Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner, five years with the program. ... All-GNAC honorable mention in 2018. ... SPU Most Inspirational in 2018.
Senior (2017-18): Played in 27 games with 23 starts, totaling 626 minutes. ... Averaged career bests of 8.3 points and 2.9 rebounds. ... Had the game of her life in a 66-48 rout of No. 4 Alaska Anchorage in Brougham Pavilion on Jan. 20, with career highs of 23 points and 8 rebounds. She hit 8 of 13 from the field in that game, with 5 of 6 from 3-point range. ... Racked up a career-best 8 assists in an 85-59 victory against Simon Fraser in the first round of the GNAC Tournament on March 1 at Alaska Anchorage. That a part of SPU's single-game record of 31 assists (on 35 baskets), shattering the old mark of 22 assists in a game, which also had been set by the Falcons. ... The next night in the semifinals against host and No. 9-ranked UAA, pumped in 18 points, including the 500th point of her career, in a 74-65 Seattle Pacific victory. ... Missed four games with a minor injury from early through mid February, then came back to average 10 points per game in her final six games, with three games in double figures.
Redshirt junior (2016-17): An application for a medical redshirt allowed her to retain her junior year of eligibility. ... Played in 27 games, starting 24. ... Went on to post single-sesaon bests in every statistical category. Her totals in all of them were more than she had in her first two seasons combined. ... Led the team in assists with 72, and was No. 2 on the team in steals with 43. ... Set career highs in every major stat department: 17 points (Feb. 11 at home vs. Simon Fraser), 6 rebounds (Jan. 3 at home vs. Saint Martin's), assists (5 on Dec. 17 at home vs.Nova Southeastern, matched on Jan. 5 at home vs. Montana State Billings), blocked shots (1 at Concordia-Portland on Dec. 3, the first block of her career), and steals (5 at home vs. Evergreen State on Nov. 22). ... Opened the season on Nov. 11 at home against Fresno Pacific with her first career double-digit scoring game, finishing with 10 points in a 90-39 victory. That also pushed her past 100 points for her career. ... Later in the season, logged her 200th point (Jan. 12 at Simon Fraser) and her 300th (March 2 vs. Northwest Nazarene in the first round of the GNAC Tournament). ... In that same NNU game, grabbed her 100th career rebound. ... Handed out her 100th career assist in the regular-season finale on Feb. 25 at home against Concordia-Portland.
Junior (2015-16): Earned a starting spot by the fifth game of the year - then went down with a season-ending knee injury with 2:33 left in that same game, a non-conference contest at Point Loma Nazarene. ... Tied career scoring high with 9 points against Fresno Pacific at the West Region Challenge in Arcata, Calif., on Nov. 14. ... One night earlier, tied career high with 4 assists against Humboldt State.
Sophomore (2014-15): Came off the bench to play in 27of the 29games at the point guard spot. ... Set two career highs in the same game, logging 9 points and 5 rebounds against San Francisco State on Nov. 26. ... Dished career-high 4 assists as Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 26. .. In 82-46 win vs. Holy Names on Dec. 18 in the Las Vegas Challenge, hit first college 3-pointer of her career.
Freshman (2013-14): Came off the bench to play in 15 games, averaging 1.5 points an 0.6 rebounds in 15.5 minutes per night. ... Set two career highs against Western Oregon on Jan. 23, scoring 8 points and grabbing 2 rebounds. ... Nearly flawless at the foul line, draining 13 of 14 (92.9 percent).
Personal: Rachel Shim. … Born Feb. 9, 1995. … Physiology major.
Skyline High School: Four-year basketball letterwinner. … All-Kingco 2nd team as a senior in 2013; honor mention as a freshman and junior. … Helped team place 7th at state as a senior, averaging 9.8 points, 3.4 assists, 3.3 steals, and 2.6 rebounds per game as Spartans went 20-7 overall. … Missed sophomore season with a knee injury. … Set single-season and career school records for assists and steals, and career record for 3-pointers made. … Led Kingco in assists and steals as a senior. … Also made All-Kingco 2nd team in soccer as a senior. … Lettered all four years in soccer, helping the Spartans win state championships as a freshman, junior and senior.
Fun facts about Rachel: Books she just couldn’t put down were the “Twilight” series and “Hunger Games” series. … Favorite junk food is cake batter ice cream. … Favorite healthy food is chicken salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. … If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would Kevin Hart, “the funniest man alive.” … Her friends have numerous nicknames for her, including Ray Ray, Shimmy, and Shimsanity. … Favorite sports teams are the L.A. Clippers, Real Madrid, and the Seattle Seahawks. … Favorite athletes are Chris Paul (men’s hoops), Sue Bird (women’s hoops), Cristiano Ronaldo (men’s soccer), and Alex Morgan (women’s soccer). … In 10 years, wants to be pursuing her career of becoming an orthopedic physician.
STATISTICS
Year GP FG Pct 3-pt Pct FT Pct. Reb Avg PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
13-14 15 5-22 .227 0-6 .000 13-14 .929 9 0.6 10 7 9 0 5 23 1.5
14-15 27 15-38 .395 1-6 .167 15-22 .682 28 1.0 18 22 17 0 10 46 1.7
15-16* 5 7-18 .389 4-11 .364 5-17 .714 9 1.8 9 9 9 0 4 23 4.6
16-17 27 80-182 .440 28-77 .364 29-39 .744 58 2.1 43 72 34 1 43 217 8.0
17-18 27 72-173 .416 30-77 .390 50-67 .746 78 2.9 42 74 30 2 39 224 8.3
TOTL 101 179-433 .413 63-177 .356 112-149 .752 180 1.8 122 184 99 3 101 533 5.3
* Medical redshirt for 2015-16
