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2023 Softball Roster

Rachael Keating

34 Riley Eagan

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Holt High School
  • Hometown Wentzville, Mo.

Biography

JUNIOR (2023): Made 21 appearances and nine starts, batting .219 with two doubles, and five RBI… hit her first home run as a Leatherneck in a 9-1 victory over Kansas City on April 22, a two-run shot to left center… finished 2-4 with a double and two RBI against North Dakota on May 5… finished the year with a .981 fielding percentage across 54 total chances.

PRIOR TO WESTERN: Played two seasons at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Mo…. First Team All-Conference in 2021 and 2022, also earning Second Team All-Region in both seasons… finished with the third most home runs in program history (24), hitting 15 in one season which was good for fourth-most in a single season in program history… four-year varsity letter winner at Holt High School in Wentzville, Mo…. Won four conference championships and two district championships while at Holt, being named First Team All-District and First Team All-Region honors in 2018 while earning Second Team All-District and Second Team All-Conference in 2019… selected to play in the 2019 Missouri versus Illinois All Star High School game.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Dan and Gina… played travel ball for St. Louis Chaos… plans to major in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration… chose Western to play at a top level while also attending a nationally-known LEJA program… enjoys hanging out with friends, spending time on the farm and playing with her dogs… credits parents as the biggest influence on her softball career, saying, “they always try to push me to be my best self and are always cheering me on no matter where I’m playing.”

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