2025 Softball Roster
Fuerst, Rachael
Jersey Number 31
Rachael Fuerst
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- West Seneca, N.Y.
- High School:
- West Seneca East Senior
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
Bio
Accolades:
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
- Appeared in five games
- Had an RBI against Norfolk State (4/23/25)
PITT (2021-24):
- Appeared in 77 games, making 37 starts at catcher during her time as a Panther, tallying 24 hits, nine runs, three doubles, a triple, five home runs, 18 RBIs and 11 walks with a .211 career batting average
MAJOR:
- Graduated from Pitt in 2024 with a degree in political science with a minor in law criminal justice and society
TRAVEL:
- Played travel ball for New York Diamond Girls for seven years (2013-2020) and the Jersey Intensity for one season (2020-21)
- Ranked as the No. 44 catcher in the nation for the class of 2021 and ranked in the Top-100 for the class of 2021 by ExtraInnings Softball
- Helped guide the Jersey Intensity finish in the top-16 at PGF’s
HIGH SCHOOL:
- A three-year letter winner at West Seneca East
- Recorded a .407 in three years as a Trojan, batting .320 freshman year, .570 sophomore year and .330 senior year
- Named a Top-10 Player to Watch in the city of Buffalo during senior year
PERSONAL:
- Daughter of Michaele and Ken Fuerst
- Has two older sisters, Elyse and Hannah
- Both sisters played collegiate softball, with Elyse at SUNY Geneseo and Hannah at SUNY Plattsburgh
- Member of the National Honors Society, Spanish Honor Society, Rho Kappa Honor Society, Youth Court, Student of Excellence and Fresh Mentoring Program in high school
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Monday, September 08
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