Rachel graduated from Rice Lake High School in 2004. She competed for the Warriors in golf. She was a 4-year letter winner, named 2nd Team All-Conference as a sophomore, and as a junior, named 1st Team All-Conference, Big Rivers Conference Individual Championship, Regional and Sectional winner and placed 29th at State. As a senior, Rachel repeated as Big Rivers Conference Individual Champion, 1st Team All-Conference, Regional and Sectional winner, and finished 13th at State. She also was named 2nd Team All-State. In addition, Rachel was named to the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Team all four years. Rachel was recruited to play college golf at Gustavus-Adolphus in St. Peter, MN, in the MIAC conference. Her accomplishments there included Academic All-American all four years, 4-year letter winner, was named the Minnesota Women’s Collegiate Golf Assoc. “Player of the Year” for the 2006-07 season, NCAA 2nd Team All-American in 2007, Female Athlete of the Month at Gustavus in September of 2007, was elected captain of the 2007-08 team, named MIAC 1st Team All-Conference for two years, NCAA All-Region Team in 2007 and 2008, and in 2008 was named NCAA 1st Team All-American. After graduation, Rachel entered dental school at Marquette University and has now returned to Rice Lake as a dentist. Rachel and her husband Josh are the first husband and wife team to be inducted into the Rice Lake Sports Hall of Fame. They and their family currently live in the Rice Lake area.