Rachel Blankenship
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Thun Ríos | ||
| Date of birth | September 2, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Tulsa | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 75 | (31) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Fortuna Tulsa | 11 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2018– | Puerto Rico | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rachel Blankenship or Rachel Thun Ríos (born September 2, 1995), née Thun, is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Tulsa in the Women's Premier Soccer League and for the Puerto Rico national team.
Career
Blankenship played college soccer at the University of Tulsa from 2014 to 2017. For the 2014 season, she was named as the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year.[1] In 2016, she was named the American Athletic Conference Midfielder of the Year.[2] She was selected to the American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.[3]
She joined Fortuna Tulsa in 2018.[4][5]
International career
Blankenship's maternal grandparents, the Ríos family, are from Puerto Rico.[6] Having been born in Oklahoma City, she was therefore eligible to play for the United States or Puerto Rico. She chose the latter in 2017.[6]
She played for Puerto Rico at 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification.[7]
Personal life
She married Malachi Blankenship in June 2017.
References
- ^ "Tulsa's Rachel Thun Receives Three American Athletic Conference Accolades – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Tulsa's Rachel Thun Named The American Midfielder of the Year – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. November 1, 2016.
- ^ "Tulsa's Thun-Blankenship Named to The American First Team – University of Tulsa". University of Tulsa. October 31, 2017.
- ^ "Fortuna Tulsa on Twitter".
- ^ "Fortuna Tulsa – 2018 Regular Season – Roster – No. 15 – Rachel Blankenship – M". www.wpslsoccer.com.
- ^ a b Vázquez Muñiz, Héctor (April 30, 2017). "Rachel orgullosa de representar a Puerto Rico" [Rachel, proud to represent Puerto Rico] (in Spanish and English). ¡Qué Palo! Deportes. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ "Cuba empata con Puerto Rico y mantiene primer lugar en eliminatoria Mundial Femenino 2019 – FEDOFUTBOL". fdf.com.do. May 9, 2018.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Puerto Rican women's footballers
- Puerto Rico women's international footballers
- Sportspeople from Oklahoma City
- American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Oklahoma
- Women's association football midfielders
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's soccer players
- Puerto Rican women's football biography stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs