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2023 Cowgirl Softball Roster
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Becker, Rachel
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Jersey Number 15
Rachel Becker
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Lake Community
- Hometown:
- Lindenhurst, Ill.
Bio
2021 First Team All-Big Ten
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2022 First Team Academic All-Big Ten
2022 First Team All-Big Ten
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America
2022 NFCA First Team All-Region
2022 NFCA Third Team All-America
2023 D1Softball First Team All-America
2023 NFCA Second Team All-America
2023 Softball America Third Team All-America
2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
2023 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region
2023 (Graduate): Following a standout career at Purdue, Becker transferred to Oklahoma State in search of season at the very highest level and proved herself by being a second-team All-America honoree by the NFCA (at-large-second base), a first-team All-America honoree by D1Softball (utility player) and a third-team All-America honoree by Softball America (second base) ... First team All-Big 12, second team NFCA All-Region and a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year ... Earned CSC Academic All-America honors for the first time and CSC Academic All-District recognition for the third straight year ... The NCAA leader in doubles (22) ... Ranked in the top 10 nationally with 81 hits (sixth), a .558 on base percentage (eighth) and 0.35 doubles per game (ninth) ... Set an OSU program record by reaching base safely in 49 consecutive games from to February 10 to April 29 ... The Big 12 leader with a .443 batting average, a mark that ranked 11th nationally ... Also led the conference in doubles, doubles per game, hits and on base percentage ... A critical factor in Oklahoma State advancing to the Women’s College World Series ... Had at least one hit in six of her eight games during the Cowgirls’ postseason run ... Through the first 27 games of the year, she had a .527 batting average ... Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles against Maryland on February 12 ... Posted a 2-for-4 showing at the plate with two RBI in a 10-9 win over No. 8/9 Virginia Tech on February 17 ...  Tallied a pair of hits and three runs scored against No. 5/6 Florida State on March 11 ... Hit her first home run as a Cowgirl – a game winner – in the ninth inning of Oklahoma State’s 3-1 victory at Tulsa on March 29 ... Posted a season-high three RBI as she unloaded the bases with a double against Incarnate Word on April 1 ... Tallied a pair of hits – including a two-run homer – against Iowa State on April 14 ... Notched three hits against No. 1/1 Oklahoma on May 6 ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship on May 11 ... Hit a clutch two-RBI single against Nebraska to give OSU the lead in the seventh inning of the NCAA Stillwater Regional final on May 21 ... Tallied two runs and two RBI to go along with her 2-for-3 performance against Oregon in game two of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 26 to send OSU to its fourth-consecutive NCAA WCWS.
2022 (Senior at Purdue): Made history as the second Boilermaker to be named an NFCA All-American after being voted third team at-large shortstop ... Claimed Purdue’s career runs record in her final season in West Lafayette, amassing 149 in four seasons ... Honored with All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region recognition for the second-consecutive season ... Named a CoSIDA third team Academic All-American ... Led the Big Ten in batting average (.429) for the second-consecutive season and became the second player in Purdue history to hit .400 or better in back-to-back seasons ... Finished her Boilermaker career ranked second in batting average (.394) and doubles (48), third in walks (100) and assists (473) and fifth in slugging percentage (.542) ... Started in 187 games as a Boilermaker, which equates to every possible game of her Purdue career ... Ended the year with top single-season marks in on base percentage (third, .522), slugging percentage (fifth, .662) and doubles (tied-fifth, 15) ... Scored at least one run in each game of the Boilermakers first seven games of the season from February 11-18 ... Went 7-for-13 (.538) at the Purple and Gold Challenge from February 25-27 ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in a shutout victory against Lafayette College on March 11 ... Tied a career-high in runs scored with three against Toldeo on March 11 ... Ended the regular season on an eight-game hitting streak and scored at least one in each of the last seven.Â
2021 (Junior at Purdue): Earned first team All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region honors after breakout season highlighted by Purdue single-season program record .479 batting average, which led the Big Ten conference, ranked fifth in the NCAA and ranks fifth-best in Big Ten conference history ... Tied the program single season record for doubles with 18 ... Slugged her way to a .683 season percentage, which ranks second in Purdue program history ... Finished the year with a .539 on-base percentage, which also ranked second in Purdue history ... Recorded a conference-record 68 hits against Big Ten opponents ... Led the league with 40 runs scored ... Started all 44 games ... Registered at least one hit in 36 of those starts ... Totaled 22 multi-hit performances: one four-hit game – a career best against Rutgers on February 28 – eight three-hit games and 13 two-hit games ... Started the year with a 6-for-7 (.857) showing at the plate and three runs scored in a two game set with Michigan State on February 23 and 25 ... Totaled six hits and scored five runs in a pair of games against Rutgers on February 28 ... Pieced together a nine-game hitting streak from April 17 to May 2 ... Went 6-for-8 (.750) with four runs scored and two RBI during a doubleheader with Ohio State on May 1 ... Recorded at least one hit in 16 of the Boilermakers’ last 17 contests from April 17 to May 16 and had two or more hits in nine games during that stretch.
