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Jersey Number 24
Rachel Pearson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Chester, Pa.
- High School:
- Archbishop Carroll
Bio
Career Honors: 2014 Third Team All-CAA
2014 CAA All-Academic Team
2015 Second Team All-CAA
2014-15: A Second Team All-CAA selection after starting all 31 games…a CAA All-Academic selection…the CAA Player of the Week on Dec. 29…member of the Brown Classic and Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Teams…finished with a .385 three-point percentage (66-for-172), best on the team and 49th nationally…among the conference leaders at 37.4 minutes played per game…did not come out of the game eight times and played 40+ minutes nine times…notched a career high with 25 points in the win over Miami (Ohio), going 6-for-10 from long range and 5-for-5 from the free throw line (12/28)…followed that up with 12 points against Virginia to solidify her CAA Player of the Week recognition…finished in double figures scoring-wise 18 times, including a team-best nine straight games from Jan. 15-Feb. 15…hit five or more three-pointers in a game seven times, a feat the rest of the team combined to do once…scored 21 in the Dragons’ win over Sacred Heart (12/7)…also netted 21 in the win at Elon, the first-ever CAA loss for the Phoenix (1/6)…led the way with 19 points in a win at William & Mary (1/15)…scored 17 in a win over Delaware (1/25), going 5-for-10 from the field…followed that with 18 against the College of Charleston (1/30), hitting six of 10 from long range…finished two rebounds shy of a double-double in the win at Hofstra, scoring 10 and adding a season-high eight rebounds (1/22)...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
2013-14: Started all 31 games for the Dragons…a Third Team All-CAA selection…named the league’s Player of the Week on Dec. 16 after earning MVP honors at the St. John’s Chartwell’s Holiday Classic…put together her first-career double-double in the opener of that event, scoring 15 and adding 10 rebounds to help the Dragons defeat St. John’s (12/14)…added 14 points and nine boards the next day against Prairie View A&M (12/15)…led the team scoring 10.3 points per game for the season…finished 18th in the conference with that mark…ranked among the league leaders in three-point percentage (2nd, .376) and three-pointers per game (3rd, 2.4)…had 15 double-digit scoring performances, including seven in eight games from Dec. 30 through Jan. 30…netted a career-high 23 points at Cornell (12/30), going 7-for-9 from long range…matched that with 23 points against Northeastern (1/26), hitting 6-of-10 three-pointers…led the way with 21 points and six rebounds at the College of Charleston (2/7)…had 14 points and a career-high three assists at William & Mary (1/16)…averaged 13 points per game in two victories over Towson (2/14 and 3/5)...earned CAA All-Academic recognition.
2012-13: Appeared in 37 games for the WNIT Champion Dragons...named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Nov. 26, becoming the first Dragon to earn that honor since Kamile Nacickaite in 2008-09...earned that honor after scoring 19 points in a win over UMKC on Nov. 23, the most points by a Drexel freshman since Gabriela Marginean in 2007...notched her first collegiate points at La Salle on Nov. 17...her .365 three-point percentage ranked fourth on the team...had nine points in both regular season meetings with Delaware, including a stretch of three-straight three-pointers at home and nine points to help the Dragons overcome a 12-point second-half deficit on the road...had 12 points in Drexel's WNIT second round win over Harvard, following that with nine points in the third round at Bowling Green.
Background: A two-time State Champion (2009, 2012) and three-time Catholic League Champion (2009, 2010, 2012) with Archbishop Carroll...averaged 10.5 points per game and 7.0 rebounds a contest for the 2011-12 Catholic League and State Champions...All-Main Line, All-Catholic League and All-Delco as a senior...a high school teammate of Drexel teammates Meghan Creighton, Hollie Mershon and Sarah Curran.
Personal: Daughter of Rita and Mike Pearson...father, Mike, played basketball at Mount St. Mary's under legendary head coach Jim Phelan...three sisters have all played Division I basketball (Caitlin at Mount St. Mary's, Jessica at Holy Cross, Megan at Villanova)...majoring in general business.
