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2025-26 MIT Women's Basketball Roster

Robert Krawitz
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot

22 Rachael Zacks

  • Position G
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School New Trier
  • Hometown Glencoe, Ill.
  • Major Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Biography

Career Highs: 
  • Points: 12 vs. Mount Holyoke (Feb. 1, 2025) 
  • Rebounds: 10 vs. Mount Holyoke (Feb. 1, 2025) 
  • Assists: 3 vs. NYU (Nov. 8, 2024) and Clark (Jan. 17, 2026)
  • Steals: 6 vs. Wheaton (Feb. 11, 2026) 
  • Blocks: 2 vs. UC Santa Cruz (Jan. 2, 2026) and Wellesley (Feb. 4, 2026) 
Accolades: 
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024-25, 2025-26)
2025-26: 
  • Played in 25 games 
2024-25: 
  • Played in 15 games 
2023-24: 
  • Appeared in 20 games 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from New Trier High School 
  • Captain and CSL All-Conference 
  • Selected for IBCA All-Star Game, Dundee Crown All-Tournament Team 
  • U18 21st Maccabiah Games Gold Medalist and Championship MVP Award 
  • Lee Kennicke “Dare to Compete” Award 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction 
  • Newton Minow Award 
  • Social Service Board president, High 5 Choir, research assistant at the College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at University of Illinois Chicago, math and English tutor in the learning center 
Personal: 
  • Research: Researching the regeneration and growth of the liver in mice in the Knouse Lab at the Koch Institute 
  • Camp Kesem 
  • Little Beavers 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Winning the gold medal in Israel in the championship game against the Israeli national team.” 
Club/AAU: 
  • Full Package 
  • 17U Victory Region First Team All-Tournament 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023-24First Year

    G
    5'10"
    22
  • 22

    2024-25Sophomore

    G
    5'10"
    22
  • 22

    2025-26Junior

    G
    5'10"
    22