She sounds like it! Sam is much like his counterpart: family-oriented given a decent amount of siblings, Kentucky born and raised small town guy, raised on a farm even, handyman by trade but spent some time in the military, so he has leadership qualities. I feel they would get along being he's pretty optimistic himsel, though probably with a healthy dose of realism to not seem TOO optimistic. I haven't decided on what to do about his daughter yet, but if he does have one, depending on which age she teachers, said child could be a student? Otherwise, they could be good friends somehow?