Samantha Kaplan Award Rookie Week Of 1/23/2017 Sport Women's Track and Field School Rochester Institute of Technology Year Freshman Position Pole Vault Hometown New Paltz, N.Y. High School New Paltz RIT first-year athlete Samantha Kaplan was second in the pole vault with a leap of 3.12 meters at the Highlander Invitational hosted by Houghton College at the Kerr-Pegula Field House on Friday evening.