconditioning trails and learning about the wildlife, native plants, and watersheds of the seashore.  Currently, I am enrolled in a Wildlife class at school which houses a museum of animals (live and taxidermy) for educational tours.  I am conducting tours for school-aged children in my town.  As a young child, I played several other sports (baseball, basketball, and soccer).  I was asked to be on the all league baseball team for the final two years that I played.  Ice hockey became my number one sport at the age of 8, and I wanted to concentrate all my efforts on a sport I absolutely love playing.   My team won the state championship when I was a Bantam.  I have a deep sense of dedication to my team,  practices, game performance, and constantly perfecting my skills.  There have been opportunities to challenge myself with skills clinics, tournament teams, pre-select tryouts, mentoring at hockey camps for younger players, and enrolling in AP classes at my high school.  On the ice I am a team player who is always looking for the best play, pass, or body position.  I am very coachable, and believe in perfecting my mental game as much as my physicality in a game.