Roupe Named to CSC Academic All-America® 1st Team
6/17/2025 12:34:00 PM | Softball
Liberty senior outfielder Rachel Roupe has been named to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Softball Team, as announced today by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
A native of Sharpsburg, Md., Roupe was named to the first team at outfielder. She has obtained a 3.84 GPA while majoring in public health: pre-clinical.
Roupe is the third Academic All-American in program history, joining former teammate Caroline Hudson (2023 – third team) and Megan Robinson (2014 – third team; 2015 – first team). Roupe and Robinson are the only two first team Academic All-Americans in team history.
Prior to Roupe's honor, Charlotte's Haley Pace (2018) was the last CUSA softball player to be named a first team Academic All-American.
A total of 34 players were named to this year's College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Softball Team, highlighted by Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady, the Academic All-America® of the Year. Of the 34 Academic All-Americans, 13 were also named to the NFCA Division I All-America Team.
Roupe is one of three players outside of the Power Four Conferences to be named to the first team, joining Delaware's Sydney Shaffer and Marist's Miah McDonald.
Earlier this spring, Roupe was named All-American by D1Softball (second team), Softball America (second team) and NFCA (third team). She also received the Rawlings Gold Glove. Her 2025 honors also include CUSA Player of the Year, CUSA All-Conference first team and CUSA All-Academic Team.
Roupe batted .390 with 19 doubles while setting new program records in single-season homers (23), RBI (73) and extra-base hits (43). She helped the Lady Flames make history by earning their first-ever Super Regional berth. In two games against the top-ranked Aggies on May 18, Roupe went a combined 5-for-9 with three homers, nine RBI and three runs scored. That included two homers in the winner-take-all final.
The Lady Flames finished the season with a 50-15 record, setting a new program record for single-season victories. Liberty won both the Conference USA regular-season and tournament titles for the second year in a row. The team made history at the 2025 NCAA Bryan-College Station Regional, winning two out of three games against No. 1 Texas A&M to earn its first-ever Super Regional appearance. The Lady Flames were the first team in the Super Regional era to knock out the No. 1 national seed in the Regional round.
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