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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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