2018 Rice Fact Book MEDIA INFORMATION 2017 IN REVIEW Quick Facts 2-3 2017 Results 80 Roster 4 2017 Statistics 81-82 Roster Breakdowns 5 C-USA Season In Review 84 2018 Schedule 6 Covering The Owls 7 RICE BASEBALL HISTORY 8-9, 29, 42 Year-By-Year With Rice Baseball 85-91 Rice Team Records 92-99 2018 OPPONENTS’ INFO. Rice Individual Records 100-107 Opponents 10-11 All-Time Lettermen 108-114 C-USA Championship 12 Honors and Awards 115-120 C-USA Composite Schedule 12-15 The 2003 National Championship 121 Pipeline To The Pros 124-128 MEET THE OWLS Scholar-Athlete Profiles 16-58 Rice Baseball Since 1999 31 Baseball Titles List 40 Rice Draft Dodgers 50 is committed to affirmative action and equal What’s Your College? 59 opportunity in education and employment. Rice does not Championship #21 Head 60 discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, Coaches & Support Staff 74-79 sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability Rice Baseball won the 2017 Conference USA Championship, the 21st title in program history. or veteran status.

Rice Baseball l 1 GENERAL INFORMATION BASEBALL PERSONNEL RICE ATHLETIC NEWS BUREAU Name: Rice University Head Coach: Wayne Graham Assistant AD/Media Relations: Chuck Pool Location: , Alma Mater: Texas, 1970 Asst. SID/Baseball Contact: John Sullivan Enrollment: 6,904 Record at Rice: 1,147-497, .698 (26 seasons) Sullivan’s office phone: 713-348-5636 Founded: 1891 (first classes in 1912) Collegiate Record: 1,722-610, .738 (37 seasons) cell phone: 832-250-9000 President: David W. Leebron Asst. Coach: John Pope (Rice, 1990; 2nd year) e-mail: [email protected] Faculty Representative: Dr. Rob Griffin Office Phone: 713-348-8862 Assistant SID: Tim Andrzejewski Affiliation: NCAA Division I Asst. Coach: (Rice, 2003; 1st year) Assistant SID: Kenny Bybee Nickname: Owls Office Phone: 713-348-8859 SID Fax: 713-348-6019 Mascot: Sammy the Owl Volunteer Coach: Jordan Kopycinski (Texas St., 2010; 1st year) Colors: Blue and Gray Office Phone: 713-348-8863 SOCIAL MEDIA Conference: Conference USA Asst AD Ops/PlayerDevelopment: Daniel Watson Athletics Web site: www.RiceOwls.com Office Phone: 713-348-8864 Baseball Facebook: Facebook.com/RiceUniversityBaseball ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION E-mail: [email protected] Baseball Twitter: @RiceOwlsBaseball Athletics Director: Joe Karlgaard Athletic Trainer: Adrian Ramon, MS, ATC, LAT Athletics Facebook: Facebook.com/RiceAthletics Deputy Athletics Director: Rick Mello Equipment & Video Specialist: Michael Kidd Athletics Twitter: @RiceAthletics Senior Staff: Bryan Blair (Sport Admin. & Compliance) Student : Ryan Carlson University Facebook: Facebook.com/RiceUniversity Tanner Gardner (Chief Operating Officer) University Twitter: @RiceUniversity Stacy Mosely (Senior Woman Admin.) HOME BASEBALL VENUE Tina Villard (Recereation) Stadium (year opened): Reckling Park (2000) Capacity: 6,193 Dimensions: 330, 375, 400, 375, 330 Pressbox Phone: 713-348-4931

2 l Rice Baseball l 2018 TEAM INFORMATION POSTSEASON INFORMATION OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 25 / 9 College Appearances: 7 Rice University Athletics 2017 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 3 / 5 1997: 0-2 6100 Main St., MS 548 Total Returning/Lost: 15 / 4 1999: 1-2 Houston, TX 77005 Newcomers: 11 2002: 0-2 2003: 5-1 (National Champions) ATHLETICS MAILING ADDRESS 2017 RECAP 2006: 2-2 Rice University Athletics Overall Record: 33-31 2007: 2-2 PO Box 1892, MS 548 Home Record: 14-16 2008: 0-2 Houston, TX 77251-1892 Road Record: 13-12 CWS Record: 10-13 Neutral Record: 6-3 NCAA Regional Appearances: 23 C-USA Regular Season (place): 16-14 (sixth) (1995, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, C-USA Championship: 4-0 (first) 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) NCAA Postseason: Baton Rouge Regional (2-2, 2nd) Super Regional Appearances: 10 Final Official NCAA RPI: 41st (1999, 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13) Final Rankings: R.V. (NCBWA, USA Today/ESPN) Conference Championships: 21 N.R. () C-USA: 2006, 07, 08, 09 (tourn.), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 N.R. (Collegiate Baseball) WAC: 1997, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 N.R. (D1Baseball) SWC: 1996 (tourn.) N.R. (PerfectGame.org) for a look at Rice’s championships, please see page 30

Rice Baseball l 3 2018 Rice Baseball Numerical Roster No. Name, position B/T Ht Wt Cl-Exp Hometown/Previous School No. Name, position B/T Ht Wt Cl-Exp Hometown/Previous School 1 Cody Staab, of L-L 5-10 170 Jr./2L College Station (College Station H.S.) 27 Andrew Dunlap, dh R-R 5-11 215 Sr./2L Houston (Westbury Christian H.S.) 2 Trei Cruz, if S-R 6-1 175 Fr./HS Houston (Episcopal H.S.) 28 Kendal Jefferies, if/p R-R 5-11 180 Jr./2L Spring (Klein H.S.) 3 Chace Sarchet, of/if L/R 6-3 210 Sr./1L Lubbock (Weatherford Coll./Frenship H.S.) 29 Roel Garcia, p R-R 6-4 220 So./1L Deer Park (Deer Park H.S.) 4 Luis Aviles, c/if S-R 5-11 195 Fr./HS Palmetto Bay, Fla. (Westminster Christian) 30 Ben Schragger, p R-R 5-11 190 Jr./2L Titusville, N.J. (Hopewell Valley H.S.) 6 Ryan Chandler, of L-R 5-9 170 Sr./3L Houston (Strake Jesuit College Prep) 31 Nick Silber, p R-R 6-4 195 So./1L New York, N.Y. (The Lawrenceville School) 7 Dominic DiCaprio, c R-R 6-0 200 Jr./2L Coral Springs, Fla. (Stoneman Douglas H.S.) 32 Bradley Gneiting, of/if L-R 6-0 175 So./1L North Richland Hills (Keller H.S.) 8 Ford Proctor, if L-R 6-1 190 Jr./2L Beaumont (Kelly H.S.) 33 Justin Collins, c R-R 6-2 205 Fr./HS Houston (Memorial H.S.) 9 Braden Comeaux, if R-R 5-11 175 So./Tr. Lake Charles, La. (LSU-Eunice/Barbe H.S.) 34 Jackson Parthasarathy, p R-R 6-3 200 Jr./2L Austin (Lake Travis H.S.) 10 Dane Acker, p/util. R-R 6-2 194 Fr./HS Brenham (Brenham H.S.) 35 Zach Esquivel, p R-R 5-10 179 Jr./2L League City (Clear Creek H.S.) 12 Brent Schwarz, p R-R 6-3 215 Jr./2L Boerne (Aurora, Colorado Regis Jesuit) 36 Addison Moss, p/if R-R 6-1 170 So./1L Spring (Oak Ridge H.S.) 13 Nick Orewiler, p R-R 6-3 185 Sr./2L Galveston (Ball H.S.) 38 Kel Bordwine, p R-R 6-0 175 Fr./HS Cypress (Cy Ranch H.S.) 14 Rodrigo Duluc, if R-R 6-3 195 Jr./Sq. New York, N.Y. (Bronx School of Science) 39 Nick Tanner, c R-R 6-0 190 So./Sq. Houston (Strake Jesuit College Prep) 15 Chad Tatum, if R-R 6-0 185 Sr./2L (Antonian College Prep) 40 Matt Canterino, p R-R 6-2 205 So./1L Southlake (Carrol H.S.) 16 Kelby Weyler, if R-R 5-10 170 Fr./HS Village Mills (Warren H.S.) 41 Jackson Tyner, p R-R 6-5 245 Jr./HS Edgewood (Edgewood H.S.) 17 Parker Osburn, c/util. R-R 5-11 165 Fr./HS League City (Clear Creek H.S.) 42 Willy Amador, p R-R 6-0 198 Sr./3L Bryan (Bryan H.S.) 20 Dominic Cox, of R-R 5-10 175 Fr./HS Richmond (Travis H.S.) 44 Khevin Brewer, of R-R 6-1 215 Sr./1L Richmond (Travis H.S.) 21 Josh Pettitte, p R-R 6-2 195 Sr./1L Houston (Deer Park H.S.) 45 Blair Lewis, p R-R 6-0 180 Jr./Tr. Hummelstown, Pa. (Orange County/Lower Dauphin HS) 22 Joshua Larzabal, p/if L-L 6-0 200 Fr./HS Houston (North Shore H.S.) 23 Evan Kravetz, p L-L 6-8 250 Jr./2L Miami, Fla. (Gulliver Preparatory) Head Coach: 37 Wayne Graham (Texas, 1970; 27th season at Rice) 24 Ricardo Salinas, p R-R 6-1 200 Sr./3L Houston (North Shore H.S.) Assistant Coach: 5 John Pope (Rice, 1990; second season) 25 Brandt Frazier, c R-R 5-11 185 Sr./2L Houston (Lamar H.S.) Assistant Coach: 11 Paul Janish (Rice, 2003; first season) 26 Garrett Gayle, p R-R 6-1 180 So./1L Cypress (Cy Woods H.S.) Volunteer Coach: 18 Jordan Kopycinski (Texas State, 2010; first season)

4 l Rice Baseball l Player Personnel Roster Breakdowns POSITIONS ALPHABETICAL CLASS Pitchers PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Luis Aviles (if) L - Evan Kravetz Dane Acker, p/util. Addison Moss, p/if Seniors Cody Staab Amador AHM-ah-dor Justin Collins Joshua Larzabal (if) Willy Amador, p Nick Orewiler, p Willy Amador Jackson Tyner Dominic DiCaprio Khevin KEY-vin Luis Aviles, c/if Parker Osburn, c/util. Khevin Brewer Brandt Frazier R - Dane Acker (util.) Comeaux CO-mo Kel Bordwine, p Jackson Parthasarathy, p Ryan Chandler Sophomores Parker Osburn (util.) Willy Amador DiCaprio (like the actor) Khevin Brewer, of Josh Pettitte, p Andrew Dunlap Matt Canterino Nick Tanner Kel Bordwine Matt Canterino, p Ford Proctor, if Brandt Frazier Braden Comeaux Gneiting KNIGHT-ing Matt Canterino Ryan Chandler, of Ricardo Salinas, p Nick Orewiler Roel Garcia Orewiler OR-whyler Zach Esquivel Justin Collins, c Chace Sarchet, of Josh Pettitte Garrett Gayle Parthasarathy PARTH-ah-sarth-ee Braden Comeaux Roel Garcia Braden Comeaux, if Ben Schragger, p Ricardo Salinas Bradley Gneiting Sarchet SAR-shey Trei Cruz Garrett Gayle Dominic Cox, of Brent Schwarz, p Chace Sarchet Addison Moss Rodrigo Duluc Kendal Jefferies (if) Schragger SHRAY-grrr Trei Cruz, if Nick Silber, p Chad Tatum Nick Silber Kendal Jefferies (p) Blair Lewis Dominic DiCaprio, c Cody Staab, of Nick Tanner Addison Moss (p) Addison Moss (if) Rodrigo Duluc, if Nick Tanner, c Juniors Ford Proctor Nick Orewiler Andrew Dunlap, dh Chad Tatum, if Dominic DiCaprio Freshmen Chad Tatum Jackson Parthasarathy Zach Esquivel, p Jackson Tyner, p Rodrigo Duluc Dane Acker Kelby Weyler Josh Pettitte Brandt Frazier, c Kelby Weyler, if Zach Esquivel Luis Aviles Ricardo Salinas Roel Garcia, p Kendal Jefferies Kel Bordwine Ben Schragger Garrett Gayle, p Evan Kravetz Justin Collins Khevin Brewer Brent Schwarz Bradley Gneiting, of Blair Lewis Dominic Cox Ryan Chandler Nick Silber Kendal Jefferies, if/p Jackson Parthasarathy Trei Cruz Dominic Cox Jackson Tyner Evan Kravetz, p Ford Proctor Joshua Larzabal Bradley Gneiting (if) Joshua Larzabal, p/if Ben Schragger Parker Osburn Chace Sarchet Designated Hitter Blair Lewis, p Brent Schwarz Kelby Weyler Cody Staab Andrew Dunlap

Rice Baseball l Player Personnel l 5 2018 Rice Baseball Schedule February 20 Tues. Texas A&M Reckling Park 6:30 pm May 16 Fri. # Samford Orlando, Fla. 11 am 23 Fri. Western Kentucky (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm 2 Wed. Lamar Reckling Park 6:30 pm 17 Sat. # UCF Orlando, Fla. 4 pm 24 Sat. Western Kentucky (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm 4 Fri. UTSA (C-USA) San Antonio 6 pm 18 Sun. # Orlando, Fla. 9 am 25 Sun. Western Kentucky (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm 5 Sat. UTSA (C-USA) San Antonio 2 pm 20 Tues. Texas State Reckling Park 6:30 pm 27 Tues. Houston Reckling Park 6:30 pm 6 Sun. UTSA (C-USA) San Antonio 1 pm 22 Thur. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 8:05 pm 30 Fri. Southern Miss (C-USA) Hattiesburg, Miss. 6 pm 8 Tues. State Huntsville 6:30 pm 23 Fri. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 8:05 pm 31 Sat. Southern Miss (C-USA) Hattiesburg, Miss. 2 pm 11 Fri. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm 24 Sat. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 3:05 pm 12 Sat. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm 25 Sun. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 1:05 pm April 13 Sun. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm 1 Sun. Southern Miss (C-USA) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 pm 15 Tues. Houston Constellation Field 7 pm March 3 Tues. Sam Houston State Reckling Park 6:30 pm 17 Thur. FIU (C-USA) Miami, Fla. 6 pm 2 Fri. Houston Baptist Reckling Park 6:30 pm 6 Fri. Old Dominion (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm 18 Fri. FIU (C-USA) Miami, Fla. 5 pm 3 Sat. Houston Baptist Reckling Park 1 pm 7 Sat. Old Dominion (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm 19 Sat. FIU (C-USA) Miami, Fla. 11 am 4 Sun. Houston Baptist Reckling Park 1 pm 8 Sun. Old Dominion (C-USA) Reckling Park Noon 23-26 W-Sat. C-USA Tournament Biloxi, Miss. tba 6 Tues. Texas State San Marcos 6:30 pm 10 Tues. Houston at U.H. 6:30 pm 27 Sun. Championship Final (TV) Biloxi, Miss. 1:05 pm 7 Wed. Lamar Beaumont 6 pm 13 Fri. Middle Tennessee (C-USA) Murfreesboro, Tenn. 6 pm 9 Fri. Gonzaga Reckling Park 6:30 pm 14 Sat. Middle Tennessee (C-USA) Murfreesboro, Tenn. 4 pm June 10 Sat. Gonzaga (DH 1) Reckling Park 2 pm 15 Sun. Middle Tennessee (C-USA) Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1 pm 1-3 NCAA Regionals tba tba Gonzaga (DH 2) Reckling Park 20 Fri. Atlantic (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm 8-10 NCAA Super Regionals tba tba 11 Sun. Gonzaga Reckling Park 1 pm 21 Sat. Florida Atlantic (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm 16-27 Omaha, Neb. tba 13 Tues. TCU Reckling Park 6:30 pm 22 Sun. Florida Atlantic (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm 14 Wed. Columbia Reckling Park 6:30 pm 27 Fri. Charlotte (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm (C-USA) - denotes Conference USA league games; (C-USA) (C-USA) 16 Fri. Tech Ruston, La. 6 pm 28 Sat. Charlotte Reckling Park 2 pm TV - denotes televised game; 17 Sat. Louisiana Tech (C-USA) Ruston, La. 2 pm 29 Sun. Charlotte (C-USA) Reckling Park 11 am # - 2017 UCF Tournament in Orlando, Fla. 18 Sun. Louisiana Tech (C-USA) Ruston, La. 1 pm

6 l Rice Baseball l Schedule Covering The Owls The Rice Baseball Fact Book may assist mem- Attending Practice Coach Graham meets the media in his office. ably by e-mail). All requests should come from bers of the media as a reference tool for the The media is welcome at Rice practices. All Rice players and coaches are not available for sports editors or directors and will be carefully 2017 season, as well as for the history of the Rice head coaches have the option to close a interviews between games of doubleheaders. screened to ensure good working conditions. program. practice at their discretion. Giving advance no- Spouses, dates, minors and non-workers will Assistant sports information director John tice to the athletic news bureau of attending a Rice On the Internet not be permitted in the press areas. No creden- Sullivan serves as the day-to-day contact for practice is helpful. Information on Rice baseball, and all 16 tials will be mailed. Photo credentials will be the baseball program and can be reached by intercollegiate Owl sports, can be obtained granted on the same priority schedule as gen- phone at (713) 348-5636 (office) or (832) 250- Player Interviews via the Internet. To view updated Rice rosters, eral media credentials. 9000 (cell). Additional information, including All interviews must be arranged at least schedules/results, fast facts, biographies, pic- weekly news releases, photographs and video one day in advance through the athletic news tures and much more, browse RiceOwls.com. Parking clips, is available on request. bureau. Players’ home/cell phone numbers will Due to the opening of the new Moody The Rice sports information office is located not be released. No interviews will be allowed The Reckling Park Press Box Center for the Fine Arts, as well as the recently in Room 1204 of Tudor Fieldhouse (next to the before a game. The media will not be allowed The press box at Reckling Park has a limited started construction across from Tudor Field- elevator). in the Rice locker room, weight room or training number of seats for working media. Admission house, there is no designated media parking room areas. is by credential only. The press elevator is adja- at Reckling Park for 2018. All parking for Rice During the Week cent to stadium’s internal concourse, near the home games is in the main Rice Stadium lots. Interviews With Wayne Graham Postgame Interviews main entry, on -base side. Rice head coach Wayne Graham is very The Rice athletic news bureau will assist Tickets accessible to the media and will participate in those writers and broadcasters wishing to in- Credentials Call the Rice athletic ticket office at 713- interviews with satisfactory advance notice. terview Owls players following the game. After Requests for -game/series credentials 348-4068 to order game tickets. Most major For telephone interviews, the best time to reach a short cooling-off period, requested Rice play- at Reckling Park should be made to John Sul- credit cards are accepted for advance orders. coach Graham is 9:30-11:30 am, weekdays. ers will be available in the Owls’ dugout area. livan a few days in advance of the game (prefer- Please call (713) 348-8864 to schedule interview appointments.

Rice Baseball l Media Information l 7 Reckling Park l Home of the Owls drainage system, as well as a padded outfield storage areas and clerical areas. Other schools have tried to follow Rice Factsl Capacity: 6,193; Dimensions: 330-400-330; wall and warning track that surrounds the en- For the players, the Rice clubhouse is one baseball’s lead, building bigger and more ex- Height of Wall: 8’ (padded); Playing Surface: Natural tire field, were added to improve player safety. of the best anywhere, adjacent to aerobic work- pensive stadiums, but Reckling Park remains Grass (Bermuda); : Feb. 8, 2000 A classic black cast-iron fence that circles the out areas and athletic training room. In 2004, among the best venues in college baseball. perimeter was another addition. a new climate-controlled indoor hitting and The 2018 season is now the Owls’ 19th at LED video display that is among the largest in There may not be many other hills in the pitching practice facility was opened under the the stadium. Rice has won an eye-opening 77 college baseball. city of Houston, but in 2008 a grass berm and third base stands. percent of its more than 600 games at Reckling In 2016 the sports medicine area under- bleachers were added beyond the left field wall. On game day, the Owls and their guests use Park since opening for the 2000 season. went a full renovation. The training room These improvements give Rice student-athletes some of the largest dugouts in the country. Vis- The facility is in fact better than ever this features hot and cold whirlpools, doctor’s ex- a venue befitting its status as one of the top iting teams and umpires also have use of large, season after its most-recent renovations that amination rooms and offices, all to ensure the programs in the nation. Large crowds, like the functional locker room areas. That umpire facil- benefit both the student-athletes and fans. In student-athletes undergo any treatments in the more than 9,000 fans that came to watch the ity was dedicated to the memory of Earl “Lefty” the on-going commitment to player develop- very best environment. home series against national power Stanford Graham, a longtime umpire in the Houston ment, the enclosed area down the Four seasons ago, a custom wood trophy last season, are not uncommon. area and the father of the Rice head coach. right-field line has been upgraded with expan- case befitting the program’s storied success The park features a picturesque setting on Fans continue to flock to the stadium. Rice sion and remodeling. The true-blue fans mean- was installed in the front office. The stadium the Rice campus facing the famous Texas Medi- has averaged more than 3,100 fans per game while will be sure to flock to the newly renovat- conference room was also remodeled to in- cal Center, the comfort of the more than 3,700 the last eleven seasons, ranking among the top ed ‘Roost’ on the first base side for hospitality clude program accolades and oversized murals chair back seats (most with cup holders) and draws in the nation. Those fans have access to that’s second to none. of some of the best players in school history. nine private suites. There are spacious locker a host of wide concession areas, a large novelty There have been upgrades in one form or In 2013, a display honoring Owl great Philip rooms and the best press box in college base- shop and clean restrooms. another every year. Last season there was state- Humber’s major league was add- ball. Every visitor has raved about Reckling Park. For the media, the Reckling Park press box of-the-art upgrade to the scoreboard and video ed near the front entrance. Other renovations Rice baseball is completely housed in the may be the largest in an on-campus stadium display. Rice University and Daktronics teamed over the years included the remodeling of the facility. Head coach Wayne Graham and his in the country. There are three radio booths, to bring a greatly enhanced video presentation team’s locker room, weight room and fan ar- assistants work in a spacious office suite that a television booth/photo deck and an area for with the installation of a new 1,000 square foot eas. A new playing surface and state-of-the-art includes their private locker room, equipment more than 30 working writers and game per-

8 l Rice Baseball l Reckling Park Reckling Park l Home of the Owls sonnel. In addition, the press box includes a large interview room, hospitality areas and a workroom for game officials. Located on the southwest corner of the uni- versity campus near Tudor Fieldhouse, Reckling Park was built on the site of Cameron Field, Rice’s baseball home from 1978 through 1999. The old stadium was demolished at the close of the 1999 season and work began immediately on Reckling Park - which measures 330 feet down the lines, 400 feet to center field, and 375 feet to the power alleys. A then-sellout crowd of 4,117 watched the first game played in the new park in 2000. The Owls’ 36 wins in 2002 stands as the most home victories in Rice history. Guy Jackson of Jackson & Ryan Architects, a Rice alumnus and former baseball letterman, was the principle designer of the stadium, and it was built by MinerDederich Constructors.

