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CAREER: A career .333 hitter in 16 career games played ... Saw playing time as a backup right fielder in 2012 ... A three-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2012: Finished 1-for-2 (.500) in reserve duty as a sophomore ... Played in five games ... Recorded a putout in right field ... Named a 2012 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete as well as a 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection ... Made her season debut as a pinch runner in the home opener vs. SIU-Edwardsville ... Appeared as a pinch-hitter in the opening game of the Bulldog Classic against Columbia ... Went 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in the run-rule win vs. Jackson State at home, before taking over right field and making a diving game-ending catch to secure the win ... Played right field in game two of the doubleheader Senior Day sweep vs. Tennessee Tech ... Saw action as a pinch hitter in the regular-season finale at Auburn. 2011: Named a 2011 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Played in 11 games, recording one hit and one run in four at bats ... Notched her first-career hit and scored her first run as a Bulldog in a pinch-hit role against Mississippi Valley State on April 19. PRE-COLLEGE: Enjoyed an outstanding prep career playing for Mark Balderston at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas ... A three-time All-Sunflower League selection ... Also earned three All-Sun County Team honors from the Johnson County Sun newspaper ... Tabbed Most Valuable Player in the Missouri/Kansas All-Star Series ... Put together a sensational junior campaign, setting the SMNW single-season records for hits (40) while batting .491 with seven doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs ... She also drove in 31 runs while scoring 36 times on the year ... Nabbed All-League and First-Team All-Sun County accolades for her accomplishments during the 2009 season ... Batted .408 as a sophomore and contributed 43 runs while earning second team All-Sunflower League and All-Sun County ... Hit .379 and drove in 12 runs while scoring seven more her freshman year ... Earned a spot on Shawnee Mission Northwest's Academic Honor Roll each year since she was a freshman ... Played travel softball with the Desoto Belles and coaches Greg Heinrich and Steve Fulk ... Earned USSSA All-State accolades after hitting a Belles' single-season record .407 with 48 hits, 36 runs, 40 RBI, 12 home runs and 14 stolen bases ... Compiled an .808 slugging percentage while reaching base at a .451 clip ... Earned MVP honors at three ASA/NSA 18U tournaments ... Also played volleyball and basketball prior to her senior season. PERSONAL: Born Rachael Margaret Zdeb on Dec. 10, 1991, in Overland Park, Kan. ... Daughter of Joe and Diane Zdeb ... Her father, Joe, played professional baseball for the Kansas City Royals ... Has two brothers, Joey and Josh ... Majoring in kinesiology (CLEP). CAREER HIGHS AB 1, 6x, last vs. Jackson State, 4/10/12 R 1 vs. Mississippi Valley State, 4/19/11 H 1, 2x, last vs. Jackson State, 4/10/12 RBI NONE 2B NONE 3B NONE HR NONE BB NONE SB NONE |
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