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Federico is a talented shooter...capable of hitting pull-up jumpers...athletic and mobile... her best basketball days are ahead of her...has focused on adding more strength...member of Cal's 24th-ranked recruiting class, according to All Star Girls Report.
High school: Three-time honorable mention Street & Smith's All-America selection...ranked No. 102 by Blue Star Report...as a senior, helped her team to the 5A state semifinals, earning second-team all-state, first-team all-region and first-team All-Southern Arizona...as a junior, chosen second-team all-state, Southern Arizona Player of the Year and Southern Region Player of the Year after averaging 15 points and six rebounds per game...earned first-team Southern region and second-team All-Southern Arizona as a sophomore...helped her school to a runner-up finish at the state championship in 2006...plays club basketball for Team Alaska...also an accomplished softball player, receiving second-team All-Southern Arizona accolades as a junior...Hispanics Sports and Academic Enrichment Program Athlete of the Year...received the Arizona Scholar Award.
Personal: Rachelle Lavinia Federico was born Nov. 26, 1988, in Tucson, Ariz....nickname is Mooch...began playing competitive basketball in eighth grade...parents are George Federico and Roberta Coffey...has four younger siblings, Justyne, Jordyn, Alexis and Nikalie...career goal is to work in advertising or marketing for Disney...shares her family's passion for Disney...averages two trips to Disneyland a year...owns a music collection that spans many decades...undeclared major but interested in mass communications.
