Rachel McCollum

Position:
UTL
Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Spring Creek
Hometown:
Seven Springs, N.C.
Prev School:
Campbell
Major:
Communication

2020 (Redshirt Senior): Played in 23 games with 23 starts before the campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 global pandemic … Made 12 starts at first base and 11 at designated player … Led East Carolina in slugging percentage (.786), triples (2), home runs (8), total bases (55), runs scored (20) and walks drawn (14) while ranking second in on base percentage (.453) and RBI (18) as well as fourth in batting average (.343) … Among American Athletic Conference players, was second in slugging percentage and home runs and third in total bases and walks drawn … Her 55 career home runs at the close of the season stood as the fifth most among active NCAA players … Ended the shortened season on a 13-game hitting streak … Produced six multi-hit and a team-best six multi-RBI efforts … Six of her RBI occurred with two outs … Went 2-for-2, including two doubles, with two runs scored and two RBI in the season opener against Iowa (Feb. 7) … Tallied two hits and scored three runs in ECU’s 12-0 five-inning win over Campbell (Feb. 7) … Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored, three RBI, a triple and a home run in the Pirates’ 9-3 victory over George Washington (Feb. 15) … Drove in two runs in consecutive wins over Massachusetts (Feb. 22) and Pittsburgh (Feb. 23) … Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored in East Carolina 6-5 eight-inning triumph over Towson (Feb. 23) … Scored two runs and hit a home run against Butler (Feb. 29) … Drove in two runs and drew a pair of walks in ECU’s 15-4 five-inning victory over UC Davis (March 7) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBI and a home run in the Pirates’ 10-4 win over BYU (March 7).

2019 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 53 games with all 53 starts at third base … Led the team in doubles (10), RBI (41) and total bases (71) while ranking second in home runs (7) and third in batting average (.299) and hits (47) … Finished third among American Athletic Conference hitters in RBI … Posted a team-high 12 multi-RBI games and 10 multi-hit efforts … Reached base safely in 12 games between Feb. 8 and March 2 … Led off her Pirate career with three hits and two RBI in East Carolina’s season-opening 11-4 victory over Youngstown State (Feb. 8) … Clubbed a three-run home run as part of a four-RBI performance in the Pirates’ 14-5 run-rule victory over Towson (Feb. 9) while also scoring three runs in the contest … Belted a grand slam, driving in five runs and scoring two in ECU’s 7-5 victory versus Saint Francis (Feb. 16) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored against Campbell (March 6) … Tallied four hits, two runs scored and five RBI by way of a grand slam in East Carolina’s 12-5 win at Florida Atlantic (March 8) … Recorded three hits and drove in three runs in an 8-7 triumph at Longwood (March 13) … Was 3-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI at George Mason (March 16) … Posted two hits and three RBI in a 10-0 victory over Cornell (March 17) … Helped propel the Pirates to victory in their AAC opener at Memphis, racking up four hits and a RBI as ECU topped the Tigers 5-4 in eight innings … Drove in three runs in the series finale against Connecticut (April 28).

2018 (Redshirt Sophomore): Earned NFCA All-Southeast Region Third-Team accolades as well as the Big South All-Conference First Team ... Finished the season ranked in the top 30 nationally in five offensive categories - seventh in total bases (143), eighth in home runs (19), 15th in doubles (18), 18th in slugging (.808) and 29th in RBI (56) ... Paced the Big South Conference in runs scored (51), was second in home runs, total bases and slugging, third in doubles, RBI and on-base percentage (.469), fourth in batting average (.384) and fifth in hits (68) ... 19 home runs were the second-most in Campbell Softball history behind the 20 hit by Courtney Quinn in 2008 … .808 slugging percentage and 51 runs scored are third all-time in CU single-season history, while she stands fourth in total bases and fifth in RBI and doubles in a year … Collected 16 multi-hit games in 2018, including a career-high four hits at Jacksonville … Tied a career best with five RBI twice during the year and had two home runs and four RBI in a 16-2 win at Virginia.

2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in 11 games before a season-ending injury halted her sophomore year … She had 35 at-bats with 15 hits and 12 runs, along with six doubles and six walks … She posted five home runs and 15 RBI and entered the 2018 season with a six-game hitting streak and an 11-game reached base safely streak … She ended with a .429 batting average, a .535 on-base percentage, and a 1.029 slugging percentage … Earned Big South Presidential Honor Roll accolades after earning higher than a 3.0 GPA in 2016-17.

2016 (Freshman): Appeared in 58 games for CU with 164 at-bats ... She recorded 55 hits on the season with 41 runs scored ... She finished the year with 16 home runs, tied for first on the team withi Amber Schisler ... She hit nine doubles on the season as well ... She finished with 46 RBI and she drew 33 walks ... She completed the season with a .335 batting average, .450 on-base percentage, and a .695 slugging percentage ... She earned first team honors from the Big South and all-freshman team accolades.

High School: Four-year all-conference selection at Springs Creek High School ... Three-time team MVP ... Holds the school record with 12 homeruns, highest batting average at .805, slugging percentage at 1.902 and on-base percentage at .871.