SENIOR • 2019
Started all 20 games, logging over 1,200 minutes in the goal cage … ranked in the top four in four MAC statistical categories, including second in shutouts per game (.235), saves per game (5.65) and total saves (113) … became the first App State player to win two MAC Field Hockey Player of the Week awards in the same season … named to the All-MAC Second Team … earned a spot on Team Dream at USA Field Hockey's Young Women's National Championship in June … named to the USA Field Hockey Women's Development Team Selection Camp in December … Became just one of 23 athletes selected to the 2020 U.S. Women's National Development Team in January 2020 … held a .926 save percentage through the first six games of the season, which ranked No. 1 in the nation … posted shutouts in five of her first six contests, helping App State start 6-0 for the first time in program history … made the game-clinching save in a shootout victory at Lock Haven on Sept. 15 … allowed one goal or less in 11 of 20 games … finished the season with 113 saves, seven shutouts and a .774 save percentage … concluded her App State career No. 6 in program history with 468 career saves … made 73 career appearances and 52 starts in the goal cage in an App State uniform.
JUNIOR • 2018
Made 17 appearances, logging over 997 minutes … recorded 77 saves while posting a .670 save percentage … tied for fifth in the MAC in saves, ranked sixth in the MAC in saves per game (4.53) and tied for fourth in shutouts (two) … posted a shutout in App State’s 2-0 upset victory over Longwood in the MAC Tournament … also posted a shutout in the season-opener against Towson … made a season-high 13 saves against Longwood on Sept. 20 … has accumulated 355 career saves, which ranks seventh among goalkeepers in App State history … one of 10 Mountaineers selected to the Academic All-MAC Team.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE • 2017
Started all 19 games, logging 1286 minutes between the posts … had 159 saves on the year, good for first among MAC goalkeepers … averaged 8.37 saves per game, which was also a conference high … recorded four shutouts, including three consecutive shutouts from Oct. 7-19 … made a career-high 21 saves against No. 13 Wake Forest on Oct. 4 … posted double-digit saves on seven occasions … registered a .726 save percentage … has accumulated 278 career saves, which is 10th all-time among App State goalkeepers ... earned Academic All-MAC honors ... named to NFHCA National Academic Squad and as a Scholar of Distinction ... for second consecutive year, selected to the U.S. Senior Indoor National Field Hockey team.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • 2016
In her first season for the Mountaineers, started all 16 games in goal … recorded 119 saves on the year, good for 12th nationally … ranked eighth nationally with 7.44 saves per game … earned her first-career win on Sept. 4, 2016 in an 8-1 win over LIU Brooklyn, allowing just one goal … registered a .620 save percentage … made a season-high 19 saves against Pacific … in the season finale at No. 5 UNC, she made 13 saves … named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and was honored as a Scholar of Distinction ... selected to the U.S. Senior Indoor National Field Hockey team.
PRIOR TO APP STATE
Earned a varsity letter as a redshirt at Ohio State … grabbed a spot on the NFHCA National Academic Team and earned the Scholar of Distinction Award … honored as an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-time letterwinner in field hockey at Kettering Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio … recorded a whopping 397 career saves in 48 games, giving her a .850 save percentage and a 1.46 goals-against average … produced 14 career shutout games … two-time selection to the USAFH U19 National Futures Championship and finished as a gold medalist in 2015 … qualified for the USAFH U19 National Club Championships and finished fifth in the country as a senior … participated in the Senior All-Star Game in Ohio and was selected on the Southwest Ohio Field Hockey League (SWOFHL) All-League squad and led the league in saves … two-time qualifier to the USFHA National Indoor Tournament ... gold medalist in the 2015 Junior Premier Outdoor League ... bronze medalist at the 2014 Disney Showcase ... named to the NFHCA High School National Academic Squad ... three-time Ohio Field Hockey Coaches' Association Academic All-Ohio … All-Western Ohio League Academic Team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Rachel Naomi Gaines … daughter of Greg and Judi Gaines … born June 18, 1997 (21 years old) … majoring in environmental science with a minor in Spanish … father played football at Cornell University, grandfather, Bill Gaines, played football at Wichita State and Eastern Kentucky, and great-uncle, Malcom Burton, played soccer at Washington and Lee.
