Western Washington University Athletics

2025 (Junior):

• NFCA All-West Region Second Team.
• Unanimous All-GNAC First Team.
• GNAC Championships All-Tournament Team.
• Started all 60 for the Vikings, one of three players to do so en-route to Final Four.
• Batted .340, with a .404 on-base percentage, and .555 slugging percentage. 
• Tallied 49 RBIs (3rd in GNAC) and 49 runs (3rd in GNAC, Career High).
• Recorded 16 doubles (2nd in GNAC), 3 triples (Career High), and 7 home runs.
• Had 19 multi-hit games and 9 multi-RBI games.
• Stole 4 bases on 4 attempts.
• Only struck out 6 times across 200 AB, ranking Rath hardest to strikeout in GNAC and 21st hardest in NCAA.
• Had a career-high 4 for 4 game with a home run, a double and tied WWU single game record for most RBIs with 7, in a 16-1 win over Western Oregon (3/14).
• Went 3 for 3 with 2 home runs, a double, a walk and 6 RBIs in a 11-4 win over Dominican (3/26).

2024 (Sophomore):

• GNAC Player of the Year.
• Unanimous First Team All-GNAC.
• GNAC player of the week (Mar. 18-25, Apr. 8-15).
• In the regular season: led GNAC in hits and batting average, top-three in slugging%, RBI and total bases.
• All-West Region selection (D2CCA - 1st team, NFCA - 2nd team).
• D2CCA All-America Honorable Mention.
• Started in all 64 of the Vikings games, one of just five players to do so en-route to National Runners-up finish.
• 23 multi-hit games tied single-season program record.
• 73 hits ranks second in program history.
• 217 at-bats set single-season program record.
• 52 RBI ranks second in single-season program history.
• 117 total bases ranks second in program history.
• Also ranks top-10 in single-season program history in doubles (16), home-runs (8), sac flys (4), intentional walks (2) and hit-by-pitch (6).
• Batted .336 (73-for-217) with a .539 slugging percentage and a .373 on-base percentage.
• Season highlights include three-RBI performances in D2 NCAA World Series elimination games against Auburn Montgomery (5/21) and UIndy (5/22).

2023 (Freshman):

• GNAC Freshman of the Year.
• Unanimous First Team All-GNAC.
• Set WWU freshman record with 26 extra-base hits, tied 2nd-most in WWU single-season history overall (2B-17, 3B-2, HR-7).
• Hit seven home runs, tied for 2nd-most by a WWU freshman in program history (Megham Flem - 9 in 2007, Emily Benson - 7 in 2015).
• Ranked 2nd in WWU single-season history with 17 doubles and tied for 12th with 37 RBI.
• Started all 49 games at shortstop, a position she never played prior to arriving at WWU.
• Led team batting .371 (59-for-159) to rank 20th in WWU single-season batting average.
• Recorded team-best marks in nearly every offensive category including slugging pct. (.635), on-base pct. (.449) and OPS (1.084).
• Hit seven of team's 10 home runs during the season, including multi-HR game in GNAC Championships vs. Saint Martin's (5/4).
• Led all players during GNAC Championships batting .727 (8-for-11) with 6 runs, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 IBB.
• Recorded at least one hit in 36 of 49 games, including team-high 18 multi-hit games.
• Finished season with season-high 9-game hitting streak, batting .552 (16-for-29) with 9 runs scored and 13 RBI.

Prior to WWU: Multi-sport standout out of Eatonville High School where she earned first-team all-conference honors not only in softball, but also in soccer and basketball ... served as the team captain in all three of those sports and was selected as the all-league softball most valuable player ... as a senior in 2022 hit .605, with 24 home runs to rank in the top 10 nationally, scored 64 runs and drove in 62 runs in leading the Cruisers to a school-best third-place finish at the Class 1A state tournament ... SBLive All-State selection for all classifications ... product of the Ai Bandits Breer club program ... selected as the EHS Athlete of the Year and nominated for the Tacoma Athletic Commission Athlete of the Year award ... during shortened 2021 spring season batted .704 (38-for-54) with 10 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 58 RBI ... Scorebook Live Washington listed Rath as a top 10 outfielder in the state in 2021 ... selected as the Scorebook Live 2022 Class 1A Senior Athlete of the Year ... in 71 career high school games (222 at-bats) hit .620 with 48 home runs, 101 extra-base hits and 175 RBI and did not make an error in center field ... named the 1A EvCo player of the year as a senior, she was the 2A SPSL MVP last spring as a junior ... led the Cruisers to a pair of 1A state tournament appearances (2019, 2022) ... Scored 1,074 points in basketball and set the school's single-game scoring mark as a sophomore with 43 points against Clover Park in 2020. ... twice was named to the all-1A EvCo team in soccer - once as a defender (2020) and the other time as as a midfielder (2022). ... selected to play in the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch/Under Armour All Star Game in Indianapolis for top seniors in the country.

