Samantha Harrison

Samantha "Sam" Harrison (born 29 August 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women), including for the team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Education Born in Whangārei to Steve and Zanna Harrison, Samantha is the second of three sisters, between Charlotte and younger sister Anita. Samantha attended Whangarei Girls' High School before moving to Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland in Year 11 (Form 5).

In the early 2010s, Harrison studied psychology at the Auckland University of Technology on Auckland's North Shore. joining her older sister Charlotte, who had been in the team since October 2005. She played her first official match for the Black Sticks on 3 July 2009, against Argentina in her hometown of Whangārei, as part of a series of games against Argentina and China. She then participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand finished fourth. At the time, Harrison spent three months in Cambridge, England, coaching hockey at The Leys School.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Harrison was part of the New Zealand team that won the women's competition. In the National Hockey League, she is a member of the Auckland Fury women's team.