Omaha Athletics

2001-02 Season (Junior):
Started all 29 games, averaging 24 minutes per contest...her 16 points in a 90-83 home loss to Augustana Jan. 19 was her season high...finished second on the team in rebounding with a 4.8 norm...scored in double figures six times...averaged 6.4 on the season and 7.9 over the past 8 games...had a double-double (11-10) vs. Central Missouri State on Nov. 11. and SDSU (12-11) on Jan. 18.

2000-01 Season (Sophomore):
Played in all 26 games, averaging 3.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game...averaged over 14 minutes a game as a key player off the bench...her best game was a 19-point, 9-rebound performance against Concordia-St. Paul early in the season, a 78-64 UNO victory...earned all-North Central Conference academic team honorable mention accolades.


1999-2000 Season (Freshman):
Saw action in 21 of the team’s 27 games during her freshman campaign...averaged 7.8 minutes, 1.3 points, and 1.8 rebounds per game...recorded a season-high six points along with five rebounds and one assist in the Maverick’s 92-47 vic­to­ry over Minnesota-Morris on 11-26-99...registered a season-high six re­bounds in the team’s first game of the season, a 72-57 win over Lincoln University on 11-19-99...scored five points and grabbed four rebounds against nationally-ranked Northern Col­o­rado on 2-26-00.

High School:
A 1999 Arlington (Neb.) High School graduate...earned hon­or­able mention Nebraska all-state hon­ors four-straight years by the Omaha World-Herald...a three-time all-con­fer­ence honoree...twice named to the all-area first team...named the Ar­ling­ton girl’s bas­ket­ball ath­lete of the year in 1999...salutorian of her 1999 grad­u­at­ing class.

Personal:
Full name is Rachel Ann Volnek...birthdate is De­cem­ber 25, 1980...par­ents are Deb and Gene Volnek...a business and banking finance ma­jor at UNO.

Quoting Carlsen:
“Rachel will be our rock. She’s going to play great defense and can lead this team by example. She is a captain, someone who everyone respects.”