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2014-15 Women's Wrestling Roster

Rachel McFarland

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool DeWitt (Mich.)
  • Hometown DeWitt, Mich.

Biography

Set to redshirt.
 
2013-14: Went 16-5 with two falls … 130-pound Women’s College Wrestling Association Championships runner-up … all-American … pinned by Helen Maroulis of Simon Fraser in 1:10 in national championship match Jan. 25 … pinned Tarkyia Mensah of Wayland Baptist in 4:07 on Jan. 12 … Waldorf Open runner-up Jan. 3 … lost 8-0 to Jacarra Winchester of Missouri Valley in championship match … won Missouri Valley Open title Nov. 16 competing unattached.

2012-13: Went 13-4 with five falls … pinned E D’Angelo of McMaster in 1:32 on Nov. 17 … pinned Diyasha Moore of Cumberlands 1-0, 0:15 … pinned Hannah McNitt of Lindenwood in 29 seconds Oct. 19 … third place in Missouri Valley Open on Nov. 11 … won 1-0, 1-0 over Alicia Hubbard of Jamestown in third-place match … pinned Dezrae Groomer of Missouri Valley in 1:28.

High school: Went 40-8 as senior … 33-10 as junior … 145-50 in career … two-time state champion … league champion … three-time academic all-state … lettered four times in wrestling and twice in cross country … two-time all-conference honoree in cross country … academic all-state in cross country … graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Amateur: USA Wrestling folkstyle national champion … Body Bar FILA cadet national champion … first-team ASICS all-American … third place in Junior Freestyle National Championships … fifth in Cadet World Championships.

Personal: Majoring in exercise science … daughter of Perry and Dana McFarland … born June 2, 1994 in Modesto, Calif.

OCU Statistics

 
SeasonW-LFallsTech. FallsDec.
2012-1313-44-02-06-4
2013-1416-52-111-03-4
Totals29-96-113-09-8

More on Rachel:
Favorite off-season activity: Crafts
My advice to kids: Don’t look at your shortcomings as failures, look at them as an opportunity to learn and grow
Favorite athlete: Jordan Burroughs
Pre-match ritual: Listen to music, pace, stretch, pray
My greatest ambition: Be a godly wife

 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    130
    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    130
    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2014-15Junior

    130
    5'6" 130 lbs