AT SJSU: A four-year letterwinner that ended her career as a Mountain West champion in 2015 ... Was the Spartans' most experienced player on the roster, guiding the team as a captain all the way to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000.
2015: Anchored the Spartans' stingy defense from the centerback position during most of the year ... Part of a backline that shut Mountain West foes down to the tune of a league-best 0.53 goals against average ... Led a backline which held the league's top goal scorer in Colorado College's Sarah Schweiss to just two shots in a Spartan victory on the road ... Voted by the coaches as the team's most inspirational player in her final year.
2014: Competed in 11 matched while making 10 starts ... Took four shots on the year with one on goal against UC Davis (8/29) ... Ended the year with 797 minutes played.
2013: Made seven starts in 15 matches played, recording 765 minutes ... Played at least 80 minutes in four matches, including a season-high 90 minutes at San Francisco (8/30).
2012: One of six players to appear in every San Jose State match ... Started 17 of those and logged a total of 1,404 minutes on the field ... Scored her first collegiate goal, a game-winner, in the Seattle match (10/14)...Took four shots, two of which were between the pipes ... Fired her first shot against California (8/19) ... Played at least 90 minutes in eight matches.
ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2012 from St. Francis High School in Calgary, Alta ... Played for Head Coach Mario Moretti in the Calgary High School Conference ... Earned academic honors with distinction her sophomore, junior, and senior year.
MORE ON RACHEL: Will graduate with a finance degree in the spring of 2016 ... Played club soccer with the Calgary Blizzard Threat for Coach Glenn Ramsay with fellow Spartan Mikaella Meibock ... Team earned a Bronze medal at the 2010 BMO National Cup after going 3-0-0 in the preliminary round ... Was selected to train at a Canada Soccer National Training Centre, also with Meibock ... The native of Edmonton, Alberta now calls Calgary, Alberta, home.