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2015 Softball

17 Rachel Howard

  • Height 5-7
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Efland, N.C.
  • High School Cedar Ridge
  • Major Exercise and Sport Sciences / Health Science
  • Position IF

Biography

Career

  • finished her career with a .394 batting average, the second-highest in school history
  • stands second among the Quakers’ all-time doubles (40) and RBI (118) leaders
  • graduated ranked third in school history in hits (182), total bases (263), walks (46) and fielding percentage (.974).
  • left with Guilford’s career marks for fielding chances (842) and double plays turned (31)

2015

  • earned First Team College Division All-State recognition
  • named Third Team All-Atlantic Region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association
  • received Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) recognition
  • led the Quakers and ranked second in the ODAC with a career-high .458 batting average, Guilford’s fourth-highest average all-time and the 54th-highest figure in NCAA Division III
  • topped the conference with 14 doubles and a .540 on-base percentage
  • her 54 hits stood second in the league
  • had 38 RBI, third-best in the ODAC
  • won the league’s first Hitter of the Week Award of the season hit safely in all but six games with 17 multiple-hit games and 11 contests with two or more RBI
  • plated a season-high four runners thanks to a grand-slam home run versus Keystone (3/16)
  • went three-for-four with a homer and three RBI the game before against Mary Baldwin College (3/11)

2014

  • played in 40 contests, mostly at first base
  • finished second on the team in batting average (.427), home runs (6), runs batted in (38), on-base percentage (.479) 
  • her slugging percentage (. 641) finished third
  • collected 20 multi-hit contests
  • had 12-game hitting streak in the middle of the season and accumulated a streak of five straight multi-hit games in the final three regular-season games and the first two ODAC Tournament games
  • totaled three RBI in three games, including a five-RBI showing as part of a 4-for-5 effort at Southern Virginia (4/18) that included her fifth home run

2013

  • played in 33 games, starting 30 of them at either third base of first base
  • batted .347 with 33 hits and 20 RBIs
  • was second on the team with 10 doubles
  • had 11 multiple-hit games
  • best appearance came against Mary Baldwin where she had a double, a home run, and drove in four runs

2012

  • started all 40 games as a corner infielder
  • hit .331, which ranked fifth on the team
  • had two home runs and five doubles
  • tallied 22 runs batted in (RBIs)
  • best game came against Sweet Briar Apr. 14 when she went 4-for-4 with a double
  • on Feb. 18 against nationally ranked Emory, she went 3-for-4 with an RBI

Personal

  • named ot the 14-15 Academic All-ODAC Team
  • five-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • two-timedean's list student
  • serves as a teaching assistant in the biology department
  • works event management for the Quakers' Athletics Department
  • three-year resident advisor at Guilford
  • became a certified Emergency Medical Technician in 2014
  • worked in Guilford's Conferences and Events department for the summer of 2013 through Guilford's Cadre program
  • worked in Guilford's Information Technology and Services department for the summer of 2012 through Guilford's Cadre program
  • lettered four years at Cedar Ridge High School under coach Jeff Gravitte
  • four-time All-Carolina 10 Conference honoree
  • named 2011 conference Player of the Year
  • lettered in basketball
  • member of the DREAM Team, History Club and National Honor Society
  • played for the NC Dominators club team
  • daughter John and Deb Howard

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2012Freshman

    C/IF
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2013Sophomore

    IF
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2014Junior

    IF
    5'7"
    17
  • 17

    2015Senior

    IF
    5'7"
    17