 

Year	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2023....	.371	49-49	159	30	59	17	2	7	37	101	.635	22	2	13	1	.449	2	0	2-3	69	96	11	.938
2024....	.336	64-64	217	38	73	16	2	8	52	117	.539	9	6	13	4	.373	4	0	3-4	108	109	14	.939
TOTAL...	.351	113-113	376	68	132	33	4	15	89	218	.580	31	8	26	5	.406	6	0	5-7	177	205	25	.939

 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]: Hits: 3, 10 times Doubles: 2 [t-2nd], Central Washington, Apr 19, 2024 ; Western Oregon, Mar 26, 2023 Triples: 1 [t-8th], 4 times Home runs: 2 [t-1st], at MSU Billings, Apr 13, 2024 ; vs Saint Martin's, May 04, 2023 Total bases: 10 [t-2nd], at MSU Billings, Apr 13, 2024 RBI: 6 [t-5th], vs Hawaii Hilo, Feb 19, 2023 Runs scored: 4 [t-1st], vs Hawaii Hilo, Feb 19, 2023 Walks: 4 [t-1st], vs Saint Martin's, May 05, 2023 Hit by pitch: 1, 8 times Struck out: 4 [t-1st], vs Academy of Art, Mar 22, 2024 Sac flies: 1 [t-4th], 6 times At bats: 5, 4 times Stolen bases: 1, 5 times Caught stealing: 1 [t-1st], Simon Fraser, Mar 03, 2024 ; vs Academy of Art, Mar 31, 2023 Field chances: 12, vs Chico State, Feb 10, 2024 Putouts: 5, vs Cal St. Dom. Hills, Feb 03, 2023 ; vs Academy of Art, Mar 22, 2024 ; Saint Martin's, May 02, 2024 Assists: 10 [t-1st], vs Chico State, Feb 10, 2024   CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS: Most intentional walks: 2nd (7) Highest slugging pct.: 3rd (.580) Highest batting avg.: 5th (.351) Most doubles: 7th (33) Most sacrifice flies: t-7th (6) Most runs batted in: 9th (89) Most home runs: 10th (15) Highest on base pct.: 11th (.406) Most total bases: 11th (218) Most assists: 18th (205) Most errors: t-18th (25) Most triples: t-19th (4) SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS: Most at bats: 1st (217 in 2024) Most games played: t-1st (64 in 2024) Most games started: t-1st (64 in 2024) Most times grounded into DP: t-1st (4 in 2024) Most hits: 2nd (73 in 2024) Most runs batted in: 2nd (52 in 2024) Most total bases: 2nd (117 in 2024) Most intentional walks: 2nd (5 in 2023) Most doubles: 3rd (17 in 2023) Most doubles: t-4th (16 in 2024) Highest slugging pct.: 5th (.635 in 2023) Most sacrifice flies: t-5th (4 in 2024) Most home runs: t-7th (8 in 2024) Most intentional walks: t-7th (2 in 2024) Most times hit by pitch: t-8th (6 in 2024) Most total bases: 9th (101 in 2023) Most runs scored: t-9th (38 in 2024) Most assists: 13th (109 in 2024) Most home runs: t-13th (7 in 2023) Highest on base pct.: 14th (.449 in 2023) Most runs batted in: t-14th (37 in 2023) Most walks: t-15th (22 in 2023) Most hits: t-16th (59 in 2023) Most assists: t-17th (96 in 2023) Most errors: t-17th (14 in 2024) Highest batting avg.: 20th (.371 in 2023)