Raquel Blanchard

Class:
Junior
Position:
Catcher/First Base
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Valencia, Calif.
High School:
Hart

2019: Missed the majority of the season due to injury … Played in six games with four starts … Posted a double and a walk on the season … Hit a double against Providence (Apr. 3) in season debut.

2018: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Appeared in 21 games with 20 starts … Ranked fourth on the team with a .297 batting average and 16 RBIs … Posted 19 hits, four doubles, and three runs scored … Tallied a .309 on-base percentage and .359 slugging percentage … Hit .286 with four doubles and 10 RBIs in Ivy play … Went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, two doubles, and two runs vs. Harvard (Apr. 29) … Finished 2-for-4 against both Dartmouth (May 6) and Stetson (Feb. 24).

2017: Played in 32 games with 24 starts … Tallied 15 hits, 10 runs, three doubles, four home runs, and 11 RBIs on the year … Tallied a .405 slugging percentage … Hit .203 … Posted four multi-hit games … Went 3-for-4 with a run against Army (Feb. 26) … Finished 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs in game two vs. Hartford (Mar. 29).

Before Brown: Earned First Team All-League as a junior … Broke the Hart High School single-season records for home runs (15) and RBIs (40) in 2015 … Gained Most Productive Player honors as a junior … Played for coach Steve Calendo at Hart … Competed for coaches John Ashley and Bob Creamer on the club level … Garnered three Student-Athlete Academic Awards.

Personal: Raquel is the daughter of Carmen and Jack Blanchard … Born on May 27, 1998 … Literary Arts concentrator.

Why Brown? “Brown offers one of the highest collegiate academic environments in the country. Not only that, but while I have the privilege of studying in the prestige of Brown, I am also blessed to play the sport I fell in love with 15 years ago.”