| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2022 (Graduate) |
| NFCA Mideast All-Region (First Team) |
| All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
| BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player |
| BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team |
| NFCA Selected Top Performance of the Week (April 11, April 25) |
| BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (February 28, March 28, April 25) |
| BIG EAST Honor Roll (March 21, April 4, April 11, April 18, May 2) |
| D1Softball Preseason All-American (Second Team) |
| Softball America Preseason All-American (Third Team) |
| Softball America Preseason College Top 100 (No. 33) |
| CoSIDA Academic All-American (Third Team) |
| Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
| PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022) |
| 2021 (Senior) |
| NFCA All-American (Third Team) |
| NFCAÂ Mideast All-Region (First Team) |
| BIG EAST Player of the Year |
| BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year |
| All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
| BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player |
| BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team |
| BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (March 15, March 22, April 12, April 26, May 10) |
| BIG EAST Honor Roll (March 8, March 29, April 5, April 19, May 3) |
| CoSIDA Academic All-American (Third Team) |
| Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete |
| BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
| Villanova Female Senior Student-Athlete of the Year |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021) |
| 2020 (Junior) |
| Softball America Shortened Season All-American (Third Team) |
| Softball America Shortened Season College Top 100 (No. 24) |
| BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (February 17, February 24, March 2) |
| BIG EAST Honor Roll (February 10, March 9) |
| Softball America Preseason College Top 100 (No. 50) |
| USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (Watch List) |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020) |
| 2019 (Sophomore) |
| NFCA Mideast All-Region (First Team) |
| All-ECAC (First Team) |
| BIG EAST Player of the Year |
| All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
| BIG EAST Player of the Week (April 29, May 13) |
| BIG EAST Honor Roll (February 25, March 11, March 18, April 8, April 22, May 6) |
| Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Spring 2019) |
| Office of Academic Support Student-Athlete of the Month (April) |
| 2018 (Freshman) (Fordham) |
| NFCA Freshman of the Year (Top 25 Finalist) |
| NFCAÂ Mid-Atlantic First Team |
| All-ECAC (Second Team) |
| Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year |
| Atlantic 10 All-Conference (First Team -- Second Base) |
| Atlantic 10 All-Conference (First Team -- Pitcher) |
| Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team |
| Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team |
| Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (March 6, April 10, April 16, April 23) |
| Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll |
Career: The most dominant player in program history during four years (2019-22) on the Villanova roster … As a senior in 2021 became the Wildcats second player to earn All-America honors when she was a third team NFCA selection … That same season became the first player in BIG EAST history to be voted the conference Player of the Year and the league’s Pitcher of the Year in the same season … Also a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, earning third team accolades for both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years … At the end of her collegiate career she held 15 all-time Villanova records, including eight career marks and seven single-season records … Her career records included on-base percentage (.499), slugging percentage (.749), OPS (1.248), runs scored (167), runs batted in (157), home runs (49), total bases (426) and walks (126) … Held the single season records for on-base percentage (.561, 2019); slugging percentage (.935, 2019); OPS (1.496, 2019); home runs (18, 2019); total bases (145, 2019); walks (45, 2021); and shutouts (nine, 2021) … Dynamic talent and a dominant force both at the plate and in the circle … In addition to being an NFCA All-American in 2021 was named a
Softball America Shortened Season All-American as a third team selection in 2020 … Four-time NFCA All-Region first team honoree her freshman year at Fordham in 2018 and three times at Villanova (2019, 2021, 2022) … Two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year (2019, 2021) and was the 2021 conference Pitcher of the Year … Three-time All-BIG EAST first team selection … Named the Most Outstanding Player of the BIG EAST Championship in each of the Wildcats title runs in 2021 and 2022 … Became the sixth player to be named the tournament MOP twice during their career and was the first since 2010-11 to win the award in consecutive seasons … In addition to her BIG EAST honors she was previously the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year as a freshman at Fordham in 2018 … That season was a finalist for national Rookie of the Year honors and became the first player in Atlantic 10 history to be a first team all-conference selection as both a pitcher and a position player (second base) … Earned weekly recognition from the BIG EAST an astounding 31 times during her career … She was an 11-time Pitcher of the Week and a two-time Player of the Week in addition to being named on the weekly honor roll 18 times … No other player in school history has earned