Rachel Lawson
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Kentucky |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 476–292 (.620) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Orlando, Florida | June 11, 1972
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 | 569–376 (.602) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Rachel Lawson (born June 11, 1972) is an American former collegiate softball first basemen and current head coach at Kentucky. Lawson played college softball for the UMass Minutewomen in the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1991 to 1994, helping them to the 1992 Women's College World Series.[1]
Coaching career[]
In July 2007, Lawson was named the head coach at Kentucky. Lawson led Kentucky to their first ever Women's College World Series appearance in 2014. She is the winning coach in program history.[2][3]
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 | Women's College World Series | ||||
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 | |||||
2021 | Kentucky | 32-12 | 7-11 | ||||||
Kentucky: | 476–292 (.620) | 145–170 (.460) | |||||||
Total: | 569–376 (.602) | ||||||||
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[]
- Living people
- Female sports coaches
- American softball coaches
- American softball players
- Kentucky Wildcats softball
- UMass Minutewomen softball players
- College softball coaches in the United States
- Maryland Terrapins softball coaches
- Western Kentucky Lady Toppers softball coaches
- 1972 births
- American softball biography stubs