For a listing of the facility’s top crowds and home won-loss records at Reckling Park, please find the note capules on pages 29 and 42.

Rice Baseball l Reckling Park l 9 Opponents Charlotte 49ers FIU Panthers Houston Baptist Huskies Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Location l Charlotte, N.C. Location l Miami, Fla. Location l Houston Location l Murfreesboro, Tenn. Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Jared Moon Baseball Coach l Jim McGuire Home Venue l Phillips Field at Hayes Stadium Home Venue l FIU Baseball Stadium Home Venue l Home Venue l Reese Smith Jr. Field Baseball SID l Sean Fox Baseball SID l Pete Pelegrin Baseball SID l Russ Reneau Baseball SID l Tony Stinnett Office Number l 704.687.1023 Office Number l 305.348.1357 Office Number l 281.649.3098 Office Number l 615.898.5270 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l Charlotte49ers.com Web Site l FIUSports.com Web Site l HBUHuskies.com Web Site l GoBlueRaiders.com

Columbia Lions Gonzaga Bulldogs Lamar Cardinals Old Dominion Monarchs Location l New York, N.Y. Location l Spokane, Wash. Location l Beaumont Location l Norfolk, Va. Baseball Coach l Brett Boretti Baseball Coach l Mark Machtolf Baseball Coach l Will Davis Baseball Coach l Home Venue l Robertson Field/Satow Stadium Home Venue l Patterson Baseball Complex Home Venue l Vincent-Beck Stadium Home Venue l Bud MethenyBaseball Complex Baseball SID l Mike Kowalsky Baseball SID l Kyle Scholzen Baseball SID l Cooper Welch Baseball SID l Tim Wentz Office Number l 212.854.7064 Office Number l 509.313.4227 Office Number l 409.880.7845 Office Number l 757.683.5581 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l GoColumbiaLions.com Web Site l GoZags.com Web Site l LamarCardinals.com Web Site l ODUSports.com

Florida Atlantic Owls Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Samford Bulldogs Location l Boca Raton, Fla. Location l Houston Location l Ruston, La. Location l Birmingham, Ala. Baseball Coach l John McCormack Baseball Coach l Todd Whitting Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Home Venue l FAU Baseball Stadium Home Venue l Darryl & Lori Home Venue l Love Field at Patterson Park Home Venue l Joe Lee Griffin Field Baseball SID l Jonathan Fraysure Baseball SID l Allison McClain Baseball SID l Blake Bolin Baseball SID l Zac Schrieber Office Number l 561.756.0653 Office Number l 713.743.9406 Office Number l 318.257.3314 Office Number l 205.726.2802 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l FAUSports.com Web Site l UHCougars.com Web Site l LATechSports.com Web Site l SamfordSports.com

10 l Rice Baseball l Opponent Directory Opponents Sam Houston State Bearkats TCU Horned Frogs UAB Blazers Location l Huntsville Location l Fort Worth Location l Birmingham, Ala. Location l Charlottesville, Va. Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Brian O’Connor Home Venue l Home Venue l & Williams-Reilly Field Home Venue l Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Venue l Davenport Field at UVA Baseball Stad. Baseball SID l Ben Rikard Baseball SID l Brandie Davidson Baseball SID l Abby Vinson Baseball SID l Scott Fitzgerald Office Number l 936.294.2692 Office Number l 817.257.7969 Office Number l 205.541.1751 Office Number l 434.924.9878 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l GoBearkats.com Web Site l GoFrogs.com Web Site l UABSports.com Web Site l VirginiaSports.com

Southern Miss Golden Eagles Texas A&M Aggies UCF Knights Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Location l Hattiesburg, Miss. Location l College Station Location l Orlando, Fla. Location l Bowling Green, Kentucky Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Greg Lovelady Baseball Coach l Home Venue l /Hill Denson Field Home Venue l Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park Home Venue l Home Venue l Baseball SID l Jack Duggan Baseball SID l Thomas Dick Baseball SID l Ian MacDougall Baseball SID l Bryan Fyalkowski Office Number l 601.266.5947 Office Number l 979.862.5486 Office Number l 407.823.5395 Office Number l 270.745.5388 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l SouthernMiss.com Web Site l AggieAthletics.com Web Site l UCFKnights.com Web Site l WKUSports.com

Stanford Cardinal UTSA Roadrunners Location l Palo Alto, Calif. Location l San Marcos Location l San Antonio Conference USA Headquarters l Irving, Texas Baseball Coach l David Esquer Baseball Coach l Baseball Coach l Jason Marshall Commissioner l Judy MacLeod Home Venue l Sunken Diamond Home Venue l Bobcat Baseball Stadium Home Venue l Asst. Commissioner l Russ Anderson Baseball SID l Nick Sako Baseball SID l Cedrique Flemming Baseball SID l Tony Baldwin Email l [email protected] Cell Number l 650.224.0979 Office Number l 512.245.4387 Office Number l 210.302.2536 Office Number l 214.774.1351 Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Email Address l [email protected] Web Site l ConferenceUSA.com Web Site l GoStanford.com Web Site l TxStateBobcats.com Web Site l GoUTSA.com

Rice Baseball l Opponent Directory l 11 Conference USA Championship / Composite Schedule Championship Fri., February 16 Sun., February 18 Wed., February 21 Indiana State at Middle Tennessee Iona at Charlotte Iona at Charlotte Charlotte at NC State Kansas State at Old Dominion Tournament at FIU Missouri at FIU Alabama State at UAB () Rice at Stanford Conference USA’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will George Wash. at Florida Atlantic George Wash. at Florida Atlantic UT-Arlington vs. Southern Miss be on the line when the league Championship returns to Biloxi, Louisiana Tech at Pepperdine Louisiana Tech at Pepperdine Thu., February 22 Texas Tech at UTSA Mississippi, on May 23-27. The 2018 C-USA Championship is at Marshall at Florida A&M Marshall at Florida A&M Rice at Stanford Northern Illinois at WKU (DH) W. Illinois at Middle Tennessee W.Illinois at Middle Tennessee UAB at Arkansas State a neutral site for the second time in as many years and just the Saint Louis vs. ODU (Kissimmee, Fla.) Iowa vs. Old Dominion (Kissimmee, Fla.) Fri., February 23 seventh time in the league’s history. The fantastic four-year old Samford vs. Rice (Orlando, Fla.) Virginia vs. Rice (Orlando, Fla.) Charlotte at Georgia Sun., February 25 MGM Park, located on the waterfront in Biloxi, Mississippi, serves Mississippi State at Southern Miss Mississippi State at Southern Miss Grambling at FIU Charlotte at Georgia San Francisco at UTSA San Francisco at UTSA Delaware at Florida Atlantic Grambling at FIU as the host venue of the league’s 23rd championship. WKU at Memphis WKU at Memphis SIU-Edwardsville at Louisiana Tech Delaware at Florida Atlantic The top eight teams in the C-USA regular season standings Bowling Green at UAB (Regions Field) Bowling Green at UAB (Regions Field) Marshall at Elon SIU-Edwardsville at Louisiana Tech qualify for the event. The teams are seeded into two brackets Farleigh Dickinson at Middle Tenn Marshall at Elon Sat., February 17 Tue., February 20 Kansas State at Old Dominion Kent State at Middle Tennessee and compete using a -elimination “Omaha-style” format. Iona at Charlotte Florida Atlantic at Florida Rice at Stanford Kansas State at Old Dominion The one-game, Championship Final is again slated for a live tele- Missouri at FIU McNeese State at Louisiana Tech South Dakota St. vs. Southern Miss Rice at Stanford vision broadcast. George Wash. at Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee at Alabama Texas Tech at UTSA Southern Miss at Stephen F. Austin Louisiana Tech at Pepperdine (DH) Richmond at Old Dominion Northern Illinois at WKU Texas Tech at UTSA Rice is certainly no stranger to the Championship as the de- Marshall at Florida A&M Texas State at Rice UAB at Arkansas State Northern Illinois at WKU fending title-holder. The Owls have won the conference baseball W.Illinois at Middle Tennessee Mississippi State at South Alabama UAB at Arkansas State tournament seven times since joining the league in the spring of Oakland vs. ODU (Kissimmee, Fla.) UTSA at Abilene Christian Sat., February 24 2006, with a total of four titles in the state of Mississippi (2009, Rice at UCF Belmont at WKU Charlotte at Georgia Tue., February 27 Mississippi State at Southern Miss UAB at Alabama State Grambling at FIU Florida A&M at FIU 2011, 2014 & 2017). In 2013 the Owls won the event at home at San Francisco at UTSA Delaware at Florida Atlantic Northwestern St. at Louisiana Tech Reckling Park. The 2013 tournament was the second time Rice WKU at Memphis SIU-Edwardsville at Louisiana Tech Tennessee at Middle Tennessee (Regions Field) had served as the host of the prestigious event. Bowling Green at UAB Marshall at Elon Southern Miss at New Orleans

12 l Rice Baseball l Composite C-USA Schedule UTSA at Texas Marshall at Appalachian State Memphis at Middle Tennessee George Mason vs. FIU (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Louisiana Tech at Little Rock Sun., March 18 WKU at Kentucky MTSU vs. East Tenn. St. (Kodak, Tenn.) Norfolk State at Old Dominion Seton Hall at Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee at Austin Peay FIU at Charlotte Jacksonville State at UAB (Regions Field) Rutgers at Old Dominion Rice at Texas State Houston Baptist at Louisiana Tech TCU at Rice Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion Houston Baptist at Rice Auburn at UAB (Regions Field) Niagara at Marshall UTSA at Texas State Rice at Louisiana Tech Wed., February 28 Ohio St. at Southern Miss (Pensacola, Fla.) UTSA at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi West Virginia at Middle Tennessee Eastern Kentucky at WKU UAB at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Charlotte at Charleston Southern UTSA at McNeese State WKU at Belmont Quinnipiac at Old Dominion Troy at UAB (Regions Field) Middle Tennessee at WKU Florida A&M at FIU West Virginia at WKU Gonzaga at Rice (DH) UTSA at Southern Miss Miami at Florida Atlantic Iowa at UAB (Regions Field) Wed., March 7 Columbia at UTSA (DH) Wed., March 14 Old Dominion at East Carolina Miami at FIU Bowling Green at WKU Rutgers vs. FIU (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Tue., March 20 UAB at Troy Sun., March 4 Louisiana Tech at UL-Monroe UW-Milwaukee at UAB (Regions Field) North Florida at Florida Atlantic Arkansas at Charlotte (BB&T Ballpark) Siena at Charlotte Memphis at Middle Tennessee VMI at Old Dominion Louisiana Tech at Northwestern St. Fri., March 2 Jacksonville State at FIU Rice at Lamar Sun., March 11 Columbia at Rice Lipscomb at Middle Tennessee Siena at Charlotte Florida Atlantic at Oregon Southern Miss at Alabama East Carolina at Charlotte Southern Miss at Tulane Princeton at Old Dominion Jacksonville State at FIU Baylor vs. Louisiana Tech (Frisco, Tex.) George Mason at FIU Texas A&M at Rice Florida Atlantic at Oregon Marshall at Appalachian State Fri., March 9 Seton Hall at Florida Atlantic Fri., March 16 Texas State at UTSA Texas A&M vs. Louisians Tech (Frisco, Tex.) Middle Tenn vs. Tennessee (Kodak, Tenn.) East Carolina at Charlotte Houston Baptist at Louisiana Tech FIU at Charlotte Louisville vs. WKU (Bowling Green Ballpark) Marshall at Appalachian State Rutgers at Old Dominion St. Joseph’s at FIU (Port Charlotte, Fla.) Niagara at Marshall Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion Alabama at UAB (Regions Field) Middle Tenn vs. Memphis (Kodak, Tenn.) Houston Baptist at Rice Seton Hall at Florida Atlantic West Virginia at Middle Tennessee Rice at Louisiana Tech Rutgers at Old Dominion Nicholls State at USM (Pensacola, Fla.) Houston Baptist at Louisiana Tech Quinnipiac at Old Dominion UAB at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Wed., March 21 Houston Baptist at Rice UTSA at McNeese State Niagara at Marshall Gonzaga at Rice Middle Tennessee at WKU Arkansas at Charlotte E. Mich at Southern Miss (Pensacola, Fla.) West Virginia at WKU West Virginia at Middle Tennessee Columbia at UTSA UTSA at Southern Miss FIU at Stetson UTSA at McNeese State Iowa at UAB (Regions Field) Quinnipiac at Old Dominion Bowling Green at WKU Florida Atlantic at Miami West Virginia at WKU Gonzaga at Rice UW-Milwaukee at UAB (Regions Field) Sat., March 17 Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana Tech Iowa at UAB (Regions Field) Mon., March 5 Columbia at UTSA FIU at Charlotte Marshall at Virginia Tech Florida Atlantic at Oregon Bowling Green at WKU Mon., March 12 Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion Princeton at Old Dominion Sat., March 3 UW-Milwaukee at UAB (Regions Field) George Mason at FIU Rice at Louisiana Tech Siena at Charlotte (DH) Tue., March 6 UAB at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Jacksonville State at FIU Charlotte at High Point Sat., March 10 Tue., March 13 Middle Tennessee at WKU Florida Atlantic at Oregon Grambling at Louisiana Tech East Carolina at Charlotte Wake Forest at Charlotte (BB&T Ballpark) UTSA at Southern Miss California vs. Louisiana Tech (Frisco, Tex.) Marshall at Western Carolina (DH) W. Michigan vs. FIU (Port Charlotte, Fla.) North Florida at Florida Atlantic

Rice Baseball l C-USA Composite Schedule l 13 Fri., March 23 Southern Miss at Mississippi Sun., April 1 Sat., April 7 Wed., April 11 Tue., April 17 Charlotte at Middle Tennessee UTSA at Houston Baptist FAU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Charlotte at Florida Atlantic Va. Tech at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) High Point at Charlotte Old Dominion at FIU WKU at Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion FIU at UAB Middle Tennessee at Tenn. Tech Bethune-Cookman at FAU Southern Miss at Florida Atlantic Samford at UAB (Regions Field) Rice at Southern Miss Louisiana Tech at UTSA Prairie View A&M at UTSA Ohio at Marshall Louisiana Tech at UAB Marshall at Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee at Lipscomb Marshall at UTSA Wed., March 28 Tue., April 3 Old Dominion at Rice Fri., April 13 Southern Miss at Southeastern La. WKU at Rice William & Mary at Old Dominion Charlotte at UNC Greensboro WKU at Southern Miss Charlotte at Louisiana Tech Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UTSA FIU at Bethune-Cookman Southern Miss at FIU Tennessee Tech at WKU Sat., March 24 Thu., March 29 Louisiana Tech at Grambling Sun., April 8 UTSA at Florida Atlantic UAB at Auburn Charlotte at Middle Tennessee UAB at Charlotte Marshall at Morehead State Charlotte at Florida Atlantic Marshall at WKU Old Dominion at FIU FIU at Louisiana Tech Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee FIU at UAB Rice at Middle Tennessee Wed., April 18 Southern Miss at Florida Atlantic UTSA at WKU Old Dominion at Virginia Louisiana Tech at UTSA UAB at Old Dominion Louisiana Tech at UL-Lafayette Louisiana Tech at UAB Sam Houston State at Rice Marshall at Middle Tennessee Marshall at Ohio Marshall at UTSA Fri., March 30 UTSA at Texas State Old Dominion at Rice Sat., April 14 Old Dominion at Virginia Tech WKU at Rice UAB at Charlotte WKU at Murray State WKU at Southern Miss Charlotte at Louisiana Tech FIU at Louisiana Tech Southern Miss at FIU Fri., April 20 Sun. March 25 FAU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Wed., April 4 Tue., April 10 UTSA at Florida Atlantic Old Dominion at Charlotte Charlotte at Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion Florida Atlantic at Miami Charleston Southern at Charlotte Marshall at WKU FIU at UTSA Old Dominion at FIU Rice at Southern Miss Little Rock at Louisiana Tech FAU at Florida Gulf Coast Rice at Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic at Rice Southern Miss at Florida Atlantic UTSA at WKU Morehead State at Marshall Louisiana Tech at LSU UAB at Old Dominion Louisiana Tech at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) Louisiana Tech at UAB Alabama A&M at UAB Belmont at Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss Marshall at UTSA Sat., March 31 Old Dominion at William & Mary Sun., April 15 WKU at UAB WKU at Rice UAB at Charlotte Fri., April 6 Rice at Houston Charlotte at Louisiana Tech FIU at Louisiana Tech Charlotte at Florida Atlantic Ole Miss vs. Southern Miss (Pearl, Miss.) Southern Miss at FIU Sat., April 21 Tue., March 27 FAU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) FIU at UAB Stephen F. Austin at UTSA UTSA at Florida Atlantic Old Dominion at Charlotte UNC at Charlotte (BB&T Ballpark) Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion Louisiana Tech at UTSA WKU at Vanderbilt Marshall at WKU FIU at UTSA FAU at Bethune-Cookman Rice at Southern Miss Marshall at Middle Tennessee UAB at Alabama Rice at Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic at Rice Louisiana Tech at McNeese State UTSA at WKU Old Dominion at Rice UAB at Old Dominion Louisiana Tech at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) Middle Tennessee at Belmont WKU at Southern Miss Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss Houston at Rice WKU at UAB

14 l Rice Baseball l Composite C-USA Schedule Sun., April 22 Sat., April 28 Fri., May 4 Tue., May 8 Tue., May 15 Sat., May 19 Old Dominion at Charlotte Charlotte at Rice WKU at Charlotte UCF at Florida Atlantic Charlotte at Winthrop Charlotte at UTSA FIU at UTSA Marshall at FIU Florida Atlantic at FIU East Tennessee St. at Marshall (CH) Marshall at West Virginia Rice at FIU Florida Atlantic at Rice UAB at Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee at Louisiana VCU at Old Dominion Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt WKU at Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) Louisiana Tech at WKU Tech Rice at Sam Houston State Old Dominion at VCU Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech Middle Tennessee at Southern Miss UTSA at Middle Tennessee ODU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Houston vs. Rice (Constellation Field) USM at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) WKU at UAB Southern Miss at Old Dominion Rice at UTSA Fri., May 11 Abilene Christian at UTSA Middle Tennessee at UAB Southern Miss at UAB Marshall at Charlotte UAB at Jacksonville State Tue., April 24 Sun., April 29 FIU at WKU Wed.-Sun., May 23-27 Wake Forest at Charlotte Charlotte at Rice Sat., May 5 FAU at Middle Tennessee Thu., May 17 Conference USA Championship Florida Gulf Coast at Florida Marshall at FIU WKU at Charlotte Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss Charlotte at UTSA (Biloxi, Miss.) Atlantic UAB at Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic at FIU UTSA at Old Dominion Rice at FIU Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana Louisiana Tech at WKU Middle Tennessee at Louisiana UAB at Rice WKU at Florida Atlantic Fri.-Mon., June 1-4 Tech UTSA at Middle Tennessee Tech Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech NCAA Regionals (Sites TBD) West Virginia at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Southern Miss at Old Dominion ODU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Sat., May 12 USM at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) Austin Peay at Middle Tennessee Rice at UTSA Marshall at Charlotte Middle Tennessee at UAB Fri.-Mon., June 8-11 Virginia vs. ODU (Harbor Park, Norfolk, Va.) Tue., May 1 Southern Miss at UAB FIU at WKU NCAA Super Regionals (Sites TBD) Incarnate Word at UTSA Stetson at FIU FAU at Middle Tennessee Fri., May 18 WKU at Louisville Florida Atlantic at UCF Sun., May 6 Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss Charlotte at UTSA Sat., June 16-Wed., June 27 WKU at Austin Peay WKU at Charlotte UTSA at Old Dominion Rice at FIU College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Wed., April 25 UAB at Samford Florida Atlantic at FIU UAB at Rice WKU at Florida Atlantic FIU at Miami Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech All dates subject to change Wed., May 2 Tech Sun., May 13 USM at Marshall (Beckley, W. Va.) Fri., April 27 Winthrop at Charlotte ODU at Marshall (Charleston, W. Va.) Marshall at Charlotte Middle Tennessee at UAB Charlotte at Rice FIU at Florida Gulf Coast Rice at UTSA FIU at WKU Marshall at FIU Old Dominion at VMI Southern Miss at UAB FAU at Middle Tennessee UAB at Florida Atlantic Lamar at Rice Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss Louisiana Tech at WKU UTSA at Old Dominion UTSA at Middle Tennessee UAB at Rice Southern Miss at Old Dominion

Rice Baseball l C-USA Composite Schedule l 15 third on the staff with 10.2 and holding opponents to a .231 batting average… Induced nine double-plays, the second- highest total on the team... 2016: Saved his best for last with a sensational career-long 6.2 innings in front of a rowdy LSU crowd in the dramatic finale of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional... Suf- fered only his second loss of the season after scattering four hits and a walk against the No. 5 ranked Tigers on the road... The gutsy outing was roughly 24 hours after pitching 1.2 shutout in- nings in relief of Ricardo Salinas’ start as the Owls blanked South- eastern Louisiana to stave off elimination the day before... Also got the starting nod in the Championship Final of the Confer- ence USA Tournament, allowing just one while striking out P/Util. l R/R l Fr.-HS P l R/R l Sr.-3L three in 4.0 innings... Pitched the most innings (12.1) of any Owl 6-3 l 195 l Brenham, Texas 6-0 l 198 l Bryan, Texas on the staff over the team’s final six games, where he maintained Brenham HS Bryan HS a steady 2.92 ERA and .184 opponents’ batting average... A ma- jority of his 19 appearances may have been out of the 10 Dane Acker 42 Willy Amador (11), but he logged almost three-times as many innings as a starter (34.1 to 12.2) and finished fourth on the staff with eight High School — A 2017 graduate of Brenham High School... Rice — 2017: Shared the team lead with 26 appearances starts... Finished fifth on the staff in innings (47.0)... Averaged Led baseball team to a 26-11 record and the District 20-5A cham- on the mound, including 10 starts… Finished third on the staff more than 4.2 innings in seven of eight starts... Got a no-decision pionship as a senior... Two-time first team all-district for head with 62.2 … Posted a solid start against eventual while pitching a (then) career-long 5.1 innings and tying a ca- coach Donnell Williams... Helped lead the Cubs to the Regional NCAA Super Regional foe Sam Houston State, firing a career- reer high with five at longtime opponent Texas State... Finals of the 2017 state tournament. long 7.0 innings with a career-high six strikeouts... Pitched 6.0 Also tallied five strikeouts in 5.0 frames for a win against area foe Personal — Full name: Dane Harrison Acker... Born: April 1, innings against defending Conference USA champion Florida Sam Houston State... Posted 7.1 strikeouts per 9.0 innings and 1999, in College Station, Texas.... Parents: Casey and Susan Acker Atlantic when Rice needed him in the early morning semifinal maintained a 2.5-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio... Registered first of Brenham, Texas (one brother, one sister)... Rice College: Will game of the league tournament, walking just one batter in the Division I career win with 2.0 shutout innings of relief at C-USA Rice victory… Key contributor in the Owls’ postseason run, finishing opponent UTSA, one of two bullpen outings to go a season-long

16 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles 2.0 frames... Played in the (Brazos Valley) High School — A 2014 graduate of in Personal — Full name: Wilfrido Contreras Amador. Born: over the summer... Individually rated as the league’s No. 3 overall Bryan, Texas... First Team 5A All-State by the Texas High July 3, 1995, in Bryan, Texas. Parents: Lorenzo and Sonia Rios of prospect... One of five Owls to be named in his summer league’s School Baseball Coaches Association... Played in the THSBCA All- Bryan (one brother and three sisters). Rice College: Martel. all-star game... 2015: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Star Game, and the Texas Scouts’ Association Invitational as a se- Made six appearances on the mound in first season of Division I nior... Ranked among the Top 1,000 nationally by PerfectGame... Rice Highs baseball, including the opening weekend of the season at home Two-year varsity starter under head coach David Powers, con- 2017 Season Career against No. 6 ranked Texas... Struck out the only Longhorn he tributing on the mound or at ... Was named the Vikings’ 7.0 vs Sam Houston, Mar. 14 Innings 7.0 vs SHSU, Mar. 14 faced in a third of an in Sunday’s series finale... Promptly Most Valuable Player after leading the team to a 20-10-1 record 6 vs Sam Houston, Mar. 14 Strikeouts 6 vs SHSU, Mar. 14 2, at Charlotte, May 5 Wild Pitches 2, at Charlotte, May 5 tabbed to start very next game, becoming the first Owl pitcher and to the Area round of the 5A state tournament as bi-district 2, vs. Texas Southern, June 3 Batters 2, three times to start a midweek game and one of just three Owl freshmen to champions... 2014 Diamond Pro 5A pitcher, and the King of the start on the mound all year long... Fanned a career-high five bat- Hill Award selection... Went 7-2 with a 0.54 ERA and 100 strike- ters in a career-long 3.1 innings against a Houston Baptist team outs as a senior... Threw a no-hitter and a one-hitter among his that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament... Started again a three shutouts and six complete games... Fired 48.2-consecutive week later against Stephen F. Austin and fired 3.0 frames while innings without allowing an during one stretch... Hit allowing three hits and striking out two... Finished the year with .413 with two home runs and 23 RBI as a senior in 2014... Served more strikeouts (11) than innings (9.0)... Maintained a 3.52 ERA in as team captain for his 2013 select team, the Brazos Valley Ren- 7.2 innings when playing at home at Reckling Park... Pitching was egades, and was the winning pitcher in the AAU Underclass Na- only part of the story, as he also came off the bench to make one tional Championship game while being named to the all-tourna- appearance as a catcher... Caught the final 2.0 innings and had ment team. one official in the C-USA series opener vs. FIU.

Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP 2015 9.00 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 10 9 9 4 11 1 0 3 41 .286 0 1 2016 5.36 2 2 19 8 0 0 1 0 47.0 56 34 28 15 37 13 1 4 214 .298 3 7 2017 5.31 4 5 26 10 0 0 2 1 62.2 64 42 37 31 47 7 0 7 283 .267 4 8 Totals 5.61 6 7 51 20 0 0 3 1 118.2 130 85 74 50 95 21 1 14 538 .281 7 16

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 17 lected 44 RBI with a .515 on-base percentage... Earned first team all-district and first team all-county in addition to being named to the All-Star Private Team as a senior in 2017. Personal — Full name: Luis Alejandro Aviles... Born: August 26, 1999, in Florida.... Parents: Luis Aviles and Marilyn Torres... Rice College: Lovett

C/Inf. l S/R l Fr.-HS P l R/R l Fr.-HS 5-11 l 195 l Palmetto Bay, Fla. 6-0 l 175 l Cypress Texas Westminster Christian HS Cy Ranch HS 4 Luis Aviles 36 Kel Bordwine Played in the South Florida Collegiate League (West Boca) High School — Joined the Owls from Cy Ranch High over the summer of 2017, earning second team honors. School in Cypress, Texas, just northwest of Houston... Two-year High School — Batted .301 with 28 hits and 21 RBI in 32 varsity letterman... Coached by Corey Cephus as a senior in 2017 games for West Boca... Helped lead Miami-Dade County pow- and by former Cy Ranch head coach John Pope (now the Owls’ erhouse Westminster Christian High School to a 23-6 record, pitching coach) in 2016... Named the Houston 6A MVP after lead- district championship with a perfect league mark, and to the ing the Mustangs to a 27-8 record and the District 17-6A title... Regional Final of the state playoffs... Split work contributing at Compiled a 12-0 record on the mound with a 0.38 ERA... Pitched first base and catcher... Batted .420 with seven home runs, seven eight complete games with five shutouts, and struck out 72 bat- doubles and three triples for an .807 slugging percentage... Col- ters in 74.1 innings of work.

18 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Personal — Full name: Kelly Jack Bordwine... Born: July 3, ing day against eventual College World Series runner-up 1999, in Houston... Parents: James and Stacey Bordwine of Cy- and went 0-for-1... Replaced the DH for a second time the follow- press, Texas (one sister)... Rice College: Baker ing week against No. 13 ranked TCU in a game played downtown at ... Reached base against the Horned Frogs by getting hit by a pitch in the seventh inning... 2015: First season with the program... Did not appear in any games. High School — A 2014 graduate of Travis High School in Richmond, Texas.... Ranked as No. 171 prep prospect in the na- tion by PerfectGame... Named a 2014 Texas Scout Association All-Star and a preseason All- honoree... Three- year starter for head coach Rodney Hernandez, playing either right field or first base throughout his career... Helped lead the OF l R/R l Sr.-1L Tigers to the Region III quarterfinals of the 5A state tournament 6-1 l 215 l Richmond, Texas as a senior... Member of the USA Baseball U-17 South Texas Travis HS team... Finished second in PerfectGame 15-U Derby in 2011... Multi-sport star on both the diamond and the gridiron... 44 Khevin Brewer Two-year football letterman who received third team all-region accolades... Earned Academic Excellence Award and selection to Rice — 2017: Did not see game action in the spring after the District 23-5A all-Academic team. being sidelined for almost all of the (2016) fall training program... Personal — Full name: Khevin Eugene Brewer. Born: Sep- Returned to workouts in the fall of 2017 in order to prepare for tember 10, 1995, in Houston. Parents: Khevin and Elaine Brewer the 2018 season... 2016: Made the first two appearances of his of Richmond, Texas. Enjoys community service through the FCA career off the bench... Subbed-in as the Owls’ new DH on open- and Home Runs That Help. Rice College: Jones

Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2016 .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 19 17 starts, with a career-long of 7.2 innings and a career-high 11 tournament... National Merit Commended Scholar and AP Schol- strikeouts for a win in the opening game of the Conference USA ar with Distinction... Maintained a 103.9 grade point average on tournament against Florida Atlantic... Pitched 7.1 innings with a 100-point scale... Ranked tenth in graduating class of 635... seven strikeouts in a C-USA road victory at Western Kentucky... Played summer ball for Texas Stix... Named a 2016 Rawlings- Recorded 7.0 frames in games against No. 11 ranked Stanford, Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American... First team All and also on the road at league foe Old Dominion... Allowed just Texas Region by Perfect Game, ranked as the No. 16 right-hand- two hits and one walk while striking out ten against Stanford, ed pitcher in the state. one of four games where he recorded double-digit strikeouts... Personal — Full name: Matthew James Canterino... Born: Three of the four double-digit games were in consecu- December 14, 1997, in Orlando, Fla.... Parents: John and Marlene tive starts (Pepperdine, Stanford and Old Dominion), becoming Canterino of Southlake, Texas (one brother)... Serves as a base- the first Owl to accomplish that feat since in 2003... ball camp counselor... Rice College: Sid Richardson. Tallied the most innings (16.1) and strikeouts (22) on the staff in P l R/R l So.-1L the postseason, where he also held opposing hitters to a .200 Rice Highs 6-2 l 205 l Southlake, Texas batting average. 2017 Season Carroll HS High School — A 2016 graduate of Carroll High School in 7.2 vs Florida Atlantic, May 24 Innings Southlake, Texas... Two-year starting pitcher for head coach Larry 11 vs Florida Atlantic, May 24 Strikeouts 2 vs Florida Atlantic, Mar. 25 Wild Pitches 40 Hughes... Helped lead the Dragons to the second round of the Matt Canterino 2, three times Hit Batters 2016 6A state tournament... Career prep totals included an 18-2 Rice — 2017: Sensational debut season at the Division I record, 1.37 ERA and 189 strikeouts in 117.2 innings... First Team level... Led Conference USA, and ranked 27th in the NCAA, with All-Area and the District 7-6A Pitcher of the Year by the Dallas 111 strikeouts... Also led the league, and ranked 31st in the na- Morning News as a senior... Earned Honorable Mention All-State tion, for fewest hits allowed per 9.0 innings (6.28)... Averaged from the Texas Sports Writers Association as a junior after help- 10.4 strikeouts per 9.0 innings, the 12th-highest mark in the ing the team reach the Region I semifinals of the 2015 6A state nation for pitchers who also threw at least 96.0 innings... Led the Rice staff in innings, starts (17), and opponents’ batting av- Rice Statistics erage (.194)... Held opposing hitters to an austere .156 batting Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP average when runners were on base... Averaged 5.2 innings for 2017 4.12 5 5 17 17 0 0 1 0 96.0 67 54 44 49 111 7 1 12 416 .194 6 9

20 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles winning hit with a runner on second base in the bottom of the 83) when leading off an inning... Hit .322 (38-of-118) in Rice’s 33 ninth against No. 11 ranked Southern Miss to win Rice its 21st day games... Proved to be dependable at getting the run in from conference title... Earlier he helped clinch the Silver Glove Trophy third base with less than two outs (10-of-13 times, .769), which (awarded for the season-long three-game series vs. Houston) by helped him register a new season-best 39 RBI (fourth-highest driving home the winning run... Accomplished the walk-off feat on the team)... Drove-in two or more runs in a game ten differ- a second time three weeks later to cap a winning rally against ent times... One of just three Owls to tally four RBI in a game, longtime foe Lamar... One of three Owls to start all 64 games, and he did it three different times -- twice on the strength of all in centerfield... Batted leadoff the most of any Owl (25 times), home runs (vs. Southeastern Louisiana and UAB)... and batted second in the order the second-most on the squad Muscled a total of five round-trippers, the last of which was in (19 times)... Led the team in total plate appearances (290) and the NCAA Regional vs. crosstown foe Texas Southern and was getting hit by a pitch (11)... Finished second on the team in runs also the 200th hit of his collegiate career... 2016: Only Rice Owl scored (55), triples (3), stolen bases (6) and walks (32)... Hit .292 start all 62 games, all in centerfield... Led the team, and ranked OF/IF l L/R l Sr.-3L (31-of-106) with a team-best 29 runs scored in 30 C-USA regular among the Conference USA leaders with 275 plate appearances 5-9 l 170 l Houston, Texas season games... Batted .292 (45-of-154) over the team’s final 41 (sixth in C-USA), 230 at bats (tied 7th in C-USA), and five sacrifice Strake Jesuit games to raise his final season average 45 points... Went 5-for-17 flies (tied second C-USA)... Led the Owls in runs scored (38) and (.294) with a double and a in four games at the C-USA Tour- steal attempts (13)... Shared the team lead in doubles (15), steals 6 Ryan Chandler nament... Finished fourth on the team with 19 multi-hit games, (seven) and hit by pitch (five)... Batted .270 for the full season and including a season-high three hits five different times... Longest .282 in conference games... Reached base at a .286 pace when Rice — Enters 2018 as the program’s active career leader in hitting streak was eight games and reached base in 14-straight leading off an inning, while hitting .284 with runners on base games/starts (185), at bats (721), hits (202), runs (136), RBI (93), games during one stretch... Reached base at a .422 pace (35-of- and .281 with men in scoring position... Collected two or more doubles (45) and walks (87) to name just a few of the categories... 2017: Closed out the year making his 185th-consecutive start, all of which have been in centerfield... With two previous walk-off Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT hits in the bottom of the respective ninth innings against Hous- 2015 .302 59 59 248 43 75 17 1 0 34 94 .379 25 8 44 3 .382 2 4 5 12 ton (April 11) and Lamar (May 3) to get him ready, Chandler came 2016 .270 62 62 230 38 62 15 1 2 20 85 .370 30 5 34 4 .359 5 5 7 13 up with walk-off heroics for the third time in the Championship 2017 .267 64 64 243 55 65 13 3 5 39 99 .407 32 11 51 3 .375 2 2 6 9 Final of the Conference USA Tournament... Delivered the game- Totals .280 185 185 721 136 202 45 5 7 93 278 .386 87 24 129 10 .372 9 11 18 34

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 21 hits in a game 15 times, including a career-best four hits in a RBI in a game eight different times... Registered a career-best C-USA league win over Charlotte... Maintained an 11-game hit- four RBI in a win over Stephen F. Austin... Hit .330 with runners ting streak during one stretch that ended-up as the third-lon- “I particularly liked your left-handed on base, .324 with men in scoring position, and .343 when there gest on the team... Longest streak to reach base was 17-straight hitting centerfielder.” were two outs already recorded in the inning... Curiously hit al- games... Tied a career-high by scoring three runs against South- most 30 points higher when playing games away from the Owls’ Jesus Barosa; Director, Cuban Baseball Federation eastern Louisiana in an elimination game of the NCAA Tourna- (after watching the Rice Baseball team practice at Estadio home at Reckling Park (.315 to .288)... Twice recorded a career- ment... Drove-in two or more runs in a game six different times... Latinoamericano in , , on Nov. 25, 2016) high six put outs in game. Drew a career-high three walks in road games at Sam Houston High School — A 2014 graduate of Strake Jesuit College State and FIU, the most free passes by any Owl all season... Car- Prep in Houston... Played in the 2014 Houston Area Baseball ried the team offensively in the first five weeks of the season, 2009)... Hit .302 for the full season and was electric in the Owls’ Coaches Association 5A All-Star Game... Ranked by PerfectGame batting .382 (29-of-76) with seven doubles and 15 runs scored NCAA Tournament games... Went 8-for-18 (.444) with a pair of as one of the Top 500 prospects in the nation... Earned first team in 22 games... No drop-off in exceptional defensive range in doubles, four RBI and three runs scored in the NCAAs - including All-District 19-5A honors as an while helping lead the center, recording 125 put outs... Tied a career-high making six what proved to be the game-winning run from first base in the Crusaders to the bi-district playoffs... Also contributed to the putouts against FAU in the C-USA Tournament... Threw-out dramatic 20-inning (2 am) victory over crosstown rival Houston... team as an ... Batted .358 as a senior with a .776 on- three runners trying to advance on the bases in games against Not only did he score the winning run, but he then threw out the base average... Drove-in 18 runs and stole 12 bases in the team’s TCU, Houston and Western Kentucky... Singled in a run and later potential game-tying run at second base in the bottom of the 29 games in 2014... Named a 2013 Texas Scout Association All- stole third base in the Owls’ November exhibition against Cu- 20th inning to help preserve the victory... Led the Owls, and also Star and to the WWBA World Championship All-Tournament ban League team Artemisa... Selected to play in the prestigious ranked among the C-USA leaders, with 17 doubles (8th in C-USA) team... Second team All-Houston 5A as a junior... Versatile stu- Cape Cod League (Falmouth) over the summer... 2015: Fresh- and 248 at bats (2nd in C-USA)... Tallied a team-best 24 multiple- dent-athlete who also played varsity football... Earned All-Aca- man All-America (Collegiate Baseball); Conference USA Fresh- hit games and was one of four Owls to share the lead with five demic honors for District 19-5A in both baseball and football. man of the Year; C-USA All-Freshman Team; Earned a host steals... Collected a career-high three hits in a single game on six Personal — Full name: Ryan James Chandler. Born: April 6, of honors in a solid Division I debut... One of only three Owls to different occasions... Finished second on the squad in hits (75), 1996, in Tulsa, Okla. Parents: James and Robin Chandler of Hous- play in all 59 games, and one of only two to start each contest runs (43), walks (25), total bases (94), and getting hit by a pitch ton (one brother). Father was a four-year football letterman at (Connor Teykl was the other)... Every start was in centerfield, (8)... Maintained a .382 on-base percentage and reached base the University of Tulsa. Two uncles, Robert and Russell Chandler, the first Owl to start every game at that position since Michael in 21 consecutive games during one stretch... Longest hitting played football at State and the , Fuda in 2012... Batted first in the order 51 times, the most times streak was 14-straight games, the second-best on the team... respectively. Enjoys community service, working with Middle at leadoff since eventual MLB All-Star Brock Holt (57 times in Leadoff batter who drove-in 34 runs and recorded two-or-more School Ministry. Rice College: Wiess.

22 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Rice Highs 2017 Season Career 6 at UAB, May 19 At Bats 7 at Houston, May 31, 2015 4, twice Runs 4, twice 3, five times Hits 4 vs Charlotte, Apr. 30, 2016 4, three times RBI 4, four times 2 at Charlotte, May 5 Doubles 2, twice 1, three times Triples 1, five times 1, five times Home runs 1, seven times 6, twice Total Bases 6, twice 3, twice Walks 3, four times 1, eleven times Hit By Pitch 2, twice 1, twice SAC Bunt 1, eleven times 1, twice SAC Fly 1, nine times 6, four times Put Outs 6, seven times C l R/R l Fr.-HS 1, twice times Assists 1, eleven times 6-2 l 205 l Houston, Texas Memorial HS 33 Justin Collins High School — Helped lead Memorial High School to the area playoffs with an 18-13 record out of a traditionally very com- petitive District 15-6A... Veteran backstop for the Mustangs who was named to the 2017 Preseason All-Greater Houston Team as well as a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America. Personal — Full name: Justin Frank Collins... Born: January 4, 1900, in Texas.... Parent: Father is John Collins of Houston (three brothers, one sister)... Rice College: Baker

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 23 America was the nation’s No. 12 ranked prep program his senior year in 2015 and the No. 1 high school team in the country his junior year in 2014. Personal — Full name: Braden Keith Comeaux... Born: October 4, 1996, in Lake Charles, La.... Parents: Brian and Leslie Comeaux of Lake Charles, La. (two brothers)... Rice College: Mar- tel.

Inf. l R/R l So.-Tr. OF l R/R l Fr.-HS 6-0 l 180 l Lake Charles, La. 5-10 l 175 l Richmond, Texas LSU-Eunice l Barbe HS Travis HS 9 Braden Comeaux 20 Dominic Cox LSU-Eunice College — Played at LSU-Eunice, the No. 2 Posted a sound and solid debut in the team’s fall training junior college program in the nation in 2017... Coached by Jeff progam... Maintained the highest fall batting average among the Willis... Started 55 games for the Bengals, primarily at ... true freshmen (.294) and shared the team lead in steals. Batted .377 with 53 runs scored, 49 RBI, a .447 on-base percent- High School — A 2017 graduate of Travis High School in age and 30 stolen bases... Hit four home runs with 13 doubles to Fort Bend, Texas, just west of Houston... As a senior he helped help team finish with a 46-11 record... Served a redshirt season at lead the Tigers to a 32-8 record, district championship and deep TCU in the spring of 2016. postseason run which reached all the way to the Regional Semi- High School — Standout at famed baseball power Barbe finals of the state tournament... Versatile athlete who was also a High School in Lake Charles, La. -- which according to Baseball two-year letterman for the football team.

24 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Personal — Full name: Dominic Emanuel Cox... Born: Oc- ference (SPC), and to the league’s all-tournament team... Helped tober 2, 1998, in Richmond, Texas... Mother is Aisha Cox of Rich- lead the Knights to a 24-9 record and SPC title as a senior in mond... Charitable work prior to college included a humanitarian 2017... Batted .460 with 30 RBI and 22 stolen bases. mission to Haiti... Rice College: McMurtry. Personal — Full name: Trei Jose Cruz... Born: July 5, 1998... Parents: Jose and Sarah Cruz of Houston, Texas (one brother and one sister)... Rice University legacy player as father, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-1995), and uncle, Enrique Cruz (2001-2003) both played for the Owls... Grandfather, Jose Cruz, played 19 years in the ma- jor leagues for the Astros, Cardinals and Yankees... Rice College: Lovett.