2020 (Sophomore at Purdue): Started all 25 games before the season got cut short due to the COVID pandemic ... Tallied a team-high 84 at-bats .... Ranked second among all Boilermakers in runs with 18 and tied second in hits with 23 ... Notched five doubles ... Recorded a .344 on-base percentage ... Scored two runs in three consecutive games against Indiana State and FAU on February 8 and against FAU on February 9 ... Â Posted five-game hitting streaks on two separate occasions: to open the season from February 7 to February 9 and again from February 29 to March 7.
2019 (Freshman at Purdue): Started all 63 games … Set Purdue program single season record with 41 walks on the year ... Led all Boilermakers as a true freshman with 48 runs and 67 hits ... Ranked second on the team with a .354 batting average and 189 at-bats ... Totaled 19 multi-hit games on the year including three three-hit games ... Stole a pair of bases against South Alabama on March 1 and Savannah State on March 2 ... Scored a season high three runs against Savannah State on March 3 ... ended her freshman season with a two-run, three-hit performance – including her first collegiate home run – against Iowa State on May 18.
High School: Attended Lakes Community High School, where she was a four-time letterwinner in softball ... Played under Bill Hammill ... Earned All-Conference and All-Area honors in each of her four years at Lakes Community ... Also recognized as a two-time letterwinner in basketball … Played club softball for Wisconsin Lightning, where she was coached by Rick Koehn and Lance Platts.
Personal: Born in McHenry, Illinois … Daughter of John and Ami Becker … Has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Sarah … Graduated from Purdue in 2022 with a bachelor’s in chemcial engineering ... Planning to pursue a master’s in business administration at Oklahoma State.
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2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2022 First Team Academic All-Big Ten
2022 First Team All-Big Ten
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America
2022 NFCA First Team All-Region
2022 NFCA Third Team All-America
2023 D1Softball First Team All-America
2023 NFCA Second Team All-America
2023 Softball America Third Team All-America
2023 USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
2023 All-Big 12 First Team
2023 CSC Academic All-America Second Team
2023 CSC Academic All-District
2023 NFCA Second Team All-Region
2023 (Graduate): Following a standout career at Purdue, Becker transferred to Oklahoma State in search of season at the very highest level and proved herself by being a second-team All-America honoree by the NFCA (at-large-second base), a first-team All-America honoree by D1Softball (utility player) and a third-team All-America honoree by Softball America (second base) ... First team All-Big 12, second team NFCA All-Region and a top 25 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year ... Earned CSC Academic All-America honors for the first time and CSC Academic All-District recognition for the third straight year ... The NCAA leader in doubles (22) ... Ranked in the top 10 nationally with 81 hits (sixth), a .558 on base percentage (eighth) and 0.35 doubles per game (ninth) ... Set an OSU program record by reaching base safely in 49 consecutive games from to February 10 to April 29 ... The Big 12 leader with a .443 batting average, a mark that ranked 11th nationally ... Also led the conference in doubles, doubles per game, hits and on base percentage ... A critical factor in Oklahoma State advancing to the Women’s College World Series ... Had at least one hit in six of her eight games during the Cowgirls’ postseason run ... Through the first 27 games of the year, she had a .527 batting average ... Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles against Maryland on February 12 ... Posted a 2-for-4 showing at the plate with two RBI in a 10-9 win over No. 8/9 Virginia Tech on February 17 ...  Tallied a pair of hits and three runs scored against No. 5/6 Florida State on March 11 ... Hit her first home run as a Cowgirl – a game winner – in the ninth inning of Oklahoma State’s 3-1 victory at Tulsa on March 29 ... Posted a season-high three RBI as she unloaded the bases with a double against Incarnate Word on April 1 ... Tallied a pair of hits – including a two-run homer – against Iowa State on April 14 ... Notched three hits against No. 1/1 Oklahoma on May 6 ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship on May 11 ... Hit a clutch two-RBI single against Nebraska to give OSU the lead in the seventh inning of the NCAA Stillwater Regional final on May 21 ... Tallied two runs and two RBI to go along with her 2-for-3 performance against Oregon in game two of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 26 to send OSU to its fourth-consecutive NCAA WCWS.
