Rachael Battis

Rachael Battis

State: Connecticut
Year: Junior
Hometown: Beacon Falls, Conn.
High School: Woodland Regional
Position: Diving

Junior who should continue to make progress as a top-flight diver for the Owls ... as a sophomore:  earned All-LEC second team honors after placing second in the three-meter and third in the one-meter events...won consecutive LEC diver of the week honors (1/18 and 1/25/08)...swept both boards in dual meets against Colby-Sawyer, Plymouth State, and Bridgewater State...top one-meter mark of 203.55 set against Bridgewater and top three-meter mark of 185.80 was posted at the LEC championships... as a freshman: finished second in the one-meter event at the LEC Championships ... high school: competed on the Woodland Regional (Conn.) High, where she won the Naugatuck Valley League tournament as both a junior and senior ... placed fourth in the state meet her senior year ...  a member of the LEC All-Academic team, Rachael is majoring in economics.