Roupe Named CUSA Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
6/26/2025 12:15:00 PM | Softball
Liberty senior outfielder Rachel Roupe was named the 2025 CUSA Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league's Faculty Athletics Representatives.
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The awards, voted on by the conference's 10 FARs, are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service.Â
Roupe is the fourth player in program history to be named a conference scholar-athlete of the year, joining Big South Scholar-Athletes of the Year Megan Robinson (2015) and Kenzie Friesen (2017) and Atlantic Sun Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Karlie Keeney (2022, 2023).
Roupe is the fourth player in program history to be named a conference scholar-athlete of the year, joining Big South Scholar-Athletes of the Year Megan Robinson (2015) and Kenzie Friesen (2017) and Atlantic Sun Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Karlie Keeney (2022, 2023).
A native of Sharpsburg, Md., Roupe has received numerous awards this season. Yesterday, she was named the 2024-25 CUSA Michael L. Slive Female Athlete of the Year. Last week, she was voted to the 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Softball Team as a first-team honoree. Roupe has obtained a 3.84 GPA while majoring in public health: pre-clinical.
Earlier this spring, Roupe was named All-American by D1Softball (second team), Softball America (second team) and NFCA (third team). She also received the Rawlings Gold Glove. Her 2025 honors also include CUSA Player of the Year, CUSA All-Conference first team and CUSA All-Academic Team. Â
Roupe batted .390 with 19 doubles while setting new program records in single-season homers (23), RBI (73) and extra-base hits (43). She helped the Lady Flames make history by earning their first-ever Super Regional berth. In two games against the top-ranked Aggies on May 18, Roupe went a combined 5-for-9 with three homers, nine RBI and three runs scored. That included two homers in the winner-take-all final.
The Lady Flames finished the season with a 50-15 record, setting a new program record for single-season victories. Liberty won both the Conference USA regular-season and tournament titles for the second year in a row. The team made history at the 2025 NCAA Bryan-College Station Regional, winning two out of three games against No. 1 Texas A&M to earn its first-ever Super Regional appearance. The Lady Flames were the first team in the Super Regional era to knock out the No. 1 national seed in the Regional round.
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