AUSL

Rachel Lewis

Northwestern University '22

2022 First-Team NFCA All-America

Playing for Play Like a Girl!®

Personal: Mother, Lisa, played softball at Northwood University.

2022 Season: Collected 984 leaderboard points, including 940 win points, during first Athletes Unlimited campaign … started four games … tallied two hits in six at-bats … went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Team Jaquish during Week Two … collected 100 or more leaderboard points in a game six times, including a trio of 120-point efforts over final six outings … one of 13 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.


2022 Season: One of 13 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.

At Northwestern: Five-year letter winner for the Wildcats who started all 245 career games from 2018-22 … posted .313 career batting average with school-record 65 home runs … also stands third on Wildcats’ career list with 46 doubles and 195 runs batted in … tallied 220 hits during career while scoring 230 runs, the second-highest total in program history … also stole 104 bases, including Big Ten Conference-leading 30 stolen bases during 2021 campaign … one of five players in school history with 100 or more career stolen bases … tied Northwestern single-season record with 23 home runs while adding 62 runs batted in as a fifth-year senior in 2022 … earned First-Team NFCA All-America honors in 2022 along with being named Big Ten Player of the Year … also received Second-Team NFCA All-America recognition as a freshman in 2018 along with being a Top 10 finalist for NFCA National Freshman of the Year award … four-time All-Big Ten selection, including three First Team commendations … led Big Ten in home runs, slugging percentage, runs batted in, runs scored, walks and OPS during 2022 campaign while leading Wildcats to Women’s College World Series … member of 2021 Big Ten All-Defensive Team … starter in all 23 games during COVID-shortened 2020 campaign who hit .268 and finished second in the Big Ten with 22 runs scored … claimed Second-Team All-Big Ten recognition in 2019 after leading team with 14 home runs, 43 runs scored, 15 stolen bases and a .544 slugging percentage … also drew 51 walks in 2019 campaign, the second-highest total in program history … tied school record by being hit by a pitch 17 times during freshman season.

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Career Stats

YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2022 Championship*
9
-
9
6
.333
.556
.333
.889
5
2
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
Career Totals
9
-
9
6
.333
.556
.333
.889
5
2
-
-
-
-
3
-
3
2
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
8/28/2022
Team DenhamTeam McCleney
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/27/2022
Team MulipolaTeam Denham
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/26/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Denham
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/21/2022
Team JaquishTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/20/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/19/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Mulipola
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/14/2022
Team JaquishTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/13/2022
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
2
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
8/12/2022
Team ChidesterTeam Mulipola
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/7/2022
Team MulipolaTeam Harshman
4
1
-
.750
-
.750
1
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/6/2022
Team JaquishTeam Harshman
3
3
.667
.667
.667
1.334
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
-
7/31/2022
Team OcasioTeam Chidester
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7/29/2022
Team ZerkleTeam Ocasio
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2022 First-Team NFCA All-America

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ICYMI: The AUSL announced the addition of two expansion teams last week. The Spark and Cascade will join the defending AUSL Champion Talons, along with the Bandits, Blaze and Volts, to form a six-team league to compete next summer. 

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tune into MLB Network tonight at 9pm EST to watch AUSL’s Georgina Corrick, Ana Gold, Hannah Flippen and Erin Coffel be honored during the MLB Awards 🏆
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