Skip To Main Content

Lake Forest College

Scoreboard

Scoreboard Tab

Coach Balletini Rachele

Rachele Belletini

The 2025 season was the fourth for Rachele Belletini as a member of the Lake Forest coaching staff.

The Foresters posted a 28-16-1 overall record and claimed their second straight Midwest Conference championship with a 14-2 mark during league play in 2025. Lake Forest also hosted and won the four-team MWC Tournament to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Seven Foresters were named all-conference, including MWC Position Player of the Year Emmie Nyen and two other first team selections. Nyen, Kaia Mismash, and Riley Stiles were also National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region IX honorees.

Lake Forest is 78-45-2 overall and 41-6 in MWC play with three league titles in Belletini's four seasons with the program. Players on the team have earned 19 all-conference honors, including 11 first team distinctions, and nine all-region accolades during her tenure at the College.

Belletini was a four-year starter at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, and batted .292 with 143 base hits, including 12 home runs, and 97 runs batted in during her career. The infielder earned Second Team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin honors as a sophomore and senior.

She also graduated from Warren Township High School and helped the Blue Devils capture a state title in 2014.