Rachel Houle

Photo by: Kylie Macziewski

Position:
Right Side
Height:
5-11
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Stilwater, Minn.

2021: Lone Huskies player to appear in all 32 matches and 121 sets...recorded 74 kills, 267 digs and 36 aces...averaged 2.21 digs per set...her 36 aces tied her for eighth in the NSIC...ranked second in aces and aces per set while landing fourth in digs and digs per set among her SCSU teammates...her six-ace performance in the NSIC Championship match ranks fifth all-time in single-match performances...opened her season hitting .571 with four kills and eight digs on September 2 against UW-Parkside...had nine kills on .421 hitting while adding 13 digs and two blocks on September 3 at Michigan Tech...had eight kills and five digs on September 10 vs Western Oregon...added nine kills and eight digs later that day against Central Washington...posted seven killls and 10 digs against Simon Fraser on September 11...recorded 10 digs against Augustana on September 17...scored three aces and 11 digs in back-to-back matches on September 18 and 21 against Wayne State and Bemidji State...added two aces at SMSU on September 24...posted 15 digs and three aces on October 1 against Concordia-St. Paul...added another three aces at Upper Iowa on October 8...hit .389 with eight kills and 12 digs against Minnesota-Crookston on October 30...had three aces on November 6 against SMSU...posted three aces and eight digs at Augustana on November 13...tied a career-high with 18 digs in the NSIC Tournament Semifinal against Wayne State...scored six aces - fifth-most all-time in Huskies single-match history - and added 12 digs in the NSIC Championship win over Winona State...

2020: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic...

2019: Appeared in 32 matches, recording 62 kills, 38 aces and 236 digs...averaged 2.05 digs per set and 0.33 aces per set...her 38 aces ranked eighth in the NSIC while she finished ninth in aces per set...landed second among SCSU teammates in both aces and aces per set while landing fifth in digs...opened her season with 10 digs at Dixie State on September 5...recorded two aces in her next two matches, adding eight kills on September 6 against Colorado Christian...scored two aces on September 13 against Michigan Tech...dug out 13 shots and added two aces on September 21 against Upper Iowa...picked up two more aces on September 27 at Minnesota State...set a career-high with 15 digs at Concordia-St. Paul on September 28...had four aces, nine kills and 10 digs while hitting .643 at Mary on October 5...scored a whopping five aces with nine digs in a straight-set sweep over MSUM on October 11...had a pair of kills, two aces and nine digs against Sioux Falls on October 26...recorded 12 digs against Minnesota-Duluth on October 31...provided four kills, two aces and seven digs in the Huskies' win over Concordia-St. Paul on November 9...put away six kills, scored three aces and added 14 digs at Upper Iowa on November 16...posted 14 digs in the NSIC Tournament Semifinal against Upper Iowa on November 23...

2018: Appeared in 25 matches as a true freshman...recorded 117 kills, 17 aces and 138 digs...averaged 1.39 kills per set on .167 hitting...totaled five kills and four digs in her collegiate debut against Simon Fraser on August 24...posted five kills and three blocks on September 8 at Bemidji State...followed with nine kills on .318 hitting at Mary on September 14...racked up a career-high 16 kills on September 22 against MSUM...had eight kills, six digs and an ace against Wayne State on September 28...scored a pair of aces to close out September versus Augustana, adding six kills and seven digs...put away 11 kills at Sioux Falls on October 6...had 11 digs and five kills at SMSU on October 6...hit .357 with seven kills at UMD on October 9...piled up 16 digs and added nine kills on October 12 against Upper Iowa, hitting .333...followed with another nine kills against Winona State on October 13...double-doubled for the first time in her career with 10 kills and 13 digs against Concordia-St. Paul on October 19, beginning a three-match stretch in which she recorded seven aces...hammered home six kills, set a career-high with 18 digs and had a pair of aces at Minnesota State on October 20...dominated MSUM from the service line with three aces on October 26...scored another three aces on November 2 against Minot State...

Before SCSU: A 2018 graduate of Stillwater High School...dual-sport athlete while in high school (volleyball, basketball)...3x varsity letter winner and All-Conference honorable mention recipieint in volleyball...2x varsity letter winner, Rookie-of-the-Year, Defensive Player-of-the-Year and All-Confernece honorable mention in basketball...off the court was a member of NHS and earned Academic Awards and honors at Stillwater...

Personal: Favorite athlete is Paige Tapp...her biggest influence is her sister Stephanie...the daughter of Thomas and Glenda...earned her undergraduate degree in December 2021 in Elementary Education...currently pursuing a Master's degree in Education...