Rachel Hianik

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-8
High School:
Ravenscroft School
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.

Major: Biology

2018: Named to the A-10 All-Academic Team ... earned A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll honors for the season, marking seventh time in career ... a tri-captain during senior season ... scooped up a career-high 33 groundballs ... started all 19 games and finished career starting all 70 games played ... 10 times had two or more groundballs in a game, including a season-high four twice ... tied personal-best with two caused turnovers twice.

2017: Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters ... again one of the Wildcats' top defenders, starting all 18 games, one of eight players ... filled the end of the year stat-sheet with 28 groundballs, 10 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers ... was second on the team in groundballs ... recorded seven multi-groundball games ... had 13 groundballs in the first five games of the season ... scooped up a career-best six groundballs vs. Campbell ... picked up four groundballs each against Siena and UMass ... recorded four games of two caused turnovers each.

2016: Starting defender during sophomore campaign for the Wildcats ... started all 17 games, one of six 'Cats to do so ... tallied seven groundballs, seven draw controls and seven caused turnovers ... recorded first two collegiate draw controls and added a caused turnover at Kennesaw State ... had a four-game stretch of picking up one caused turnover in each game ... registered a personal-best two groundballs at St. Bonaventure ... had a personal-best two caused turnovers at Duquesne ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters.

2015: Named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team ... one of seven players to start all 16 games and the only freshman to do so on the team ... one of the Wildcats' main defenders, finished first year with 15 groundballs and seven caused turnovers ... four times had two groundballs in a game ... in first collegiate game, scooped up a groundball and forced a turnover in a 21-4 win vs. Kennesaw State ... had two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. Saint Francis, a 17-9 Wildcat win ... earned two groundballs and forced a turnover in first A-10 game against George Washington ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters.

Prep and personal: A letterwinner in both lacrosse and field hockey during prep career ... three times named to the NCISAA Lacrosse All-State Team (2012, 2013 & 2014) ... also a three-time TISAC All-Conference pick ... earned a spot on the 2013 and 2014 U.S. Lacrosse Girls All-Academic Team ... named the 2014 team MVP ... was a 2013 TISAC All-Conference pick in field hockey ... was a member of the National Honor Society and Cum Laude Society ... AP Scholar in 2013 and 2014.