Junior (2022-23)
Won the team’s Defensive Player of the Year Award and Henry Zimmerman Free Throw Accuracy Award … Earned a spot on the Asheville Championship All-Tournament Team … Earned a spot on the NABC Honors Court … Served the team as a captain … Played in all 28 games with 24 starts … Averaged 7.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 steals, and 31.4 minutes per game … Ranked seventh in the Ivy League in minutes per game (31.4) and ninth in steals per game (1.2) … Stood first on the team in free throw percentage (.878), second in rebounds per game (5.3), and second in minutes per game (31.4) … Scored in double figures seven times … Scored 20 points on 8-of-10 field goals at Dartmouth (Mar. 4) … Tallied 17 points, five rebounds, and three assists at Fordham (Nov. 27) … Netted 16 points with four assists vs. Cornell (Jan. 21) … Registered 14 points vs. Louisiana (Nov. 11) and 13 points and eight rebounds vs. Elon (Nov. 13) at the Asheville Championship … Contributed 13 points vs. Siena (Nov. 20) … Posted 12 points and five boards at Morehouse (Nov. 7) … Grabbed 10 rebounds in each of two games – at Holy Cross (Nov. 30) and at Penn (Jan. 28) … Finished with nine points and seven rebounds at UC Irvine (Dec. 20).
Sophomore (2021-22)
Appeared in all 26 games … Tabbed six points and three rebounds against Cornell (Feb. 19) … Registered six points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals against Columbia (Feb. 18) ... Collected six points, nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals at Penn (Feb. 12) … Notched 12 points and four rebounds against Yale (Feb. 9) … Registered 10 points, two rebounds and three steals at Cornell (Jan. 22) ... Picked five rebounds at Dartmouth (Jan. 17) … Totaled four points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals at Columbia (Jan. 15) … Netted four points with five rebounds and two assists against Brown (Jan. 7) … Notched six rebounds against Howard (Dec. 21) … Tallied seven points and six rebounds against Holy Cross (Dec. 19) … Had nine rebounds and six points against Babson (Dec. 6) … Recorded eight points and five rebounds against Northeastern (Nov. 27) … Had six rebounds and four points at Siena (Nov. 22) … Posted 16 points, three steals, three assists and two rebounds against MIT (Nov. 20) … Notched seven points and four rebounds at Albany (Nov. 17).
First-year (2020-21)
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
Before Harvard
Graduated from New Trier High in Winnetka, Illinois before spending 2019-20 at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts … Played point guard and small forward at New Trier, earning all-tournament team (2018) and all-league accolades (2019) … Guided New Trier to a 12-game winning streak at one point during his career … Named New Trier team captain his final campaign … Primarily played small forward while at Mount Hermon and garnered all-NEPSAC AAA honors … Competed for Hoops Avenue Elite (2017) and Fundamental U (2018-19) on the AAU circuit … Landed on the Honor Roll eight times … Served as a volunteer for All Star Abilities … Is the co-founder of Commonwealth Club.
Sam Silverstein with Susan A. Murphy, the Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
