Rachel Lawson
Rachel Lawson (born June 11, 1972) is an American softball Head Coach and a former collegiate first basemen, originally from Billings, Montana. Lawson played softball for the UMass Minutewomen in Atlantic 10 Conference from 1991–94, helping them to the 1992 Women's College World Series.[1] She is currently the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats softball and coached them to the 2014 Women's College World Series, to become to the sixth player/coach to achieve the feat.[2][3]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Kentucky |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 444–280 (.613) |
Biographical details | |
Born | June 11, 1972 (age 48) Orlando, Florida |
Playing career | |
1992–1995 | UMass |
Position(s) | First base |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–2002 | Maryland (Asst.) |
2003–2004 | Philadelphia Force (Asst.) |
2005–2007 | Western Kentucky |
2008–present | Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 537–364 (.596) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Atlantic 10 Tournament performer, A-10 Academic All-Conference |
Statistics
UMass Minutewomen
YEAR | G | AB | R | H | BA | RBI | HR | 3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
1991 | 38 | 67 | 7 | 20 | .298 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .328% | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
1992 | 55 | 163 | 33 | 56 | .343 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63 | .386% | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 |
1993 | 49 | 156 | 18 | 44 | .282 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 53 | .339% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 49 | 165 | 14 | 50 | .303 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 57 | .345% | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 191 | 551 | 72 | 170 | .308 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 193 | .350% | 20 | 29 | 3 | 5 |
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (Sun Belt Conference) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
2005 | Western Kentucky | 33–24 | 15–13 | T-2nd | |||||
2006 | Western Kentucky | 29–28 | 14–9 | 3rd | |||||
2007 | Western Kentucky | 30–32 | 13–15 | 6th | |||||
Western Kentucky: | 92–84 (.523) | 42–37 (.532) | |||||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2008–Present) | |||||||||
2008 | Kentucky | 17–37 | 3–25 | 5th (East) | |||||
2009 | Kentucky | 34–23 | 13–14 | 4th (East) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2010 | Kentucky | 32–27 | 11–13 | 4th (East) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2011 | Kentucky | 40–16 | 14–9 | 4th (East) | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2012 | Kentucky | 30–30 | 15–13 | 4th (East) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2013 | Kentucky | 41–21 | 13–11 | 4th (East) | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2014 | Kentucky | 50–19 | 13–11 | 7th | WCWS | ||||
2015 | Kentucky | 32–26 | 5–19 | 12th | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2016 | Kentucky | 46–14 | 17–7 | 2nd | NCAA Regionals | ||||
2017 | Kentucky | 39–19 | 12–12 | 7th | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2018 | Kentucky | 35–21 | 8–15 | 10th | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2019 | Kentucky | 36–24 | 14–10 | T-2nd | NCAA Super Regionals | ||||
2020 | Kentucky | 20–4 | 2–1 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
Kentucky: | 452–281 (.617) | 128–159 (.446) | |||||||
Total: | 545–365 (.599) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "UMass WCWS Stats". Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- "Rachel Lawson – Head Coach – University of Kentucky". Ukathletics.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- "2020 UMASS Softball Record Book" (PDF). Umassathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
External links
- Rachel Lawson on Twitter
- Here's The Deal Episode 66: With Kentucky Softball Head Coach Rachel Lawson on YouTube