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 | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kentucky |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 444–280 (.613) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||||||||
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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.