Rachel Breckenridge ’22 is in her first season as the assistant women’s basketball coach in 2022-23. She also serves as Thiel’s housing coordinator and a resident director.
Breckenridge graduated with summa cum laude honors in May with a bachelor’s degree in media and journalism. One of her class valedictorians, she also minored in religion.
A shooting guard, Breckenridge concluded her career with the third-most three-point field goals in school history (160). She made seven three-pointers against Bridgewater on Nov. 11, 2021, tying her for the third-most in program history.
A career 90.2 percent free-throw shooter, Breckenridge was named a Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month in December 2021.
A member of Theta Alpha Kappa, Alpha Chi and Chi Alpha Sigma, Breckenridge graduated with a 4.00 grade-point average and received the Dean’s Key as an eight-semester Dean’s List student. She was honored as a Thiel Student of the Month in October 2021 and was named to the PAC Academic Honor Roll four times.
Breckenridge received Thiel’s J. Lynn Trimble award in September. She was nominated for the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year award in July. She was one of Thiel’s representatives at the PAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Banquet in May.