Inf. l S/R l Fr.-HS 6-1 l 175 l Houston, Texas Episcopal HS 2 Trei Cruz Played summer ball in the California Collegiate League (PUF Capitalists) prior to the start of fall classes at Rice... Batted .322 with 39 hits, 37 runs scored and 19 stolen bases playing in 35 CCL games... Was selected in the 33rd round of the 2017 Major League Draft by the hometown . High School — Highly honored switch-hitting prep stand- out from nearby Episcopal High School... Named to the Pre- season All-Greater Houston team, a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America, first team All-Southwest Preparatory Con-

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 25 in the second half of the season, hitting .385 over the final 32 to maintain a slightly higher average (.306) when just focusing games… Was at his very best when the Owls were playing the on hitting as the DH and 2) easily proved to be the squad’s best best, maintaining a .408 average and a .478 on-base percent- DH ahead eight other Owls who auditioned for the role... Batted age against elite teams that would go on to play in the NCAA everywhere between third and ninth in the order, with 13 starts Tournament… Recorded 28 games with two or more hits, the at cleanup... Was a steady .299 in the first half of the season fol- second-highest total on the team... Tallied a season-high three lowed by a .290 clip in the second half... Hit .300 with the bases hits eight different times... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles empty, .313 with men in scoring position, and an eye-opening and two RBI against nationally-ranked Texas... Had 15 games .556 (5-of-9) when batting with the bases loaded... Finished sec- with multiple RBI, the second-highest mark on the team... Tied ond on the team (behind fellow freshman Ford Proctor) in at a career-high with four RBI on two occasions, including nation- bats with the bases loaded... Reached base at a .378 pace when al power Stanford and C-USA foe FIU... Led the Owls in hitting leading off an inning... Solid inaugural postseason included a during the fall training program after playing in the prestigious .324 average (12-of-37), six runs scored and five RBI in the Owls’ C l R/R l Jr.-2L Cape Cod League (Hyannis) over the summer... 2016: NCAA last ten games... Maintained a .310 average when facing the elite 6-0 l 200 l Coral Springs, Fla. All-Regional Team; Conference USA All-Freshman Team; C- opponents that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament... Fin- Stoneman Douglas HS USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in 51 of the team’s 62 games ished second on the team recording two or more hits in a game and worked his way into 48 starts as a true freshman... Made 36 (17 times)... Became one of just four Owls all year to record four 7 Dominic DiCaprio starts as the designated hitter and 12 at catcher... Eleven starts hits in a game, the best of his career while on the road against behind the plate were all in the first two months of the season, C-USA foe FIU... Enjoyed some of his biggest offensive success Rice — 2017: Fixture behind the plate and in the middle of then made one final start at catcher in the second game of the (.419 average on 13-of-31 hitting) when playing against schools the batting order, starting 63 of the team’s 64 games... Starting C-USA home double-header against Western Kentucky (April from his home state of Florida... Drove-in 20 runs, half of which catcher 58 times, with five additional starts at designated hitter... 16)... Proved to be the team’s top-hitting catcher, but 1) was able were in pressure situations of having two outs already recorded Batted cleanup 53 times... Led the team in batting average (.366) and on-base percentage (.438), and was second on the squad in hits (87) and RBI (49)... Finished third in walks (27) and slugging Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT (.508)... Reached base at a .531 pace when leading off an inning... 2016 .293 51 48 174 18 51 6 1 0 20 59 .339 10 1 21 5 .335 0 4 0 0 Hit .358 with runners in scoring position... Batted a composite 2017 .366 63 63 238 42 87 16 0 6 49 121 .508 27 6 40 5 .438 3 3 2 3 .431 in home games at Reckling Park... Helped carry the team Totals .335 114 111 412 60 138 22 1 6 69 180 .437 37 7 61 10 .397 3 7 2 3

26 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles in the inning... Tallied two or more RBI in game five times, includ- the Perfect Game Collegiate League in Albany, N.Y., with former ing career-high three with bases-loaded double in the team’s Owl Grayson Lewis. first road game at longtime foe Sam Houston State... Slugged a Personal — Full name: Dominic Paul DiCaprio... Born: double and a triple for a career-best five total bases in the 7-2 March 31, 1997, in Niskayuna, New York... Parents: David and home win over Lamar... Played in the South Florida Collegiate Sue DiCaprio of Coral Springs, Fla. (one brother, one sister)... League (Del Ray Beach) over the summer... One of five Owls to Father played semipro football for four years in Albany, New be named in his summer league’s all-star game, but the only Owl York... Uncle, Rit DiCaprio, played football at Maryland in mid tabbed as the all-star MVP... Caught all nine innings of the exhibi- 1970s... Rice College: Will Rice tion at team Artemisa, where he was intentionally walked twice and scored in five plate appearances. Rice Highs High School — A 2015 graduate of Stoneman Douglas 2017 Season Career High School in Parkland, Fla.... First Team Louisville Slugger High 6 at UAB, May 18 At Bats 6, three times School All-America, and a first team all-Florida Region by Per- 3 at UAB, May 19 Runs 3 at UAB, May 19, 2017 Inf. l R/R l Jr.-Sq. 3, eight times Hits 4 at FIU, May 8, 2016 fectGame... Four-year varsity baseball starter/letterman under 4, twice RBI 4, twice 6-3 l 195 l New York, NY head coach Todd Fitz-Gerald... Helped lead the Eagles to three 2, twice Doubles 2, twice Bronx H.S. of Science district titles and to back-to-back 8A Regional Finals in 2014-15 none Triples 1 vs Lamar, May 4, 2016 when he served as the team captain... Hit .443 with four home 1, six times Home Runs 1, six times 14 Rodrigo Duluc runs and 22 RBI as a senior to pace the team to a 23-5 overall re- 6, twice Total Bases 6, twice cord... Earned first team all-state by the Florida Athletic Coaches 2, three times Walks 2, three times Rice — Saw a lot of action at third base during the 2017 fall Association and first team all-county by the Miami Herald and 2 at WKU, April 21 Hit By Pitch 2 at WKU, April 21, 2017 training program... Was electric in summer ball playing in both 1, three times SAC Bunt 1, seven the St. Louis Metro (Browns) and Ohio Valley Collegiate League Sun Sentinel... Hit .360 with six home runs and 64 RBI as a ju- 1, three times SAC Fly 1, three times nior in 2014, but also graded out as one of the best defensive 17 vs Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Put Outs 17 vs Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21, ‘17 (Henderson Flash)... Not on the roster in spring 2017, and did not receivers in the baseball-rich state... Played select ball for Elite 3, three times Assists 3, three times see game action in first season with the Owls in the spring 2016. Squad Prime, and in 2011 he was a member of the a gold medal- High School — A 2015 graduate of Bronx High School winning national age-group team to represent the of Science... Three-year varsity baseball starter for head coach country in a tournament in Venezuela... Maintained a 4.0 grade Christopher Dahlem... Helped lead the Wolverines to a 19-4 re- point average throughout high school... Played summer ball in cord and division championship as a senior... Batted a combined

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 27 .405 for his junior and senior seasons... Earned Perfect Game OB% and .636 SLG% in the Owls’ NCAA Tournament run in Baton Northeast Region Honorable Mention... Played summer ball for Rouge, La.... Best hitting was away from Reckling Park, where he the New York Gothams... Member of the National Honor Society... batted .340 with a .660 SLG%... ‘Night Owl’ who hit .359 in night National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar... AP Scholar games... Tied for third on the team with six home runs and was with Distinction... Served in student government. second in on-base percentage (.434)... Belted two home runs in Personal — Full name: Rodrigo Alfonso Duluc... Born: No- a late-season C-USA clash UAB, driving in a career-high four RBI vember 27, 1997, in New York, New York... Parents: Victor and with a career-high eight total bases… Scored a career-high six Solange Duluc of New York, NY (one brother)... Rice College: Mc- runs that same night at UAB, where he also drew a career-high Murtry four walks... Biggest improvement was in drawing walks, which climbed to 18 free passes after getting only one walk in 2016... 2016: Conference USA Academic Medalist; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Improved over the course of the season, his first DH l R/R l Sr.-2L year to see game action... Finished third on the team in slugging 5-11 l 215 l Houston, Texas percentage (.426)... Appeared in 29 games with 15 starts as the Westbury Christian HS designated hitter, including opening day against eventual Col- lege World Series runner-up Arizona ... Made eleven appearances 27 Andrew Dunlap as a pinch-hitter, the most of any player on the team... Pinch hit in the second game of Charlotte series and remained in to play Rice — 2017: Hit for a .300 average while serving as the left field, the only time he took a defensive position all season team’s primary designated hitter… Made 23 starts as the DH, (and recorded his lone career put out in that game)... Recorded where the team posted a 15-8 record… Finished sixth on the first career hit against No. 16 ranked East Carolina in the second squad in batting average and led the Owls in slugging (.563), in- inning of the middle game of the series with a RBI double to cluding a .613 SLG% in the second half of the season... Batted .375 the gap in left-center, then later singled with the bases-loaded in Conference-USA games with a .500 on-base percentage and in the bottom of the sixth to drive-in two more and break a 2-2 an eye-opening .844 SLG% in league play... Started the game- deadlock... Returned the next day in the finale against the Pirates winning rally with a base hit in the bottom of the ninth inning of and slugged first career home run in the bottom of the eighth the C-USA Championship Final... Went on to hit .364 with a .588 inning to tie the game 1-1 and ignite an eventual four-run Rice

28 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles inning... Clubbed home runs in road games at UTSA and Houston squad go 27-10... Member of the team at the Area to finish fourth on the team in round-trippers... Long, bases-load Code Games in the summer of 2012... Maintained a 3.70 grade Home Cookin’ fly in the tenth inning of the C-USA Tournament game against point average. The ’ year-by-year won-loss records when FAU looked like it might break the 4-4 game wide-open, but the Personal — Full name: Andrew Bellows Dunlap. Born: May playing at home at Reckling Park. sacrifice fly on the warning track was enough to give the Owls a 4, 1994, in Houston. Parents: Frank and Alice Dunlap of Hous- 5-4 lead (before eventually winning the -4)... Batted .273 ton (two sisters). Married Dominica Herrera Casale on August 6, Year Record Pct. (6-of-22) when runners were in scoring position... Hit safely in 2016, in Santiago, Chile. Rice College: Hanszen. 2000 28-9 .757 three-straight C-USA appearances during one stretch... Collected 2001 29-9 .763 two or more hits in a game three times... Yes it’s true: knocked a Rice Highs 2002 36-6 .857 triple as part of a two-hit day in a C-USA victory over Western 2017 Season Career 2003 35-4 .897 4, six times At Bats 4, ten times Kentucky, tying him for fourth on the team in triples... 2015: Was 2004 31-6 .838 not on the Owls’ roster... 2014: Did not see game action in first 6 at UAB, May 19 Runs 6 at UAB, May 19, 2017 2, four times Hits 2, seven times 2005 26-6 .813 season with the program. 6 at UAB, May 19 RBI 6 at UAB, May 19, 2017 2006 34-6 .850 High School — A 2013 graduate of Westbury Christian 1, three times Doubles 1, six times 2007 33-3 .917 High School... Was selected in the 33rd round of the 2013 ma- 2 at UAB, May 19 Home runs 2 at UAB, May 19, 2017 2008 28-5 .848 jor league draft by the Nationals... Two-year varsity 8 at UAB, May 19 Total Bases 8 at UAB, May 19, 2017 catcher for head coach Ricky Watkins who did not begin pitching 4 at UAB, May 19 Walk 4 at UAB, May 19, 2017 2009 24-8 .750 until after the conclusion of his prep career... The Wildcats went 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 Hit By Pitch 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 2010 21-6 .778 16-14 competing in the Texas Association of Private and Paro- 2011 23-12 .657 chial Schools (TAPPS) District 4A as a senior in 2013... Hit .333 2012 24-10 .706 with seven home runs and 26 RBI as a junior in 2012 to help the 2013 24-8 .750 2014 21-10 .677 Rice Statistics 2015 21-8 .724 Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2016 21-9 .700 2016 .197 29 15 61 6 12 3 1 3 13 26 .426 1 0 23 1 .203 2 0 0 0 2017 14-16 .467 2017 .300 36 23 80 21 24 3 0 6 14 45 .563 18 1 24 2 .434 0 1 0 0 Total 473-141 .770 Totals .255 65 38 141 27 36 6 1 9 27 71 .504 19 1 47 3 .344 2 1 0 0

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 29 Kentucky, tying for the longest outing by an Owl all season… twice in the C-USA Tournament, including the championship fi- Posted a career-high nine strikeouts against WKU… Pitched 7.0 nal against Southern Miss where he struck out the only batter he strong innings on the road at heavy-hitting, striking out six… faced in the top of the ninth inning... Last appearance was in re- Maintained a steady 3.64 ERA in games away from Reckling Park, lief in the 10-6 road victory at rowdy LSU in the NCAA Regional... striking out 41 batters in 47.0 innings… Held hitters to a .202 av- Played in the California Collegiate League (Santa Barbara). erage once there were two outs already recorded in the inning… High School — A 2015 graduate of Clear Creek High Led the staff in ground ball outs (95) and induced a team-leading School in League City, Texas... Three-year varsity baseball starter 12 double plays... 2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; under head coach Brent Kunefke... Helped lead the Wildcats to Registered 18 appearances and worked his way into three starts a 29-13 record and district title on the way to the 6A Region III in first season at the Division I level... Made first ten appearances Finals as a senior (the fifth round of the state playoffs before fall- out of the bullpen, including opening day against eventual Col- ing only to eventual state champion Cy Ranch HS)... Went 11-1 lege World Series runner-up Arizona... Struck out two Arizona on the mound to earn second team All-Greater Houston and P l R/R l Jr.-2L batters in Rice debut, including slugger Bobby Dalbec (who first team all-District 24-6A... First team 6A Academic All-State... 5-10 l 179 l League City, Texas went on to be selected by the Red Sox in the fourth-round of National Hispanic Scholar... Member of the National Technical Clear Creek HS the MLB Draft)... Built a resume of eight strikeouts in 10.2 innings Honor Society. over ten relief outings when he was named for first collegiate Personal — Full name: Zachary Aaron Esquivel... Born: Feb. 35 Zach Esquivel start, at home against longtime foe Lamar (May 4)... Struck out a 21, 1997, in Webster, Texas... Parents: Gerald and Teresa Esquivel career-high six Lamar batters without any walks in a career-long of League City, Texas (one sister). A cousin, Travis Duke, plays Rice — 2017: Sophomore who was second on the Rice 5.2 innings to earn first Rice win... Both of the next two starts baseball at the University of Texas, while another cousin, Bran- staff in starts (15), innings (83.1) and wins (6)... Finished third were against heavy-hitting crosstown rival Houston, where he al- don Ortiz, played college golf at Tyler Junior College. Rice Col- on the team with a 4.10 ERA, but maintained a staff-best 3.78 lowed a combined four earned runs in 6.1 total innings... Pitched lege: Duncan. ERA in Conference USA league games… Posted five victories as a starter and was the winning pitcher in one of eight relief ap- pearances totaling 8.2 innings... The Owls were 10-5 overall in Es- Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP quivel’s starts (the best percentage for an Owl pitcher)... Was just 2016 5.16 1 1 18 3 0 0 0 0 29.2 35 19 17 21 22 6 0 5 138 .327 0 2 one-third of an inning away from averaging exactly 5.0 innings 2017 4.10 6 5 23 15 0 0 2 1 83.1 87 45 38 46 63 17 1 4 382 .271 12 9 per start... Fired a career-long 7.2 innings on the road at Western Totals 4.38 7 6 41 18 0 0 2 1 113.0 122 64 55 67 85 23 1 9 520 .285 12 11

30 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Rice Highs 2017 Season Career 7.2 at WKU, April 22 Innings 7.2 at WKU, April 22 Rice Since 1999 (1st Year of Super Regionals) 9 at WKU, April 22 Strikeouts 9 at WKU, April 22 Using the 1999 season as the starting point (the year the NCAA expanded the postseason tournament field 3 vs FIU, Mar. 25 Wild Pitches 3 vs FIU, Mar. 25 to 64 teams with the current Super Regional format), Rice baseball has maintained one of the nation’s top win 2, twice Hit Batters 2, twice percentages over the last 19 years. Here’s a closer look at the country’s winningest programs from 1999-2017:

Team Years Wins Loses Ties PCT Team Years Wins Loses Ties PCT Florida State 19 922 344 1 .728 Clemson 19 795 433 1 .647 Rice 19 870 357 0 .709 Nebraska 19 738 409 3 .643 North Carolina 19 846 360 1 .701 Stanford 19 732 411 2 .640 LSU 19 859 374 6 .696 Florida Atlantic 19 725 410 2 .639 South Carolina 19 861 380 0 .694 Texas A&M 19 759 431 3 .637 Cal St. Fullerton 19 814 371 0 .687 Kent State 19 712 405 0 .637 Coastal Carolina 19 806 368 1 .686 Dallas Baptist 12 451 257 0 .637 Miami (Fla.) 19 813 371 3 .686 East Carolina 19 729 420 4 .634 Oral Roberts 19 776 360 0 .683 Oklahoma St. 19 724 424 0 .631 Texas 19 811 397 1 .671 Southern Miss 19 727 426 1 .630 Arizona State 19 731 367 2 .665 Tulane 19 726 429 2 .628 Virginia 19 765 393 3 .660 Col. of Charleston 19 704 418 2 .627 Georgia Tech 19 773 405 1 .656 Vanderbilt 19 737 439 1 .627 Oregon State 19 715 381 1 .652 Louisiana 19 724 437 2 .623 TCU 19 766 411 0 .651 St. John’s 19 669 408 3 .621 Florida 19 789 426 2 .649 Ole Miss 19 726 448 1 .618 Louisville 19 757 412 1 .647 Arkansas 19 723 453 0 .615

Another way of looking at Rice’s .709 win percentage is that it is the equivalent of a major league team winning 115 games in a single season. Rice has maintained this elite pace since 1999.

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 31 Made collegiate debut catching Dane Myers against crosstown High School — A 2014 graduate of Lamar High School in rival Houston on May 10... Registered a career-high two put outs Houston... First team all-District 20-5A catcher... Helped lead the in the game, including hanging on to the ball to make a tag on baseball program to a 19-9 record and appearance in the state a play at the plate... Returned four days later in a C-USA league tournament... Batted .389 with a .507 on-base average, two game against eventual regular season champion Florida Atlan- home runs and 23 RBI... Coached by David Joe Munoz... Two-year tic, where he caught Nick Orewiler in the top of the eighth in- varsity letterman. ning before logging his first official at bat in the bottom of the Personal — Full name: Kyle Brandt Frazier (prefers to go by ninth... Caught Ben Schragger and Brent Schwarz in the series middle name)... Born: December 2, 1995, in Houston... Parents: finale vs. Houston (May 17) before logging final appearance in Kyle and Analisa Frazier of Houston. Rice College: Wiess. the NCAA Tournament... Caught the final four innings forRi - cardo Salinas and Willy Amador as the Owls coasted to a 15-0 Rice Highs postseason win... Scored the game’s second-to-last run after get- 2017 Season Career C l R/R l Sr.-2L ting hit by a pitch to lead off the ninth inning... Sprinted home 1 vs Florida Atlantic, May 14 At Bats 1, twice 5-11 l 185 l Houston, Texas from second base on Dayne Wunderlich’s single through the none Runs 1 vs SELA, June 6, 2016 Lamar HS left side... Played in the (Charlottesville) none Hit By Pitch 1 vs SELA, June 6, 2016 over the summer... 2015: Did not appear in any games in first none Put Outs 2 vs Houston, May 14, 2016 25 Brandt Frazier collegiate season, but provided a valuable service to the team by working as a catcher in the bullpen... Helped with the daily Rice — 2017: Made season debut behind the plate at preparation of one of the nation’s top pitching staffs in practices home at Reckling Park against a Sam Houston team that went and games. on to reach a NCAA Super Regional... Had one at bat in that con- test... Played in the California Collegiate League over the summer (Rockville), maintaining a .328 average with a pair of home runs in 67 at bats over 26 games... 2016: Conference USA Academic Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Honor Roll; Appeared in four games, each time as a defensive 2016 .000 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 replacement behind the plate for senior Hunter Kopycinski... 2017 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Totals .000 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 2 0 .333 0 0 0 0

32 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles opening weekend of the season at Texas, allowing just one run Personal — Full name: Roel Garcia. Born: November 21, on one hit... Played in the Perfect Game Collegiate League over 1998, in Clear Lake, Texas. Parents: Roel, Jr., and Lupy Garcia of the summer (Albany), going 1-0 with a 4.09 ERA and striking out Deer Park (two sisters). Rice College: Martel 14 in 11.0 innings over seven appearances. High School — A 2016 graduate of Deer Park High School Rice Highs in Deer Park, Texas, just east of … Two-year 2017 Season varsity starter for head coach Chris Rupp (a former Rice base- 3.0 at Texas, Feb. 18 Innings ball assistant coach under Wayne Graham from 2001-2002)… 4, twice Strikeouts 2 at Texas State, Mar. 15 Wild Pitches Helped lead the baseball team to a 37-3 record, the District 21- 1, twice Hit Batters 6A title, and to the Region III finals of the state tournament (one step away from advancing to the state final four)… Recorded 31 strikeouts as a senior… The team reached the regional quarterfi- P l R/R l So.-1L nals in 2015, falling to eventual state champion Cy Ranch (under 6-4 l 220 l Deer Park, Texas the leadership of former Owl letterman and current assistant Deer Park HS coach John Pope)… Member of the National Honor Society. 29 Roel Garcia Rice — 2017: Compiled 8.1 innings in nine appearances in debut season of Division I baseball... Totaled 11 strikeouts for second-highest average per 9.0 innings on the staff (11.9 ) for Owls with at least the same number of innings... Posted a career- high four strikeouts twice, in road games against No. 1 ranked TCU and nationally-ranked Texas... In addition to TCU and Texas, he also faced eventual NCAA Tournament participants Stanford, Rice Statistics Dallas Baptist and Southeastern Louisiana, as well as west coast Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP power Pepperdine... Worked a career-long 3.0 innings in the 2017 14.04 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 12 15 13 12 11 1 0 4 51 .343 3 2

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 33 High School — A 2016 graduate of Cypress Woods High Personal — Full name: Garrett Reed Gayle. Born: August School in Cypress, Texas… Two-year starting pitcher for head 2, 1997, in Houston. Parents: Geoff and Susan Gayle of Cypress, coach Kipp Pridgeon… Maintained a 1.89 ERA to help the Wild- Texas (one brother, one sister). Rice College: Lovett cats go 16-13 in rugged District 17-6A… Two-time Rawlings- Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American… Second team Rice Highs All Texas Region by Perfect Game, who ranked him as the No. 40 2017 Season right-handed prep pitcher in the state… Played in the Houston 1.1 at TCU, Feb. 28 Innings Area Baseball Coaches All Star game as a junior in 2015… Two- 2 at TCU, Feb. 28 Strikeouts 1, twice Wild Pitches time Academic All-District… Named to the CWHS Academic 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 Hit Batters Honor Roll… Versatile student-athlete was a wide receiver for the football team… Played summer ball for Premier Baseball Fu- tures. P l R/R l So.-1L 6-1 l 180 l Cypress, Texas Cypress Woods HS 26 Garrett Gayle Rice — 2017: Worked his way into three appearances in first season of Division I baseball totaling 1.1 innings... All three appearances were against elite teams that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament - TCU, Stanford and Southeastern Louisiana... Recorded a pair of strikeouts on the road against No. 1 ranked TCU... Played in the California Collegiate League over the sum- mer (Santa Barbara)... Went 1-1 with four saves while maintaining Rice Statistics a 3.72 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 19.2 innings for the Foresters. Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP 2017 6.75 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 11 .400 2 1

34 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Collected two or more hits in a times, including a South Top-Prospect Team in 2015 and played in the USA Baseball career-high three hits twice (against eventual NCAA Tournament 17U National Team Identification Series… Hit .400 in Keller’s 13- participants Houston on the road and vs. Southeastern Louisi- game playoff run to lead the squad to the 6A Regional I Final as a ana)... Knocked a pair of doubles to drive-in a career-high four sophomore in 2014… Earned the AP Scholar Award… Ranked in runs as part of the 3-for-5 day against the SELA Lions... Threw out the Top 5 percent of his class with a 4.05 grade point average. a baserunner at home plate from defensive spot in left field vs. Personal — Full name: Bradley Kerel Gneiting. Born: Au- Louisiana Tech... Turned or started five of the team’s nine double gust 8, 1997, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Parents: Karl and plays in his 10-games at second base... Appeared one time as a Molly Gneiting of North Richland Hills, Texas (one brother). Fa- pinch-runner, in the second game of the C-USA series vs. Middle ther played college baseball and mom played college soccer. Tennessee (for Dominic DiCaprio) where he scored the Owls’ Chose to attend Rice over Dartmouth. College: Sid Richardson. lone run... Played in the Perfect Game Collegiate League (Albany) over the summer, batting .293 with 41 hits, 29 runs scored, 19 Rice Highs IF/OF/IF l L/R l So.-1L l 6-0 l 175 RBI, and 12 doubles over 37 games played. 2017 Season/Career North Richland Hills, Texas High School — A 2016 graduate of Keller High School in 6 at Houston, April 4 At Bats Keller, Texas... Three-year starter in the outfield, and four-year 2, twice Runs Keller HS 3, twice Hits varsity letterman, for head coach Rob Stramp… Helped lead the 4 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 RBI 32 baseball team to a 31-10-2 record and to the Region I semifinals Bradley Gneiting 2 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Doubles of the 6A state tournament as a senior… Concluded four-year 5 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Total Bases Rice — 2017: Worked his way into 39 games played with prep career with a .312 batting average… Two-time First Team 1, twelve times Walks 28 starts as a true freshman... Started at second base on Open- District 5-6A honoree (recently ranked as the fourth-toughest 1 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Hit By Pitch ing Day on the road against nationally-ranked Texas... Went on baseball district in the nation by MaxPreps)… Honorable Men- 1 at Florida Atlantic, Apr. 1 SAC Bunt to make a total of 10 starts at second base where he hit .324... tion All-American selection by Perfect Game, and one of the 5, twice Put Outs 5 at Texas, Feb. 18 Assists Made 11 starts in left field and seven as the designated hit- publication’s nationally-ranked outfielders… Selected to the ter, primarily against right-handed pitchers... Batted leadoff 13 times... Reached base at a .306 pace when leading off an inning... Rice Statistics Played in nine games as a pinch-hitter, the most of any Owl on Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT the team... Hit .252 overall with a .328 on-base percentage... 2017 .252 39 28 115 12 29 9 0 0 13 38 .330 12 1 22 3 .328 0 1 0 2

