Every win, every strikeout and every blistering fastball brings Rachel Rook that much closer to a career for the ages.
Republic’s fireballing senior already holds all but one of Republic high school’s softball pitching records. With seven more wins, she will hold them all. If she can duplicate the success of her junior year, she will go into the books as one of the all-time best pitchers in the history of high school softball in Missouri.
While her nickname is "Rookie," the proven pitcher is anything but green.
Rook’s 323 strikeouts and 25 wins last season were good enough for the eighth highest single-season strikeout total and the 10th-highest single season win total of all time, according to Missouri State High School Activities Association records.