University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

2012:  Started all 51 games with a .246 batting average and led the team with 12 doubles and 16 hit-by-pitch... She totaled 42 bases with eight RBI, a .344 slg% and a .396 on base%...  She went 2-4 against UKMC with a run and went 2-3 with a run in a 4-3 win over Evansville on February 26...  On march 4, she went 3-4 with two doubles and a run scored against Sacred Heart...  In a 3-1 win over Bowling Green(Apr. 11, game two), she knocked in the game-tying run with a double to right-center and scored the go-ahead run to secure the win for the Titans... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the 2012 Spring Horizon League Adademic Honor Roll.

2011: Brought in the 10th and deciding run in a 10-9 comeback win over South Dakota (Mar. 8)... Scored three runs and went 3-3 with a walk against Eastern Michigan (Mar. 29, game two) with a double... Went 4-4 at the plate against Green Bay (Apr. 23, game two) with three singles and a double along with two RBI... Ended the Wright State game (Apr. 30, game two) with a walk-off single to center that capped off a two-game doubleheader sweep of the Raiders... Copple's leadoff single in the bottom of the fourth in the season finale against Loyola (May 8) gave her a team-best 38 hits on the season. She also led the Titans in runs with 19 and was part of a three-way tie for the Detroit lead in doubles with seven... One of three (Sara Cupp, Renee Zaccagni) Titans to start all 44 of the team's games on the year... Was hit-by-pitch team-high 12 times on the year including six times in conference games... Member of the Horizon League's 2010 Fall and 2011 Spring Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named an NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.

2010: Started in all 42 games at shortstop... Tallied five hits in the first seven games of the season... Recorded a three-hit game including a run and an RBI in a 9-2 win over U-M Dearborn (March 19)... Had a two-RBI game in the back-end of a doubleheader against Green Bay on April 10... Member of the Horizon League's 2009 Fall and 2010 Spring Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

2009: Started 35 games at shortstop for the Titans... Notched 17 hits, scored five runs, and drove in two for Detroit... Compiled an .851 fielding percentage... Tied for second on the team in sacrifice bunts (3) and sacrifice flies (1)... Tallied first collegiate hit against Fairfield (March 2), a game in which she went 3-for-4... Recorded another multi-hit game the following day with two hits against Saint Francis (PA) (March 3)... Had a season-high seven assists against IPFW (March 24).

High School: Four-year letterwinner as the starting shortstop for Allen Park Cabrini... Hit .367 as a junior in 2007 with a .467 slugging percentage and 31 RBI... Was a member of a squad that set a state record with 80 straight victories, including outscoring its opponents 366-1 en route to a 35-0 season and a repeat as the Division 4 State Champions... The one run allowed in 2007 is a national record for fewest runs allowed... Only made one error all season to post a .947 fielding percentage... All-Catholic High School League (CHSL) selection, All-District, All-Region, All-Downriver selection and All-State Honorable Mention... As a sophomore in 2006, led team to undefeated Division 4 State Championship... All-CHSL, All-District, and All-Region selection... Hit .319 with 28 RBI and .416 slugging percentage... Committed only two errors all season with a .943 fielding percentage... During her senior campaign in 2008, led Monarchs to 37-3-1 record before losing in the Division 3 state title game... Hit .257 with 23 RBI and was named All-District, All-League, and All-Downriver.

Personal: Full name is Rachel Therese Copple... Daughter of Pat and Jeanne Copple... Has a sister, Molly... Born in Southfield, MI... Majoring in nursing.