Samuel Smith was born in Victoria, TX and lived in the surrounding area through high school where he graduated from Industrial High School in 2018. Sam started his athletic training journey his junior year of high school while he also participated in football and basketball. After high school, he was admitted to Texas A&M University with an athletic training major and a psychology minor. While in the Master of Science in Athletic Training program at Texas A&M, he worked with sports medicine teams for the football and softball teams at the university, as well as with the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. This led to graduation from Texas A&M in May of 2023 with both a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and a Master of Science degree in Athletic Training. Liberty Hill Middle School is his first position as a certified and licensed athletic trainer and he is excited for the opportunity!