2016 Softball Roster
Raker, Chelsea
Jersey Number 88
Chelsea Raker
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Westerville South
- Hometown:
- Westerville, Ohio
Bio
PRONUNCIATION
RAY-ker
RAKER AND THE FALCONS
Chelsea Raker ended her BGSU career ranked on the following school career lists...
2017
Named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... one of four Falcons to start all 56 games ... all 56 starts came at first base ... was fourth on the team in hitting, with a .311 batting average ... led the Falcons in homers, with six, as well as slugging percentage (.491) ... also paced the Falcons in walks (26) and on-base pct. (.400), and tied for the team lead in RBI (35) ... was second on the team with 12 doubles and third with 52 hits ... scored nine runs on the year, and had a .985 fielding percentage, with just five errors in 339 total chances ... was second on the team with six multiple-RBI games, and tied for second with 15 multi-hit games ... batted third in one game, and hit in the cleanup spot in each of the other 55 ... hit a team-leading .407 in the Falcons' neutral-site games, with her 22 hits including 10 doubles in those 20 contests ... had 14 walks and 22 RBI at neutral sites, with an OBP of .522 and a slugging pct. of .704 ... had five RBI in the first two innings of the Falcons' five-inning win over Canisius ... homered in the first inning and doubled in the second ... was 2-for-2 with a walk, a run, and the five RBI in that game ... the next weekend, hit .611 in BG's five games in the Charlotte First Pitch Classic ... went 3-for-4 vs. Charlotte, then was a combined 5-for-7 as the Falcons won a pair of games vs. St. Bonaventure ... drove in six runs in the two SBU games, including four in the nightcap ... in that second game, had a double in each of her first three at-bats, tying the school record for doubles in a game ... was intentionally walked in her fourth plate appearance of that win ... was 3-of-4 with an RBI against Charlotte, her third three-hit game in the last four contests ... went 11-for-15 in that four-game span ... in her next game, had two hits vs. Drake ... doubled in that contest, and then homered against nationally-ranked Louisiana later in the day ... went 2-for-2 with a walk, a run and two RBI in BG's run-rule win over Green Bay ... earlier that day, had a walk, a double and an RBI against Indiana State ... on the day, was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two walks, three RBI and a slugging pct. of 1.000 ... the next day, was 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in a win over ISU ... her homer on the first pitch of the seventh inning broke a 4-4 tie and lifted BGSU to a victory at Western Kentucky ... had a double, a homer and four RBI in BG's win over Eastern Kentucky at the Ole Miss Classic ... her double plated two runners in the first inning, and her two-run homer gave the Brown and Orange a four-run lead in the sixth ... was 3-for-3 with a homer against Indiana on day one of the Hoosier Classic ... the next day, had a walk and a double in three plate appearances vs. UIC ... hit .455 (5-for-11) with a slugging pct. of .818 in the Falcons' four games in Bloomington ... had a base hit in three trips against No. 19 Michigan, lining a ball to the wall in left-center ... was 2-for-3 in the second game of a DH at Central Michigan ... the next day, walked twice in a win over the Chippewas ... the second base on balls set the table for a five-run fourth inning ... had two hits and drove in a run vs. Northern Illinois ... drove in a run in each end of the Miami DH at Meserve Field ... had the game-winning RBI with a run-scoring single in game two of that twinbill, a 2-0 BG win ... was 3-or-3 in the opening game of the Eastern Michigan series ... the next day, her bases-loaded single plated two runs, erasing a 1-0 BG deficit and giving the Falcons the lead for good in a 3-1 win over the Eagles ... hit a long homer in the Falcons' game at Miami ... had a hit in each end of BG's doubleheader sweep of Buffalo, driving in what proved to be the winning run in the opener, a 2-0 victory ... had a walk in each game of the DH at Ohio ... went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in her final home game, an 8-2 Senior Day win over Akron ... had a double in the opening game of the Kent State DH.
