2024-25 Softball Roster

#10 Rachel Allen 2023-24 Softball Roster

Catcher


Class Senior
Height 5-6
B/T R/R
Hometown Palos Verdes, Calif.
High School Palos Verdes
Rachel Allen - Softball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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