CAREER STATISTICS
CAREER: One of the hardest-working Bulldogs during her four-year career ... The ideal team player who did whatever was required for the good of the group ... Appeared in 34 total games while starting three, all during final campaign ... Primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch runner with a trio of starts all occurring in right field ... A three-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll member.
2014: A valuable reserve who served as the spark off the bench ... Played in 12 games and started the first three of career ... All three starts occurred in right field with the Bulldogs going 3-0 ... Ended the year with a .176 batting average (three-for-17), four runs scored and two driven in ... Picked up one double and one triple to go along with one hit by pitch ... Was successful advancing base runners 50.0 percent of the time (five-for-10) ... Appeared in and started one Southeastern Conference game, against Arkansas (April 27) ... Hit .286 (two-for-seven) during road games with a pair of runs scored and a .571 slugging percentage ... Played in three April games, batting .286 (two-for-seven) with two runs scored and two driven in ... Made 2014 debut against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 8) and tallied first career putout ... Scored first run of the campaign against Iowa in the series finale (Feb. 23), crossing home after reaching on an error ... Made first career start in the finale versus Marshall (March 30) and tallied the year’s first hit with a double to lead off the bottom of the fourth ... Had career game at Mississippi Valley State (April 1), starting her second career game and collecting career single-game highs in hits (two), runs (two), runs batted in (one) and stolen bases (one) ... Drove in first career run with a triple to right center against the Delta Devilettes (April 1) ... Registered first career at-bat versus a Southeastern Conference opponent in game three start versus Arkansas (April 27) ... Drove in a run versus the Razorbacks for first career SEC run batted in.
2013: Appeared in six games, hitting .400 (two-for-five) with a double and run scored ... Made season debut as a pinch hitter in win against Georgia State (Feb. 9), ripping a single to center field ... Also appeared in games versus Southeast Missouri State (Feb. 24), Memphis (March 6), College of Charleston (March 14), Samford (April 16) and Middle Tennessee State (April 22) ... Hit first career double in a run-rule win at Samford, coming just inches shy of first career home run ... Scored second career run in the game at Samford.
2012: Finished one-for-two (.500 batting average) in reserve duty ... Played in five games ... Recorded a putout in right field ... Named a 2012 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete as well as a 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection ... Made season debut as a pinch runner in the home opener versus SIU-Edwardsville (Feb. 17) ... Appeared as a pinch hitter in the opening game of the Bulldog Classic against Columbia (March 2) ... Went one-for-one as a pinch hitter in a win versus Jackson State (Feb. 29), before taking over right field and making a diving game-ending catch ... Played right field in game two of the doubleheader Senior Day sweep against Tennessee Tech (April 28) ... Saw action as a pinch hitter in the regular-season finale at Auburn (May 6).
2011: Named a 2011 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Played in 11 games, recording one hit and one run in four at-bats ... Notched first hit and scored first run as a Bulldog in a pinch-hit role against Mississippi Valley State (April 19).
PRE-COLLEGE: Enjoyed an outstanding prep career playing for Mark Balderston at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas ... A three-time All-Sunflower League selection ... Earned three All-Sun County Team honors from the Johnson County Sun ... Tabbed Most Valuable Player in the Missouri/Kansas All-Star Series ... Put together a sensational junior campaign, setting the SMNW single-season records for hits (40) while batting .491 with seven doubles, two triples and a pair of home runs ... Drove in 31 runs while scoring 36 times during junior year ... Nabbed All-League and First-Team All-Sun County accolades for accomplishments during the 2009 season ... Batted .408 as a sophomore and contributed 43 runs while earning second team All-Sunflower League and All-Sun County ... Hit .379 and drove in 12 runs while scoring seven more during freshman year ... Earned a spot on Shawnee Mission Northwest’s Academic Honor Roll each year ... Played travel softball with the Desoto Belles and coaches Greg Heinrich and Steve Fulk ... Earned USSSA All-State accolades after hitting a Belles’ single-season record .407 with 48 hits, 36 runs, 40 RBIs, 12 home runs and 14 stolen bases ... Compiled an .808 slugging percentage while reaching base at a .451 clip ... Earned MVP honors at three ASA/NSA 18U tournaments ... Also played volleyball and basketball prior to senior year.
PERSONAL: Born Rachael Margaret Zdeb on Dec. 10, 1991, in Overland Park, Kan. ... Daughter of Joe and Diane Zdeb ... Her father, Joe, played professional baseball for the Kansas City Royals ... Has two brothers, Joey and Josh ... Majored in clinical exercise physiology.