2016
Was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in February ... also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 52 of BGSU's 54 games, starting all 52 ... made 23 starts at first base, 21 at third base and eight at shortstop ... batted in the number-three spot in the order in each of her 52 contests ... hit .286 with an on-base percentage of .373 and a slugging pct. of .441 ... was second on the Falcons in slugging and third on the team in OBP ... led the team with 161 at-bats, and tied for the team lead with 21 walks ... was second on the Falcons in both homers, with five, and extra-base hits, with 14 ... had eight doubles and a triple ... was second on BG with 23 RBI and 71 total bases, and finished third on the Falcons in doubles ... scored 17 runs on the year ... started all 23 of BGSU's MAC games, with a .993 fielding percentage in the league ... had just one error in 137 total chances in conference competition ... tied for third on the Falcons in RBI in league play ... overall on the year, reached base 13 times in 22 opportunities when leading off an inning, for a team-best success rate of .591 ... had 12 multiple-hit games, tied for most on the team ... had three games with three hits or more, including one of BG's two four-hit contests on the year ... also had five multi-RBI contests, tying her for second on the Falcons ... hit .415 when playing third base, going 27-for-65 in those games ... batted .417 in the month of March, going 25-for-60 ... in the season opener, her first game since 2014, had a double and drove in two runs vs. Morehead State (Feb. 13) ... went 2-for-4 with another double, a run and an RBI vs. Cleveland State the next day ... the following weekend, had a homer and four RBI against Morehead State (Feb. 20) ... was 2-for-2 with a walk and a run against Dartmouth (Feb. 27), reaching base in all four plate appearances in that win ... in her next game, went 4-for-4 with four extra-base hits, a walk, a run and two RBI in a win over Morgan State (March 5) ... had two doubles, a triple and a homer in that win ... also drew a walk in that game, reaching base in all five appearances ... was 3-for-4 vs. Towson the next day, before going 2-of-4 in a rematch vs. Morgan State later that afternoon ... was named MAC Player of the Week on March 9 for her efforts in those games vs. MSU and Towson ... hit .750, with nine hits in 12 at-bats, in those three contests ... also on that same day (March 9), was named the MAC's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week ... beginning on Feb. 26 and extending into that first weekend in March, had a streak in which she reached base in an incredible 11 consecutive plate appearances ... after hitting a fly ball to right field that was caught in the Towson game, then proceeded to get four hits in her next five at-bats ... beginning with the Dartmouth game, had eight multiple-hit games in a 10-game span, batting .645 (20-of-31) during that time ... had a slugging pct. of .903 in those 10 games ... was 2-for-3 against both North Dakota (March 11) and Hartford (March 12) on back-to-back days, with a walk and an RBI in the latter game ... was 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, a run and an RBI vs. South Dakota (March 13) ... was nominated for Hero of the Week by the HERO Sports web site ... went 2-for-2 against nationally-ranked Notre Dame (March 17) ... walked twice and scored two runs vs. Michigan State (March 19) ... was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against IPFW (March 23) ... was 3-for-3 with a line-drive homer at Valparaiso (March 29) ... went 2-of-4 with another homer at Eastern Michigan that weekend (April 1) ... was 1-for-2 with a walk, a homer and two runs scored against Central Michigan (April 8) ... had a hit in each of BGSU's three games at Akron, with two RBI in game two of that series (April 23-24) ... picked up a hit in each of the final two games vs. Ohio, driving in a run in the first game (May 6) and scoring a run in the regular-season finale (May 7).
2015
Missed the entire season due to injury.
2014
Named to the All-MAC Second Team as well as the MAC's All-Freshman Team during her first season as a member of the Orange and Brown ... one of three Falcons to start in all 52 games, playing the majority of the season at third base ... led the team with a .325 batting average, collecting 52 hits in 160 at bats ... her 16 extra-base hits included a team-best nine doubles ... ranked second on the Falcons with seven home runs ... also was second on the team with 30 RBI, 82 total bases and a .513 slugging percentage ... recorded five sacrifice hits ... stole five bases in six attempts ... totaled 66 putouts and 116 assists to finish with a .924 fielding percentage ... recorded her first collegiate hit with a home run on the road against Cleveland State (Feb. 8) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Robert Morris (Feb. 8) ... picked up a pair of RBI with a home run against ETSU (Feb. 15) ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against UT-Martin (Feb. 16) ... collected three hits, including a home run, and an RBI against Northern Colorado (Feb. 21) ... collected a double against UT-Martin (Feb. 23) ... went 2-for-4 with a double against Penn (March 8) ... recorded a double and an RBI in a 2-for-2 performance on the road against North Florida (March 11) ... finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double against Saint Peter’s (March 22) ... exploded for four RBI and two home runs in a 3-for-4 showing on the road against Akron (April 11) ... recorded back-to-back games with two RBI in a doubleheader on the road against Buffalo (April 18), going 3-for-6 with four RBI and three runs on the day ... went 2-for-4 with a run on the road against Kent State (April 20) ... went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored on the road against IPFW (April 23) ... finished the year recording at least one hit over the last nine games, going 13-for-30 (.433) with four RBI (April 20-May 4).
