Rachel Piccus

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Solon, Ohio
High School:
Laurel School

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2 x BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week (9/14/2015, 8/22/2017)
2 x BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (9/21/2015 and 10/26/2015)
2015-16 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2016: Played in 18 matches, starting in 16 for the Musketeers…Recorded 63 saves for a .741 save percentage, ending her Xavier career with a save percentage of .813 for four years…Played over 1200 minutes in goal, allowing 22 for a GAA of 1.65, for a career GAA of 1.34… Collected a pair of complete shutouts to bring her career total to nine…Earned four wins to close out her career with 14 total…Against Evansville, collected three saves in the eighth shutout of her career, holding the Purple Aces scoreless in the season opener…Posted another three-save performance at EKU, finishing with a clean sheet for the second straight game…Earned BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week after the back-to-back shutouts.

2015: Started all 18 games in-goal for the Musketeers…Set a career high with 13 saves against Cincinnati in a double-overtime 0-0 draw…Collected a league-high 119 saves with a league- best .844 save percentage… Was in goal for at least part of all eight shutouts for the Musketeers, including six complete…Was named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 14 and earned two nominations to the Weekly Honor Roll (9/21 and 10/26).

2014: Played the second half against Ohio Northern (9/7) … Recorded a save without giving up a goal … Earned the win in the 2-1 victory for the Musketeers against ONU.

2013: Played in three matches in net and started in one...finished with a 1-0-0 record in net...recorded a shutout in her first collegiate start against North Dakota, registering four saves (8/23)...helped shutout Northwestern with 13+ minutes in net (9/23)...recorded 118 minutes in net for her freshman year.

Prior to Xavier: A 2012 team captain at Laurel School who played her prep career in goal for the Gators...the 2011 Ohio High School State Runners-Up...played club soccer with the Cleveland FC, winning the 2010 State Cup Championship and finishing as runners-up in the 2011 and 2012 State Cup.

Personal: A biology major...born December 9, 1994 in Cleveland, Ohio...parents are Bob and Debi Piccus...has an older brother, Adam.