INDIANAPOLIS – A familiar face will join the Butler women's basketball program this fall as 5-11 guard/forward Rachel Kent heads to Hinkle Fieldhouse after a stellar senior season at IUPUI. Kent will reunite with Head Coach Austin Parkinson who recruited her to IUPUI after a two-year stint at Saint Louis. Kent was a First Team All-Horizon League selection in 2022-23 and heads to Butler with over 1,000 career points.
 
"We are pumped we get the opportunity to coach Rachel one more time," Parkinson explained. "Rachel is one of the best shooters I've ever been around and has a unique ability to guard multiple positions on the defensive end. Her familiarity with our system and consistency over the years in scoring the ball will have an immediate impact for our team."
 
Kent averaged 12.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a senior at IUPUI. A starter in all 30 games, Kent shot 44 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point range. Some of her best individual performances included a 30-point game against Oakland and a 16-point, 12 rebounds game vs. Wright State. Overall in 22-23, Kent recorded 373 points, 186 rebounds and 99 assists. She reached double figures 22 times and had four double-doubles.
 
"I chose Butler because of the great campus life that is close to downtown Indy, but still feels like its own community," Kent stated. "I also like the family culture built by the coaches and players."
 
Kent has started in 110 games during her collegiate career. Before attending Saint Louis, Kent was a four-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State selection at Maine West High School making the first team as a senior and a junior. Kent scored 1,672 points during her prep career to rank second all-time at Maine West. She also ranked fifth all-time in steals in the Maine West record book.
 
As a senior, Kent averaged 14.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game to help lead her team to a 35-0 record and win the Illinois Class 4A State Championship. She graduated in the top five percent of her class and went on to make the Horizon League All-Academic Team.