Rachel Proehl

Photo by: Doug Sampson

Position:
Outfielder
Class:
Senior
High School:
Zane Trace
Hometown:
Kingston, Ohio

2011: Started all 44 games in the outfield, hitting in the second spot in the batting order in each game … One of three players to hit over .300, finishing at .317 … Led the team in at-bats (142), hits (45), and triples (3), while tying for the team lead with seven stolen bases … Also ranked second on the team with 22 runs scored … Her three triples tied for the most in the MAC and ranked among the top 100 in the country … Also ranked among the 60 toughest players to strike out in the nation with just eight strikeouts on the season … Her .314 career batting average ranks as the sixth-highest in program history … Named to the Phyllis Rafter Memorial All-Tournament Team after hitting .533 (8-for-15) with a double, a triple, and four runs scored in five games at the event … Has the highest success advancing runners percentage on the team, moving runners over 56 percent of the time … Finished the year with a seven-game hitting streak, the longest on the team all season, batting .414 during the stretch … Had a team-high 15 multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 performance at Northern Illinois and a 3-for-7 outing in a 14-inning win over Ball State … Scored four runs in a 14-0 win over Detroit … Her 19 career sacrifice bunts is tied for 14th most in program history.

2010: Started all 42 games for the Falcons … Led the team in at-bats with 128, hits with 39, and sacrifice bunts with 10 … One of four players to hit over .300 on the year with a .305 batting average … Had a perfect fielding percentage in 38 attempts … Had a team-best 52.2 percent success rate on advancing runners … Had nine multi-hit games, including picking up three hits on two occasions … Finished the year with a season-best six game hitting streak … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in a 5-3 win over Buffalo.

2009: Started 24 games at short-stop for the Falcons before being sidelined due to an injury until the MAC Tournament . . . led the team with a .324 batting average . . . recorded 24 hits, a double, 10 runs scored and four RBIs . . . recorded at least one hit in 16 of the 24 games she appeared at the plate, including six multiple hit games . . . recorded her first career collegiate hit in the Falcons’ season opener against North Florida (Feb. 13) and went on to record six hits in the Falcons’ first four games of the season with two multiple hit games and two RBIs . . . posted a four game hitting streak from Feb. 27th to March 6th with three runs scored and a six game hitting streak from March 15th to April 3rd tallying 10 hits in six games with a double, six runs scored and two RBIs, which included her first career collegiate extra base hit and double in the Falcons’ sweep over Toledo (March 28) . . . recorded 39 assists and 14 put outs at short-stop.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Zane Trace High School . . . also earned a letter in track and field . . . helped the Pioneers to three consecutive undefeated Scioto Valley Conference seasons (2006-08), a Division III State runner-up finish in 2005 and a district championship in 2008 . . . a three-time first team All-SVC selection and two-time SVC Player of the Year . . . as a senior hit a career best .652 batting average and .739 on base percentage earning first team All-SVC and first team all-state honors and was named SVC and District Player of the Year . . . also earned a second team All-SVC selection as a freshman, second team all-district and all-state honorable mention as sophomore and first team all-district and second team all-state as a junior . . . was a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Full name is Rachel Anne Proehl . . .daughter of Randy and Kimberly Proehl ... born October 5, 1989 . . . a pre-physical therapy major with a 3.238 grade-point average through the fall 2009 semester . . . played travel ball for the Central Ohio Stingrays.