Bio

Overview: Rachel has appeared in 80 matches with 47 starts at libero and 14 starts as a defensive specialist .. Named 2nd Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ... Earned Academic All-OAC and Academic All-District honors in 2022 and 2023 ... Named OAC Defensive Player of the Week seven times in her career ... Has led the team in digs in each of her three seasons as a Polar Bear ... Ranks 10th all-time in ONU history with 1,606 career digs ... Had a career-high 42 digs against Heidelberg on 10/20/21 ... Had a career-high 7 aces against Marietta on 10/29/22. ... Had a career-high 14 assists against Millikin (Ill.) on 9/9/23.

Junior Season (2023): Started all 27 matches at libero ... Named 2nd Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference for the third consecutive season ... Earned Academic All-OAC and Academic All-District honors ... Named OAC Defensive Player of the Week three times ... Led the team and was third in the OAC with 615 digs and was fifth in the league with a team-high 41 service aces ... Her 615 digs ranks third all-time ONU history for a junior ... Ranked third on the team with 137 assists ... Had 26 games with double-digit dig totals, including a season-high 40 against Albion (Mich.) on 9/16/23 ... Had a season-high 5 aces twice ... Was named to the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Sophomore Season (2022): Played in 25 matches with five starts as a defensive specialist and 20 as libero ... Named 2nd Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference for the second consecutive season ... Earned Academic All-OAC and Academic All-District honors ... Named OAC Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks on 9/9/22 and 9/16/22 ... Led the team and was fourth in the OAC with 486 digs and was second on the team with 33 service aces ... Ranked third on the team with 56 assists ... Had 23 games with double-digit dig totals, including a season-high 34 against Transylvania (Ky.) on 9/23/22 ... Had a career-high 7 aces against Marietta on 10/29/22.

Freshman Season (2021): Played in all 28 matches with nine starts as a defensive specialist ... Named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team ... Named OAC Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks on 10/25/21 and 11/1/21 ... Led the team with 505 digs and 50 service aces, which ranked fifth and tied for second, respectively, in the OAC ... Her 505 digs and 50 aces ranked fourth in program history among freshmen ... Ranked third on the team with 76 assists ... Had 22 games with double-digit dig totals, including a career-high 42 against Heidelberg on 10/20/21 ... Had a career-high six aces against Monmouth (Ill.) on 9/11/21 ... Had a career-high nine assists against No. 11 Colorado College in the NCAA Tournament on 11/12/21.