Radford University Athletics

2016
Finished her career as program's all-time leader in on-base percentage (.457), third in runs scored (149) and walks (74) and tied for fourth in home runs (32)... Set new NCAA record for career HBPs on Apr. 6 at Appalachian State and finished with 111... Led team with career-bests of 34 RBIs and 45 runs scored and co-led team with nine home runs to equal career-high... One of four Highlanders to start all 61 games... Recorded game-tying RBI hit and scored game-winning run in 4-3 walk-off win over Winthrop in Big South Tournament... Second on team with 10 multi-RBI games and had eight multi-hit efforts... Posted team-high 23-game reached base streak... Recorded first career grand slam  and career-high five RBIs in win at Campbell on May 6... Totaled 60 putouts with just one error in centerfield... Selected as a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) All-American.

2015
Led Radford with a .326 batting average...was second on the team with seven home runs...started all 49 games this season, 42 in centerfield...named Big South Player of the Week on March 3 after hitting .556 with a pair of home runs and four RBI at the USF Under Amour Invite…had an 18-game streak of reaching base that ended on April 12…Started every game of the season, making 76 putouts in centerfield...drove home 20 RBI and 44 hits...tallied 13 extra base hits...named Second Team All-Big South for the second consecutive season.

2014
Selected Second-Team All-Big South... One of two players to start all 52 games... NCAA leader in hit-by-pitches (37), almost doubling her own single-season record of 20 set a season ago... Was hit more than every Big South opponent (8 teams)... Hit a career-high nine home runs and also had career-bests with 37 runs and six stolen bases... Second on squad in runs and OBP (.439)... Three outfield assists (two at home plate)... Recorded three-hit (3-for-4) contests at Winthrop (HR, 2 RBI,  3 R) and versus Liberty (HR, 3 RBI, 2 R)... Matched a school record with a single-game best four runs in game two against Liberty (4/8)... Tallied seven home runs, 27 runs and 13 RBI in league play.

2013
Started every contest in centerfield... Selected to Big South All-Freshman Team... One of three Highlanders to start every game... Led RU in batting (.309), hits (47), runs (35), walks (25) and OBP (.467)... Set single-season record by getting hit 20 times, which is tied for third most in a career... OBP was fifth best a single season... 25 free passes is a RU rookie record and tied for sixth most in a single season... Reached base safely in 46 contests...  Registered eight doubles, seven home runs and a .500 slugging percentage... Recorded seven outfield assists, five of which negated a runner trying to score, and included the final out of a 4-3 win at Maryland... Posted team-best 10-game hitting streak (14-31/.452/12 runs)... Plunked a school record three times at Coastal Carolina (4/7)... Team-best 13 multi-hit contests... First collegiate long ball was a leadoff blast against LIU-Brooklyn (City of Clearwater Classic)... Scored a career-high three runs against Charleston Southern (G1) and Winthrop (G3)... Also knocked in a career-high three runs versus the Eagles.

PREP / CLUB
2012 Chicago Tribune First-Team All-State selecton; Posted a .460 batting average with 17 doubles, 11 home runs, 62 RBI,  40 runs scored... Three-time Suburban Life’s All-Area team honoree… Class 3A All-State third-team in 2011; For the season, she batted .478, slugged .826 and posted a .580 on base percentage with 39 runs, 29 RBI and 13 doubles… Four-time Metro Suburban All-Conference selection… NFCA MaxPreps Player of the Week (5/15/11)… 2011 and 2012 Chicago Sun-Times and 2012 Chicago Tribune Top 50 Players… Member of the Beverly Bandits club team along with former club teammate and fellow classmate Casey Burns... Earned the President's Education Award for outstanding academic achievement.

PERSONAL
Full name is Rebecca Kimberly Mantel... Majoring in outdoor recreation... Becky and her older brother Ken are the children of Tom and Judy Mantel... Former high school teammate of senior Jessie Hutchens.