Mike Samko
Mike Samko

Boston Globe West Weekly: "Early recruit? Mike Samko was on the Bentley campus as a toddler"

Bentley baseball player Mike Samko is only a sophomore but he's been around campus for years. Boston Globe sports correspondent Marvin Pave profiled the third baseman in the February 28 West Weekly.

His mother, Mary Kay Samko, aquatics director and head swim coach at Bentley, would often b

Mike Samko was a two-sport captain at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols.

ring her infant son to the pool while she worked with her team.

The Arlington resident went on to captain, and earn All-Independent School League honors in football and baseball at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge.

In his official debut last spring at Bentley, the 5-foot-8 infielder batted .272 while starting all 33 games for coach Bob DeFelice.

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