Willcutt Named CCC Softball Senior Scholar-Athlete

BOSTON, Mass. – Senior shortstop Rachel Willcutt (Tilton, N.H.) has been named the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) softball Senior Scholar-Athlete, as announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon. Willcutt becomes the third Wentworth softball player to receive the Senior Scholar-Athlete award since conference records dating back to 1995. 

Willcutt, an interdisciplinary engineering major with a minor in industrial design and manufacturing, was recently inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national college athlete honor society, with a 3.88 GPA. She is an involved member of the Society of Women Engineers and has been a Wentworth Opening Week (WOW) Orientation Leader for the past two years. 

A three-year impact player for the Leopards, Willcutt spent two years behind the plate as a catcher and took on a new position at shortstop this year. Willcutt has made 35 appearances this year for the Leopards, and has recorded 33 hits, 11 runs, and 15 RBI. Overall, in 93 games played as a Leopard, Willcutt has produced a .322 batting average over the course of three years.

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