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters under coach Jerry Kelbley at Westerville South H.S. ... two-time team captain for the Wildcats ... batted .511 and .462 in her junior and senior years, respectively ... earned All-Ohio Cardinal Conference honors in all four seasons, with two first-team and a pair of second-team accolades ... named MVP defense in 2010 and 2011 ... played for the Ohio Nightmare Gold 18U and Buckeye Heat 14U and 16U.
PERSONAL
Full name is Chelsea Mae Raker ... daughter of Craig and Cheri Raker ... born on Feb. 15, 1995 ... an allied and applied health science major, with a specialization in public health ... earned her undergraduate degree in May of 2017, and will begin graduate school at BGSU, pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Health Administration ... had a 3.422 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2017 semester ... after graduation, she will begin graduate school in the Northwest Ohio Consortium program between Toledo and Bowling Green, pursuing a master’s degree in public health, and will begin a graduate assistantship in the College of Health and Human Services at BGSU ... has a sister, Cheyenne, who is a junior on the women's basketball team at Ohio Northern Univ. in 2016-17 ... member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
CAREER STATISTICS
RAY-ker
RAKER AND THE FALCONS
Chelsea Raker ended her BGSU career ranked on the following school career lists...
- RBI – 88, Eighth
- Doubles – 29, 14th
- Homers – 18, T-Seventh
- Total Bases – 235, T-14th
- Slugging Pct. – .482, Ninth
- Walks – 55, 14th
- Sacrifice Flies – 8, T-Second
- Batting Avg. – .307, 12th
2017
Named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... one of four Falcons to start all 56 games ... all 56 starts came at first base ... was fourth on the team in hitting, with a .311 batting average ... led the Falcons in homers, with six, as well as slugging percentage (.491) ... also paced the Falcons in walks (26) and on-base pct. (.400), and tied for the team lead in RBI (35) ... was second on the team with 12 doubles and third with 52 hits ... scored nine runs on the year, and had a .985 fielding percentage, with just five errors in 339 total chances ... was second on the team with six multiple-RBI games, and tied for second with 15 multi-hit games ... batted third in one game, and hit in the cleanup spot in each of the other 55 ... hit a team-leading .407 in the Falcons' neutral-site games, with her 22 hits including 10 doubles in those 20 contests ... had 14 walks and 22 RBI at neutral sites, with an OBP of .522 and a slugging pct. of .704 ... had five RBI in the first two innings of the Falcons' five-inning win over Canisius ... homered in the first inning and doubled in the second ... was 2-for-2 with a walk, a run, and the five RBI in that game ... the next weekend, hit .611 in BG's five games in the Charlotte First Pitch Classic ... went 3-for-4 vs. Charlotte, then was a combined 5-for-7 as the Falcons won a pair of games vs. St. Bonaventure ... drove in six runs in the two SBU games, including four in the nightcap ... in that second game, had a double in each of her first three at-bats, tying the school record for doubles in a game ... was intentionally walked in her fourth plate appearance of that win ... was 3-of-4 with an RBI against Charlotte, her third three-hit game in the last four contests ... went 11-for-15 in that four-game span ... in her next game, had two hits vs. Drake ... doubled in that contest, and then homered against nationally-ranked Louisiana later in the day ... went 2-for-2 with a walk, a run and two RBI in BG's run-rule win over Green Bay ... earlier that day, had a walk, a double and an RBI against Indiana State ... on the day, was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two walks, three RBI and a slugging pct. of 1.000 ... the next day, was 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in a win over ISU ... her homer on the first pitch of the seventh inning broke a 4-4 tie and lifted BGSU to a victory at Western Kentucky ... had a double, a homer and four RBI in BG's win over Eastern Kentucky at the Ole Miss Classic ... her double plated two runners in the first inning, and her two-run homer gave the Brown and Orange a four-run lead in the sixth ... was 3-for-3 with a homer against Indiana on day one of the Hoosier Classic ... the next day, had a walk and a double in three plate appearances vs. UIC ... hit .455 (5-for-11) with a slugging pct. of .818 in the Falcons' four games in Bloomington ... had a base hit in three trips against No. 19 Michigan, lining a ball to the wall in left-center ... was 2-for-3 in the second game of a DH at Central Michigan ... the next day, walked twice in a win over the Chippewas ... the second base on balls set the table for a five-run fourth inning ... had two hits and drove