Rachel Lewis

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.