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2016 Softball

13 Rachel Gavigan

  • Height 5-6
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Vineland, N.J.
  • High School Sacred Heart
  • Position UT

Biography

2016 SEASON:  Started all 50 games for the Mount at first base...Hit .269 (36-for-134) with seven doubles, two home runs, 15 RBI and 20 runs scored...Went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI vs. Fordham (3-18-16)...Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI at Georgetown (4-6-16)...Went 3-for-4 against No. 21 Minnesota (2-26-16)...Had six stolen bases on the year...Went 2-for-2 in opening game at Central Connecticut (4-16-16)...Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two doubles in doubleheader sweep of Coppin State (3-22-16)...Followed by going 3-for-5 in sweep of Morgan State (3-24-16) ... Named to the Academic Honor Roll

2015 SEASON: Started 29 games with 33 appearances as a junior for the Mount… Team captain… Made 21 starts at first base, five in right field and three as the designated player… Recorded seven hits, four RBIs, one home run and eight runs scored… Hit .100 on the season… Posted singles in back-to-back games versus Presbyterian and Georgia State (2-21-15)… Hit a two-run home run at Manhattan (3-16-15)… Picked up an RBI in a home win over Coppin State (3-25-15)… Knocked an RBI double in the Mount’s victory against Bryant (3-28-15)... Member of the Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2014 SEASON: One of two players to appear in all 44 games, making 43 starts as a sophomore… Hit .217 (30-for-138) with five doubles… Led the Mount with four home runs, 18 RBIs and a .355 slugging percentage on the year… Second on the team with six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games… Went 2-for-4 with a home run in a win over Illinois-Chicago (2-23-14)… Knocked an RBI double in the sixth to force extra innings in a win over Toledo (2-28-14)… Went 10-for-22 (.455) during a six-game hitting streak in March… Hit a solo home run and knocked in another run versus Coppin St. (3-15-14)… Registered season highs with three hits and three RBIs in a win over La Salle (3-16-14)… Went 2-for-4 versus Bowling Green (3-21-14)… Recorded two doubles in a 2-for-2 effort in a victory against Robert Morris (4-6-14)… Provided all the offense in a 3-0 win over LIU Brooklyn in game one with a three-run home run, before hitting a solo home run in game two in a 1-0 win (4-18-14)... NEC Academic Honor Roll honoree. 

2013 SEASON:  Appeared in all 46 games, while starting 45 of them… Led the team with 143 at bats, 44 hits, 11 doubles, 24 runs scored and 12 stolen bases (3rd in the NEC)… Finished second on the team with a .308 batting average, 23 RBIs and 61 total bases… Added two home runs… Defensively, had a .946 fielding percentage… Finished with a team-best 14 multi-hit games… Had an eight-game hitting streak, which was the longest by a Mount player this season… Made Mount debut with one hit, one walk and one stolen base against Delaware (2-22-13)… Picked up first multi-hit game with a 3-for-3 performance with four RBIs, a double and a home run in an 8-0 win over Howard (3-10-13)… Had a 3-for-4 showing with one RBI and three runs scored in a 15-2 victory against St. Bonaventure (3-17-13)… Provided the offense with a three-run home run in a 3-1 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (3-24-13)… Recorded four-consecutive games with two hits in games at Towson (4-4-13), a doubleheader at Wagner (4-6-13) and game one versus Quinnipiac (4-7-13)… Secured two doubles and scored two runs in an 8-0 win over Morgan State (4-17-13)… Was a perfect 3-for-3 in the nightcap against Sacred Heart (4-27-13)… Member of the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letter winner on the Sacred Heart softball team... Served as team captain her junior and senior year... Helped her team become 3-time Division Champions from 2009-2011... Helped lead her team to back-to-back Conference Championships in 2010 and 2011... Named All South Jersey 1st Team, Cape Atlantic League 1st Team All Star, Bridgeton News Player of the Year, and Daily Journal All Star during her 2011 season... Earned Cape Atlantic League 2nd Team All Star in 2009 and 2010... Two-year letter winner on the Sacred Heart basketball team... Member of the French Honor Society, Samarian Club Lion Ambassador, and the National Honor Society... Served as Secretary in the Sacred Heart student government.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Biopsychology... The daughter of Brian and Patricia Gavigan... Rachel Mary Gavigan was born on September 13, 1993 in Washington Township, N.J.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2013Freshman

    3B/SS
    5'6"
    13
  • 13

    2014Sophomore

    UT
    5'6"
    13
  • 13

    2015Junior

    UT
    5'6"
    13
  • 13

    2016Senior

    UT
    5'6"
    13
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