in a run vs. Northern Illinois ... drove in a run in each end of the Miami DH at Meserve Field ... had the game-winning RBI with a run-scoring single in game two of that twinbill, a 2-0 BG win ... was 3-or-3 in the opening game of the Eastern Michigan series ... the next day, her bases-loaded single plated two runs, erasing a 1-0 BG deficit and giving the Falcons the lead for good in a 3-1 win over the Eagles ... hit a long homer in the Falcons' game at Miami ... had a hit in each end of BG's doubleheader sweep of Buffalo, driving in what proved to be the winning run in the opener, a 2-0 victory ... had a walk in each game of the DH at Ohio ... went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in her final home game, an 8-2 Senior Day win over Akron ... had a double in the opening game of the Kent State DH.
2016
Was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in February ... also was named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 52 of BGSU's 54 games, starting all 52 ... made 23 starts at first base, 21 at third base and eight at shortstop ... batted in the number-three spot in the order in each of her 52 contests ... hit .286 with an on-base percentage of .373 and a slugging pct. of .441 ... was second on the Falcons in slugging and third on the team in OBP ... led the team with 161 at-bats, and tied for the team lead with 21 walks ... was second on the Falcons in both homers, with five, and extra-base hits, with 14 ... had eight doubles and a triple ... was second on BG with 23 RBI and 71 total bases, and finished third on the Falcons in doubles ... scored 17 runs on the year ... started all 23 of BGSU's MAC games, with a .993 fielding percentage in the league ... had just one error in 137 total chances in conference competition ... tied for third on the Falcons in RBI in league play ... overall on the year, reached base 13 times in 22 opportunities when leading off an inning, for a team-best success rate of .591 ... had 12 multiple-hit games, tied for most on the team ... had three games with three hits or more, including one of BG's two four-hit contests on the year ... also had five multi-RBI contests, tying her for second on the Falcons ... hit .415 when playing third base, going 27-for-65 in those games ... batted .417 in the month of March, going 25-for-60 ... in the season opener, her first game since 2014, had a double and drove in two runs vs. Morehead State (Feb. 13) ... went 2-for-4 with another double, a run and an RBI vs. Cleveland State the next day ... the following weekend, had a homer and four RBI against Morehead State (Feb. 20) ... was 2-for-2 with a walk and a run against Dartmouth (Feb. 27), reaching base in all four plate appearances in that win ... in her next game, went 4-for-4 with four extra-base hits, a walk, a run and two RBI in a win over Morgan State (March 5) ... had two doubles, a triple and a homer in that win ... also drew a walk in that game, reaching base in all five appearances ... was 3-for-4 vs. Towson the next day, before going 2-of-4 in a rematch vs. Morgan State later that afternoon ... was named MAC Player of the Week on March 9 for her efforts in those games vs. MSU and Towson ... hit .750, with nine hits in 12 at-bats, in those three contests ... also on that same day (March 9), was named the MAC's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week ... beginning on Feb. 26 and extending into that first weekend in March, had a streak in which she reached base in an incredible 11 consecutive plate appearances ... after hitting a fly ball to right field that was caught in the Towson game, then proceeded to get four hits in her next five at-bats ... beginning with the Dartmouth game, had eight multiple-hit games in a 10-game span, batting .645 (20-of-31) during that time ... had a slugging pct. of .903 in those 10 games ... was 2-for-3 against both North Dakota (March 11) and Hartford (March 12) on back-to-back days, with a walk and an RBI in the latter game ... was 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, a run and an RBI vs. South Dakota (March 13) ... was nominated for Hero of the Week by the HERO Sports web site ... went 2-for-2 against nationally-ranked Notre Dame (March 17) ... walked twice and scored two runs vs. Michigan State (March 19) ... was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against IPFW (March 23) ... was 3-for-3 with a line-drive homer at Valparaiso (March 29) ... went 2-of-4 with another homer at Eastern Michigan that weekend (April 1) ... was 1-for-2 with a walk, a homer and two runs scored against Central Michigan (April 8) ... had a hit in each of BGSU's three games at Akron, with two RBI in game two of that series (April 23-24) ... picked up a hit in each of the final two games vs. Ohio, driving in a run in the first game (May 6) and scoring a run in the regular-season finale (May 7).
2015
Missed the entire season due to injury.
2014
Named to the All-MAC Second Team as well as the MAC's All-Freshman Team during her first season as a member of the Orange and Brown ... one of three Falcons to start in all 52 games, playing the majority of the season at third base ... led the team with a .325 batting average, collecting 52 hits in 160 at bats ... her 16 extra-base hits included a team-best nine doubles ... ranked second on the Falcons with seven home runs ... also was second on the team with 30 RBI, 82 total bases and a .513 slugging percentage ... recorded five sacrifice hits ... stole five bases in six attempts ... totaled 66 putouts and 116 assists to finish with a .924 fielding percentage ... recorded her first collegiate hit with a home run on the road against Cleveland State (Feb. 8) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Robert Morris (Feb. 8) ... picked up a pair of RBI with a home run against ETSU (Feb. 15) ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against UT-Martin (Feb. 16) ... collected three hits, including a home run, and an RBI against Northern Colorado (Feb. 21) ... collected a double against UT-Martin (Feb. 23) ... went 2-for-4 with a double against Penn (March 8) ... recorded a double and an RBI in a 2-for-2 performance on the road against North Florida (March 11) ... finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double against Saint Peter’s (March 22) ... exploded for four RBI and two home runs in a 3-for-4 showing on the road against Akron (April 11) ... recorded back-to-back games with two RBI in a doubleheader on the road against Buffalo (April 18), going 3-for-6 with four RBI and three runs on the day ... went 2-for-4 with a run on the road against Kent State (April 20) ... went 3-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored on the road against IPFW (April 23) ... finished the year recording at least one hit over the last nine games, going 13-for-30 (.433) with four RBI (April 20-May 4).
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four varsity letters under coach Jerry Kelbley at Westerville South H.S. ... two-time team captain for the Wildcats ... batted .511 and .462 in her junior and senior years, respectively ... earned All-Ohio Cardinal Conference honors in all four seasons, with two first-team and a pair of second-team accolades ... named MVP defense in 2010 and 2011 ... played for the Ohio Nightmare Gold 18U and Buckeye Heat 14U and 16U.
PERSONAL
Full name is Chelsea Mae Raker ... daughter of Craig and Cheri Raker ... born on Feb. 15, 1995 ... an allied and applied health science major, with a specialization in public health ... earned her undergraduate degree in May of 2017, and will begin graduate school at BGSU, pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Health Administration ... had a 3.422 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2017 semester ... after graduation, she will begin graduate school in the Northwest Ohio Consortium program between Toledo and Bowling Green, pursuing a master’s degree in public health, and will begin a graduate assistantship in the College of Health and Human Services at BGSU ... has a sister, Cheyenne, who is a junior on the women's basketball team at Ohio Northern Univ. in 2016-17 ... member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014.... .325 52-52 160 19 52 9 0 7 30 82 .513 8 2 37 0 .354 5 1 5-6 66 116 15 .924 2015.... 0 2016.... .286 52-52 161 17 46 8 1 5 23 71 .441 21 2 34 1 .373 1 0 1-1 186 62 13 .950 2017.... .311 56-56 167 9 52 12 0 6 35 82 .491 26 0 21 1 .400 2 0 0-0 325 9 5 .985 TOTAL... .307 160-160 488 45 150 29 1 18 88 235 .482 55 4 92 2 .377 8 1 6-7 577 187 33 .959
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