Rachael Ratcliffe

Height:
6-1
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Notre Dame Cathedral Latin
Hometown:
Bristolville, Ohio

As a Sophomore (2013): Started all 51 games ...Named MAC East Player of the Week on April 29 for the first time inher career ... Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention ... Blasted 10home runs on the season, which ranked sixth in the MAC for the yearand seventh all-time in program history ... Launched first careergrand slam in a 5-0 win at Western Michigan (April 27) ... Went3-for-4 with one double, one triple, one home run, and aseason-high five RBI in a 10-4 victory over St. Francis (Pa.) (May1) ... Led the team with a .536 slugging percentage, 81 total basesand a career-high 10 home runs, including a streak of four homeruns in four games ... Reached base safely in 11-straight games ...Posted a team-high 11 multi-RBI games ... Scored 25 runs with 36RBI, putting her in the top-10 in the league for the season ... Aremarkable 24 of her 36 RBI came with two outs.

As a Freshman (2012): Started all 54 games inher first season as a Zip ... Finished second on the team with15multi-hit games, nine home runs, 33 RBI and 85 total bases ... Drewa team-high 19 walks ... Recorded a .567 slugging percentage on theyear (.706 mark in neutral games) ... Launched her first careerhome run in a 13-3 win over Southern (Feb. 11) ... Went 3-for-3with two RBI in the win over George Mason (March 3) ... Knocked ina season high three RBI twice, vs. Niagara (April 3) and NorthernIllinois (April 21) ... Tied a team-best three sacrifice flies ...Recorded 37 putouts and an assist against four errors for a .905fielding percentage.

At Notre Dame Cathedral Latin HighSchool: Was named All-Steel Valley Conference as afreshman and sophomore and first team All-North Coast League as ajunior ... also as a junior named team MVP, All-Ohio honorablemention and Geagua News Herald All-Stars first team ... led herteam to the conference and district championship in 2008 and 2009... as a sophomore led her team to the regional championship andDivision II state final four ... regional runner-up as a junior ...posted a .410 batting average as a freshman, .417 as a sophomoreand .393 in her junior season ... also is a school record holderand state qualifier in the 100 backstroke.

Personal: Daughter of David and Terri Ratcliffe... Majoring in exercise science - strength and conditioning.