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 35 Conference USA league games and one time in the NCAA Tourna- Pitching was only part of the story, as he was the starting third ment... Finished fourth on the team in pitching appearances and baseman on Opening Day against nationally-ranked Texas on strikeouts (50), and was fifth on the staff in total innings (55.2)... the road... Best game was collecting a season-high two hits and Averaged 8.1 strikeouts per 9.0 innings, the third-highest mark driving in a run against west coast power Pepperdine... Started on the team (min. 20.0 innings)... Four starts on the mound were at third base (in place of eventual MLB draft pick Dane Myers) all big games -- an elimination game in the NCAA Tournament a total of 12 times... There were in fact two occasions when he against Southeastern Louisiana, vs. No. 14 ranked crosstown rival was brought in to pitch in relief of eventual MLB draft pick Glenn Houston, a C-USA clash against Louisiana Tech, and a midweek Otto, and then relieved Dane Myers at third base in the same game against a talented Sam Houston State squad that went on game (April 16 vs. Southern Miss and May 20 at UAB... Was called to reach the NCAA Super Regional round... The Owls won three to pinch-run for DH Andrew Dunlap at first base with no outs and of the four games where he started on the mound... Posted a the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning in the Cham- career-high six strikeouts in 4.2 innings of two-hit relief against pionship Final of the C-USA Tournament - he advanced on a sac- IF/P l R/R l Jr.-2L No. 11 ranked Stanford... Struck out six in just 3.2 frames against rifice bunt and scored the game-winning run from second base 5-11 l 180 l Spring, Texas C-USA foe UTSA to earn his first career ... Fanned five in 4.0 on a walk-off hit by Ryan Chandler... Two weeks earlier he pinch- Klein HS innings to earn a save in the C-USA series-opener at UAB... Aver- ran for Dominic DiCaprio at first base in the top of the eighth aged just under 2.0 innings for 20 relief appearances... Was sen- inning while trailing at Charlotte 4-3, and went on to score the 28 Kendal Jefferies sational in only his second career start, firing 5.0 shutout innings game-tying run before the Owls went on to win 6-4... Played in at Houston without allowing a hit nor walk... Had a solid start in the New England Collegiate League (Valley) over the summer... Rice — 2017: Helped the Owls with versatility, playing in final outing, working a career-long 5.1 innings in the NCAA Tour- 2016: Contributed with a wide range of versatility in first Divi- a total of 47 of the team’s 64 games... Made 24 appearances on nament start vs. SELA... Did some of his best pitching away from sion I season... Played in a total of 24 games as a true freshman the mound with four starting assignments... Started at third base Reckling Park, where opposing hitters batted a composite .254... and led the team with 21 games as a substitute... Often asked to 12 times, appeared 11 times as a defensive sub in the infield and entered four games as a pinch-runner... Playing resume may look like it adds-up to 51 appearances, but there were four occasions Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP where he pitched and then moved over to play third base in the 2016 10.50 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 7 7 7 3 2 0 2 33 .318 1 2 same game... Showcasing an ability to play different roles was 2017 5.50 3 1 24 4 0 0 2 2 55.2 62 36 34 20 50 8 2 6 244 .286 7 4 not some casual baseball experiment, but was needed in three Totals 5.98 4 1 31 4 0 0 2 2 61.2 69 43 41 27 53 10 2 8 277 .289 8 6

36 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles change roles within a game, such as going from pitcher to third non-conference teams... Started at third base in the November Rice Highs base (which he did three different times)... Taking into account exhibition against Cuban League team Artemisa, and threw out 2017 Season Career the various in-game switches his final appearance breakdowns both of the first two batters of the game in the bottom of the 4 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 4 At Bats 4 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 4, 2017 were: infielder (ten times), pitcher (seven times), designated hit- first inning -- setting the tone for a solid defensive outing by the 1, five times Runs 1, seven times ter (five times), outfielder (three times) and pinch-runner (five entire team in a 4-0 shutout victory... Went on to record another 2 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 3 Hits 2 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 3, 2017 times) -- which adds-up to more than 24 games played... Worked defensive assist at third to get the final out in the bottom of the 1, twice RBI 1, five times 2 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 3 Total Bases 2 vs. Pepperdine, Mar. 3, 2017 his way into three starts as a rookie, including twice as the des- eighth inning. 2 at Lamar, Mar. 7 Walks 2 at Lamar, Mar. 7 ignated hitter and once at second base... Started at second base High School — A 2015 graduate of Klein High School in none Hit By Pitch 1 vs Charlotte, Apr. 29, 2017 at longtime foe Sam Houston State and went 1-for-4 with an RBI, Klein, Texas... Three-year varsity baseball starter for head coach 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 SAC Bunt 1, twice as well as make a career-high six defensive put outs... Came off Barry Smith... Earned back-to-back all-District 15-6A honors as a 3 at TCU, Feb. 28 Put Outs 3 at TCU, Feb. 28, 2017 the bench to drive in runs in wins against Texas State and UCF... pitcher in 2014-2015, posting a combined eight wins, five saves, 5 at Lamar, Mar. 7 Assists 6 at Sam Houston, Mar. 2, 2016 Pinch-ran against No. 16 ranked East Carolina, then remained in a 1.16 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 85.0 innings... Helped lead the the game to collect a base hit in his only at bat... Scored runs team to an 18-10 record in 2015... The Bearkats won district 2017 Season Career 5.1 vs. SE Louisiana, June 4 Innings 5.1 vs. SELA, June 4, 2017 against East Carolina and Old Dominion as a pinch-runner... crowns in senior and sophomore seasons, where he hit .326 as 6, twice Strikeouts 6, twice Very first Rice appearance was as a on opening day the starting left fielder... Versatile student-athlete who also let- 2 vs. UTSA, April 29 Wild Pitches 2 vs. UTSA, April 29, 2017 against an Arizona squad that went on reach the championship tered three years in football and was a second-team all-district 1, four times Hit Batters 1, six times final of the College World Series... Fired 1.1 scoreless innings selection at safety... Maintained a 4.4 grade point average. against Arizona without allowing any hits and striking out one... Personal — Full name: Kendal Baylor Jefferies... Born: Au- Earned first career win on the mound in a career-long 1.2 innings gust 9, 1996, in Houston... Parents: David and Diane Jefferies of against crosstown rival Houston, a game where he also played Spring, Texas (two brothers). Older brother, Reese, played one third base... All but one-third of his 6.0 innings were against year at . Rice College: Baker.

Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2016 .125 20 3 16 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 .125 1 1 5 0 .222 0 1 0 0 2017 .167 28 14 36 5 6 0 0 0 2 6 .167 6 0 11 0 .286 0 1 1 2 Totals .154 48 17 52 7 8 0 0 0 5 8 .154 7 1 16 0 .267 0 2 1 2

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 37 appearances in the NCAA and C-USA Tournaments totaling 4.0 reer-long 3.2 innings of one-hit scoreless relief at home against innings... Maintained a 2.25 ERA and held opposing hitters to a No. 7 ranked TCU... Earned first career save with 3.0 scoreless .067 batting average in the Owls’ postseason run... Finished the frames against C-USA foe Charlotte where he allowed just one year with a 4.50 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 30.0 innings, but 3.0 base hit... Did not allow an earned run over his first 14.2 innings shutout innings against heavy-hitting C-USA foe Florida Interna- spanning 11 relief outings... Lone starting assignment was in the tional paved the way to a strong second half of the season that morning semifinal game of the C-USA Tournament against 41- included a 3.77 ERA and .226 opponents’ batting average... Held win foe Louisiana Tech... Worked 3.0 innings and struck out one opposing hitters to a .253 average when runners were on base... in a no decision against the heavy-hitting Bulldogs... Finished Some of his best outings were pitched away from Reckling Park the year with nearly one-third of his total innings (7.0) against (2.30 ERA and .231 OBA)... Proved to love pitching in front of big a talented LA Tech squad that went on to earn an at-large bid to crowds, recording a 1.64 ERA and .163 OBA in 11.0 innings when the NCAA Tournament... Pitched twice against No. 5 ranked LSU the attendance was over 4,000... Played in the California Colle- in the NCAA Tournament... Played in the California Collegiate P l L/L l Jr.-2L giate League over the summer (Santa Barbara)... 2016: Confer- League (Neptune Beach) over the summer... One of five Owls to 6-8 l 250 l Miami, Florida ence USA Academic Honor Roll; Second on the pitching staff be named in his summer league’s all-star game. Gulliver Preparatory with 21 appearances in debut season of Division I baseball, all High School — A 2015 graduate of Gulliver Preparatory in but one of which was in relief... Finished second on the team in Pinecrest, Fla.... Four-year varsity letterman, and three-year start- 23 Evan Kravetz ERA (2.28), and tied for second on the staff in lowest opponents’ er, under head coach Javy Rodriguez... Helped lead the Raiders batting average (.209), for Owls with at least the same amount of to a 25-7 record, the District 16-4A regular season champion- Rice — 2017: Finished third on the staff in appearances innings (23.2)... Made first Rice appearance Feb. 23 against even- ship, and to the semifinals of the state tournament as a senior... (25)... Shared the team lead in relief outings (24) with MLB draft tual NCAA Regional participant Dallas Baptist, where he struck Went 4-1 on the mound with an 0.87 ERA in 40.1 innings to earn pick Glenn Otto... Sensational in lone start of the year (and just out a career-high two batters in 1.1 scoreless innings... Fired a ca- all-district honors in 2015... Held opposing hitters to a .181 aver- the second of his career) against longtime foe Texas State... Fired a career-long 5.0 innings with a career-high four strikeouts at home vs. Texas State to improve to 3-1... Pitched 2.1 scoreless Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP relief innings on Opening Day at nationally-ranked Texas to earn 2016 2.28 1 0 21 1 0 0 0 1 23.2 18 7 6 14 8 2 1 1 102 .209 1 0 the staff’s first victory of the season... Also earned a win in re- 2017 4.50 3 1 25 1 0 0 0 0 30.0 33 22 15 23 19 7 0 0 151 .277 6 2 lief over west coast power Pepperdine... Made three postseason Totals 3.52 4 1 46 2 0 0 0 1 53.2 51 29 21 37 27 9 1 1 253 .249 7 2

38 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles age while registering 8.7 strikeouts per 9.0 innings... Earned first Personal — Full name: Joshua Larzabal... Born: February team all-Miami-Dade County honors from the Miami-Herald... 10, 1999, in Houston.... Parents: Jaime and Antoinette Larzabal of Selected for the USA Baseball NTIS South Florida Region Team Houston (three brothers)... Rice College: Will Rice (16u and 17u). Personal — Full name: Evan Jacob Kravetz. Born: Decem- ber 19, 1996, in Miami, Fla. Parents: Jeffrey and Lisse Kravetz of Miami (sister, Rebecca). College: Baker

Rice Highs 2017 Season Career 5.0 vs Texas State, May 16 Innings 5.0 vs Texas State, May 16 4 vs Texas State, May 16 Strikeouts 4 vs Texas State, May 16 2, twice Wild Pitches 2, twice 2 vs FIU, March 26 Hit Batters 2 vs FIU, March 26 P/Inf l L/L l Fr.-HS 6-0 l 300 l Houston, Texas North Shore HS 22 Joshua Larzabal High School — Left-handed pitcher from nearby North Shore High School, who also was able to contribute as a hitting from the left side... Helped lead the Mustangs to a 24-11 record and finish as the runner up in District 21-6A before a deep playoff run all the way to the Regional Semifinals of the state tournament... Named to the All-Greater Houston Team as well as a Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-America... Played summer ball with Mizuno Houston Select before starting Rice classes in the fall of 2017.

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 39 University of Pittsburgh — Played in the Atlantic Coast Conference in first season of Division I baseball in 2016... Pitched 21 Titles In 22 Years in relief on Opening Day as a true freshman against Niagara Here is a closer look at Rice’s regular season or league at the Classic in Vero Beach, Fla., striking tournament titles (or both) from 1996 to 2017: out three in 2.0 innings of work... Remaining two outings were in road games at the University of New Orleans and in a league Year Conf. Regular Season Tournament game at nationally-ranked North Carolina. 2017 C-USA 6th 1st High School — A 2015 graduate of Lower Dauphin High 2016 C-USA 4th 2nd School in his hometown of Hummelstown, Pa.... Finished senior 2015 C-USA 1st tied 7th 2014 C-USA 1st 1st season with a 6-1 record and 0.72 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 48.2 2013 C-USA tied 1st 1st innings of work... Ended prep career with 22 victories, the sec- 2012 C-USA 1st tied 5th ond-most wins in school history...Earned First-Team Mid-Penn 2011 C-USA tied 1st 1st P l R/R l Jr.-Tr. Keystone honors as a sophomore, junior and senior... Named to 2010 C-USA 1st 2nd 6-0 l 180 l Hummelstown, Pa. the Patriot News Big 11 each of those three seasons... Member of 2009 C-USA 2nd 1st Lower Dauphin HS the ski club. 2008 C-USA 1st tied 7th Personal — Full name: Blair Robert Lewis... Born: July 1, 2007 C-USA 1st 1st 45 Blair Lewis 1997, in Harrisburg, Pa.... Parents: Clifford and Susan Lewis of Har- 2006 C-USA 1st 1st risburg, Pa. (one brother)... Rice College: Wiess 2005 WAC 1st no tourney Orange Coast College — Pitched for Orange Coast College 2004 WAC 1st no tourney in the spring of 2017... Led the Pirates with 22 appearances, all 2003 WAC 1st no tourney in relief... Shared the team lead in saves (4) and went 4-2 overall 2002 WAC 1st no tourney with a 2.25 ERA... Finished third on the staff in both innings (56.0) 2001 WAC 1st no tourney and strikeouts (39)... Averaged 6.3 strikeouts per 9.0 innings and 2000 WAC tied 1st no tourney maintained a 2.8-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks ratio... Teams went 36- 1999 WAC 1st 1st 12 on the season and reached the third round of the Southern 1998 WAC 1st South Div. 1st California Regionals... Coached by John Altobelli, a former Divi- 1997 WAC 1st South Div. 1st sion I player in the . 1996 SWC tied 6th 1st

40 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles have used some defensive help from his teammates at rowdy Pitched and hit playing in the California Collegiate League (Nep- Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge where he was charged with tune Beach) in the summer of 2017... Finished the fall training three unearned runs in the second inning... Regular pitching role program as the team’s top hitting freshman, and was the lone was 22 relief appearances totaling 37.2 innings... Tied for fifth on rookie to play in the November exhibition against professional the staff in appearances and posted the second-most innings Cuban League team Artemisa... Started the game at first base (40.0) for an Owl freshman... Notched first collegiate win firing batting seventh in the lineup, and was -free in the field in a career-long 4.1 innings on the road at Conference USA foe nine defensive chances... Switched spots with starting pitcher Western Kentucky... Posted a total of three wins, the fifth-highest Dane Myers in the bottom of the seventh inning and closed out total on the staff... Earned first Rice save (*on U.S. soil) with three the final 3.0 scoreless frames for an international save... Scattered perfect frames and three strikeouts against heavy-hitting Florida two singles with no walks and one strikeout in the 4-0 shutout International... Tallied a career-high five strikeouts in 3.0 score- victory at Estadio 26 de Julio in Cuba. less innings against eventual NCAA Tournament participant High School — A 2016 graduate of Oak Ridge High School P/P/IF l R/R l So.-1L Southeastern Louisiana... Pitching was only part of the story, in Conroe, Texas... Two-year starter, and four-year baseball letter- 6-1 l 170 l Spring, Texas compiling 41 at bats with regular work as a starter at three infield man, for head coach Mike Pirtle... Helped lead the War Eagles to Oak Ridge HS positions... Started at second base in the series-opener against the 6A Region II semifinals (fourth round) of the state tourna- No. 11 ranked Stanford and went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a ment as a senior (before falling to the eventual 2016 champs 36 Addison Moss run scored... Also logged a pair of base hits against crosstown Dallas Jesuit)... Led the squad to a 29-4 overall record and unde- foe Texas Southern playing in the NCAA Regional... Knocked a feated mark in District 16-6A on the way to the Region II finals Rice — 2017: Versatile contributor as a true freshman... double in a C-USA game against UTSA... Had a season-high four (fifth round) as a junior in 2015 (one spot away from the state’s Played in 33 of the team’s 64 games as either a pitcher or in- at bats in a game seven different times... Batted and pitched in final four teams)... Named to the 2015 Greater Houston Junior fielder and worked his way into 12 starts... Made six starts at the same game four different times, including the series finale All-Star squad... Maintained a 2.05 ERA and averaged 11.2 strike- second base early in the season, four at first base, one at third against Houston at Constellation Field where he replaced, and outs per 9.0 innings with a 0.80 WHIP... Contributed 16 RBI in 24 late in the year vs. Lamar (when eventual MLB draft pick Dane then was replaced by, Myers in some creative Rice substituting... games on the offensive side as a junior... Played summer ball for Myers was sidelined), and his first and only collegiate start on the mound in the team’s final game of the year in the NCAA Rice Statistics Tournament against nationally-ranked LSU... Didn’t allow any Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP walks in the NCAA Regional start against the Tigers, but could 2017 6.30 3 2 23 1 0 0 1 1 40.0 42 34 28 20 28 9 2 1 175 .290 2 1

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 41 17u-Twelve... Named a 2016 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Rice Highs Mention All-American... Second team All Texas Region by Perfect 2017 Season/Career Game, ranked as the No. 19 right-handed pitcher in the state. 4, seven times At Bats Top Crowds Personal — Full name: Addison Joel Moss. Born: Septem- 1, four times Runs 2, twice Hits at Reckling Park ber 10, 1997, in Virginia Beach, Va. Parents: Brian and Amy Moss The ten biggest crowds to watch the Rice Owls at of Spring, Texas (two brothers and five sisters). Chose to attend 2 vs. Stanford, March 9 RBI 1 vs. UTSA, April 29 Doubles home at Reckling Park. Rice over the U.S. Air Force Academy. Rice College: McMurtry. 2, three times Total Bases 1, five times Walks 1. Texas (March 17, 2009) 6,193 none Hit By Pitch 1 at WKU, April 21 SAC Bunt 2. Texas A&M (April 5, 2016) 5,234 12 vs. SE Louisiana, June 4 Put Outs 3. Texas (March 16, 2010) 5,469 4 vs. Lamar, May 3 Assists 4. Texas A&M (June 7, 2008) 5,368 2017 Season/Career Texas A&M (June 8, 2008) 5,368 4.1 at WKU, April 21 Innings 6. Texas State (May 17, 2011) 5,320 5 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 24 Strikeouts 7. Texas Southern (May 2, 2012) 5,250 1, twice Wild Pitches 8. Texas A&M (June 9, 2007) 5,234 1 at Charlotte, May 7 Hit Batters 9. Texas (April 20, 2005) 5,227 10. Texas (May 31, 2014) 5,199

Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2017 .195 14 11 41 4 8 1 0 0 3 9 .220 5 0 9 0 .283 0 1 0 0

42 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles against DBU... Six of nine games to pitch were against non-con- while maintaining a 2.81 ERA in 32.1 innings of mound work as ference opponents... Made Rice debut the opening weekend a junior... Hit .329 with 23 RBI and 21 runs scored in 35 games to of the season with a scoreless frame against eventual College help the Tors reach the bi-district playoffs in 2012... Coached by World Series runner-up Arizona... Threw 2.0 innings against SEC Steve Hecker. foe Arkansas in a game played downtown at Minute Maid Park... Personal — Full name: Nicholas David Orewiler. Born: Janu- Showed versatility and unselfishness for the team by appearing ary 1, 1995 in Fostoria, Ohio. Parents: Ryan and Katherine Orewil- in one game as a pinch-runner... Pinch ran at second base for the er of Galveston. Older brother, Austin, pitched for the Owls and injured Connor Teykl in the top of the 15th inning of tight C-USA was selected in the Major League Draft in 2015. College: Lovett road game at Louisiana Tech... Played in the California Collegiate League (Neptune Beach) over the summer.. 2014-2015: Confer- Rice Highs ence USA All-Academic Team... Did not see game action in first 2017 Season Career two seasons with the program... Worked hard to join his team- 3.0 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Innings 3.0, twice P l R/R l Sr.-2L mates for the 2015 fall training program, where he continued his 3 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Strikeouts 5 vs. DBU, Feb. 23, 2016 2, twice Wild Pitches 2, twice 6-3 l 185 l Galveston, Texas progress to help the Owls as a right-handed pitcher. none Hit Batters 1 vs. Arkansas, Feb. 26, 2016 Ball HS High School — A 2013 graduate of Ball High School in Galveston, Tex.... Four-year varsity starter... Three-time all-Dis- 13 Nick Orewiler trict 24-4A selection... Two-time All-Galveston County selec- tion and two-time Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association Rice — 2017: Compiled 9.2 innings over seven appear- all-star... Served two seasons as the team captain and helped the ances... Made two starts, vs. Texas State and Lamar... Pitched a Tornados win two District 24-4A titles... Helped squad go 17-8 season high 3.0 innings at Texas State… Posted a season-high and reach the 4A regional quaterfinals... Went 4-3 with a save three strikeouts against Dallas Baptist... 2016: Conference USA All-Academic Team... Pitched in nine games, all out of the bull- pen (and made ten appearances overall)... Recorded first career Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP save with a sensational 3.0-inning outing against state foe and 2016 11.57 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 9.1 18 12 12 13 6 3 0 1 57 .429 1 1 eventual NCAA Regional participant Dallas Baptist... Fired three 2017 13.97 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 17 15 15 9 7 4 1 1 54 .386 4 0 scoreless frames with a career-high five strikeouts and no walks Totals 12.79 0 2 16 2 0 0 0 1 19.0 35 27 27 22 13 7 1 2 111 .407 5 1

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 43 Personal — Full name: Parker Andrew Osburn... Born: July 7, 1999, in League City, Texas... Parents: David and Dawn Osburn of League City, Texas (one brother)... A cousin, Bobby Osburn, played baseball at Milsaps College (1 year), and the University of the Ozarks (3 years)... Rice College: McMurtry

C/Util. l R/R l Fr.-HS P l R/R l Jr.-2L 5-11 l 165 l League City, Texas 6-3 l 200 l Austin, Texas Clear Creek HS Lake Travis HS 17 Parker Osburn 34 Jackson Parthasarathy Saw his share of action in the Owls’ fall training program, Rice — 2017: Worked hard to rejoin his teammates on the working primarily at shortstop. field after being sidelined early in the 2016 season... Finished the High School — Veteran catcher from Clear Creek High season with 13.0 innings over 10 appearances, striking out eight School in League City Texas, just southeast of Houston... Three- and a 3.46 ERA... Returned to action in the finale of the C-USA year varsity starter for head coach Brent Kunefke... Earned First series vs. No. 16 ranked Southern Miss (April 16) and retired the team All-District 24-6A after being selected to the Preseason only batter he faced on two pitches... Worked primarily in the All-Greater Houston team... Tabbed as a Perfect Game Honorable bullpen with one midweek start against No. 20 ranked Houston Mention All-America... Played summer ball with the Columbia (May 9), then was sensational pitching in relief of Addison Moss Angels prior to enrolling at Rice in the fall of 2017.

