Utah Tech University Athletics

Amateur Play: Won the 2025 Utah Golf Association Mary Lou Baker Open ... also earned a sponsor exemption to play in the 2025 EPSON Tour Copper Rock Championship. 

At Utah Tech 2024-25 (Sophomore): Enjoyed a record-setting season, during which she played in all nine team events and set the program’s single-season scoring record with a 73.46 stroke average in 26 competitive rounds ... vaulted to the top spot on Utah Tech’s career scoring list with a 75.27 stroke average in 49 total collegiate rounds ... recorded a team-high five top-10 individual finishes, which ranked as the third-most in a single season in program history, and carded a team-best 12 par-or-better rounds overall ... started off the campaign with consecutive t-fifth place showings at the UVU Wolverine (-3 213; 9/8-10) and Weber State events (+6 150) ... closed the season with three-straight top-10s, highlighted by a collegiate career best t-third place finish at the Southern Utah Lady Thunderbird Inv’l (E 216; 3/7-9), followed by a t-sixth result at the MSU Bobcat Desert Classic (-2 214) ... wrapped up her sophomore season with a solo-fifth place finish at the WAC Championships (+2 218), which was the best finish by a Trailblazer at a conference championship event in the program’s brief NCAA Division I era ... earned Academic All-WAC and CSC Academic All-District honors. 

At Utah Tech 2023-24 (Freshman): Played in eight team events in her debut season and posted a 77.30 stroke average with two par-or-better rounds … fired a collegiate-low 2-under 70 in the second round of her first college event, the UVU Timpanogos Collegiate Inv’l (9/10-12), which she followed with an even par 72 to finish 40^th at plus-3 219 … recorded a season-best t-14^th place showing at the Charlotte Inv’l (10/16-17) … tied for 33^rd at the WAC Championships (4/19-21) … earned Academic All-WAC honors.
 
Before Utah Tech: Was a four-year varsity letter winner in golf at Liberty HS and was a first team all-league selection … posted a 73.00 scoring average during her senior season … was a four-time academic all-league honoree … also attended Southwest Career and Technical Academy, where she served on the student council and was a member of the National Honor Society … graduated with high honors and received a medallion for dental science. 
 
More on Samantha: Born in Henderson, Nevada … parents Paul and Angela Phelan … also recruited by Northern Arizona, Colorado State, and San Francisco … favorite team is the Vegas Golden Knights … favorite athlete is Jordan Spieth … favorite food is lasagna … her biggest influence as an athlete is Nelly Korda … currently majoring in finance.
 
Why Samantha chose Utah Tech: “I chose Utah Tech because of the amazing golf program and for how much Coach Orth encourages and cares for her student-athletes.”