Rachel Winters

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Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Canton
Hometown:
Plymouth, Mich.

2017
Named to Academic All-MAC team ... one of three Falcons selected to MAC All-Tournament team ... competed in and started all 21 matches for the Falcons ... played 1,558 minutes for an average of 74.2 per match ... clocked full time on pitch in three matches and played season-high 107 minutes in 1-1 draw at Ohio ... finished career with 70 games played, 68 starts, and 5,881 minutes ... scored four goals in 2017 after entering with only one in first three seasons, which she scored in 2014 ... all four goals were game-winners ... scored regular season goals in 2-0 shutouts of Morehead State and Wright State ... in MAC Tournament, scored game-winning goal in quarterfinal against Buffalo and semifinal at #1 seed Kent State ... her four game-winners are tied for second most in a season in BGSU history ... assisted on equalizer goal during 3-1 win against CMU ... attempted 21 shots and nine shots on goal during season.

2016
Earned third letter for the Falcons … started 10 of 12 matches played this season … earned Academic All-MAC honors … marked two assists in back-to-back games, including Morehead State (Aug. 25) and Oakland (Aug. 28) … clocked over 974 minutes on the pitch this season, including nine complete games.

2015
Named to the 2015 Academic All-MAC Team ... Played in and started all 19 matches for the Falcons on the defensive backline ... Logged a team-high 1737 minutes on the pitch for BGSU ... Played in every minute of all four Falcon shutout wins on the season against Chicago State (Aug. 21), IPFW (Aug. 23) and Findlay (Sept. 8), as well as conference foe Akron (Oct. 2) ... Played a season-high 110 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Valparaiso on Sept. 13 ... Also played 99 minutes in the overtime contest at Morehead State (Aug. 28) and in the overtime loss on the road at Central Michigan (Oct. 11).

2014
Played in and started all 18 games for the Falcons at the defensive center back position … Also played every minute of all 11 MAC contests on the season … Logged a total of 1,612 minutes on the pitch for the Falcons … Part of a defensive unit that posted four shutouts on the season … Made her first career start in the season opener versus Morehead State (Aug. 22) … Notched her first career goal in the 8-0 road win at Chicago State (Sept. 7), her lone goal of the season … Totaled three shots on the year, putting two shots on goal for a .667 shots on goal percentage … Posted a shot at Chicago State, at home against Detroit (Sept. 14) and versus Ohio (Oct. 17) … Played every minute of 16 different contests on the year … Played a season-high 110 minutes in the double-overtime draw at Northern Illinois (Oct. 26) … Also saw 104 minutes of action on the pitch in the overtime loss to Central Michigan (Oct . 10) and 94 minutes in the overtime win at Akron (Oct. 5).

HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner in soccer at Canton H.S.(’14) under head coach Jeannine Reddy … Sat out her junior season to focus on club soccer … Guided her team to a 33-7-5 overall record during her first two years on the team … Earned All-Michigan Honorable Mention recognition as both a senior and a sophomore … Was also named to the All-Conference, All-Area, All-District and All-Region Teams both her sophomore and senior seasons … Helped CHS to two District Championships her sophomore and freshman seasons … Also led her team to a Regional Title and a trip to the State Semifinals in spring of 2012 … Also was a four-year letterwinner in basketball, helping Canton to a State Championship Final Four appearance … Part of the basketball team that were the state runner-ups her senior season … A member of the National Honor Society … Won the Scholar-Athlete Award.

PERSONAL
Rachel Madison Winters was born on January 20, 1996 in Southfield, Michigan … a finance major at BGSU ... had a 3.166 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2018 semester ... Daughter of Jason and Julie Winters … The second of three children … Has two sisters … Played club soccer for the Michigan Hawks ECNL that were the ECNL National Runner-Ups and won the Michigan State Cup (U13, U15), the Midwest Regional Championship (U13, U14) and the 2013-14 Great Lakes Division Championship.