more than 16 career weekly honors … In her four years at Villanova she started all 188 games that the Wildcats played … She is the only player in school history to start every single game of their career … Her 188 consecutive games played as a stand-alone stat is the fifth longest streak in school history … Her career totals in a Villanova uniform include a .385/.499/.749 slash line with 219 hits, 167 runs scored and 157 runs batted in … Hit 38 doubles, 11 triples and 49 home runs to accumulate 426 total bases … Drew 126 walks and had double the number of bases on balls as she did strikeouts (63) … Hit by a pitch nine times, had two sacrifice bunts and six sacrifice flies … Stole 16 bases and was caught just twice … Made 115 pitching appearances with 98 starts, 52 complete games, 19 shutouts and two no-hitters … Went 62-26 with three saves, a 2.42 ERA and a 1.111 WHIP … Logged 560 2/3 and gave up just 477 hits compared to 594 strikeouts while facing 2,367 batters … Her overall collegiate career, combining both Fordham and Villanova, saw her surpass 200 career hits (269), 200 career runs scored (218) and 200 career runs batted in (201) while starting all 244 games her teams played in … Had a collegiate .366/.486/.736 slash line with 45 doubles, 16 triples and 65 home runs … Had 541 total bases, 167 walks and just 107 strikeouts in 923 plate appearances … During her fifth and final collegiate season in 2022 ranked third among all active Division I players in career home runs … As a pitcher was 76-29 with five saves, a 2.30 ERA and a 1.118 WHIP in 140 appearances spanning 670.0 innings … Allowed 558 hits and had 673 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .220 batting average against her … Three-time Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete … At Villanova was a member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll all eight semesters and was a four-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Earned a spot on the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team in 2022 … In 2020-21 was one of two seniors named Villanova Senior Student-Athletes of the Year and was one of the Wildcats two winners of a BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award which came with a $2,000 award that could be applied towards graduate studies … At Fordham was named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2018.
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2022: Continued making history during her final collegiate season … The apex of her season came during the Wildcats second straight run to a BIG EAST title when she pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings over three consecutive days at the conference tournament … Pitched a four-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts against #2 seed Butler on the first day of the tournament, recorded an eight-inning one-hitter against #4 seed DePaul in a semifinal game and pitched five scoreless frames in the championship game against #1 seed Connecticut … It was the second time in her Villanova career she had a scoreless streak of at least 20 innings pitched … The first came over a span of 11 days during the 2021 season … Her rousing three-day run in the conference championship came in a span of less than 48 hours … Named the Most Outstanding Player of the BIG EAST Championship for the second straight year … Became the sixth player in conference history to win that award twice during their career and the first since 2010-11 to win the honor in consecutive seasons … First team All-BIG EAST selection and first team NFCA Mideast All-Region honoree … Third team Academic All-American for the second straight year … Three-time BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week and five-time selection to the league’s weekly honor roll … Pitched her second career no-hitter against Providence on April 24 … Walked just one and struck out four in the 35
th no-hitter in program history … One of eight Villanova pitchers with two or more career no-hitters … Started every game of the season for the fifth consecutive year … As a batter slashed .296/.403/.542 … Led the team with 44 runs scored, 10 home runs, 34 runs batted in and 29 walks … Hit eight doubles and three triples … Was hit by a pitch three times and struck out only 27 times in 212 plate appearances … Stole five bases without being caught … As a pitcher made 34 appearances with 28 starts, 14 complete game and six shutouts … Compiled a 17-7 record with a 2.31 ERA and a 1.018 WHIP … Pitched 151 1/3 innings and had 167 strikeouts compared with only 125 hits allowed … Opponents hit just .217 against her … Had 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … Put together a 25-game streak of reaching base safely during the year … During regular season BIG EAST play hit .315 with four home runs, 20 runs batted in and a .521 slugging percentage … Was also 8-3 with a 1.90 ERA, 71 strikeouts in 70.0 innings pitched and a .196 opponent batting average … Had two doubles, two walks and two runs scored in three games at the BIG EAST Championship to go along with her 20.0 scoreless innings … Started the games against UCF and South Dakota State in the Orlando Regional of the NCAA Tournament … During the year had four games with 10 or more strikeouts, including tying a career-high with 13 strikeouts in a four-hitter against Fairleigh Dickinson … Gave up zero or one earned run in 17 of her 28 starts … In the same series as her no-hitter against Providence also pitched a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 win … Villanova swept the three-game series and outscored the Friars by a 10-0 margin while not allowing a single run in the series.