2022 (Senior at Purdue): Made history as the second Boilermaker to be named an NFCA All-American after being voted third team at-large shortstop ... Claimed Purdue’s career runs record in her final season in West Lafayette, amassing 149 in four seasons ... Honored with All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region recognition for the second-consecutive season ... Named a CoSIDA third team Academic All-American ... Led the Big Ten in batting average (.429) for the second-consecutive season and became the second player in Purdue history to hit .400 or better in back-to-back seasons ... Finished her Boilermaker career ranked second in batting average (.394) and doubles (48), third in walks (100) and assists (473) and fifth in slugging percentage (.542) ... Started in 187 games as a Boilermaker, which equates to every possible game of her Purdue career ... Ended the year with top single-season marks in on base percentage (third, .522), slugging percentage (fifth, .662) and doubles (tied-fifth, 15) ... Scored at least one run in each game of the Boilermakers first seven games of the season from February 11-18 ... Went 7-for-13 (.538) at the Purple and Gold Challenge from February 25-27 ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in a shutout victory against Lafayette College on March 11 ... Tied a career-high in runs scored with three against Toldeo on March 11 ... Ended the regular season on an eight-game hitting streak and scored at least one in each of the last seven.Â
2021 (Junior at Purdue): Earned first team All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region honors after breakout season highlighted by Purdue single-season program record .479 batting average, which led the Big Ten conference, ranked fifth in the NCAA and ranks fifth-best in Big Ten conference history ... Tied the program single season record for doubles with 18 ... Slugged her way to a .683 season percentage, which ranks second in Purdue program history ... Finished the year with a .539 on-base percentage, which also ranked second in Purdue history ... Recorded a conference-record 68 hits against Big Ten opponents ... Led the league with 40 runs scored ... Started all 44 games ... Registered at least one hit in 36 of those starts ... Totaled 22 multi-hit performances: one four-hit game – a career best against Rutgers on February 28 – eight three-hit games and 13 two-hit games ... Started the year with a 6-for-7 (.857) showing at the plate and three runs scored in a two game set with Michigan State on February 23 and 25 ... Totaled six hits and scored five runs in a pair of games against Rutgers on February 28 ... Pieced together a nine-game hitting streak from April 17 to May 2 ... Went 6-for-8 (.750) with four runs scored and two RBI during a doubleheader with Ohio State on May 1 ... Recorded at least one hit in 16 of the Boilermakers’ last 17 contests from April 17 to May 16 and had two or more hits in nine games during that stretch.
2020 (Sophomore at Purdue): Started all 25 games before the season got cut short due to the COVID pandemic ... Tallied a team-high 84 at-bats .... Ranked second among all Boilermakers in runs with 18 and tied second in hits with 23 ... Notched five doubles ... Recorded a .344 on-base percentage ... Scored two runs in three consecutive games against Indiana State and FAU on February 8 and against FAU on February 9 ... Â Posted five-game hitting streaks on two separate occasions: to open the season from February 7 to February 9 and again from February 29 to March 7.
2019 (Freshman at Purdue): Started all 63 games … Set Purdue program single season record with 41 walks on the year ... Led all Boilermakers as a true freshman with 48 runs and 67 hits ... Ranked second on the team with a .354 batting average and 189 at-bats ... Totaled 19 multi-hit games on the year including three three-hit games ... Stole a pair of bases against South Alabama on March 1 and Savannah State on March 2 ... Scored a season high three runs against Savannah State on March 3 ... ended her freshman season with a two-run, three-hit performance – including her first collegiate home run – against Iowa State on May 18.
High School: Attended Lakes Community High School, where she was a four-time letterwinner in softball ... Played under Bill Hammill ... Earned All-Conference and All-Area honors in each of her four years at Lakes Community ... Also recognized as a two-time letterwinner in basketball … Played club softball for Wisconsin Lightning, where she was coached by Rick Koehn and Lance Platts.
Personal: Born in McHenry, Illinois … Daughter of John and Ami Becker … Has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Sarah … Graduated from Purdue in 2022 with a bachelor’s in chemcial engineering ... Planning to pursue a master’s in business administration at Oklahoma State.
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