Central Michigan University Athletics
2027 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 22
Rachel Cairo
- Hometown:
- Warren, Mich.
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- High School:
- Southfield Christian
- Instagram:
- @rcairo_27
- Twitter:
- @rachelcairo_27
- Major:
- Sport Management
- Previous Team:
- Turnin2
2026
2025
2024
High School
Personal
- Started all 49 games at shortstop
- Hit .303 in her junior season
- Recorded a career high 11 doubles and four home runs
- Slugged .462
- Drew 14 walks
- Totaled 44 hits with 31 RBI
- Had seven sacrifice bunts and a sacrifice fly
- Put together a five-game hitting streak between 2/20-2/22/26, with a hit in every game of the Minnesota Tournament
- Tallied a 13-game reached base streak
- Had three three-hit games (3/6/26 vs. USC Upstate, 4/3/26 vs. NIU, 4/17/26 at Buffalo)
- Totaled 11 multi-hit games
- Had eight multiple RBI games with three in three different games (2/726 vs. Siena, 2/20/26 vs. North Dakota State, 4/3/26 vs. NIU)
- Named Academic All-MAC
- Earned CSC Academic All-District
- Easton/NFCA Academic All-America Scholar Athlete
2025
- Played in 47 games with 45 starts, primarily as the second baseman
- Had 40 hits
- Charted eight doubles and a home run against Akron (3/21/25)
- Have a four-hit game at Louisville (3/1/25) with a career high three runs scored
- Had 10 multi-hit games and six multiple RBI games
- Recorded three RBI against Longwood (3/1/25) and Kent State (4/12/25)
- Totaled 24 RBI
- Totaled a .329 batting average in conference play hitting .305 overall
- Drew 13 walks
- Stole three bases
- Named Academic All-MAC
- Earned CSC Academic All-District
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2024
- Made five starts in 17 appearances
- Charted three hits
- Hit a double against Buffalo (4/13/24)
- Scored five runs
- Had three RBI
- Drew six walks
- Stole two bases
High School
- Graduated from Soutfield Christian High School
- Named Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) First Team All-State as a shortstop in 2023
- Eanred First Team All-District in 2023
- Holds the Southfield Christian High School for single game doubles (4)
- In the MHSAA record book in 3rd place with a .737 batting average in her junior season
- Also in the MHSAA record book in 20th place with 23 doubles in 2022
- Played with Turnin2 from 15u-18u and Michigan Batbusters from 13u-14u
Personal
- Daughter of Scott and Kelly Cairo
- Has three brothers, Joshua, Luke and Mark
- Has two sisters, Lydia and Abigail
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