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2021: Had one of the most decorated seasons in Villanova softball history and became the second player in the program’s first 45 years as a varsity sport to earn NFCA All-America recognition … Named a third team All-American as a utility/pitcher to go along with being a first team NFCA Mideast All-Region selection … Became the first player in BIG EAST history to be named the conference Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year in the same season … Swept both of those awards and was a unanimous first team all-conference selection … During the season earned BIG EAST weekly honors in each of the last 10 weeks (out of 11) of the season, including five Pitcher of the Week honors and five mentions on the league’s weekly Honor Roll … In the BIG EAST Championship was named the Most Outstanding Player and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team while leading the Wildcats to their first-ever conference title and appearance in an NCAA regional … Excelled just as much off the field as she did on it and was named a third team selection to the Academic All-America® Division I Softball Team selected by CoSIDA … Her success gained the attention of those outside of Villanova, as her hometown paper the
Press & Sun Bulletin in Binghamton, N.Y. named her its Athlete of the Year for the second time … She played in and started all 52 games the Wildcats played during their historic season and ranked among the national statistical leaders as both a hitter and a pitcher … Won the BIG EAST pitching triple crown by leading the league in wins, strikeouts and ERA as well as shutouts … As a batter led the conference in hits, home runs, on-base percentage, sacrifice flies, total bases and walks … Ranked 10
th nationally in walks per game (0.87) as a batter and was 10
th in shutouts as a pitcher, with her total of nine setting a new Villanova single-season record … Became the Wildcats all-time career home run leader on April 7 when she hit her 35
th home run in a Villanova uniform to break Meghan Morese’s record of 34 which had stood since 2009 … Finished the season with a total of 55 collegiate home runs combining her freshman year at Fordham and three seasons at Villanova … Reached base safely at least once in each of the last 35 games of the season … Her superlatives for the season included a 12-game hitting streak from April 14-May 2 during which she batted .512 with 17 RBI and two scoreless pitching streaks of longer than 20 innings (20 2/3 innings from March 7-17 and 20 1/3 innings from April 7-17) … Had a team-high 20 multi-hit games, including four games with three hits or more … Added 10 multi-RBI games … As a batter slashed .417/.546/.709 in 205 plate appearances … Went 63-for-151 at the plate with 46 runs scored and 44 runs batted in … Hit 13 doubles, two triples and nine home runs while drawing 45 walks … All of those stats with the exception of home runs were team highs for the year … Struck out just 13 times … Stole six bases in seven tries and had a BIG EAST-best five sacrifice flies … Hit safely in all three games of the NCAA Regional, going 3-for-8 with a double, a walk, a run scored and an RBI against Ole Miss and UMBC … In five games at the BIG EAST Championship reached base safely 16 times in 21 plate appearances, including 13 walks … When she was allowed to swing went 3-for-8 (.375) with a double and a home run … Her three-run homer in the last inning of the winner-take-all championship game punctuated a 6-1 victory for the program’s first-ever BIG EAST title … Prior to the championship game had been walked in 13 of her first 17 plate appearances in the tournament … Earlier in the season in the BIG EAST opener against Butler hit home runs in each of her first two plate appearances and scored all three runs in a 3-0 victory over the Bulldogs … She was intentionally walked in each of her next two times at the plate to become the first player in Villanova history to be intentionally walked twice in one game … Rauch also hurled a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts in the win … In 17 regular season conference games hit .438/.614/.875 with 10 extra-base hits, 21 walks, 19 runs scored and 16 RBI compared to just three strikeouts in 70 plate appearances … She drew two or more walks 13 times during the season, including six games with three or more walks and two with a school-record-tying four walks … Had four games with three runs scored … Collected four-hit games against Towson (4-for-5, three runs, four RBI) and St. John’s (4-for-5, run, two RBI) … As a pitcher appeared in 32 games with 29 starts as the ace of the BIG EAST Conference … Had 19 complete games and the single-season school record nine shutouts … Averaged 7.6 strikeouts per seven innings with 189 strikeouts in 