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Rachel Becker Season 2019

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PositionINF
YearFreshman
HometownLindenhurst, Ill.
B/TR/L

2021 / AS A JUNIOR

  • 2021 First Team All-Big Ten
  • 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Played in all 44 games with 44 starts
  • Set the Purdue single-season batting average record with a .479, also good for fifth-best by a Big Ten player in league history
  • Set the Big Ten conference-only games record with 40 runs
  • Tied for the Purdue record with 18 doubles with Katie Crabtree (2001)
  • Produced a .683 slugging %, second-highest in program history and best since Jenny Behan (.654 in 2019)
  • Recorded 68 hits, the most by a Big Ten player during a conference play in league history
  • Secured an on-base % of .539, tying Jenny Behan (2018) for the second-best mark in Purdue history
  • Finished the season ranked fifth in the nation in batting average (.479)
  • Ranked in the top-9 in the nation in three categories and was among the top-24 in five
  • Led the league in runs scored (40) and hits (68)
  • Ranked second in the league in on-base % (.539) and doubles (18)
  • Registered at least one hit in 36 of 44 total games
  • Recorded three home runs: vs. Nebraska (March 14), at Illinois (April 18) and at Wisconsin (Game 1 of 2 on May 15)
  • Earned a walk 20 times
  • Reached base in 17 straight games to end the season
  • Secured season-highs with a .526 batting average, three runs and four hits vs. Rutgers on February 28 (Game 2 of 2)
  • Recorded four putouts vs. Nebraska on March 14 and vs. Northwestern on May 8 (Game 2 of 2)
  • Hit a .400 or above batting average in 40 straight games
  • Registered at least a .500 batting averaging in four straight games (Feb. 28-March 12).
  • Posted double-digit runs in 12 games, including three straight outings to end the season at Wisconsin

2020 / AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Started all 25 games, one of just two Boilermakers to do so
  • Led the team with 84 at-bats
  • Second on the team in runs (18) and ties for the second-most in hits (23)
  • Notched five doubles and a triple
  • Recorded a .344 on-base % over 25 games and a team-leading 84 at-bats

2019 / FRESHMAN

  • Appeared and started all 63 games
  • Set the Purdue record 41 walks, the most since Andrea Hillsey (40 in each the 2005 and 2003 seasons)
  • Second on the team with a .354 batting average
  • Second on the team with 189 at-bats
  • Led the team with 48 runs and 67 hits
  • Scored three runs vs Savannah State (3/3/2019)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • A two sport athlete at Lakes Community High School, lettering in softball and basketball
  • Four-time all-conference and all-area selection
  • Earned all-state honors her junior season after hitting .540
  • Guided the Eagles to a regional title as a freshman
  • Was a member of Lakes Community’s Student-Athlete Leadership team 
CLUB TEAM
  • Played for Wisconsin Lightening
  • Honored as the Best Hitter at the On Deck National Elite Camp in Georgia
PERSONAL
  • Full name: Rachel Lynn Becker
  • Major: biomedical engineering
  • City Born: McHenry, Ill.
  • Parents: John and Ami Becker
  • Siblings: Matthew (brother), Sarah (sister)
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Senior
2022

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Junior
2021

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Sophomore
2020

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