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2018 Softball Roster

18 Rachel Rodriguez

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Paramount, Calif.
  • High School Downey High School
  • Position IF

Biography

2016 All-WAC Second Team
2016 WAC All-Tournament Team
2017 All-WAC First Team
2017 WAC All-Tournament Team
2017 WAC Tournament MVP
2018 All-WAC Second Team
2018 WAC All-Tournament Team

2018 (Senior)

Started 47 games this season at shortstop… Named to the Second Team All-WAC and the WAC All-Tournament team… Batted .344 with a .413 on base percentage and a .412 slugging percentage… Amassed 55 hits including seven doubles and two triples…Tallied 12 RBI for the season including four RBI against Idaho State (2/24)… Posted a team-best three stolen bases against UTEP (3/27)…

2017 (Junior)
Started all 54 games at shortstop…  Was named to the All-WAC First Team and the WAC Tournament MVP… Recorded 69 hits including 11 doubles, a triple, and her first collegiate home run… Posted 20 RBI and 12 walks… Led the team with 22 stolen bases… Batted .385 on the season with a .475 slugging percentage and a .433 on-base percentage… Hit a walk-off single to force a second championship game in the Aggies 15-14 win over Seattle U (5/13) in the WAC Tournament… Recorded a season high three RBI against Utah Valley (4/1)… Ranked 89th nationally in stolen bases, 79th nationally in hits (69) and 100th in batting average...

2016 (Sophomore)
Played and started in 56 games… Selected Second Team All-WAC and to the All-Tournament Team at the WAC Tournament… Went 66-for-183 to rank third on the team with a .361 batting average… Ranked second on the team with 45 runs scored… Collected five doubles and tied for a team-high four triples… Garnered 15 RBIs… Amassed a .424 slugging percentage… Walked 18 times and hit by a pitch twice for a .424 on-base percentage… Led the team and the league with 34-40 stolen bases… Had 97 putouts and a team-high 103 assists… Went 12-for-41 for a .293 batting average in league play… Scored 12 runs and had two doubles during WAC play… Racked up three RBIs and a .341 slugging percentage during conference games… Walked eight times for a .408 on-base percentage during conference play… Went 10-12 in stolen bases during league games… Amassed 20 putouts and a team-high 42 assists during league games…  Collected four stolen bases against Seattle U on April 1 to tie the single game record for stolen bases… Scored a season-high three runs three separate times… Amassed a season-high four hits as she went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs against Southern Utah on March 4… Garnered two RBIs in two different games… Had a season-high five putouts in game two against Mount St. Mary’s on March 1… Racked up a season-high eight assists in game two against CSU Bakersfield on April 23.

2015 (Freshman)
Played in 52 games and started 47… Appeared primarily at second base and short stop… Had a .340 batting average… Collected 52 hits, 39 runs and 15 RBIs in 153 at-bats… Garnered 10 multi-base hits with six doubles and four triples… Defensively, had 93 putouts and 100 assists… Racked up three runs against Grand Canyon on April 25 in game two and against Utah Valley on May 7… Amassed three hits against Nebraska on Feb. 6 and against Grand Canyon on April 25 in game two… Collected three RBIs against Arizona State on April 6 in game one… Garnered eight putouts against Arizona on March 21 in game two… Had seven assists at Seattle on April 4 in game two. 

High School
Played four years for Downey HS in Downey, Calif… Helped team reach California Intercollegiate Federation Southern Section Playoffs each year… Started in 121 games and had 181 hits and 55 RBIs… Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Team and earned San Gabriel First Team All-League in 2014… Amassed a .464 batting average, a .530 on-base percentage and a .534 slugging percentage in four years… Played volleyball and helped team win CIF Southern Section Championship in 2010 and 2011.
 
Personal
Parents are Richard and Susan… Sister, Staci, played softball for NM State and was also a graduate assistant for Aggie softball...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2015Freshman

    Infielder
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2016Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2017Junior

    Infielder
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2018Senior

    Infielder
    5'5"
    18