44 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles before more than 10,000 LSU fans in the elimination game at legiate debut in relief in the final game of the opening series of average... AP Scholar with honors... Member of the Academic the NCAA Regional in Baton Rouge... Soon silenced the rowdy the season against eventual College World Series runner-up Ari- Honor Roll. Tiger crowd with 5.2 shutout innings (to tie a career-high), al- zona, and was almost immediately named to start the very next Personal — Full name: Jackson Raja Parthasarathy... Born: lowing just one base hit without any walks while striking out a game against state foe Dallas Baptist two days later... Scattered January 14, 1997, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa... Parents: Roger and Su- season-high four... Registered a total of 6.2 shutout innings at the three hits and a walk while striking out five in 4.2 innings against san Parthasarathy of Austin, Texas (two brothers). Rice College: NCAA Tournament (including a shutout frame against crosstown heavy-hitting DBU, earning a follow-up midweek start at long- Duncan foe Texas Southern), where he held all opposing hitters in the time nemesis Sam Houston State... Allowed just two runs, both postseason to a composite .130 batting average... Ended the unearned, in 5.2 frames on the road at Sam Houston to lower his Rice Highs year with a stretch of 9.1 consecutive scoreless innings over the ERA to an austere 0.87 in a combined 10.1 innings... Pitched once 2017 Season Career final three weeks of the season... Maintained a steady 2.79 ERA in each of the two following weekend series, where he earned 5.2 at LSU, June 4 Innings 5.2, twice when pitching in games away from Reckling Park... Played in the saves in outings vs. UCF (March 6) and No. 16 ranked East Caroli- 4 at LSU, June 4 Strikeouts 5 vs DBU, Feb. 23, 2016 none Wild Pitches 1 vs DBU, Feb. 23, 2016 California Collegiate League over the summer (Neptune Beach), na (March 13)... Final appearance of the season was then against 1, three times Hit Batters 1, four times going 2-0 with a save and striking out 20 in 22.0 innings in seven TCU (March 15)... Proved to be particularly strong when runners appearances... 2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; were on base (.120 opponents’ average) and when two outs were Had posted two saves and worked his way into three early starts already recorded in the inning (.154). as a true freshman, well on his way to a solid debut season of High School — A 2015 graduate of Lake Travis High School Division I baseball, before being sidelined for the remainder of in Austin, Texas... Two-year varsity baseball starter for head coach the year... Posted a 1.32 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .180 Mike Rogers... Helped lead the Cavaliers to a 24-9-1 record, the batting average in 13.2 innings... Was pitching so well that he District 14-6A title, and to the Region II Semifinals of the state was tabbed to start the big home game against No. 7 ranked tournament (before falling to eventual finalist Dallas Jesuit)... TCU, but ended up leaving the contest after facing one batter Named the squad’s MVP pitcher after finishing with a 1.21 era... in the top of the third inning with Rice leading 1-0... Made col- Outstanding student-athlete who maintained a 4.0 grade point Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP 2016 1.32 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 2 13.2 9 5 2 3 6 3 0 0 55 .180 1 1 2017 3.46 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 6 5 1 8 1 0 0 58 .302 0 3 Totals 2.36 1 0 16 4 0 0 0 2 26.2 25 11 7 4 14 4 0 0 113 .243 1 4

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 45 that was second-best on the staff... Maintained a 2.5-to-1 strike- America honoree by MaxPreps as a senior... First team all-state outs to walks ratio... Made his Division I debut on the road at Pac- and a Rawlings All-Texas Region selection... Helped lead baseball 12 foe Arizona (Feb. 22)... Returned to pitch again a week later program to three-straight District 23-5A titles, and to the Area at home against Stanford and proceeded to fire 2.1 scoreless in- round of the 2013 state playoffs... Played in Texas High School nings without allowing any hits nor walks for the win... Fanned All-Star Game as a senior... Registered an 11-0 record with a 0.65 two of the three batters he faced at No. 1 ranked TCU... Brilliant ERA in 13 appearances in 2013... Threw complete games in all 11 1.1 inning outing at C-USA foe Charlotte began by coming into starts with six shutouts in 75 innings, compiling 105 strikeouts a two-out, bases-loaded, situation in the bottom of the eighth and just 10 walks and 43 hits... Broke the school’s strikeouts and and recording a rally-killing strikeout -- followed by striking out ERA records... Fired two no-hitters in the state playoffs... Coached the only three batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth for a by Emerick Jagenaux and Chris Rupp. career-best four K’s... Returned four days later and notched an- Personal — Full name: Joshua Blake Pettitte. Born: Novem- other four-strikeout outing in 2.1 frames against longtime foe ber 3, 1994, in Webster, Texas. Parents: Andy and Laura Pettite P l R/R l Sr.-1L Texas State... Did not allow any runs in a career-long 2.2 innings of Houston (two brothers, one sister). Father played 18 years 6-2 l 195 l Houston, Texas against league opponent Middle Tennessee... Outing vs. the Blue in the major leagues where he won over 250 games and was a Baylor l Deer Park HS Raiders was part of a stretch where he maintained a 1.17 ERA, three-time all-star pitcher. Before his major league career, Andy a .193 opps’ average and 22 strikeouts in 15.1 innings during a Pettitte also played for Coach Graham at San Jacinto College in 21 Josh Pettitte span of ten relief outings over the course of a month. 1991. College: Will Rice. Baylor University — Attended Baylor during 2013-2014... Rice — 2016-2017: Sidelined just prior to the start of the Did not appear in any games for the Bears... Named to the Big 12 Rice Highs season... Continues to work hard to rejoin his teammates on the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the fall of 2013. 2015 Season/Career field... 2015: Pitched a total of 19.0 innings over a span of 14 High School — A 2013 graduate of Deer Park High School 2.2 vs. Middle Tenn, Apr. 4 Innings games, his first competitive action since his senior year of high in Pasadena, Texas... Was selected in the 37th round of the ma- 4, twice Strikeouts 1, twice Wild Pitches school in 2013... Each appearance was out of the bullpen... Re- jor league draft by the ... Second-team All- 1 vs. Middle Tenn, Apr. 4 Hit Batters corded a win against national-powerhouse Stanford (Feb. 28), and a save against Conference USA rival Southern Miss (March Rice Statistics 27)... Held a total of 76 hitters to a composite .250 batting aver- Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP age... Recorded 27 strikeouts, an average of 12.8 per 9.0 innings 2015 6.16 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 1 19.0 19 13 13 11 27 2 0 4 89 .250 2 1

46 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles .319 with runners in scoring position... Collected two or more Tournament Team; Garnered a host of individual awards after hits in a game 17 times, including a career-high tying three hits a sensational debut season of Division I baseball... Led the na- in a game seven different times... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI in the tionally-ranked Owls, and was among the C-USA league leaders, NCAA Tournament elimination game against Southeastern Loui- in hits (75), RBI (41), walks (34) and on-base percentage (.428)... siana, sending Rice to the Regional Final… Tallied 38 RBI (sixth Also led Rice in slugging percentage (.471) and total bases (105), on the team), but drove-in two or more RBI in a game eleven dif- while sharing the team lead (with Ryan Chandler) in both dou- ferent times (third-highest on the team)... Tied a career-high with bles (15) and games played (62)... After coming off the bench as four RBI in a C-USA clash at UAB... Blasted four home runs, includ- a pinch-hitter on Opening Day against eventual College World ing two in a single game against a Sam Houston State squad that Series runner-up Arizona he started each of the next 61-consec- went on to play in a NCAA Super Regional... Finished the game utive games in the infield, including 60 at shortstop and once at against the Bearkats with a career-high nine total bases... Only second base vs. Texas State in the second week of the season... Owl to draw more walks (39) than have strikeouts (38)... Had one Hitless in his lone pinch-hitting role/collegiate debut vs. Arizona, IF l L/R l Jr.-2L stretch of reaching base in 23-straight games.... Reached base at but then proceeded to hit safely in each of the team’s next 18 6-0 l 190 l Beaumont, Texas a .400 pace (24-of-60) when leading off an inning... Recorded a games for what proved to be the longest streak by an Owl all sea- Kelly HS season-best eight assists in the shutout victory across town at son... Reached base in 19-consecutive games during one stretch No. 14 ranked Houston... Turned or started 29 of the team’s 49 later in the year... Usually batted third or fourth in the lineup (45 8 Ford Proctor double plays... Played in the prestigious Cape Cod League (Hyan- times combined)... Finished second on the team in hitting (.336), nis) over the summer... 2016: Freshman All-America (Baseball runs scored (34), triples (3) and plate appearances (265)... Third Rice — 2017: One of only three Owls to start/play in all 64 America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com, NCBWA, Perfect on the squad in at bats (223), steals (6) and sacrifice flies (3)... Hit games… Played all 553.2 innings at shortstop... Usually batted Game); Conference USA Freshman of the Year; All-Conference .415 with runners on base, .474 with men in scoring position, and fifth in the order (29 times)... Led the team, and ranked among USA (second team); C-USA All-Freshman Team; C-USA All- was 6-for-10 with the bases loaded... Two of the bigger bases- the Conference USA leaders, with 58 runs scored... Also led the Owls in walks (39) and was second on the team with 19 doubles... Finished fourth on the squad in batting average (.311), hits (74), Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT total bases (107), on-base percentage (.408) and steals (4)... 2016 .336 62 61 223 34 75 15 3 3 41 105 .471 34 4 29 6 .428 3 1 6 9 Steady hitter who batted .312 in home games at Reckling Park 2017 .311 64 64 238 58 74 19 1 4 38 107 .450 39 3 38 7 .408 4 1 4 6 and .310 in goad games, as well as .317 with men on-base and Totals .323 126 125 461 92 149 34 4 7 79 212 .460 73 7 67 13 .418 7 2 10 15

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 47 loaded hits were a triple in the bottom of the eighth inning to High School — A 2015 graduate of Kelly High School in Rice Highs rally past No. 16 ranked East Carolina, and then a grand slam in Beaumont, Texas... Twice earned first team all-state honors play- 2017 Season Career the C-USA Tournament... Batted .365 in all C-USA regular season ing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools... 6 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 At Bats 6, twice games, and was 6-for-20 with pair of home runs (on back-to- Three-time first team TAPPS All-District 3-5A selection... Four- 3, three times Runs 3, five times back days) as the Owls reached the championship final of the year varsity starter under head coach Jimmy Neale... Helped lead 3, seven times Hits 13, thirteen times conference tournament... Reached base at a .467 pace (28-of- the Bulldogs to a 17-10 record and second place finish in the 4 at UAB, May 19 RBI 4, twice 2, twice Doubles 2, twice 60) when leading off an inning... Collected two or more hits in state tournament... Named to the TAPPS All-State Tournament 1 at Lamar, March 7 Triples 1, four times a game a team-best 19 times, including a career-best three hits team... Batted .333 with 21 runs scored, 17 RBI, seven doubles 2 at Sam Houston, March 28 Home Runs 2 at SHSU, Mar. 28, ‘17 on six different occasions... Drove-in two or more runs a team- and seven stolen bases... Finished second in the district with a 9 at Sam Houston, March 28 Total Bases 2 at SHSU, Mar. 28, ‘17 best nine times, including a career-high four RBI with the grand .629 slugging percentage... Versatile student-athlete who also 3, twice Walks 3, twice slam at the C-USA Tournament... Scored a career-high four runs lettered in football... Member of the National Honor Society... Mu 1, three times Hit By Pitch 1, seven times in a game twice, both against Florida schools (UCF and FIU)... Pa- Alpha Theta. 1 vs Florida Atlantic, May 24 SAC Bunt 1, twice tiently drew two walks in a game nine different times... Improved Personal — Full name: Jay Clifford Proctor... Born: Decem- 1, four times SAC Fly 1, seven times 5 vs SE Louisiana, June 4 Put Outs 6 vs LA Tech, May 28, ‘16 defensively over the course of the season... Turned or started 36 ber 4, 1996, in Beaumont, Texas... Parents: Jay and Jill Proctor of 8 at Houston, April 4 Assists 9 vs UAB, April 10, ‘16 of the team’s 52 double plays... Recorded a career-high nine as- Beaumont (one brother, four sisters). Brother, Anthony Fazio, was sists in a 3-1 C-USA victory over UAB to tie for the most by an a Rice baseball letterman in 2010-2011. College: Jones Owl all season... Made only one fielding error in 57 total chances during one month-long stretch, and soon followed that up with error-free play in 82 consecutive defensive chances in another month-long stretch after the first streak... Played in the presti- gious Cape Cod League (Hyannis) over the summer... Registered three hits with a double, RBI, run scored and sacrifice bunt in the victory over Cuban professional team Artemisa... Drove-in what proved to be the game-winning run in the top of the third inning of the 4-0 international road victory in November.

48 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles coast powers Pepperdine and Stanford... Finished the year with season... Earned the league’s Pitcher of the Week award with 8.0 15 strikeouts in 17.2 innings... Worked hard to rejoin his team- shutout innings against No. 16 ranked East Carolina... The ECU mates for his senior season... 2016: All-Conference USA (sec- outing on March 13 started a two-month stretch where he was ond team); C-USA Pitcher of the Week (March 14); Recorded as effective as any pitcher in the conference, going 8-0 with a one of the most improved seasons on the team, posting a 9-2 1.12 ERA in 56.0 innings and holding opposing hitters to a com- overall record with a 3.39 ERA... Worked his way into the start- posite .182 batting average... A closer look at early opponents ing rotation and then grew into the role, particularly the critical is also in order, as his very first start was against eventual Col- C-USA portion of the regular season... Co-led the conference in lege World Series runner-up Arizona, followed by a weekend wins with teammate Glenn Otto... Finished third on the team, start against Top 10 foe TCU... Registered a new career-high with and tied for sixth in the league, in games started (14)... Ranked nine strikeouts against league foe Old Dominion... Averaged 7.0 seventh in C-USA in opponents’ batting average (.226), ninth strikeouts per 9.0 innings... Finished the year as the C-USA pitch- in ERA, tenth in innings (82.1), and eleventh in strikeouts (64)... er who tied for fourth-most sacrifice bunts against him, a tactic P l R/R l Sr.-3L Fired 7.1 shutout innings against a 40-win Southeastern Louisi- that began to escalate when opponents came to the realization 6-2 l 220 l Houston, Texas ana squad when Rice’s back was against a wall in an elimination that their regular offensive production was proving less reliable... North Shore HS game in the NCAA Tournament... Scattered three singles and just 2015: Appeared in a total of 18 games, primarily as a pitcher but one walk against SELA to earn ninth win of the season... Pitched also with some work as a hitter... Tallied 16 appearances on the 24 Ricardo Salinas at least 7.0 innings seven times and averaged 5.2 frames over mound, including five starts... His 40.2 IP was just one-third of 14 starts... Posted a new career-long outing with a 9.0-inning an inning away from tying Glenn Otto (41.0 IP) for the most by Rice — 2017: Preseason Conference-USA selection who two-hit shutout vs. UAB (April 10), becoming any of the Owl freshmen... Held a total of 159 batters faced to was ready to serve as one of the veterans on young Rice pitch- only the fifth player in the league with a CG to that point in the a composite .258 average... Averaged 4.9 strikeouts per 9.0 in- ing staff, but was sidelined early in his fourth start of the year and missed the remainder of the season... Rice starting pitcher on the second day of the season on the road at nationally-ranked Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP Texas, where he struck out five in 5.1 innings... Threw a season- 2015 4.65 3 2 16 5 0 0 1 0 40.2 41 23 21 12 22 4 2 3 172 .258 6 0 long 5.2 frames the following week in second start against NCAA 2016 3.39 9 2 15 14 1 1 2 0 82.1 67 36 31 33 64 7 1 3 344 .226 5 4 Regional participant Southeastern Louisiana, posting a season- 2017 5.60 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.2 21 13 11 10 15 0 0 1 82 .309 0 1 high seven strikeouts... Made remaining starts against west Totals 4.03 13 5 35 23 1 1 3 0 140.2 129 72 63 55 101 11 3 7 598 .246 11 5

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 49 nings... Made his Division I debut by starting the third game of Valuable Player of District 21-5A as a senior to close out three- the year (on the second day of the season) against No. 6 ranked straight seasons of first-team all-district honors... Selected to the Texas... Fired a solid 7.1 innings against the Longhorns, scattering 17-U PerfectGame World Series All-Tournament Team, and to Draft Dodgers A number of Owls on the current roster were selected five hits and striking out four on the way to a victory in his first play in the Texas Scouts Association all-star game as a junior... collegiate outing... Stayed in the starting rotation the next two Went 4-2 on the mound with a 1.74 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 56.1 in different Major League Drafts, but decided to forgo weekends against Pac-12 powers Arizona and Stanford... Two re- innings in 2014... Hit .405 with three home runs and 24 RBI as a pro baseball in order to attend college. The current maining starts against Texas State and Sam Houston were in the senior... Posted prep career pitching marks of 16-5 record, 1.88 Owl draft dodgers include: first half of the season, but he moved to the bullpen for all of the ERA and 283 strikeouts in 172.2 innings... Offensive career marks second half... Registered almost an equal number of innings as a were .408 average, eight home runs and 91 RBI... Four-year var- Player Pos. Rd Yr MLB Team starter (20.0) as he did coming out of the pen (20.2)... Displayed a sity starter under head coach Lee Martinez. Trei Cruz 2B 33rd ‘15 Astros substantial improvement and more consistency working exclu- Personal — Full name: Ricardo Antonio Salinas. Born: Cody Staab OF 38th ‘15 White Sox sively as a reliever in the second half, including a 2.40 ERA, a .228 March 26, 1996, in Houston. Parents: Rick Salinas and Monica opponents’ batting average and a 1.00 WHIP... More than half of Coronado of Houston (two brothers). Older brother, Victor Coro- Brent Schwarz P 39th ‘15 Rockies his total innings (11.2) were against ranked teams, and he main- nado, played two years of junior college baseball. College: Jones. Ford Proctor SS 40th ‘15 Royals tained a 2.31 ERA and .186 OBA in those outings against elite Andrew Dunlap C 33th ‘13 Nationals opponents... Appearance in the NCAA Tournament was as the Rice Highs Josh Pettitte RHP 37th ‘13 Yankees new pitcher in a re-started elimination game vs. Houston Baptist 2017 Season Career that was suspended from the day before due to weather... With 5.2 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Innings 9.0 vs. UAB, April 10, ‘16 him as essentially the starting pitcher of what was now a brand 7 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Strikeouts 9 vs. ODU, Mar. 27, ‘16 none Wild Pitches 2 at Middle Tenn., Apr. 3, ‘16 new `mini-game’ where the team’s season also happened to be 1 at Texas, Feb. 18 Hit Batters 1, five times on the line, he notched his third win with 2.2 effective innings against a hungry cross-town opponent. High School — A 2014 graduate of Northshore High School in Houston... Two-way, hitter/pitcher standout who was ranked the country’s No. 191 prep senior by PerfectGame... Named both a Texas- and a Houston-area all-star... Two-time All-Greater Houston selection by the Houston Chronicle... Most

50 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles of runs against west coast power Pepperdine... Clubbed a home Personal — Full name: Donald Chace Sachet (prefers to run on the road against eventual College World Series partici- use middle name)... Born: August 28, 1995, in Lubbock, Texas... pant TCU. Parents: Wayne and Paige Sachet of Lubbock, Texas (one sister)... Weatherford College — Two-year (2015-2016) starting Performs community service working with youths in the Chal- outfielder at Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas... Two- lenger League... Rice College: Wiess. time all-league honoree in the North Texas Junior College Ath- letic Conference... Coached by Jeff Lightfoot... Batted .324 with Rice Highs a team-best 12 home runs and 55 RBI in sophomore season of 2017 Season/Career 2016 to help the Coyotes go 33-21... Hit .371 with eight homers 4, five times At Bats and team-leading 67 RBI in first year with the program, helping 1, eleven times Runs 2 vs. Louisiana Tech, April 8 Hits the squad reach the No. 1 national ranking in NJCAA-D1 (April, 2 vs. Pepperdine, March 4 RBI 2015)... Earned NJCAA All-Academic honors and academic all- 1, six times Doubles OF l L/R l Sr.-1L. conference as a sports management major. 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 Home Runs 6-3 l 210 l Lubbock, Texas High School — A 2014 graduate of Frenship High School in 1 at TCU, Feb. 28 Total Bases Weatherford College l Frenship HS Wolfforth, Texas... Three-year varsity starter and four-year varsity 2, twice Walks baseball letterman under head coach Chad Reynolds... Helped 1 at Texas State, March 15 Hit By Pitch 3 lead the Tigers to a 33-10 record and to the Region I finals of the 2 vs. FIU, March 25 SAC Bunt Chace Sarchet 3, three times Put Outs 4A state tournament as a senior in 2014 (falling to eventual state 1, twice Assists Rice — 2017: Appeared in 40 games with 27 starts in champ Aledo)... Two-time honorable mention all-America by first season at the Division I level… Made 16 starts in left field PerfectGame.com... Earned all-state accolades as a senior in 2014 and 11 as the designated hitter, primarily against right-handed after batting .434 with eight home runs and 39 RBI... Three-time pitchers... Batted .333 with runners in scoring position… Lined all-district selection. a two-out, two-strike double in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game, then scored the winning run on Ryan Chandler’s single, to help rally the Owls crosstown rival Houston 4-3 at Rice Statistics Reckling Park (April 11)... Posted a season-high two hits against Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Conference USA foe Louisiana Tech... Drove in a season-high pair 2017 .215 40 27 79 11 17 6 0 1 10 26 .329 10 1 20 1 .311 0 3 0 0

