Today we spotlight an incoming sophomore who had a great freshman campaign for her Buckeye State school and had pulled the trigger in committing to a Big Ten program…

 

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Name: RACHEL LEWIS
High school: Lakota East
City: Liberty Township
State: 
Ohio
Grad year: 2017
Club: Beverly Bandits Demarini 14U
Position(s): SS/2B
Height: 5-6

 

Stats: 2014 high school: 53-for-97 with .546 average, .577 OBP, seven doubles, six triples, 28 RBI, 19 steals. Led the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) in hits, average, OBP, steals and triples.
Honors: 1^st team All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-Ohio Div. I

 

College: Northwestern
When committed: November, 2013
Why Northwestern? “The academics are amazing and the coaches are exactly my coaching style. They push the athletes to work hard to achieve their potential in a positive environment. The coaching staff is also very unified.”

“The program is a great one. Not only is their softball program ranked in the top 25 but they make sure their student-athletes are taken care of and they put academics first.”

“I went to Chicago and fell in love with the area a few years ago so when I started the recruiting process I wanted to have a college on my list that was near Chicago and Northwestern was top on my list. It was early in the recruiting process and I hadn’t even visited any other colleges yet, although I had some scheduled for later that year.”

“But I prioritized what I wanted from a college before this process began and Northwestern was a perfect fit for me on paper and my visit confirmed it.”