Elon University Athletics

Career Honors & Awards:
-2017 Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List
-2017 First Team All-CAA
-2016 First Team All-CAA
-2015 Second Team All-CAA
-2014 First Team All-Atlantic Sun
-2014 Atlantic Sun All-Freshmen Team
-2017 CAA All-Tournament Team
-2017 Preseason All-CAA
-2016 Preseason All-CAA
-CAA Defensive Player of the Week | March 13, 2017
-CAA Defensive Player of the Week | April 17, 2017
-CAA Defensive Player of the Week | Feb. 16, 2016
-CAA Defensive Player of the Week | April 25, 2016
-Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week | Feb. 24, 2014
-Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week | March 10, 2014
-Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week | March 31, 2014
-Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week | April 28, 2014
-2014 Team MVP

2017: Started each of Elon’s 20 games throughout the season in the cage…Set new program records with 69 ground balls and 36 caused turnovers…Her 69 ground balls finished as the fourth-most in CAA single-season history and her caused turnover total placed fifth in the league in 2017…Played 1193:53 in goal, finishing as the most in Elon single-season history and the third most in CAA history…Ended the season with a 9.06 goals against average, which ranked second in the conference and 11th in the nation…Also closed the year with a save percentage of .462, which ranked fourth in the CAA…Making 7.55 saves per game on the year, that mark finished tops in the league…Posted a season-high 15 saves against High Point and Delaware…In back-to-back games, held Drexel and Delaware to record lows in allowing just two goals to Drexel on April 14 and three to Delaware on April 16…Held five consecutive CAA opponents to single-digit goal totals from April 14 to May 5 in the CAA Semifinals…Set a new program record against No. 20 Duke with nine ground balls to go with six caused turnovers in the game…Picked up eight ground balls on Senior Day in a win over Hofstra…Also had seven ground balls at No. 2 North Carolina and against No. 13 Virginia in the NCAA Tournament…Earned two CAA Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 13 and April 17…Was named to the CAA All-Tournament Team…Picked up Preseason All-CAA honors before the season and was tabbed First Team All-CAA for the second consecutive year after the campaign…On March 16, was named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List with Stephanie Asher, becoming the first student-athletes in program history named to the watch list for the sport’s highest honor...Finished her career with 187 ground balls in the three years Elon was a CAA member, which is the eighth-most in CAA history through the 2017 season. 

2016: Played and started all 17 games in goal for the Phoenix…Played over 1,020 minutes in goal…Recorded 100 saves on 308 shots faced and owned a 43.9 save percentage on the season…Tallied a 10-7 overall record…Finished with a 7.52 goals against average, ranking third in the CAA…Ranked fourth in the league with a 43.9 save percentage…Averaged 5.88 saves/game to rank fourth in the conference…Led the team and the CAA with 52 ground balls and 3.06/game…Set a new program and career high with seven ground balls against Towson…Led the team with 21 caused turnovers…Posted a new program and career high with five caused turnovers against No. 4 North Carolina…Recorded a season-high 13 saves against No. 4 North Carolina…Picked up at least four ground balls in seven games… Honored on the Preseason All-CAA Team…Named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 16 and April 25...Only goalie selected to the All-CAA First Team.

2015: Played and started all 16 games in goal…Tallied 143 saves on the season that ranked second in the CAA and 27^th nationally…Led the conference and finished 13^th in the nation with 8.94 saves per game…Owned a 46.9 save percentage that ranked 18^th nationally and second in the league…Tallied a 10.42 goals-against average…Recorded a season-high 15 saves against William & Mary in Elon’s first CAA program win…Posted 10 or more saves in seven games…Matched career-high six ground balls against Liberty...Played a total of 932:36 between the posts…Led the team and conference and finished fifth nationally with 53 ground balls…Recorded 15 caused turnovers…Named to the All-CAA Second Team.

2014: Played every minute of all 17 games between the posts…Finished the season with a 43.9 save percentage, 154 saves and 9.06 saves per game…Second in the conference in saves and goals-against average…Led the team with 64 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers on the year…Posted a career-high 18 saves at No. 1 North Carolina on March 12…Recorded a career-high 63.6 save percentage against Presbyterian…Posted a career-high six ground balls in three games…Recorded a career-high three caused turnovers in four games…Finished the season ranked third nationally in ground balls and 11th in saves and saves per game…Earned Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week four times (Feb. 24, March 10, March 31, April 28)…Only player in conference to earn weekly accolades more than twice…Named First Team All-Atlantic Sun and to the Atlantic Sun Freshmen Team…Team MVP.

High School: Earned all-division and all-league honors for Lindenhurst Senior High School…Named team MVPl…Three-time all-county selectionl…Also earned all-Long Island and 2013 All-American honors in 2013…In 2012 she was named a Under Armour All-American and led team to a UC championship…Helped team to U-15 national championship in 2010 and was named to the U-15 national team…Selected to the US Lacrosse all-tournament team…2010 ESPN U15 Lacrosse Rise games champions.
 
Personal: Full name is Rachel Marie Ramierz…Daughter of Samuel and Jacqueline Ramirez…Born on Nov. 20, 1995…Sister, Amanda, plays softball at Concordia College (NY)…Majoring in management.