#10 Rachel Allen 2023-24 Softball Roster

AS A SENIOR (2025)

• Played in 53 games with 50 starts
• Hit .266 with 11 extra base hits
• Recorded a .290 average and 14 RBI in ACC play
• Launched a career-high six home runs and five doubles
• Drove in 24 and scored 12 times
• Had 12 multi-hit games and had an on-base streak of 13 and hit streak of eight during the year
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run and a career-high four RBI at #17 Duke (April 17)
• Hit a 2-run homer down the left field line against #23 San Diego State that proved to be the difference in a 5-4 win (Feb. 28)
• Drove in the game-winning run in the seventh inning at Louisville with a single up the middle (March 8)
• Scored a pair of runs and drove in two in the 15-4 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 23)
• Smacked a home run to center field in her final game at Melissa Cook Stadium against #5 Oregon (April 28)
• Bunted for a single in her final game with Notre Dame against North Carolina in the ACC Championship (May 7)

AS A JUNIOR (2024)

• Started 39 games, appearing in 45
• Started all 39 as the team’s designated player
• Hit for a .254 average with nine extra base hits
• Connected on five doubles and four home runs
• Drove in 25 runs and scored seven times
• Recorded seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games
• Recorded a four game hit streak and a five game reached base streak
• Began the year with an RBI pinch hit single in the 3-0 win over Central Arkansas (Feb. 9)
• Season-best 3-hit effort in the 7-1 win over #20 Utah at the Mary Nutter Classic, driving in three runs (Feb. 24)
• Hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the seventh to send the nightcap of the Bowling Green doubleheader to extras before eventually delivering the game-winning hit in the eighth inning (March 12)
• Hit her second home run of the year at North Carolina, leading the Irish to a 10-5 victory (March 29)
• Drove in three runs as part of a 1-for-3 effort with a home run in the 6-5 victory over #21/20 Clemson (April 21)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023)

• Appeared in 23 games making 12 starts
• Hit for a .213 average (10-for-47) with three home runs
• Drove in nine runs and scored three times
• Added three multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs twice
• Got her first collegiate start as the designated player on opening night against #22 Arizona State (Feb. 10)
• Drove in the game-winning run in walk-off fashion against CSUN (Feb. 11) as part of a 2-for-4 effort
• Homered against Ohio State (Feb. 18), NC State (March 10) and IUPUI (March 28)
• Drove in a season-high three runs against IUPUI (March 28)

AS A FRESHMAN (2022)

• Appeared in seven games in her rookie season
• In six at bats, finished 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run
• Drove in three and scored once
• Made her collegiate debut on opening weekend against Boston University (Feb. 12), as she was hit by a pitch
• First collegiate hit was a double against Bucknell (Feb. 12)
• First career RBI came with a pinch hit double in the win over Princeton (Feb. 26)
• Hit her first career homer, a shot to left field that cleared the bleachers at Melissa Cook Stadium, to drive in two in a five-inning victory over Loyola Chicago (March 29)

Prep and personal

• No. 61 nationally ranked player in her class
• Senior captain on the Palos Verdes High team
• Team MVP, Bay League Player of the Year
• First team All-League in each season of eligibility
• Daily Breeze all-area and CIF first team all-area
• .500 career average
• Last full season, hit 10 home runs, scored 31 times and drove in 38
• Played for the same club team that produced Irish teammate Carlli Kloss
• Member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation
• Earned the Palos Verdes Assembly Presidential Service award all four years of high school
• Received a Mayor and City Council Certificate of Recognition for community involvement and service during the COVID-19 pandemic