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Rachel Castine Season 2024
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Chesapeake, Va.Hometown
2024 D1 Softball National Player of the Week (2/13)
2024 ACC Player of the Week (2/13)
2024: Appearared in 10 games... Recorded five home runs... Went 2-for-2 in season opener against Illinois, including grand slam home run (2/9)... Hit grand slam in extra inning win against No. 20 Auburn (2/9)... Hit a three-run home run to give Tech the elad against Illinois (2/11)... Hit a grand slam versus California (2/17)
2023: Made 34 appearances for the Hokies, making 30 starts… Ended 2023 with a .246 batting average with 16 hits, including two doubles, a triple and two home runs… Posted 16 RBI with a .400 slugging percentage and .359 on base percentage… Scored seven runs… Recorded a double in season debut against UNCW (2/9)… Went 1-for-2 against Mount St. Mary’s with two RBI (3/7)… Hit a home run in the game three win over No. 13 Duke in the third inning to begin the Hokie come back… Went 2-for-3 against Longwood in game one with two RBI (4/4)… Followed that up with two RBI in the game two win… Put up two RBI against Notre Dame in game three with one hit (4/15)… Hit a home run with two RBI in game three against Clemson 4/30)… Had a hit and an RBI in the Athens Regional against Boston U. (5/19).
2024 ACC Player of the Week (2/13)
2024: Appearared in 10 games... Recorded five home runs... Went 2-for-2 in season opener against Illinois, including grand slam home run (2/9)... Hit grand slam in extra inning win against No. 20 Auburn (2/9)... Hit a three-run home run to give Tech the elad against Illinois (2/11)... Hit a grand slam versus California (2/17)
2023: Made 34 appearances for the Hokies, making 30 starts… Ended 2023 with a .246 batting average with 16 hits, including two doubles, a triple and two home runs… Posted 16 RBI with a .400 slugging percentage and .359 on base percentage… Scored seven runs… Recorded a double in season debut against UNCW (2/9)… Went 1-for-2 against Mount St. Mary’s with two RBI (3/7)… Hit a home run in the game three win over No. 13 Duke in the third inning to begin the Hokie come back… Went 2-for-3 against Longwood in game one with two RBI (4/4)… Followed that up with two RBI in the game two win… Put up two RBI against Notre Dame in game three with one hit (4/15)… Hit a home run with two RBI in game three against Clemson 4/30)… Had a hit and an RBI in the Athens Regional against Boston U. (5/19).
2022: Appeared in nine games, making the start at shortstop in two of them and as the DP in two games ... Had first collegiate hit and RBI in the win over East Tennessee State (3/9) ... Hit a three-run home run against Longwood (3/22) ... Got her first career start at shortstop in the Pitt series (3/25) ... Scored a run in the win over No. 2 Florida State (4/9).
High School: Four-year letterwinner… Coached by Daniel Moore at Greenbrier Christian Academy… Played travel ball for Orion Hunter Elite, coached by Jeremy Kellogg… Named Female Athlete of the Year for the 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons… Two-time team captain… Hit .500 during the fall 2019 season with four home runs and 11 RBI in 22 at-bats… Had seven home runs during the 2020 summer season with seven doubles and 26 RBI in 25 games played…. Also played volleyball and basketball at Greenbrier.
Personal: Rachel Elizabeth Castine… Born February 23, 2003… Daughter of Jill and Walter Castine… Sister to Andrew… Planning on majoring in human nutrition, foods and exercise and focusing in kinesiology with hopes of becoming an occupational therapist.