2004 Softball Roster
Roster
Rachel Park
- Position:
- Second Base
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Friendship Christian
- Hometown:
- Mt. Juliet, Tenn.
Senior Year:CoSIDA Academic All-District I Second Team … Started 52 games at second base … Hit .248 with a career-high 24 runs scored, the seventh-best season total in school history … Fourth on the team with 14 runs batted in … Led the team with 16 sacrifices … Recorded 12 multi-hit games, including three three-hit efforts … Had three hits versus Washington … Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI against Pennsylvania … Had two hits, three runs scored and three RBI in the first game against Virginia Tech … Tied the school record with three walks in the first game against Canisius … Tied for SU’s all-time hit lead with 164 in her four seasons … Finished her career among SU’s all-time top five in most categories, including batting average (2nd, .294), slugging percentage (5th, .379), on-base percentage (4th, .350), games played (3rd, 180), games started (3rd, 178), runs scored (2nd, 74), doubles (3rd, 22), runs batted in (3rd, 56), total bases (2nd, 211), walks (2nd, 42) and sacrifices (2nd, 37) Received the team’s Abbie Bigelow Award for Courage … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.
Junior Year:NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Northeast Region Second Team … Started all 42 games at second base … Led the team with a .382 batting average and 52 hits, both of which were second on the SU single-season ledger … Set career highs with 22 runs scored, 10 doubles, four home runs, a .544 slugging percentage and a .408 on-base percentage … Second on the team with 22 runs batted in … Named the team's Most Valuable Player … Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on February 24 … Had two hits in the season-opener to extend her hitting streak to a school-record 11 games … Also had a nine-game hitting streak from April 13-27 … Hit a home run in her first at-bat of the season … Had nine multi-hit games in SU's first 18 outings … Finished the season with a team-best 16 multi-hit games … Became the first player in SU history with two career four-hit games (Pennsylvania and Siena) … Had a string of four consecutive two-hit games from February 22-March 2 … Set the single-game records with four runs scored and five runs batted in against Siena … Finished the doubleheader 6-for-8 with a home run, six RBI and five runs scored … Hit the first of SU's first-ever back-to-back-to-back home runs against Notre Dame … Had three hits in the first game at Pittsburgh and five for the doubleheader … Had a hit and scored a run in each of the two games against Villanova … Verizon Academic All-District I Second Team selection … Named to the athletic director's honor roll in the fall and spring … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Sophomore Year: Set career highs in hits (42), doubles (4), home runs (2) and runs batted in (20) … Her 20 RBI ranked fourth on the team … Hit safely in 15 of the last 16 games of the season, including 6 multi-hit games … Tied the school record with a ten-game hitting streak, batting .432 during that stretch (16-for-37) … Went 3-for-3 with a double in the final game of the season vs. Notre Dame … Third on the team in fielding percentage, (minimum 20 chances) committing just 4 errors in 137 chances … Started all 46 games at second base … Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in both semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
2001: Redshirted after suffering torn anterior cruciate ligament in preseason practice … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
Freshman Year: Played in 40 games, starting 38 … Second on the team in batting (.279) … Fourth on the squad with 31 hits … Scored 15 runs and drove in six others … Had three doubles … Second on the squad with a .360 on-base percentage and third in on-base efficiency from the leadoff spot (.400) … .324 slugging percentage … walked 11 times … Assisted on five double plays … Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI against Buffalo … Batted 3-for-4 against Western Kentucky … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring.
High School: Two-time Associated Press All-State selection and three-time Coaches Choice All-State selection at Friendship Christian … Four-time all-district and all-region selection … Two-time team captain … Led team in batting average as a senior … Named team Best Defensive Player twice and Best Offensive Player once … Played in the Tennessee-Georgia All-Star game in 1999 … Also played with the Nashville Eagles club squad … Played on the golf team that was undefeated in four years and was named All-State in golf two times … Also lettered in basketball.
Personal: Born November 21, 1980 … Daughter of Gary and Linda Park … One brother … Has already received her B.A. in political science and history.
