Rachel Blankenship
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Thun Ríos | ||
| Date of birth | September 2, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Tulsa | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 75 | (31) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Fortuna Tulsa | 11 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2018– | Puerto Rico | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Rachel Blankenship or Rachel Thun Ríos (born September 2, 1995), née Thun, is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Tulsa in the Women's Premier Soccer League and for the Puerto Rico national team.
Career[]
Blankenship played college soccer at the University of Tulsa from 2014 to 2017. For the 2014 season, she was named as the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year.[1] In 2016, she was named the American Athletic Conference Midfielder of the Year.[2] She was selected to the American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.[3]
She joined Fortuna Tulsa in 2018.[4][5]
International career[]
Blankenship's maternal grandparents, the Ríos family, are from Puerto Rico.[6] Having been born in Oklahoma City, she was therefore eligible to play for the United States or Puerto Rico. She chose the latter in 2017.[6]
She played for Puerto Rico at 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification.[7]
Personal life[]
She married Malachi Blankenship in June 2017.
References[]
- ^ "Tulsa's Rachel Thun Receives Three American Athletic Conference Accolades – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Tulsa's Rachel Thun Named The American Midfielder of the Year – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. November 1, 2016.
- ^ "Tulsa's Thun-Blankenship Named to The American First Team – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. October 31, 2017.
- ^ "Fortuna Tulsa on Twitter".
- ^ "Fortuna Tulsa – 2018 Regular Season – Roster – No. 15 – Rachel Blankenship – M". www.wpslsoccer.com.
- ^ a b Vázquez Muñiz, Héctor (April 30, 2017). "Rachel orgullosa de representar a Puerto Rico" [Rachel, proud to represent Puerto Rico] (in Spanish and English). ¡Qué Palo! Deportes. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ "Cuba empata con Puerto Rico y mantiene primer lugar en eliminatoria Mundial Femenino 2019 – FEDOFUTBOL". fdf.com.do. May 9, 2018.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Puerto Rican women's footballers
- Puerto Rico women's international footballers
- Sportspeople from Oklahoma City
- American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Oklahoma
- Women's association football midfielders
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's soccer players
- Puerto Rican women's football biography stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs