2024 - GRADUATE SEASON
Game-by-Game: Bucknell (2/13): Had two caused turnovers...
Colorado (2/16): Recorded two caused turnovers...
Princeton (2/26): Notched two caused turnovers...
at Loyola (3/2): Recorded one caused turnover...
at Rutgers (3/9): Earned two caused turnovers...
at Lehigh (3/12): Notched four caused turnovers...
at Cornell (3/16): Earned one caused turnover...
at Ohio State (3/28): Notched two caused turnovers...
Vanderbilt (4/3): Recorded one caused turnover...
at Maryland (4/13): Notched one caused turnover.
2023 - SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Recipient... Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Played in and started in all 18 games... Totaled 23 ground balls and 18 caused turnovers.
Game-By-Game: Bucknell (2/11): Forced a turnover and picked up a ground ball. Drexel (2/18): Caused one turnover. Duquesne (2/21): Collected one ground ball. Arizona State (2/24): Tallied one ground ball. Loyola (3/4): Scooped up a ground ball. at Vanderbilt (3/8): Forced one turnover. vs. Rutgers (3/11): Caused season high two turnovers and collected season high three ground balls. Towson (3/14): Notched a ground ball and caused a turnover. at Princeton (3/18): Forced a turnover and swept two ground balls. at Pittsburgh (3/21): Notched a ground ball and caused a turnover. Ohio State (3/25): Snagged two ground balls. at Northwestern (3/30): Forced a turnover Cornell (4/2): Picked up season high four ground balls...caused two turnovers. at Michigan (4/8): Forced a turnover and won a draw control. Maryland (4/13): Caused a season high three turnovers and earned a draw control... at Johns Hopkins (4/22): Scooped four ground balls and forced three turnovers.
2022 - JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Honors: Named team co-captain.
Season: Started all 15 games…Recorded 15 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers.
Game-By-Game: at Drexel (2/16): Recorded two ground balls...Caused one turnover.
at Duquesne (2/23): Caused one turnover and collected one ground ball.
at Cornell (2/26): Forced a turnover.
at Loyola Maryland (3/5): Registered a season-high three ground balls...caused a turnover.
James Madison (3/9): Picked up a ground ball...Caused a turnover.
Saint Joseph's (3/12): Recorded one ground ball and one caused turnover.
at Towson (3/15): Collected two ground balls.
Princeton (3/19): Tied season-high three ground ball pickups.
at Ohio State (3/26): Forced a turnover.
Northwestern (4/1): Caused a turnover.
Pitt (4/12): Collected one ground ball and caused two turnovers.
at Rutgers (4/23): Forced two turnovers.
Johns Hopkins (4/28): Scooped up a ground ball.
2021 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Appeared in eight games, making seven starts…Recorded 13 ground balls, two draw controls and 13 caused turnovers.
Game-By-Game: Rutgers (2/14): Picked up one ground ball…Registered one caused turnover.
Maryland (2/21): Notched one caused turnover.
Michigan (3/19): Caused two turnovers.
Michigan (3/21): Scooped up one ground ball…Won a draw control.
at Ohio State (3/26): Collected a career-high four ground balls…Added two caused turnovers.
at Ohio State (3/28): Recorded three ground balls…Set a career high with three caused turnovers.
at Johns Hopkins (4/7): Grabbed three ground balls…Caused two turnovers.
at Rutgers (4/15): Won a draw control.
vs. Johns Hopkins (4/29): Registered a ground ball and two caused turnovers.
2020 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in four games…Secured one ground ball and one caused turnover…
The 2020 season was canceled on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Game-By-Game: Loyola (2/29): Recorded a caused turnover.
at James Madison (3/4): Scooped up a ground ball.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Severna Park High School for head coach Kaitlyn Hines…Served as a two-year team captain...Led Severna Park to a 19-1 record and a state championship...Helped the Falcons to a 12-9 record in 2018…Collected 36 ground balls and 31 caused turnovers in 2019...Named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American as a senior...Was a four-time all-county selection…Also played basketball and soccer at Severna Park...Earned top scholar honors four times.
PERSONAL
Full name is Rachel Erin Spilker...Daughter of Jeff and Eva Spilker...Has a brother, Logan, and two sisters, Erika and Lilly...Sister, Erika, played lacrosse at Penn State and graduated in 2017...Brother, Logan, played lacrosse at Navy and graduated in 2021...Majoring in finance.
Why Penn State?
“Penn State feels like home and there truly is no better place to be.”
Doherty on Spilker:
“Rachel is a very smart defensive middie who has the ability to organize the players around her. She is a great leader and will contribute at either the midfield or defense.”
