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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2021 Softball Roster

Larry Lawson
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Megan Connelly
Scott Larson
Scott Larson
Megan Connelly

8 Rachel Menlove

  • Position C
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eagle, Idaho
  • Highschool Eagle HS
  • Connect SO

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Big Sky Conference Championship All-Tournament Team (2021)
Second Team All-Big Sky Conference (2021)
Academic All-Big Sky Conference (2021)
Academic All-Big Sky Conference (2020)
Second team All-Big Sky Conference (2019)
Second team All-Big Sky Conference (2018)

2021 - SENIOR SEASON 
Appeared in 39 games while making 38 starts… Hit .352 (44-125)… Led the team in slugging percentage (.600), RBI (31) and home runs (8)… Ranked ninth in the Big Sky in both batting average and slugging percentage… Totaled the second most bases (75)… Hit seven doubles… Scored 20 runs… Had an on base percentage of .383… Drew seven walks and stole one base… Had a season-high five RBI against Sacramento State (4/24)… Went 4-5 at Southern Utah (4/9)… Recorded six multi-RBI games and 13 multi-hit games… Had an eight game hit steak (3/17-4/2)… Hit .403 (29-72) in Conference action which ranked second on the team… Recorded 172 putouts behind the plate along with 16 assists… Made just two errors for a fielding percentage of .989… Threw out ten base runners… Named to Big Sky Tournament All-Tournament Team… Earned Second Team All-Big Sky honors at the catcher position.

2020 - JUNIOR SEASON
Started 22 games for the season… batted .131 with eight hits in 61 at bats… had three doubles, a home run and four runs batted in… scored three runs and walked five times… had 94 putouts, 17 assists and four assists for a .965 fielding percentage… was 2-4 with a double and a home run and two runs scored in a win against UC Santa Barbara (2/28)… earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference.

2019 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Started all 51 games of the season… earned second team All-Big Sky Conference… hit .301 with 50 hits, 11 doubles, one triple and six home runs… scored 25 runs and drove in 26 RBIs with a slugging percentage of .488… Menlove had six sacrifice hits and two sacrifice flies. She also had a .985 fielding percentage with 175 putouts, 26 assists and three errors… Went 2-for-4 with run scored and a run batted in with a double against Ohio State (3/12)… Went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and first home run of the season in a win at UC Riverside (2/24)… Extended hitting streak to nine games, dating back to 2018 after going 2-for-4 with a run scored in the season opener against UC Riverside (2/8)… Went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs against Idaho State (3/23)… Hit safely twice in each game of a Northern Colorado doubleheader (3/29), with an RBI in each game… Hit a three-run homer in a win against Santa Clara (4/7) and finished that weekend with four RBIs on four hits… Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored against Montana (4/13), a game which included her only triple this season… Hit a home run in an 8-1 win over Southern Utah (4/20)… Recorded six total hits in a doubleheader against Oregon (4/23) while scoring a run and providing one RBI. She also had a pair of doubles… In the series against Sacramento State (4/26-27), recorded four hits and scored two runs. She had one double and drew a walk as well… Hit a three-run homer against Weber State (5/3) in a 7-5 Portland State loss… Caught 21 innings in one day at the Big Sky Championships, helping guide Portland State’s pitching staff to a 2-1 win against Sacramento State in 11 innings and a 3-2 loss to Weber State in 10 innings.

2018 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in 52 games, making 50 starts, as a true freshman… earned second team All-Big Sky Conference… Hit .289 with a .337 on base percentage and a .483 slugging percentage… Tallied 43 hits, 20 runs scored, 31 runs batted in, 11 doubles, and six home runs. Walked 12 times, had two sacrifice bunts and six sacrifice flies… Threw out 10 runners on the base paths… Went 2-for-3 with a run batted in and two runs scored in the Vikings’ season finale win at Southern Utah (5/6)… Had eight multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games… Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI in the Vikings’ season finale win at Southern Utah (5/6)… Went a perfect 3-for-3 with her sixth home run of the season against Weber State (4/27)… Went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a win at Montana (4/22)… Scored twice and drove in a run going 2-for-3 in a win at Northern Colorado (4/14)… Doubled and drove in two at Oregon (4/3)… Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two driven in on her fifth home run of the season and a sacrifice fly against Idaho State (3/30)… Hit fourth home run, going 1-for-3 with a walk against North Dakota (3/23)… Drove in two runs with third home run of the season against New Mexico State (3/9)… Went 4-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs in a win over Toledo (3/7)… Hit a three-run home run, going 1-for-3 with a walk against Northwestern (3/3)… Recorded first multi-hit game, multi-RBI game, and hit first career home run, going 2-for-2 with a run scored double, and 2 RBIs coming off the bench against New Mexico State (2/23)… Walked twice and scored a run against Sam Houston State (2/10)… Picked up first career hit and drove in first career run, going 1-for-2 against No. 9 Florida State (2/9)… Made her Portland State debut as a pinch hitter against Sam Houston State (2/9). 

BEFORE PORTLAND STATE
Lettered four times in softball at Eagle High School… Three-time State Champion (2015, 2016, and 2017)… Hit .440 in 109 career games in high school with 143 hits in 325 at bats… Hit .377 as a freshman, .451 as a sophomore, .458 as a junior, and .455 as a junior. Drove in 141 run over her four years, while scoring 87 runs… Tallied 28 doubles, one triple, and 26 career home runs… Played ASA softball for the Northwest Bullets. 

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Daughter of Mike Menlove and Amy Simmons… Has two brothers, Riley Menlove and Taylor Guthrie… Enjoys boating, camping, hiking, traveling, and volunteering at the Idaho Food Bank…. Aspires to be a Physicians Assistant… Majoring in Health Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2018Freshman

    C/IF
    5'8"
    20
  • 8

    2019Sophomore

    C
    5'8"
    8
  • 8

    2020Junior

    C
    5'8"
    8
  • 8

    2021Senior

    C
    5'8"
    8
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