Rachel Fertitta Gallery
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
Led the team in hitting percentage (,270) and was second in blocks per set (0.81)... Ranks sixth in attack percentage (.244) for a career... Finished with nine kills against West Virginia... Charted a .615 attack clip in sweep of Wright State... Tallied one kill and two blocks against Murray State... Selected to WVU Golden Horseshoe Challenge All-Tournament team... Posted 12 kills in 3-1 win over Penn to earn a spot on the all-tournament team... Put down 10 kills with a career-high .667 attack percentage in ninth sweep of the season at Charleston Southern and equaled that number against Winthrop a match later... Notched a career-high 14 kills against Liberty, while attacking at 40 percent... Attacked at a .625 clip with 10 kills against Campbell in 10th sweep of the season.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
Saw action in 40 games... Totalled 45 kills and 29 blocks in first season with Highlanders... Charted a season-best six kills at UNC Asheville... Recorded five kills four other times at Hofstra, vs. Chicago State, North Carolina A&T and at Gardner-Webb... Registered a season-best six blocks in first two contests with the Highlanders at the Asics Invitational against Hofstra and Manhattan... Knocked down five blocks (two solo) and recorded a season-high 8.5 points in regular season finale at Gardner-Webb.
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
Sat out this season because of NCAA regulations.
2009 HIGHLIGHTS (EMORY & HENRY)
Voted to the First-Team All-ODAC squad... First E&H athlete to receive the SportsImports/AVCA Divison III Nationall Player of the Week Honor (Sept. 15)... Named ODAC Player of the Week two weeks in a row... Voted best offensive player by her squad... Awarded E&H Tournament MVP after helping the Wasps to an undefeated record... Led the squad in kills (425), kills per game (4.38) and total blocks (120).
2008 HIGHLIGHTS (EMORY & HENRY)
Selected ODAC Rookie of the Year and First-Team All-ODAC... Voted Best Offensive Player by her squad... Earned All-State Second Team honors... Led the conference in kills (371), hitting percentage (.347) and total blocks (108)... Hammered out double-figure kills in 23-of-27 matches with a season-high of 23 in season-opener against Milligan.
HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB (NORTHSIDE)
Played all four years with the Northside Vikings... Selected first team... Also lettered in softball, basketball and tennis... 2008 VHSL state-runner up in tennis doubles.
PERSONAL / ACADEMICS
Rachel Fertitta is the youngest of Susan and David Fertitta’s four children... Her sister, Corrie, was a standout basketball player at Radford (2004-08)... Majoring in nursing.