174 2/3 innings pitched … Allowed 146 hits and held opponents to a .222 batting average against her … Yielded 58 runs (53 earned) while walking just 38 … Went 21-4 with one save, a 2.12 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP … Recorded the ninth 20-win season in school history … Her nine shutouts broke the Wildcats previous record of eight set by both Theresa Hornick and Keri Stoller in 2001 … Tallied 10 starts with zero or one earned run allowed … Reached double digits in strikeouts four times and had a season-high 12 strikeouts against both Hofstra and Saint Joseph’s … Tossed consecutive shutouts three times during the year … Those games came against George Washington and Hofstra (March 11, 13), in a BIG EAST series against Butler (March 20, 21) and against DePaul and Drexel (April 10, 14) … Started all five games of the BIG EAST Championship on the mound and pitched 28 of the 35 innings in the tournament … Went 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA, 28 hits allowed and 18 strikeouts while facing 123 batters over a span of three days … Pitched a complete game in her second outing of the day against DePaul on the first day of the tournament to eliminate the defending champions … Tossed a complete game against Connecticut on the final day of the championship to force a decisive seventh game in the tournament … Pithed a complete game against UMBC on May 22 to lift Villanova to its first NCAA Tournament win in program history … Started 10 of the Wildcats 17 regular season BIG EAST games and went 8-0 with a 1.27 ERA, seven complete games, five shutouts and 71 strikeouts in 66.0 innings pitched … As a fielder had a .978 fielding percentage with 54 putouts, 36 assists and two errors … Aside from her 29 starts on the mound also started 12 games in right field, five at first base, three in left field and three as the designated player … Batted first or second in the batting order in all 52 games.
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2020: Earned due recognition as one of the top all-around players in the country … Was the only player from a non-Power 5 conference to be a
Softball America Shortened Season All-American … Earned third team accolades and also came in at No. 24 on the
Softball America Shortened Season Top 100 rankings … She had been No. 50 in the preseason player rankings and was the lone non-Power 5 player in the top 25 (one of two in the top 100) at the end of the season … Tied for the Division I lead with 12 home runs and also led the BIG EAST in hits, total bases, runs scored, runs batted in and slugging percentage … As a pitcher led the BIG EAST with 11 victories and 97 strikeouts … Her wins total put her sixth nationally … Earned weekly recognition from the BIG EAST all five weeks of the season, including three consecutive Pitcher of the Week awards (February 17, February 24, March 2) which were bookended by Honor Roll nods on February 10 and March 9 … One of six players on the team to start all 27 games Villanova played … Started 15 games on the mound, five at first base and seven as the designated player … Reached base safely in 22 of 27 contests … Batted .405 (34-for-84) with a .480 on-base percentage and a .917 slugging percentage … Scored 27 runs and had 28 runs batted in to go along with seven doubles and the 12 home runs … Drew 13 walks and only struck out eight times in 99 plate appearances … Recorded 11 multi-hit games, five multi-RBI games and two multi-homer games … Homered twice and matched a season-high with four RBI in a February 9 win over Nicholls … Went 2-fof-3 with two runs, four RBI, a home run and a walk in a win over Penn State … Homered twice and drove in four runs versus Arkansas … Reached base all four times up in the season opener against San Diego State, going 1-for-1 with a season-high three walks and a stolen base … As a pitcher was 12-4 with a 2.25 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP in 90 1/3 innings … Had 97 strikeouts compared to 73 hits allowed and held opponents to a .217 batting average against her … Averaged 7.5 strikeouts per seven innings and had five double-digit strikeout games in 15 starts … Pitched her first collegiate no-hitter and had a season-high 13 strikeouts against Florida Atlantic … Threw complete games in nine of her 15 starts … Gave up zero or one earned run in six of her starts … Won each of her first seven starts and was 7-0 with a 1.11 ERA over her first eight appearances … Pitched a complete game and struck out seven in a 9-6 win over No. 9 Florida State at the Wooo Pig Invitational in Arkansas … Needed only 67 pitches to strike out 12 over six scoreless innings against Morgan State … Fanned 12 over five innings in a win over Kent State … Had a .971 fielding percentage with 50 putouts, 18 assists and two errors in 70 chances.