2014 CAA All-Academic Team
2015 Second Team All-CAA
2014-15: A Second Team All-CAA selection after starting all 31 games…a CAA All-Academic selection…the CAA Player of the Week on Dec. 29…member of the Brown Classic and Cavalier Classic All-Tournament Teams…finished with a .385 three-point percentage (66-for-172), best on the team and 49th nationally…among the conference leaders at 37.4 minutes played per game…did not come out of the game eight times and played 40+ minutes nine times…notched a career high with 25 points in the win over Miami (Ohio), going 6-for-10 from long range and 5-for-5 from the free throw line (12/28)…followed that up with 12 points against Virginia to solidify her CAA Player of the Week recognition…finished in double figures scoring-wise 18 times, including a team-best nine straight games from Jan. 15-Feb. 15…hit five or more three-pointers in a game seven times, a feat the rest of the team combined to do once…scored 21 in the Dragons’ win over Sacred Heart (12/7)…also netted 21 in the win at Elon, the first-ever CAA loss for the Phoenix (1/6)…led the way with 19 points in a win at William & Mary (1/15)…scored 17 in a win over Delaware (1/25), going 5-for-10 from the field…followed that with 18 against the College of Charleston (1/30), hitting six of 10 from long range…finished two rebounds shy of a double-double in the win at Hofstra, scoring 10 and adding a season-high eight rebounds (1/22)...a CAA Commissioner's Academic Award recipient.
2013-14: Started all 31 games for the Dragons…a Third Team All-CAA selection…named the league’s Player of the Week on Dec. 16 after earning MVP honors at the St. John’s Chartwell’s Holiday Classic…put together her first-career double-double in the opener of that event, scoring 15 and adding 10 rebounds to help the Dragons defeat St. John’s (12/14)…added 14 points and nine boards the next day against Prairie View A&M (12/15)…led the team scoring 10.3 points per game for the season…finished 18th in the conference with that mark…ranked among the league leaders in three-point percentage (2nd, .376) and three-pointers per game (3rd, 2.4)…had 15 double-digit scoring performances, including seven in eight games from Dec. 30 through Jan. 30…netted a career-high 23 points at Cornell (12/30), going 7-for-9 from long range…matched that with 23 points against Northeastern (1/26), hitting 6-of-10 three-pointers…led the way with 21 points and six rebounds at the College of Charleston (2/7)…had 14 points and a career-high three assists at William & Mary (1/16)…averaged 13 points per game in two victories over Towson (2/14 and 3/5)...earned CAA All-Academic recognition.
2012-13: Appeared in 37 games for the WNIT Champion Dragons...named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Nov. 26, becoming the first Dragon to earn that honor since Kamile Nacickaite in 2008-09...earned that honor after scoring 19 points in a win over UMKC on Nov. 23, the most points by a Drexel freshman since Gabriela Marginean in 2007...notched her first collegiate points at La Salle on Nov. 17...her .365 three-point percentage ranked fourth on the team...had nine points in both regular season meetings with Delaware, including a stretch of three-straight three-pointers at home and nine points to help the Dragons overcome a 12-point second-half deficit on the road...had 12 points in Drexel's WNIT second round win over Harvard, following that with nine points in the third round at Bowling Green.
Background: A two-time State Champion (2009, 2012) and three-time Catholic League Champion (2009, 2010, 2012) with Archbishop Carroll...averaged 10.5 points per game and 7.0 rebounds a contest for the 2011-12 Catholic League and State Champions...All-Main Line, All-Catholic League and All-Delco as a senior...a high school teammate of Drexel teammates Meghan Creighton, Hollie Mershon and Sarah Curran.
Personal: Daughter of Rita and Mike Pearson...father, Mike, played basketball at Mount St. Mary's under legendary head coach Jim Phelan...three sisters have all played Division I basketball (Caitlin at Mount St. Mary's, Jessica at Holy Cross, Megan at Villanova)...majoring in general business.
Drexel Women's Basketball vs Campbell Game Melt 3-2-25
Sunday, March 02
Drexel Women's Basketball vs Monmouth Game Melt 2-28-25
Friday, February 28
Drexel Women's Basketball vs William & Mary Game Melt 2-14-25
Friday, February 14
Drexel Women's Basketball vs Towson Game Melt 2-2-22
Sunday, February 02