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 51 pearances totaling 1.1 innings in inaugural season of collegiate standing student who maintained a 95.9 grade point average on baseball... Made Division I debut in Minute Maid Park against a 100 scale... Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish No. 13 ranked TCU where he retired one of the two batters he Honor Society... Was also an accomplished tennis player, earning faced... Worked a career-long 0.2 frames in a C-USA road game a No. 1 ranking in the state for his age group in 2011-2012. at UTSA... Final appearance was a third of an inning in the series Personal — Full name: Benjamin Thomas Schragger... Born: finale against crosstown foe Houston... Dominated the Hamp- May 13, 1997, in Princeton, New Jersey... Parents: John and Mi- ton’s Collegiate League (Shelter Island) over the summer, where chelle Schragger of Titusville, N.J. (two sisters)... Father played he was one of five Owls to be named in his summer league’s all- college baseball at Rollins College... Mother played varsity soc- star game... After posting a 2.53 ERA with a pair of saves and 43 cer at James Madison... CEO of the national charity Cards2Kids, strikeouts in 32.0 innings at Shelter Island, he was then “called whose mission is to collect new and used sports cards, and dis- up” to pitch in the prestigious Cape Cod League (Bourne). tribute them to child-based organizations. College: McMurtry High School — A 2015 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central P l R/R l Jr.-2L High School in Pennington, New Jersey... Two-year varsity base- Rice Highs 5-11 l 190 l Titusville, N.J. ball letterman under head coach Ken Harrison... Starting third 2017 Season Career Hopewell Valley HS baseman and (`submarine style’) closer who helped lead the 3.1 vs. Stanford, March 9 Innings 3.1 vs. Stanford, March 9, ‘17 Bulldogs to a 19-7 record on the way to division and conference 2, twice Strikeouts 2, twice 1 at UAB, May 19 Wild Pitches 1 at UAB, May 19, ‘17 30 championships... Earned second-team All-Area selection by the Ben Schragger 1, three times Hit Batters 1, four times Trentonian News... Batted .347 with 21 RBI in 26 games... Com- Rice — 2017: Made six appearances for a total of 8.0 in- posite pitching stats (including prep and summer league teams) nings, all out of the bullpen... Maintained a strikeouts-to-walks featured a 1.96 ERA and 0.946 WHIP in 50 innings over 16 mound ratio of 4-to-1... Fired a career-long 3.1 innings against No. 11 appearances... Averaged 6.7 strikeouts per 9.0 innings... Out- ranked Stanford, allowing one run on three hits... Played in four Conference USA league games... Pitched in the Great Lakes Col- legiate League (Grand River) if the first half of the summer, but Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP then worked in an internship with the Of- 2016 47.25 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 12 .250 0 6 fice in New York City in the second half of the summer... 2016: 2017 4.50 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 4 1 4 3 0 0 37 .323 1 3 Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Registered three ap- Totals 10.61 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 11 11 11 2 4 3 0 0 49 .314 1 9

52 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles Houston... Each of the three outings were away from Reckling to being named a National AP Scholar... Member of the National Park... No decisions, did not walk a batter, nor get charged with Honor Society and National Merit Commended... Academic All- a run in a total of 3.1 innings... Fired a career-long 2.1 shutout State selection. innings on the road at heavy-hitting Louisiana Tech... Made his Personal — Full name: Brent Stephen Schwarz... Born: final appearance of the season against the same Bulldogs team November 13, 1996, in Lafayette, La.... Parents: Jeff and Dawn a week later in an elimination game in the C-USA Tournament, Schwarz of Boerne, Texas... Member of the Area where he recorded his first career strikeout... Played in the Cali- Code Team and a select team player for Chandler World Base- fornia Collegiate League (Neptune Beach) over the summer. ball... Recipient of the Aurora Scholar, an honor presented an- High School — Selected in the 39th round of the Major nually by the city’s mayor to just one high school student who League Draft by the ... Salutatorian of Regis Je- distinguishes themselves for academic achievement and com- suit High School in Aurora, Colorado... Three-year varsity starter/ munity service... Logged more than 120 hours of community letterman for the baseball team under head coach Matt Darr... service working as a teacher’s aid at an inner-city (Denver) el- P l R/R l Jr.-2L Helped the Raiders finish fifth in the state tournament in senior ementary school... Volunteered as a baseball coach for disabled 6-3 l 215 l Boerne, Texas year, and as the state runner-up in junior season of 2014... Sec- children... College: Wiess College Colorado Regis Jesuit ond team all-state selection in 2015... Two-time All-City (greater Denver area) and all-conference honoree... Rated as the top high Rice Highs 12 Brent Schwarz school pitcher in the state, and the No. 4 player overall, by Prep 2017 Season Career Baseball Report in the fall of 2014... Finished prep career with a 1.1 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Innings 2.1 at LA Tech, May 19, ‘16 Rice — 2017: Worked his way into ten appearances... 14-7 overall record, 132 strikeouts, and a 1.78 career ERA (in an 3 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 Strikeouts 3 vs. Dallas Baptist, Feb. 21 none Wild Pitches none Struck out nine batters in 6.1 total innings (an average of 12.8 unfriendly altitude for pitchers)... Maintained a 4.54 grade point 1, twice Hit Batters 1, twice batters per 9.0 IP)... Fanned a career-high three batters in a sea- average (weighted for advanced placement courses) on the way son-long 1.1 innings against national power Dallas Baptist... Held opposing hitters to a .125 batting average when there were two outs already recorded in the inning... 2016: Conference USA Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP Academic Medalist; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Made three 2016 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 .429 0 0 career appearances on the mound in first collegiate season, the 2017 9.95 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 8 7 9 9 1 0 0 36 .292 0 2 first of which though was not until May 17 against crosstown foe Totals 6.52 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 8 7 9 10 2 0 0 51 .342 0 2

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 53 over the summer (HiToms)... Earned second team all-league after Personal — Full name: Nicholas Erich Silber. Born: August posting three saves and a 2.68 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 50.1 in- 5, 1997, in New York, NY. Parents: Mark and Allie Nicholson of nings while playing in 19 games. New York, NY (one sister). Chose to attend Rice over Virginia and High School — A 2016 graduate of The Lawrenceville multiple options. College: Hanszen School of New Jersey… Four-year baseball letterman for the Big Red under head coach Champ Atlee… Three-time all-area Rice Highs honoree by the Trenton Times, and a three-time first-team Mid 2017 Season/Career Atlantic Prep League selection… Career highlight was throwing 1.1 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Innings the school’s first no-hitter in 40 years, while career statistics in- 1, four times Strikeouts none Wild Pitches cluded finishing with a 1.62 ERA and 148 strikeouts in 129 prep 1 vs. SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Hit Batters innings… Served as the team captain… Earned 2016 Rawlings- Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American… First team All P l R/R l So.-1L Northeast Region by Perfect Game, ranked as the No. 4 right- 6-4 l 195 l New York, NY handed pitcher in the state of New York… A 2015 National Show- The Lawrenceville School case invitee, his Team Citius travel squad was the No. 7 team in the country according to Perfect Game… Led that staff with a 31 Nick Silber 4-0 record, a 0.00 ERA, two saves and 39 strikeouts in 24.0 in- nings… AP Scholar... Member of the Dean’s List every term and a Rice — 2017: Worked his way into eight relief appearances High Honors recipient who served on the student government... totaling 4.1 innings in debut season of collegiate baseball… Played in the Perfect Game Collegiate League (Albany) over the Rugged list of teams-faced as a true freshman included NCAA summer of 2016 before attending Rice in the fall. Tournament participants Texas A&M, Texas, Stanford, Dallas Bap- tist, Southeastern Louisiana and Southern Miss (twice)... Posted strikeouts in four of the eight outings (for an average of 8.3 strikeouts per 9.0 innings of work)... Longest career outing was Rice Statistics 1.1 shutout innings against Southeastern Louisiana where he did Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF O/Avg WP HBP not allow any hits... Played in the Coastal Plain Collegiate League 2017 18.69 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 9 9 8 4 1 0 1 33 .458 0 1

54 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles as the designated hitter, five in left field, and one in right field... terman for head coach Scott Holder... Helped lead the Cougars Finished third on the team in games played as a substitute (ten to a 25-7-1 record as a senior, and to the 3A state title in 2014... times)... Shared the team lead (with Kendal Jefferies) in making Three-time participant in the Area Code Games... Maintained a five appearances as a pinch-runner... Rice debut was as a defen- 3.8 grade point average. sive sub in left field in the opening series of the season against an Personal — Full name: Cody Thomas Staab... Born: July 3, Arizona squad that went on to reach the championship final of 1996, in College Station... Parents: Keith and Diane Staab of Col- the College World Series... Made first collegiate start the follow- lege Station (one brother). Father is a major league scout. Rice ing week against No. 13 ranked TCU downtown at Minute Maid College: Brown Park, where he was one of five Owls to get a base hit... Earned a follow-up start the next day against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, Rice Highs where he went 1-for-3, double, RBI and walk at the Astros’ home 2016 Season Career venue... Scored runs in back-to-back games at Sam Houston 3, vs SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 At Bats 3, seven times OF l L/L l Jr.-2L State and against UCF... There were two occasions (March 6 and 1, twice Runs 1, three times 1, four times Hits 1, four times 5-10 l 180 l College Station, Texas April 29) where he was listed as a starter in the batting order, but 1 vs SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 RBI 1, twice College Station HS was lifted for a pinch-hitter when the opposing teams changed none Doubles 1 vs Louisiana, Feb. 28, ‘16 pitchers before he had a chance to step in the batter’s box... none Total Bases 2 vs Louisiana, Feb. 28, ‘16 1 Cody Staab Played in the Texas Collegiate League (The Woodlands) over the 1 vs SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Walks 1, six times summer. none Hit By Pitch none Rice — 2017: Played in four games with one start in left High School — A 2015 graduate of College Station High none SAC Bunt 1 vs ODU, Mar. 25, ‘16 field vs. eventual NCAA Tournament participant Southeastern School... Selected in the 38th round of the 2015 Major League none SAC Fly none 1 SE Louisiana, Feb. 25 Put Outs 1, five times Louisiana... Drove in a run, had a walk and scored in start vs. Draft by the ... Three-year varsity baseball let- none Assists none SELA... Also appeared as a defensive sub in left field in the SELA series... Made season debut as a vs. national power Dallas Baptist... Pinch ran for Dominic DiCaprio against No. 11 Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ranked Stanford... Played in the Great Lakes Collegiate League 2016 .125 24 14 32 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 .156 5 0 4 0 .243 0 1 0 0 (Gran River) over the summer... 2016: Played in 24 games with 2017 .000 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0 0 14 starts in first season at the Division I level... Made eight starts Totals .108 28 15 37 3 4 1 0 0 2 5 .135 6 0 4 0 .233 0 1 0 0

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 55 High School — A 2016 graduate of Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston… Three-year varsity baseball starter and let- terman (as well as teammate of current Owl Ryan Chandler)… Coached by Raul Garcia-Rameau… Helped lead the Crusaders to a 28-6-2 record on the way to the Region III semifinals of the state tournament as a senior… Second team all-District 19-6A as a first baseman… KPRC-TV Athlete of the Week honoree… Named to the Texas High School Coaches Association Academic All-State Elite Team after maintaining a 4.38 grade point average on a 4.0 scale… National Merit Scholar. Personal — Full name: Nicholas Hogan Tanner. Born: No- vember 29, 1997, in Houston. Parents: Frank and Sandy Tanner of C l R/R l So.-Sq. Houston (one sister). Mother is a research accountant at Rice Uni- IF l R/R l Sr.-2L 6-0 l 190 l Houston, Texas versity. Father played baseball at Texas A&M in 1985 and 1986. 6-0 l 185 l San Antonio, Texas Strake Jesuit College: Brown Antonian College Prep 39 Nick Tanner 15 Chad Tatum Rice — 2017: Did not see game action in first season at Rice — 2017: Did not see game action... 2016: Appeared in the Division I level... Primary contribution was preparing pitch- four games off the bench, including twice as a pinch runner, once ers as a catcher in the bullpen... Played in the Houston Collegiate as a , and once as a defensive substitute at second League (Texas Cyclones) over the summer, where he batted .289 base... Made season debut against UCF (March 5) pinch running with eight RBI, four doubles and six runs scored over 17 games for catcher Dominic DiCaprio, but did not stay in defensively... played... Proved to be one of the stars of the Owls’ fall training Pinch ran at first base for designated hitter Andrew Dunlap at program, batting .382 for the second-highest average on the Middle Tennessee (April 3), where he recorded his first career team. steal (of second base)... Scored his lone run of the year from sec- ond base on Hunter Kopycinski’s two-out single before giving

56 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles way to a new DH Cody Staab... Later pinch hit for Staab (who High School — A 2014 graduate of Antonian College Prep Rice Highs had started in right field) to lead off the top of seventh inning of in San Antonio... Second-team Louisville Slugger High School 2016 Season Career the Conference USA series finale at Southern Miss... Registered All-America... Named the 5A Male Athlete of the Year, and first 1 at Southern Miss, Apr. 24 At Bats 1 at Southern Miss, Apr. 24, ‘16 his only official at bat of the season at USM, but did not remain team All-State in baseball, in the Texas Association of Parochial 1 vs. SFA, Feb. 25 Runs Scored 1, twice in the game... Made the first defensive appearance of his colle- & Private Schools (TAPPS)... San Antonio All-Area team... Bat- none Walks 1 at Old Dominion, May 15, ‘15 giate career at second base in the series finale against crosstown ted .408 with five home runs, 45 runs scored and 31 RBI for the 1 at Middle Tennessee, Apr. 3 Steals 1 at Middle Tennessee, Apr. 3 foe Houston (May 17)... Recorded a defensive put out in his only 26-8 TAAPS regional championship team... Four-year letterman chance at Constellation Field, but did not get an opportunity to and three-year starting shortstop for head coach Willie Gawlik... bat in the game... Appeared in three games in first season of Divi- Versatile athlete who was also a four-year football letterman... sion I action... 2015: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Ap- Starting quarterback for three years and three-time all-district peared in three games in first season of Division I action... Made selection... Exceptional student who was named to the TAPPS his collegiate debut on Feb. 25 vs. Stephen F. Austin, pinch-run- 5A Academic All-State baseball team... Member of the National ning at third base for eventual first team all-conference honoree Society of High School Scholars, and Math Honors Society. and major league draftee John Clay Reeves... Scored a run in that Personal — Full name: Howard Chadwick Tatum (prefers game, and then returned a week later to pinch-run for Reeves at the nickname Chad). Born: December 31, 1995, in San Antonio. first base in the top of the eighth inning of a road game against Parents: Kenneth and Tina Tatum of San Antonio (one sister). No. 1 ranked TCU... Made his first appearance in the batter’s box Father was a four-year football letterman at Austin College. Vol- as a substitute designated hitter in the opening game of the unteer community service time at San Antonio Food Bank and C-USA series at Old Dominion... Replaced the (then) .410-hitting Cochrane Mentoring Foundation. Chose to attend Rice over DH Kirby Taylor in the top of the ninth inning, and drew a one-out Princeton. College: Martel P l R/R l Jr.-HS walk to load the bases... Finished with a 1.000 OB%. 6-5 l 245 l Edgewood, Texas Edgewood HS Rice Statistics 41 Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Jackson Tyner 2015 .000 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2016 .000 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 1 Rice — With the baseball team for the first time after seeing Totals .000 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .500 0 0 1 1 action as a quarterback for the Owls’ football team in the 2016

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 57 and 2017 seasons... Best game was completing 18-of-25 pass help the Warriors post a 20-11 record... Was baned the District attempts for 196 yards and two touchdowns in a C-USA victory 20-2A pitcher of the year as a sophomore in 2014... Second team over UTEP in 2016. all-region selection... Perfect Game Honorable Mention All- High School — Versatile All-District 6-3A selection in base- America. ball, football and track (discus) at Edgewood, Texas. Personal — Full name: Kelby McCullough Weyler... Born: Personal — Full name: Jackson Tyner... Born: Dec. 6.... Par- January 4, 1999, in Beaumont, Texas.... Parents: Randy and Holly ents: Matt and Marci Tyner of Edgewood (one sister and one sis- Weyler of Warren, Texas (one sister)... Rice College: Duncan ter)... Father was a member of New Mexico’s 1997 WAC Champi- onship football team... Grandfather, Tom Tyner, was a three-year letterman at Rice who led the Owls in receiving in ’s last season in 1965 (27 receptions for 295 yards and three TDs) before moving to defensive end for his final two years... Uncle, Scott Tyner was a punter at Oklahoma State and played for the Inf. l R/R l Fr.-HS Atlanta Falcons... Rice College: Will Rice 5-10 l 170 l Village Mills, Texas Warren HS 16 Kelby Weyler Competed for a spot in the outfield in the team’s fall train- ing program... Finished with the fourth-most at bats and runs scored in the fall and shared the freshman lead in at bats. High School — Shortstop who was also able to contribute on the mound playing at Warren High School in ... Four year varsity starter under head coach Joe Wofford... Batted .470 with 21 RBI, six doubles, two triples and 11 steals as a senior in 2017... Earned first team All-District 23-3A designated hitter to

58 l Rice Baseball l Player Profiles What’s Your College? If you’re keeping score, here’s how the 2018 baseball team is grouped by their Rice College:

Baker 4 (Bordwine, Collins, Jefferies, Kravetz) Martel 4 (Amador, Comeaux, Garcia, Tatum) Brown 2 (Staab, Tanner) McMurtry 5 (Cox, Duluc, Moss, Osburn, Schragger) Duncan 3 (Esquivel, Parthasarathy, Weyler) Sid Richardson 2 (Canterino, Gneiting) Hanszen 2 (Dunlap, Silber) Wiess 5 (Chandler, Frazier, Lewis, Sarchet, Schwarz) Jones 3 (Brewer, Proctor, Salinas) Will Rice 5 (Acker, DiCaprio, Larzabal, Pettitte, Tyner) Lovett 4 (Aviles, Cruz, Gayle, Orewiler)

Rice Baseball l Player Profiles l 59 It’s common criteria. Rice Owls head coach Wayne Are all-America selections the criteria for an out- Graham has had uncommon success. standing coach? Graham has coached 38 different Rice After 26 full seasons at the helm of the Rice base- players to a total of 55 all-America awards. Perhaps it’s ball program, and 37 seasons as a collegiate head coach, molding a player into a professional prospect. More than Graham is one of the top coaches in the country, having 25 former Owls were playing pro baseball in 2017, includ- built a skyscraper of a program at Rice. The 2012 College ing five in the major leagues (almost two-thirds of a start- Baseball Hall of Fame inductee is both a baseball and na- ing lineup). Of course that Rice total of Graham-coached tional treasure. As one of just a handful of current college players to reach the majors isn’t even counting the ones head coaches who has also played in the major leagues, he tutored while he was at San Jacinto College. consider that Graham has won more conference champi- There were 12 of his Owls who were selected in the onships (21) at Rice than he has had home losses in any major league draft the last three years and a total of 59 Head Coach given year. Rice draftees over the last ten years. It’s a steady rate to be At Rice Graham has amassed 1,147 wins and main- sure, but consider in 2007 Graham had 14 Owls drafted In 27th Season At Rice tained a .698 win percentage. Another way of looking by the majors in that year alone. The 14 Rice draft picks Rice Record: 1,147-497 at the .698 win percentage is that it’s the equivalent of a tied the college record for the most players selected from 37 major league team winning 113 games in a single season one school in a single year. It’s not just simply getting Wayne Graham — except Graham has maintained that impressive pace drafted, however. He developed 14 Owls into first-round over 26 full seasons at Rice. major league draft picks, including as recently as 2011 There are some fairly common factors that measure Speaking of win-percentage, Graham has led the when as the sixth player taken overall. coaching success in college baseball. The familiar criteria Owls to the second-best composite win percentage in Are team accomplishments the criteria? Graham has include a coach’s wins and win-percentage, NCAA Re- the nation over the last 19 full seasons. Using the year led Rice to 21 conference championships in the last 22 gional bids, trips to the College World Series, winning a the NCAA tournament expanded to its current 64-team/ years. The championship lineup includes eleven Confer- national championship, conference championships, All- Super Regional format (1999), and with Graham firmly at ence USA crowns, all nine Western Athletic Conference America honorees and molding young players into major the Rice’s helm, the Owls’ .709 win percentage from 1999 titles during the Owls’ tenure in that league (1997-2005) league draft picks. to 2017 has ranked second among all Division I programs and the final Southwest Conference Championship in (see page 31 for a more detailed list of teams). 1996. The 2017 season marked Rice’s 23rd-straight ap-

60 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles pearance in an NCAA Regional, the third-longest active In 2015 the head coach led the Owls to a 22-8 con- postseason streak currently in the NCAA. ference record for the program’s 20th-straight league Fast Facts on Wayne Graham The Owls have been to NCAA Super Regionals ten crown. His team battled to win a dramatic 20-inning Education times since the format was adopted in 1999. The Blue & elimination game in the NCAA Tournament that ended High School: John Reagan, Houston, 1954. College: Texas, Gray has been to the College World Series seven times at 2:35 am before waking up early the next morning to 1970, B.S., physical education; Houston, 1973, M.Ed., physical since 1997. In 2003, Graham led Rice to the school’s first come within a game of advancing to the final 16 teams. education. team national championship in any sport. In 2014 Rice went 42-20 and swept the league’s Coaching Experience Pick the criteria for coaching success, and Graham regular season and postseason tournament titles on the High School: Scarborough, Houston, 1971-79; Spring Branch, has far-exceeded the standard. His work in 2017, at the way to hosting an NCCA home regional. That same year 1980. Junior College: San Jacinto-North College, Houston, age of 81, may have been some of his best coaching yet. he also notched his 1,000th Rice victory. 1981-91. Division I: Rice University, 1992-present. A year ago he kept a young squad, that endured a host of Not only was Graham’s 2013 squad was a consensus Career Collegiate Record: 1,689-579 sidelined players, focused to win the C-USA Champion- Top 20 team all year long, the Owls battled some fresh- ship Final on the road in Biloxi, Miss. In the Baton Rouge man growing pains to share the C-USA regular season Personal Regional the Owls battled in a hostile road environment co-championship the last weekend of the season before Full Name: Wayne Leon Graham. Born: April 6, 1936, at Yoa- and were one of the last teams to be eliminated before sweeping through the C-USA Tournament. His Owls then kum. Wife: Tanya. Children: Gary, Terry, Greg, Michael, Cindy, the Super Regional round. shocked college baseball followers by winning an NCAA Matthew. Two years ago in the second week of the 2016 sea- Regional on the road at No. 9 Oregon to advance to the son Graham lost his top home run hitter for a month. That Super Regionals. The head coach’s 2011 squad delivered despite be- was at least before he later lost the team’s leading hitter In 2012 he led Rice to the C-USA regular season ing beset by injuries. He had to play two true freshmen on for the first four weeks of C-USA play. A healthier squad championship on the last day of the league schedule on the leftside of the infield all year and turn to a freshman perhaps could have avoided the nine narrow losses that the road. The Owls played 22 games against nine differ- starting pitcher on opening day and in the Friday night were by two runs or less. At the end of a roller coaster year ent teams in the NCAA Tournament, going 15-7 against games. Graham steered the team to its 17th-straight sea- there was Rice - finishing as the runner-up at the league the elite teams. Rice played the eventual national cham- son of 40-plus wins. Rice won a share of the C-USA regu- tournament by a play at the plate and then as the runner- pion Arizona Wildcats in the regular season and split that lar-season title before winning the league’s tournament up at a NCAA Regional. series 1-1. For his effort Graham was named the C-USA title and earning a Top 8 national seed in the NCAA’s. Keith LeClair coach of the year (for a fifth time).

