Samantha Kaplan Award Rookie Week Of 2/6/2017 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 earned her third straight Liberty League rookie of the week honor after she captured the pole vault with a top vault of 3.22 meters at RIT's Tiger Invitational Friday evening.