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2026 MIT Field Hockey Roster

Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot

5 Sammi Blocher

  • Position M
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Cumberland Valley
  • Hometown Mechanicsburg, Pa.
  • Major Chemical-Biological Engineering

Biography

Career Highs:
  • Goals: 1 – Four times, last vs. Union (Sept. 13, 2025)
  • Assists: 2 vs. Gordon (Sept. 2, 2023)
  • Points: 2 – Five times, last vs. Union (Sept. 13, 2025)
Accolades:
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024, 2025)
  • 2x NFHCA National Academic Squad (2024, 2025)
  • 2x NFHCA Scholar of Distinction (2024, 2025)
2025:
  • Played in 16 games, started seven
  • Recorded one goal, one assist, and one defensive save
2024:
  • Played in 10 games
  • Recorded one goal
2023:
  • Played in 15 games, started in four
  • Recorded two goals and three assists for seven points 
Before MIT:
  • Graduated from Cumberland Valley High School
  • All-State Honorable Mention, All-Sentinel First Team, Mid-Penn Commonwealth First Team, Mid-Penn Second Team
  • Two-time All-State individual GPA recognition
  • Four-time varsity letterwinner
  • National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National World Language Honor Society
  • Honor Roll
  • Student Council president, CV Engineering co-president and co-founder
  • Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences
  • Rotary Youth leadership awards, Mini-THON committee member, Key Club, tutor
  • Club Team: Central Penn Field Hockey
Personal:
  • Internships: Teaching Assistant @ Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Ambassador
  • Research: Hydrogel Development for Weight-Loss, Invasion Assay Development for Macrophages in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, Data Analysis for Activatable zymography probes in Cholangiocarcinoma, Fontan Dynamics Organ-on-a-chip Development
  • Little Beavers Co-Director
  • Baker House Resident Peer Mentor
  • Chemical Engineering Peer Tutor
  • MIT Global Teaching Labs (Kazakhstan, Germany x2)

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023First Year

    M
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2024Sophomore

    M
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2025Junior

    M
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2026Senior

    M
    5'1"
    5