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2019: Named the BIG EAST Player of the Year and added first team All-BIG EAST honors to go along with NFCA Mideast First Team accolades and an All-ECAC first team selection … Also earned BIG EAST weekly honors eight times during the season, including being the conference Player of the Week on two occasions … Set the Wildcats single-season home run record with 18 long balls … Led all of Division I in slugging percentage (.935) … Ranked seventh nationally in on-base percentage and 10
th in batting average, as well as 11
th in triples and 15
th in both home runs per game and total bases … Led the BIG EAST in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage while also pacing the conference in home runs, triples, walks, runs scored per game and total bases … Tied for third in the conference in strikeouts (pitching) and was fourth in ERA as well as tied for fourth in victories … Started all 53 games, including 26 starts on the mound as well as 13 at first base, four in right field, one at third base and nine as the designated player … Batted in the top two spots in the lineup in all 53 contests … Posted a .445/.561/.935/1.496 slash line in 197 plate appearances … Scored 50 runs and had 51 RBI while hitting 10 doubles, six triple and 18 home runs … Drew 39 walks and struck out just 15 times … Was hit by a pitch twice and stole four bases in five tries … Led the team with 21 multi-hit games, including six outings with three or more hits … Tallied 14 multi-RBI games … Compiled a 12-game hitting streak from March 1-16 during which she batted .486 (18-for-37) with seven extra-base hits, a .604 on-base percentage, 10 runs scored and 12 RBI … Notched her second multi-homer game of the season during the middle of that streak when she hit a solo shot and a three-run shot against Presbyterian … Also homered twice against LIU in the third game of the season … Hit for the cycle in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgetown on April 18, going 4-for-4 with two runs scored, four RBI and a sacrifice bunt in the game … Went 3-for-6 with three runs scored, three RBI, three walks, a triple and a home run in two games at the BIG EAST Championship … As a pitcher was 12-11 with a 3.01 ERA and 141 strikeouts in 32 appearances … Made 26 starts and had 10 complete games, including three shutouts … Also made six relief appearances and notched two saves … Logged 144 1/3 innings and gave up 133 hits while holding opposing batters to a .240 batting average against her … Yielded 77 runs (62 earned) while walking 52 … Went 4-0 with a 1.31 ERA and 16 strikeouts over her first four starts of the year … During the BIG EAST regular season earned wins over Seton Hall, Creighton and Georgetown (twice) … In two starts against the Hoyas had 16 strikeouts while allowing just seven hits over 11.0 innings pitched.
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Fordham: Was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and a finalist for NFCA Rookie of the Year during the 2018 season … Became the first player in Atlantic 10 history to be a first team all-conference selection as both a pitcher and a position player (second base) … Also earned a spot on the conference All-Rookie Team, garnered NFCA Mid-Atlantic First Team honors and was an All-ECAC second team selection … Helped lead the Rams to a conference title and was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team … Selected as the A-10 Rookie of the Week four times during the year … Led the A-10 in triples and walks while ranking second in the league in home runs … As a pitcher was also second in the conference in ERA and fewest hits allowed per seven innings … Led Fordham batters in runs scored, hone runs, runs batted in and walks … Started all 56 games of the season and slashed .301/.445/.693 with 51 runs scored, seven doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 44 RBI … More than half of her hits (28 of 50) went for extra bases … Drew 41 walks and was hit by a pitch three times … Struck out 44 times … Stole six bases without being caught … Started 28 games at second base and 15 on the mound, as well as 11 at shortstop, one in left field, one in right field and two as the designated player … As a pitcher was 14-3 with a 1.66 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP in 109 1/3 innings … Appeared in 25 games with 15 starts, 10 complete games, two shutouts and two saves … Allowed just 81 hits and held opposing batters to a .196 batting average against her … Yielded 44 runs (26 earned) while walking 45, striking out 79 and giving up only three home runs to 475 batters faced.
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Club Softball: Played for Conklin Raiders Gold from 2014-17 and was a team captain.
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High School: Earned a total of nine varsity letters during her scholastic career, including five in softball split between Windsor High School (three) and Binghamton High School (two) … Also earned two varsity letters in both field hockey and indoor track & field at Windsor … Named the NYS Class AA Player of the Year in softball as a junior and a senior at Binghamton … Five-time all-state selection … Led Binghamton to a NYS Class AA state title in 2016 and helped Windsor win a NYS Class B state championship in 2013 … Played forward on the field hockey team at Windsor and competed in the 55 meters, the long jump and on relays for the indoor track & field team … Achieved High Honor Roll status academically each year from 2014-17.
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Personal: Born in 1999 in Windsor, N.Y. … Only child of Charles and Mari Rauch … Enjoys listening to music and spending time with family and friends … Chose to attend Villanova for the atmosphere no campus, the pride in the university’s athletics programs and the coaching staff … Double major in Political Science and Communication.
