Rachel Johnston from "The Amazing Race 2010" is one of the contestants on Season 17 of the CBS reality competition series. Rachel ("Amazing Race 17") is a beach volleyball player from Moorestown, New Jersey. She is 24 years old. She is teamed up with her friend and fellow volleyball player, Katie Seamon.
Favorite hobbies: Volleyball, traveling and shopping.
Achievements: Graduating college with honors (West Chester University).
Lifelong to do list: Find a job that I love, go on African Safari with my sister, sail around the Greek Islands with my mom, get married in Bora Bora and have really cute athletic babies.
What scares you most about traveling? Getting kidnapped or being in a plane crash.
What excites you most about traveling? Seeing new places.
If I could switch places with someone: Katie Seamon.
Role model/hero: My mother. Not only is she beautiful, a good athlete and the coolest mom I know, but everyday I am amazed at how she raised two daughters all by herself with such determination and sacrifice. I think we turned out great—thanks, Mom!
What are you passionate about? Volleyball, love and my day planner.
What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would pay off my student loans, buy a place of my own and hit up a Michael Kors store.
People would be surprised to learn: I often sleep with a stuffed hippo named Winston and I don't like tomato sauce.
Favorite place you have ever visited: Las Vegas.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Not having contact with our friends and family.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other than winning one million bucks)? Making new memories with Katie and seeing the world.
Pet peeve about your teammate: She is not very punctual and she is bad at answering email/texts.
Favorite hobbies: Volleyball, traveling and shopping.
Achievements: Graduating college with honors (West Chester University).
Lifelong to do list: Find a job that I love, go on African Safari with my sister, sail around the Greek Islands with my mom, get married in Bora Bora and have really cute athletic babies.
What scares you most about traveling? Getting kidnapped or being in a plane crash.
What excites you most about traveling? Seeing new places.
If I could switch places with someone: Katie Seamon.
Role model/hero: My mother. Not only is she beautiful, a good athlete and the coolest mom I know, but everyday I am amazed at how she raised two daughters all by herself with such determination and sacrifice. I think we turned out great—thanks, Mom!
What are you passionate about? Volleyball, love and my day planner.
What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would pay off my student loans, buy a place of my own and hit up a Michael Kors store.
People would be surprised to learn: I often sleep with a stuffed hippo named Winston and I don't like tomato sauce.
Favorite place you have ever visited: Las Vegas.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Not having contact with our friends and family.
What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other than winning one million bucks)? Making new memories with Katie and seeing the world.
Pet peeve about your teammate: She is not very punctual and she is bad at answering email/texts.
