Rachel Crabtree

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Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
1st Base
Height:
5-5
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.

Awards/Honors: All-ACC Third Team (2022) ... ACC Player of the Week (3/1/2022) ... All-ACC Freshman Team (2018) … ACC All-Academic Team (2018, 2022) … ACC Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22).

2022 - Graduate Student: Played in all 55 games, making 54 starts ... Finished the year with a .352 batting average, 10 home runs and 40 RBI ... Had a career power season, setting new personal bests in home runs, RBI and slugging (.628) ... Also had another standout season in the field, with a .983 fielding percentage (second among non-catchers) ... Opened the season with the team's first home run in the win over California Baptist ... Named the ACC Player of the Week for the first time on Mar. 1, hitting .615 with two home runs, five RBI and seven runs scored in wins over Elon, Army, Northern Kentucky and Michigan ... Reached base consecutively in 21 straight games from Mar. 9 to Apr. 22 ... Drove in three runs on a home run to power the Blue Devils past Clemson (3/18) ... Hit a home run in the ACC Championship semifinal against Florida State (5/13) ... Proved to be a key piece of the team's NCAA Super Regional run, hitting .389 with three doubles and three RBI over the NCAA Championship ... Led the team in hit-by-pitches with 12 ... Ended her Duke tenure as the all-time leader in walks and hit-by-pitches.

2021 - Senior: Started in 50 of 54 games as a senior … finished the year with a .230 batting average, 31 hits, 10 doubles, 22 RBIs and a team-high nine hit by pitches … helped turn 16 double plays for a single-season high … led the team in chances (342) and putouts (332) … launched her first home run of the season at Charlotte in the eighth inning to score the game-winning run on March 3.

2020 - Junior: Started in all 27 games during the shortened 2020 season ... put together a .373 batting average with 25 hits, including six doubles and a home run, while recording a .507 slugging percentage.

2019 - Sophomore (Stats): Started in all 56 games at first base … Finished with a .280 batting average, tallying 47 hits, 27 RBI, 19 runs scored, 10 doubles and a home run … Led the Blue Devils with a .993 fielding percentage, committing just three errors in 452 chances while accumulating an ACC-leading 439 putouts … Owned 10 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances this season … Made her season debut with a 1-for-2 showing against Notre Dame on Feb. 7 … Scored a career-high three runs in Duke's win at Campbell (Feb. 13) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the win against Utah (Feb. 24), the fourth three-plus-hit performance of her career … Followed with a two-hit showing at USC Upstate on Feb. 27, setting a career high with two doubles … Hit the third home run of her career with a solo shot against Elon on March 6 … Went 2-for-3 at the plate in the series opener against North Carolina (March 8) … Drove home Reilly Metzger with an RBI double to give Duke the walk-off win in the series opener against Pitt … Capped the series with a 2-for-3 showing at the plate, driving in a career-high three runs … Put up a monster weekend at Georgia Tech (March 29-31), finishing out the series sweep 6-for-12 at the plate with six RBI, a home run, three runs scored and a stolen base … Two of those three games featured three-RBI performances, tying her career high.

2018 - Freshman (Stats): Played and started in all 56 games during Duke's inaugural season, earning All-ACC Freshman Team honors … Joins Peyton St. George as the first two players in program history to earn that honor … Named to the ACC All-Academic Team … Made 51 of her starts at first base, with the other five coming in the outfield … Finished the season third in the ACC and 48th nationally with four sacrifice flies … Third on the team with a .310 clip while finishing the year with 53 hits, 23 runs scored, 21 runs driven in, nine doubles and two home runs … Led the team with eight HBPs … Finished with 17 multi-hit games, good for second on the team, and a trio of multi-RBI contests … Recorded the first four-hit performance in program history on March 17 against Boston College … Tallied the first single in school history with a third inning base knock in the program's first game on Feb. 8 at Florida Atlantic … Earned the first multi-hit performance of her career against Boston University (Feb. 10), going 2-for-4 with a run scored, one driven in and a double … Recorded her first-career home run with a one-out solo shot against Savannah State on Feb. 24, finishing the contest 2-for-3 with a run scored and a career-high three driven in … Went 2-for-4 with a double in the program's first ACC contest on March 9 at North Carolina … Tallied a career-best five-game hitting streak from March 28 - April 4 … During that streak, she went 10-for-16 with three RBI, three doubles, two runs scored and a homer … Blasted her second home run of the year in a series-finale victory at Pitt (April 1), going 2-for-3 with the solo bomb.

High School: Four year star at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., leading the Chargers to CIF appearances in all four seasons … three-time All-Sunset League honoree, including first team honors in 2016 and 2017 … received First Team All-Pacific League in 2014 and All-County Honorable Mention in 2016 … capped her career with a scorching .556 average at the plate in her senior season to go along with a .636 on-base percentage … as a junior, batted .461 with nine doubles, two triples and three home runs … added 22 RBI, a .710 slugging percentage and .561 OBP … recorded a .436 average, drove in 23 runs and tallied a .500 OBP in her sophomore campaign … broke onto the scene with a .436 clip her freshman season, reeling in Edison High School Rookie of the Year honors … member of the varsity golf squad from 2015-17 and was team captain in her final year … played for the EHS basketball team in 2014.

Travel Ball: Played for the Firecrackers travel organization under coaches Tony Rico and Rob Weil, capturing the 2016 PGF national championship … earned first place at the 2017 Colorado Sparkler Tournament 18U Power Pool … finished third at the 2015 PGF Nationals.

Personal: Born Rachel Abboud on June 30, 1999 in Pasadena, Calif. … daughter of Julie Crabtree of Huntington Beach, Calif. … has three siblings: Alexis, Brandon and Samantha … four-time scholar athlete at Edison High School … received a gold seal on her diploma … planning on majoring in psychology.

Last updated: July 16, 2021