Sam Handley

Sam Handley is an American lacrosse player who plays professionally in the Premier Lacrosse League. A native of Portland, Oregon, he began playing the sport at the suggestion of his grandfather, who had played college lacrosse at Dartmouth, and he starred at Jesuit High School before choosing the University of Pennsylvania. Recruited as an attackman, he was converted to midfield at Penn, where he was a three-time All-American, won the McLaughlin Award as the best midfielder in Division I and helped the Quakers to Ivy League tournament titles. A ruptured spleen suffered in the 2020 season opener cost him two years of play. He was taken fourth overall by the Chrome Lacrosse Club in the 2023 PLL draft and was traded to the California Redwoods in June 2025.