Noah Sampson
Noah Sampson is a competitive soul with a servant’s heart. Discovering an early love for sports, he competes in soccer, track, and lately, spikeball. He attributes his competitive spirit to sports and admits that he started playing competitive spikeball to help him stand out. Sampson also shares his love of spikeball with the at-risk kids at the Third Street Academy as he teaches them the value of sportsmanship.
A native of Winterville, Sampson is an 18-year-old senior at J.H. Rose in Greenville. His resume details a weighted GPA of 4.47 and includes advanced placement and honors coursework concentrating in health sciences. Equally impressive are his extracurricular and volunteer activities, which include work at the Veteran’s Administration clinic, Vidant Health’s VolunTEEN program, St. Peter’s Youth Ministry and Pitt County Coalition on Substance Use Youth Team, to name a few.
In Sampson’s words, he chose ECU because “As a native of the community, I know that at ECU I’ll be able to continue working to improve my community and serve the people of eastern North Carolina.”
Sampson plans to go to medical school to become a family medicine doctor. He feels that primary care physicians have a greater opportunity to make deeper connections with their patients in order to solve generational issues.
“I’ve witnessed firsthand how family medicine is absolutely life-changing. My mom lost 20 pounds recently because of a primary physician that had gone above and beyond the standard of care,” he said.
When asked what being named an EC Scholar meant to him, Sampson stated, “Being an EC Scholar means that I have a unique opportunity to cause lasting positive change in eastern North Carolina. It means that ECU believes in what I’m doing so much so that they have invested in my future. That level of trust is something you can’t quite get anywhere else.”
EC Scholars is the most prestigious undergraduate award program offered at ECU. The four-year merit scholarship recognizes outstanding academic performance, commitment to community engagement and strong leadership skills. Recipients receive an Honors College scholarship and a stipend for study abroad for a total value of nearly $64,000.
This summer Sampson plans to work at Aquaventure, a health club in Winterville, adding, “I’ll be giving out smiles and providing stellar service there all summer long as well as traveling with a team to Savannah, Georgia, for service work.” At ECU, he plans to continue his focus on faith and get involved in student ministries, as well as service clubs.
For his study abroad experience, Sampson is torn between Spain for the culture and soccer, a semester at sea for the chance to visit a lot of places and Southeast Asia for the learning experience.
Sampson is the son of Aaron and Diane Sampson of Winterville.
“As a native of the community, I know that at ECU I’ll be able to continue working to improve my community and serve the people of eastern North Carolina.”
High school: J.H. Rose High School
Intended major: Biology
Hometown: Winterville