Rachael Childress

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rogersville, Ala.
High School:
Lawrence County

2019-20 (Senior)
- Named First Team All-Conference USA
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
- Became UAB’s all-time 3-point shooter with her 320^th triple after tying a career high eight 3-pointers against South Alabama (Nov. 8)
- Broke the C-USA career 3-point record with her 339^th three at Memphis (Dec. 8)
- Scored in double-figures in 29 of 31 games including nine games with 20+ points
- Scored a season high 26 points twice: against South Alabama (Nov. 8) and against UTEP (Feb. 1)
- Dished out a career high eight assists against Texas Southern (Dec. 21)
- Tied a career high in field goals made with 10 against UTEP (Feb. 1)
- Reeled in a season high nine rebounds against North Texas (Feb. 8)
- First on the team in points scored with a career high 16.3 points per game while shooting career best 43.3% from the field and 44.6% from behind the arc
- Paced the Blazers in scoring 17 times, rebounding three times and assists three times
- Recorded three or more 3-pointers in 21 of 31 games
- Top 5 in NCAA history in 3-pointers made (415)
- First in UAB history and second in C-USA history in 3-point field goal percentage (42.4%)
- Fourth in UAB history in points scored (1,800)
- First in UAB history and sixth in C-USA history in career free throw percentage (85.5%)
- Tied for first in UAB history in games played (128)
- Third in UAB history in minutes played (4,102)
- Set third best UAB and fourth best C-USA single-season mark for threes made (103)
- Helped UAB set a single-season school record for 3-point FG percentage (38.1%)
- Conference USA All-Academic Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- Women’s Basketball Senior CLASS Award top 30 finalist

2018-19 (Junior)
- All-Conference USA First Team selection and a Preseason All-Conference Team member
- One of four players to start all 33 games
- Set the program record for 3-pointers made in a season (110) and triples attempted (265)
- Finished the year ranked eighth in the NCAA in 3-point field goals made, 12th in triples per game (3.3), 20th in 3-point field goal percentage (41.5 percent) and 21st in 3-pointers attempted
- Member of the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn Classic All-Tournament Team
- Became the 29th member of UAB’s 1,000-point scorers club in UAB’s victory over Florida Gulf Coast in the Hilton Garden Inn Classic championship game and ranks 19th all-time in career points (1,293)
- Enters her final season needing seven 3-pointers to become UAB’s all-time leader in triples made
- Led UAB in scoring, averaging 15.8 points per game
- Paced the Blazers in points a team-high 11 times with 22 10+ point games and seven with 20 points or more
- Rattled off a career-high 29 points on a career best eight made triples against UTEP (March 2) on Senior Day
- Tallied 18 games with at least five or more 3-pointers
- Had seven straight C-USA games with 20 points or more, helping UAB to a second place league finish
- Helped UAB to setting the program record for 3-pointers in a season (291), 3-point field goals attempted (811), the third best field goal percentage from long range (35.9 percent) and fifth best free throw percentage (72.0 percent)
- Earned the Conference USA Spirit of Service Award, representing UAB for the winter selection
- Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

2017-18 (Sophomore)
- Started all 34 games
- Named to the Conference USA All-Conference First Team
- Claimed Conference USA Player of the Week honors on Feb. 5 following making a career-best eight 3-pointers at UTEP (02/02/18)
- Also earned a spot on the NCAA Starting 5 after her play at UTEP, the first national award of her career
- Helped guide the team to 27 total wins and 13 wins in C-USA play, both program records
- Helped win the program’s first-ever C-USA Regular Season Championship
- Member of the first UAB squad to play in the postseason since 2010-11
- Helped the Blazers to a 60-50 win over Chattanooga in the first round of the WNIT, the team’s first postseason victory since winning the WBI title game, 68-60, over Cal
State Bakersfield on March 27, 2011 and its first win in the WNIT since an 81-77 decision
over Davidson on March 15, 2007
- Part of the UAB team that set the program record for 3-point field goal percentage (37.6) and set the school record for made 3-point field goals (267)
- Led the team in 3-point field goal percentage (43.3) and 3-pointers made (107)
- Her 3-point percentage was tops in C-USA and ranked No. 12 in the NCAA
- Her 107 made triples were the most in a single season in school history and the 14^th most in the NCAA on the year, while her 247 attempted were the second most in program history
- The 107 triples moved her career total up to 202, the third-most made treys in program history
- Finished the season with 13.8 points per game, the second-most on the team
- Her 470 total points helped the Blazers tally 2,431 points on the year, the fourth most in school history
- Scored a career-high 29 points against Southern Illinois (11/13/17)
- Posted her first career double-double on Nov. 11, 2017 in the season opener against Mississippi Valley State, scoring 21 points and hauling in a career-high 11 boards
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Also earned the Commissioner’s Academic Medal

2016-17 (Freshman)
- Named Conference USA Freshman of the Year, the fourth Blazer to earn the award and the first since 2009-2010
- Also garnered a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team with teammate Miyah Barnes; the pair were the ninth and 10th Blazers to garner a spot on the freshman team
- Holds Conference USA’s freshman record for 3-pointers made in a single season (95); Ranks fifth overall in the record books
- Ranks second in Conference USA’s individual season 3-point field goals per game (3.2) just behind Sara Nord’s (Louisville) record of 3.3 in 2003-04
- In C-USA play, Childress set a league record for 3-point field goals made (64) crushing the previous record
- Tied a C-USA record for 3-point field goals per game in league-only action (3.6), tying Sara Lord’s 2003-04 record
- Childress’ 373 points tied teammate Deanna Kuzmanic for the sixth most points scored by a freshman in UAB single season history
- Finished second in school history in 3-pointers made in a single season (95), which set a UAB freshman record
- Appeared in all 30 games, including 22 starts
- Finished the season ranking 10th nationally in 3-pointers per game (3.2), which led the nation’s freshman
- Shot 40.3 percent from beyond the arc (95-of-236), the fifth-best percentage among all NCAA freshmen
- Her 40.3 percent from beyond the arc marks the fifth highest percentage in UAB single season records
- Paced the UAB offense with 12.4 points per contest
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Led the league’s freshman in points per game (12.4), 3-point field goal percentage (.403) and 3-pointers per game (3.2)
- Drained seven 3-pointers in the Blazers’ victory over Marshall, a UAB freshman-record
- Netted 10+ points in 12 games, including a span of three-straight during league action
- Led UAB in scoring a team-best 14 times and finished first on the team in points per game (12.4)
- Averaged a team-best 35.1 minutes per game in conference play
- Made first career start at Troy (12/18)
- Was a part of the UAB team that set the program record for 3-point field goal percentage (37.3) and finished second in school history in made 3-point field goals (218)
- Helped set the conference record for made 3-pointers in league action (187) in Conference USA history

High School
- Averaged 26.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in high school
- Garnered Decatur Daily’s Athlete of the Year honors
- Named MVP at the North-South All-Star Game
- Tabbed 5A Alabama All-State her sophomore and junior seasons in addition to being selected to the All-Regional team twice

Personal
-Daughter of Kelley and Shane Childress
-Born October 13, 1997
-Has one brother, Jesse, and three sisters, Rebekah, Leah and Josie