Sabrina Rabin

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Northwestern Softball vs. Iowa April 29, 2018 in Evanston, Ill

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The Wisconsin Badgers host the 21st Big Ten Softball Tournament at Goodman Diamond in Madison, Wisconsin May 10-12, 2018.
Game 10 Northwestern v Michigan State

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Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Charles North
Hometown:
St. Charles, Ill.

2018: Started every game in center ... Had a 13-game hitting streak from March 4-30, one shy of her career best ... Finished her career second all-time at NU and third in Big Ten history with 129 steals, second at NU and fifth in B1G history with 205 runs, and third all-time at NU with 270 hits ... 2018 All-Big Ten second-team, becoming just the 12th play in NU history to be four-time All-Big Ten ... 2018 NFCA All-Region second-team, becoming just the fifth player in NU history to be four time All-Region ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Won NU’s N Club Achievement Award in recognition of stellar athletic and academic achievement during her career ... Recorded a pair of three-hit games at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic, first going 3-for-4 with a double, two runs, two steals and an RBI in a victory against Boise State (2/10) ... Later was 3-for-4 with three runs in a win over South Dakota (2/11) ... Was 2-for-4 with a walk in a win over N.C. State (2/17) ... Erupted at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic to bat .571 (8-for-14) with four runs and five steals in four games ... Started 2-for-4 with a run and a steal against San Diego State (2/23) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a steal and a run against No. 11 Tennessee (2/24) ... Pounded the ball in a run-rule win over St. John’s, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs, two runs and two steals (2/25) ... Was 3-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored in a win against Portland State (3/2) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a steal and a run in a victory over No. 11 Alabama (3/4) ... Batted .474 (9-for-19) at the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic (3/9-3/11) ... Started with two hits and a double in a win against Iowa State before going 2-for-4 with two steals, a run and an RBI versus Penn State (3/9) ... Collected a pair of hits against PSU the next day ... Finished the tournament by going 2-for-4 with two steals and a career-best-tying three runs against Lipscomb (3/11) ... Had two hits and scored twice in a win at Indiana (3/17) ... Batted .700 (7-for-10) in NU’s Big Ten-opening series with Minnesota (3/23-3/25) ... Opened 2-for-4, driving in the game-tying run during a seventh-inning comeback ... In Game Two, tied a career-high with four hits and again knocked in the game-tying run in the seventh ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and a run at Illinois (3/28) ... Had a 3-for-4 day with a steal, a double, an RBI and two runs scored versus Nebraska (4/1) ... Was 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple in a win at Purdue (4/8) ... Scored a pair of runs in both of NU’s wins over No. 22 Ohio State (4/13, 4/15) ... Matched her own school record with four steals during a 3-for-4 performance with two runs at Notre Dame (4/18) ... Finished a perfect 4-for-4 with a triple, a home run, three RBIs and three runs in a win at Rutgers (4/20) ... Tripled and scored twice in a win over Loyola (Chicago) (4/25) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple in a win over Iowa (4/27) ... Finished 2-for-3 and scored the 200th run of her career in another win against Iowa (4/29) ... Went 3-for-4 with a run and RBI in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal against MSU (5/12) ... Named to the Big Ten Tournament All-Tournament team.

2017: Started 47 games in the outfield ... All-Big Ten second-team selection ... NFCA All-Region third-team choice ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Matched her career-best with a 14-game hitting streak from April 19-May 11 ... Also had a 10-game hitting streak from Feb. 25 to March 25 ... Began the year going 3-for-4 with two runs and two steals in an Opening Day win over Tulsa (2/10) ... Singled twice, stole a base and scored against Fordham (2/11) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against No. 24 Pittsburgh (2/19) ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI, run and steal in a run-rule win against N.C. State (2/25) ... Swiped two more bases in a two-hit effort against Houston (2/26) ... Named the Big Ten Player of the Week after batting .474 at the Judi Garman Classic (3/3-3/5) ... Opened by going 2-for-3 with a double in a win over No. 23 California ... Had two hits, two steals and a two runs in a victory against South Carolina, then collected two hits, a run, an RBI and a steal in another win versus Fresno State ... Droving in a run against No. 3 Florida ... Concluded the tournament with a 2-for-3 performance including a double against No. 8 Washington ... Scored a pair of runs in NU’s Big Ten-opening game against No. 22 Wisconsin (3/24) ... Finished 2-for-4 with two runs and a steal in a win over the Badgers (3/25) ... Collected a pair of hits and a pair of steals in NU’s series at No. 20 Michigan (3/31-4/2) ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with two walks, two RBIs, three runs and a steal in a win over Maryland (4/8) ... Doubled home two runs in a second victory against the Terps (4/8) ... Collected a pair of hits at No. 6 Minnesota (4/14) ... Matched her career-best total with three runs in a run-rule win over DePaul (4/19), also going 3-for-4 at the plate with a double, an RBI and two steals ... Against the Blue Demons, tagged up and scored on a sacrifice fly to the second baseman, who was standing IN THE INFIELD when she caught it ... Drove in two runs on two hits in a run-rule victory over Purdue (4/21) ... Tripled home a run in game two of that series (4/22) ... Scored twice and stole a base at Nebraska (4/29) ... Batted .500 (4-for-8) in a doubleheader sweep of Illinois (5/3), going 3-for-4 with two runs and two steals in the opener ... Tripled and scored two runs in NU’s opener at Iowa (5/5) ... Collected two hits including a double, a run, an RBI and a steal in Game Two in Iowa City (5/6) ... Finished the series with a 2-for-4 performance, scoring twice and swiping a bag (5/7) ... Was 2-for-3 with two runs and two steals in NU’s opening-round win over Purdue at the Big Ten Tournament (5/11) ... Walked and scored NU’s lone run vs. No. 2 Minnesota in the quarterfinals (5/12).

2016: Started every game in centerfield ... All-Big Ten second team ... NFCA All-Region second team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Had a 12-game hitting streak from April 24-May 20 ... Her 40 stolen bases ranked third in school single-season history while her 54 runs scored ranked fourth ... Scored a career-best three runs in both of Northwestern’s Opening Day wins against UC Riverside and Virginia (2/12), also stealing two bags against the Highlanders and collecting two hits versus the Hoos ... Went 0-for-3 but stole two bases and scored twice against Bradley (2/14) ... Collected two hits and two steals against North Carolina to open the B1G/ACC Challenge (2/19) ... Had another two-hit game versus the Tar Heels the next day ... Smoked her first-career home run against Boston College (2/21) ... Scored twice and stole two bases in a run-rule win against New Mexico State (2/26) ... Finished 3-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a steal in a win over No. 11 UCLA (2/28) ... Singled, scored and stole two bases against San Jose State (3/5) ... Singled twice in a game against No. 19 Arizona State (3/6) ... Went 2-for-4 against LIU Brooklyn (3/18) ... Singled twice in games against Lehigh and Kent State at the USF Clearwater Spring Break Tournament on Saturday (3/19), scoring twice versus the Flashes and swiping three bases in the games ... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in a 13-12 win at No. 2 Michigan (3/25) ... Finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and three runs scored in a series-opening win against Iowa (4/9) ... Singled twice and stole two bases in game two versus the Hawkeyes (4/9) ... Had two hits and a steal in each end of a doubleheader sweep at Illinois (4/13), scoring twice in the nightcap ... Had three hits including a double, two runs, an RBI and a steal in a marathon 11-inning game against Nebraska (4/17) ... Only had two hits during a series sweep of Michigan State (4/22-4/24), but walked three times, stole four bases and scored five runs ... Earned two hits and a steal in the opener and finale of NU’s series at Wisconsin (4/29-5/1) ... Stole two bases at DePaul (5/4) ... Hit .500 in a series sweep at Purdue (5/6-8), collected two hits and a steal in both the opening and closing games ... Batted .857 (6-for-7) at the Big Ten Tournament, opening with a 2-for-3 performance with two steals against Ohio State (5/13) ... The next day, was a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBIs in a semifinal game against No. 23 Minnesota (5/14) ... Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... Went 2-for-4 and drove in the game-winning run in NU’s NCAA Tournament opener against Oklahoma State (5/20).

2015: Started every game in the outfield ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... All-Big Ten first team ... NFCA All-Region second team ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Had a 14-game hitting streak from March 8-April 5 in which she had nine multi-hit games, batted .509 (28-for-55) and scored 22 runs ... In the season-opener against North Carolina, reached first on a walk, stole second, moved to third on an error and then scored on a wild pitch—all with the same batter standing at the plate ... Collected a pair of hits against UC Santa Barbara (2/6) ... Finished 2-for-4 against California (2/8) ... Recorded a hit in every game at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic ... Was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run against No. 13 Arizona (2/20) ... Collected a pair of hits versus Syracuse (2/20) ... Finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run in an extra-inning win at Cal State Fullerton (2/27) ... HIt .429 in two games at the Louisville Softball Classic, including a 2-for-3 performance with three runs scored in a win over Ball State (3/8) ... Batted .625 in a sweep of IUPUI (3/14) ... Was 3-for-4 with two runs and two steals in the first game before going 2-for-4 with two runs in the second ... Singled, walked, stole two bases and scored twice in the first game of a doubleheader at Penn State (3/21) ... Finished 3-for-5 with three runs, an RBI and a double in the nightcap ... Concluded the series with a pair of hits in the finale (3/22) ... Went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run at Hofstra (3/24) ... Finished 3-for-4 with a steal and a run versus Fordham (3/24) ... Had a monster outing in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of Wisconsin, going 4-for-4 with two triples, four RBIs and three runs scored (3/28) ... Had at least one hit and one stolen base in all three games of a sweep of Purdue (4/3-4/5) ... In a game at No. 25 Notre Dame, tagged up and scored on a sacrifice fly—FROM SECOND BASE ... Batted .800 with five steals in a three-game series at Nebraska (4/17-4/19) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run in the first and third games of the series ... Had a career day in the second contest, going 4-for-4 with four stolen bases to tie the NU single-game record ... Also scored twice and drove in a run in that game ... Named the Big Ten Player AND Freshman of the Week following the Nebraska series (4/20) ... Scored four runs in a doubleheader against Illinois (4/22) ... Batted .545 in a series against Ohio State, scoring multiple runs in all three games .. In game two, went 3-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and a steal (4/25) before finishing 2-for-3 with two runs, two steals and an RBI in the finale (4/26) ... Was 2-for-4 with a run and a steal in a midweek win over DePaul (4/29) ... Earned her third B1G weekly award in as many weeks when she was named Freshman of the Week on May 4 for batting .545 in a series at Iowa ... Was 3-for-4 with two runs in Game Two of that series before finishing 2-for-4 with two more runs in the season finale ... Went 2-for-3 with a steal and a run in a B1G Tournament quarterfinal win over Purdue (5/8).

High School: Ranked No. 47 in Student Sports Inc. Top 100 senior softball players in the country list ... First-team all-state, Courier News Sun Times Player of the Year, Kane County Chronicle Player of the Year and Daily Herald All-Area captain in 2013 ... Three-time Daily Herald first-team all-area ... St. Charles North team MVP in 2012 and 2013 ... Hit .534 with a .602 on-base percentage and 35 stolen bases offensively while going 18-4 with a 1.49 ERA and 121 strikeouts in the circle as a junior in 2013 ... Chicago Sun-Times All-Star game participant in 2012 and 2013 ... High school has won three conference championships with Rabin and finished as the Illinois state 4A runner-up in 2011 ... Has played three years of club with the Illinois Chill 18 Gold ... Went 40-for-40 in stolen base attempts during club play over the summer of 2013 ... Took ninth at the Boulder Colorado Independence Day Tournament and the Demarini Tournament in 2013 ... Tied for 17th at the PGF National Championship in 2011 ... As a youngster, was the 2008 USSSA World Series 11U overall MVP ... A speedy athlete, also has lettered in indoor track and holds the school indoor records in the 50- and 55-meter distances ... National Honor Society member ... Math National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society member and president ... AP Scholar.

Personal: Born Sabrina Frances Rabin ... Daughter of Sandra and Steven Rabin ... Chose Northwestern over Iowa, Indiana, Boston College and Loyola (Chicago) ... Majoring in biological sciences and psychology.