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 61 In 2010 he guided the Owls to the C-USA regular sea- ham has had at Rice for these many years, but at first son title, an NCAA Regional bid and 40 wins in a demand- there were small steps for a program which had never ing schedule that featured 26 games against elite teams "I could tell right away, from the way won even a conference championship or advanced to that went on to national postseason play. Along the way they took the field, that this team was NCAA tournament play. he coached and developed Anthony Rendon into the Year one in 1992 showed a 13-game improvement National Player of the Year and recipient of the Howser well coached." in the win column. Year two (1993) was another seven Trophy. At the end of the year he was named the C-USA Jesus Barosa; Director, Cuban Baseball Federation games better. In year three (1994), the Owls had their Coach of the Year. (after watching Rice practice at in best finish ever in Southwest Conference play at 12-6 and Graham’s 2009 Rice squad finished among the na- Havana, Cuba, on Nov. 24, 2016) their first appearance under Graham in the SWC postsea- tion’s Top 10. The Owls stormed to the C-USA Tourna- son tournament. Year four (1995) boasted of 43 wins and ment Championship then hosted and won the NCAA Rice’s first bid to the NCAA tournament. Year five (1996): Regional at Reckling Park. He coached Rendon to the Na- The Blue & Gray reached the semi-finals of the CWS and a SWC tournament title and NCAA bid. tional Freshman of the Year honors. tied for third in the nation for a second year in a row. The The Owls won the 1996 SWC championship in story- The 2008 Rice squad rocketed to the upper echelon team also had the No. 1 rating percentage index (RPI) in book fashion. Entering the last conference tournament in of the national Rating Percentage Index (RPI), finishing the country. At the end of the year Graham was named Lubbock as the number-six seed, Graham’s Owls swept fourth overall. The high RPI made Rice an easy choice the National Division I Coach of the Year by Fieldturf, the through the field in four straight games, topped by a 16-8 for a national seed in the NCAA Tournament and to host ABCA region coach of the year and LeClair Coach of the romp past Texas in the final. It was Rice baseball’s most postseason games. Graham’s Owls justified that consid- Year. satisfying week in its long history as a member of the eration with the program’s third trip to Omaha in as many His 2006 team had the best win-percentage in the SWC. years. The Blue & Gray dominated the C-USA regular sea- country. The Owls reached the semifinals of the CWS and Then there was Graham’s sixth Rice season in 1997, son with a 21-3 league record. He was named the South tied for third in the nation. For an incredible 2006 season, the Owls’ first foray into the Western Athletic Confer- Central Region Coach of the Year by his colleagues in the the College Baseball Foundation named Graham one of ence. Led by a duo that Baseball America called “one American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the its national coaches of the year. His fellow head coaches of the greatest power packages in college baseball his- C-USA Keith LeClair Coach of the Year. in C-USA named him the Keith LeClair Coach of the Year tory” (pitcher and first-baseman Lance The 2007 Rice squad was second in the nation in his first year in the league. Berkman), Rice soared to a 47-16 record and its first WAC wins (56) and third in the nation in win-percentage (.800). It may be hard to imagine with all the success Gra- team championship. A 13-game winning streak over the

62 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles last month of the regular season ensured titles in the different occasions and finishing at number five. Graham WAC-South and at the league tournament, resulting in was named Baseball America’s national coach of the year, an automatic NCAA bid. as well as repeating his WAC honor. The conference tour- Rice returned to Lubbock for the 1997 Central Re- nament was another four-game sweep, but the return gional where the South Plains magic continued from trip to Lubbock for the regional was a bit less routine. the year before. The Owls romped through the regional, After an opening round upset at the hands of UW- earning the school’s first entry into the College World Se- Milwaukee, the Owls swept through Rutgers, UWM and ries in Omaha, Neb. It was a season that netted Graham host Texas Tech twice for its second regional title. In the kudos as the western region’s coach of the year as voted new Super Regional, Rice also dropped the opener to by the ABCA. Louisiana-Lafayette before stopping the Cajuns twice to In 1998, Rice posted a 46-17 overall record and was win the trip to Omaha. That was up to six straight wins even more successful in the WAC. The Owls ran through when elimination was only one loss away. The head coach their division with a 26-4 record and capped the year had convinced the squad to keep fighting. At Omaha, the with another four-game sweep in the postseason tourna- Owls fell to eventual national champion Miami in their ment. Graham’s charges were the top seed in the Central opener. Rice’s first-ever CWS win, over Oklahoma State, Regional in College Station, but a pair of slugfest losses followed two days later. ended the year prematurely. Damon Thames was the The 2000 season is one of Graham’s most outstand- ABCA national player of the year, and was ing coaching achievements. Adjusting to six new posi- the Owls’ fourth first-round draft choice in four seasons. tion players and the loss of all-America pitcher Jeff Nich- Graham won recognition as the WAC coach of the year by ols due to an injury, the Owls staggered through the first his peers. half of the schedule. After April 1, though, the head coach The 1999 season ran true to form. Led by one of the righted the ship to lead the Owls from a sub-.500 record best pitching staffs in college baseball, the Owls never to their fourth straight WAC title on the final weekend. A Rookie at ! left the top 10 in any of the national polls, enjoying the More success followed in 2001. Led by an all-America Wayne Graham played for two legendary major league managers school’s first number-one ranking in any sport on two pitching staff featuringKenny Baugh and Jon Skaggs, in his career, with the Phillies and with the Mets.

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 63 Wayne Graham’s Rice Milestones the Owls spent six weeks as the nation’s num- Aardsma had a Rice-record 12 saves. Every First Win: Rice 6, UT-Pan American 5 (Jan. 31, 1992, at Edinburg) ber-one team. The amazing comeback win over Owl starter won at least one postseason honor 25th Win: Rice 6, Houston 1 (April 10, 1992, at Cameron Field) Baylor on Memorial Day clinched the Owls’ sec- and Graham was named the national and WAC 50th Win: Rice 2, Houston 1 (March 14, 1993, at Cameron Field) ond Super Regional. coach of the year. 75th Win: Rice 12, Clemson 3 (Feb. 26, 1994, at Las Vegas, Nev.) In 2002, the Owls adjusted again after In 2004, the Owls went 46-14 and won 100th Win: Rice 20, S.F. Austin State 3 (Feb. 8, 1995, at Nacogdoches) Baugh and Skaggs were first-round selections another WAC title to qualify for another post- 150th Win: Rice 21, UT-San Antonio 7 (Feb. 24, 1996, at Cameron Field) in the professional draft. Graham combined two season appearance. Graham came up with yet 200th Win: Rice 14, Air Force 1 (March 8, 1997, at Cameron Field) new players in the weekend pitching rotation -- another Rice first. The pitching trio of Hum- 250th Win: Rice 7, Hawaii 6 (March 14, 1998, at Cameron Field) transfer Justin Crowder and freshman Philip ber, Niemann and Townsend were all selected 300th Win: Rice 6, Houston 2 (March 16, 1999, at Cougar Field) Humber -- and five new position players with among the first eight picks of the major league 350th Win: Rice 10, UT-San Antonio 3 (March 22, 2000, at Reckling Park) four returnees, keeping the Owls near the top of draft (numbers three, four and eight overall). 400th Win: Rice 11, San Jose State 7 (March 18, 2001, at Reckling Park) the national rankings most of the year. Graham It was the first time in MLB history that three 450th Win: Rice 9, Fresno State 2 (March 29, 2002, at Reckling Park) was named the WAC and ABCA western region- pitchers, or even three players, from the same 500th Win: Rice-h 20, Liberty 1 (March 21, 2003, at Reckling Park) 536th Win: Rice-n 14, Stanford 2 - National Championship (June 23, 2003, at Omaha, Neb.) al coach of the year as the Owls again advanced school had been selected that high in the draft’s 550th Win: Rice 14, San Jose State-h 2 (March 14, 2004, at San Jose, Calif.) to Omaha. first round. 600th Win: Rice 14, Nevada 6 (March 26, 2005, at Reckling Park) In 2003, his 12th season, Graham’s mind Freshmen were the bulk of the 2005 team, 650th Win: Rice 3, Tulane 2 (Apr. 1, 2006, at Metairie, La.) and energy were focused squarely on the goal but that did not stop the Owls (45-19) from win- 700th Win: Rice 7, Cal Poly 2 (March 17, 2007, at Reckling Park) of Rice’s first national championship. The team ning the WAC championship. That young Rice 750th Win: Rice 10, Winthrop 4 (March 14, 2008, at Reckling Park) combined the best pitching staff in the nation team came within four outs of reaching the Col- 800th Win: Rice 4, Southern Miss 3 (Mar. 21, 2009, at Hattiesburg, Miss.) with the best defense to win 58 of its 70 games. lege World Series after nearly upsetting number 850th Win: Rice 3, East Carolina 2 (Apr. 24, 2010, at Reckling Park) The Owls spent more than two months ranked one ranked Tulane on the road in the Super Re- 900th Win: Rice 8, Houston 2 (May 6, 2011, at Cougar Field) as the top team in the nation, and the team ran gional. 950th Win: Rice 9, UCF 2 (May 18, 2012, at Orlando, Fla.) off an eye-opening 30-game winning streak. A native Houstonian who had followed the 1,000th Win: Rice 4, Texas State 3 (Feb. 18, 2014, at Reckling Park) Sophomore pitchers Jeff Niemann, Wade Owls since his earliest days, he played baseball 1,050th Win: Rice 6, Charlotte 3 (Mar. 8, 2015, at Charlotte, N.C.) Townsend, and Josh Baker at Reagan High School in the Heights. He had 1,100th Win: Rice 3, Western Kentucky 2 (April 16, 2016, at Reckling Park, Game 2 DH) combined for a 47-5 record, and closer David his first championship experience when he

64 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles played his first year at Reagan, as a pitcher and outfielder added a master’s of education from the University of of the Decade for 1980’s. He was named the national JC in 1951-52, under coach Leroy Ashmore. Houston in 1973. coach of the year five times and the top Texas JC coach In 1952 Reagan was the Houston city and Texas Graham’s coaching career began at Scarborough six times. His uniform number (37) was retired by San Ja- State baseball champions on the strength of a 38-3 re- High School in Houston. In nine seasons at Scarborough cinto and he was inducted into the junior college hall of cord. With Graham on the mound in 1953, Reagan won and one at Spring Branch, Graham’s teams compiled a fame in May, 1995. the city’s high school championship. One of his battery 98-13 (.883) district record, won seven district titles and All of Graham’s coaching accomplishments naturally mates throughout his prep career was Rice alum (‘58) never finished lower than second in the district race. led to his induction into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame Jerry Sims. The championship spirit was instilled at an After nine successful seasons on the high school lev- at Fort Worth in 2003. In 2004 he was named one of Hous- early age and is still there. el, Graham moved on to San Jacinto, where he proceed- ton’s 38 Sports Legends to coincide with the city hosting Graham matriculated to Texas, where he played two ed to turn the Gators into the nation’s most celebrated JC Super Bowl XXXVIII. He was inducted to the Texas Sports seasons under the legendary . After his play- team. His first squad in 1981 (featuring freshman Roger Hall of Fame in 2005. ing days as a Longhorn ended, Graham embarked on an Clemens) went 43-7 and finished second in the Texas JC ...and that’s just Graham’s domestic resume! 11-year professional career as a and out- ranks. The following two seasons brought 89 more victo- In November of 2016 Graham took his program on fielder with the and ries (only 22 losses) and a pair of conference titles. a historic international trip to the baseball-crazed island organizations. Graham was just getting started. In 1984, he led the nation of Cuba. There the Owls not only played (and won) Despite several strong seasons in the minors -- he hit Gators to the first of seven consecutive 50-win seasons an exhibition against an older and professional Cuban .300 or better in six of 10 minor league stops, including and the national JC tournament. A loss in the champion- League team, the Rice student-athletes had a once in a a .311 average with 17 home runs and 70 runs batted in ship game only served to fuel the fires that would lead to lifetime learning experience of immersing themselves at Dallas-Fort Worth in 1962 to earn Texas minor league three straight national titles in 1985-87. Another runner- in a distinct culture that had long been closed to many player of the year honors -- Graham had just two brief up showing in 1988 was followed by two more titles in Western nations. stints in the major leagues. The first came in 1963 when 1989 and 1990, giving the Gators five championships in a On the baseball side of the Cuba trip, the Owls had he appeared in 10 games for Gene Mauch’s Philadelphia six-year span while preparing dozens of players for major to have made the United States proud playing so well in Phillies. A year later, Graham played 20 games for legend- college and/or professional careers. the 4-0 victory. The director of Cuba’s National Baseball ary Hall of Famer Casey Stengel and the New York Mets. Graham’s honors at San Jac were nearly endless. He Federation, Jesus Barosa, stated publicly that he was per- Following his playing days, Graham returned to UT was named Collegiate Baseball Magazine’s Junior College sonally interested in meeting and discussing different as- to receive his B.S. in physical education in 1970, and he Coach of the Century, as well as the newspaper’s Coach pects of the sport, with the Rice head coach.

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 65 What is left for a man who has 44-straight winning seasons at Year School Record Pct. Accomplishments the high school and collegiate level and has won nearly 75 percent of 1994 Rice 34-21 .618 12-6 in SWC (tied-2), best in school history his games on the collegiate level (1,722-610 in 36 seasons at Rice and 1995 Rice 43-19 .694 2nd at NCAA South II Regional San Jacinto)? A second national championship, to be precise. With 1996 Rice 42-23 .646 SWC Tournament champs; 2nd in NCAA Midwest Regional Reckling Park as the Owls’ home and the venue for 11 NCAA Region- 1997 Rice 47-16 .746 WAC champs; 1st College World Series appearance als in 2001-02-03-04-06-07-08-09-11-12-14, plus Super Regionals in 1998 Rice 46-17 .731 WAC champs; NCAA Central Regional 2002-03-06-07-08, Graham has all the pieces in place to sustain Rice 1999 Rice 59-15 .797 WAC champs; College World Series; most wins ever at the highest level. 2000 Rice 43-23 .652 WAC co-champs Graham and his wife Tanya live in Houston. She earned her Rice 2001 Rice 47-20 .701 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs degree in human performance and exercise science in May, 1999. 2002 Rice 52-14 .788 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series 2003 Rice 58-12 .829 NCAA champions; WAC champions; School-record 30-game win streak 2004 Rice 46-14 .767 WAC champs; NCAA Regional Year-By-Year With Wayne Graham 2005 Rice 45-19 .703 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs Year School Record Pct. Accomplishments 2006 Rice 57-13 .814 C-USA champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series semifinals 1981 San Jac 43-7 .860 Conference champions, state runner-up 2007 Rice 56-14 .800 C-USA champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series semifinals 1982 San Jac 42-12 .777 Conference champions 2008 Rice 47-15 .758 C-USA reg. season champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series 1983 San Jac 47-10 .824 Conference champions, state runner-up 2009 Rice 43-18 .705 C-USA tournament champs; NCAA Regional champs 1984 San Jac 50-11 .819 State, conf. champs, national runner-up 2010 Rice 40-23 .635 C-USA reg. season champs; NCAA Regional 1985 San Jac 54-7 .885 National, state, conference champions 2011 Rice 42-21 .667 C-USA reg. season co-champs; C-USA tourney champs; NCAA Regional 1986 San Jac 53-12 .815 National, state, conference champions 2012 Rice 41-19 .683 C-USA reg. season champs; NCAA Regional 1987 San Jac 52-9 .852 National, state, conference champions 2013 Rice 44-20 .688 C-USA tourney & regular season co-champs; NCAA Regional champs; 1988 San Jac 63-9 .875 State, conf. champs, national runner-up 2014 Rice 42-20 .678 C-USA tourney & regular season champs; NCAA Regional 1989 San Jac 61-10 .859 National, state, conference champions 2015 Rice 37-22 .627 C-USA regular season champs; NCAA Regional 1990 San Jac 62-11 .850 National, state, conference champions 2016 Rice 38-24 .613 NCAA Regional (2nd place); C-USA tourney (2nd place); No. 24 final RPI 1991 San Jac 47-15 .758 Conference champions 2017 Rice 33-31 .516 NCAA Regional (2nd place); C-USA tourney champs; 1992 Rice 29-26 .527 Series win over #16 Texas A&M RICE Totals 1,147-497 .698 Best winning percentage in Rice history 1993 Rice 36-18 .667 School-record 29-game home win streak

66 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Highs/Lows For Graham-Coached Rice Teams Rice Opponent Rice Opponent Runs/Game 37 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) 27, New Mexico-a (4-12-98) Strikeouts 23 at Hawaii (2/22/13) 35 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 24, Houston-n (5/17/16) 21 vs. Central Missouri St. (2/5/05) 28 at New Mexico [WAC high] (4/11/98) 21, UT-San Antonio-a (5/5/94) 19 vs. Louisiana Tech (4/9/05) 27 vs. S.F. Austin State (2/21/93) 21, Baylor-a [SWC high] (4/8/95) 18 vs. Lamar (5/7/97, 12 inn.) 18 at East Carolina (4/8/2011) 27 vs. Wisconsin-Milw.-n (5/29/99) 20, twice (last: Washington 5-22-98) LOB 18 vs. Louisiana (4/5/2011) 18, McNeese State-h (4/11/00) Hits/Game 34 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) 24, New Mexico-a [WAC high] (4-12-98) Walks Received 21 vs. Texas Southern (2/22/95) 33 vs. Wisconsin-Milw.-n (5/29/99) 23, Lamar-h (2/22/2011) Double Plays 6, six times 4, Cal. State Fullerton-n (5/26/96) 31 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 21, California-a (3/11/2011) Latest vs. San Jose State (5/13/00) 4, Saint John’s (3/6/07) 28 at New Mexico [WAC high] (4/11/98) 20, San Diego State-a (3/6/94) 4, Texas Tech (3/6/10) 27 at Marshall (5/18/06) 19, Texas Tech-a [SWC high] Shutouts 12, 2013 (111 total since 1992) 5, 2016 (35 total since 1992) (3/26/93) Longest Games/Time 6:02 at Houston (5/31/15, 20 inn.) 19, Fresno State-a (3/23/04) 5:10 at NC State (6/9/13, 17 inn.) Errors/Game 10 at UNLV (3/15/97) 8, Texas Southern-h (2/18/92) 4:53 Old Dominion (3/8/14, 17 inn.) 7 three times (last: 6/2/2017) 7, two times Longest Game/Innings 20 Rice 3, Houston-h 2 (5/31/15) Fewest Hits/Game 1 at Cal State Fullerton (3/4/07) 0, Hawaii (3/14/98) 17 Rice 2, Hawaii-h 0 (2/22/13) 1 at UAB (4/10/2015) 17 NC State-h 5, Rice 4 (6/9/13) Doubles/Game 11 at Memphis (4/15/06) 17 Rice-h 4, Old Dominion 2, (3/8/14) Triples/Game 5 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) Quickest Nine-Inn. Game 1:38 vs. East Carolina-h (4/20/2012) HR/Game 10 at New Mexico (4/11/98) 6, New Mexico-a (4/12/98) Largest Margin of Victory 31: (35-4) vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) Largest Loss 20: (21-1) at UT-San Antonio (5/5/94) 9 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) (last time 5: LA Tech-a 5-28-16) Largest Combined Score 53: New Mexico-h 27, Rice 26 (4/12/98) 7 vs. (3/9/96) Most Combined Hits 45: Rice 21, New Mexico 24 (4/12/98) 7 vs. McNeese State (2/21/97) Most Combined Errors 13: Rice 10, UNLV-h 3 (3/15/97) 7 vs. Nevada (3/26/05) Runs/Inning 13: (4th inn.) at S.F. Austin State (2/8/95) 7 at UAB (5/19/17) Longest Win Streak 30: (2/18/03-4/8/03) SB/Game 8 vs. St. Mary’s (2/16/94) Longest Losing Streak 8: 3/20-31/96

Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles l 67 Rice In The Post-Season Under Wayne Graham 1994 (1-2) My26 Rice 13, Cal State Fullerton 10 1999 (11-4) 2001 (4-3) SWC Tournament at Austin (1-2) My26 Wichita State-h 16, Rice 6 WAC Tournament at Fresno, Calif. (4-0) NCAA Regional at Rice (4-1) My12 Texas Tech 12, Rice 11 My19 Rice 2, New Mexico 1 My25 Rice-h 11, UT-Arlington 4 My13 Rice 10, TCU 3 1997 (8-2) My20 Rice 9, UNLV 6 My26 Baylor 11, Rice-h 10 My14 Texas Tech 2, Rice 1 WAC Tournament at San Diego, Calif. (4-0) My21 Rice 4, San Jose State 2 My27 Rice-h 14, UT-Arlington 2 My14 Rice 16, BYU 3 My22 Rice 18, TCU 3 My27 Rice-h 7, Baylor 4 1995 (3-4) My15 Rice 5, Utah 4 NCAA Regional at Lubbock (4-1) My28 Rice-h 5, Baylor 4 SWC Tournament at College Station (0-2) My16 Rice 7, San Diego State-h 5 My28 UW-Milwaukee 8, Rice 4 NCAA Super Regional at Lincoln, Neb. (0-2) My18 Texas A&M-h 8, Rice 6 My17 Rice 11, San Diego State-h 1 My29 Rice 6, Rutgers 1 Jn1 Nebraska-h 7, Rice 0 My19 Texas 6, Rice 0 NCAA Central Regional at Lubbock (4-0) My29 Rice 27, UW-Milwaukee 1 Jn2 Nebraska-h 9, Rice 6 (10 inn.) NCAA South Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-2) My22 Rice 5, SMSU 2 My30 Rice 3, Texas Tech 1 My25 Rice 8, James Madison 7 My23 Rice 10, Clemson 6 My30 Rice 15, Texas Tech 11 2002 (5-3) My26 Rice 15, LSU-h 7 My24 Rice 13, SW Texas State 9 NCAA Super Regional at The Astrodome (2-1) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-1) My27 Cal State Fullerton 17, Rice 7 My25 Rice 25, Southwest Missouri St. 6 Jn4 Louisiana-Lafayette 12, Rice 8 My31 Rice-h 8, Harvard 3 My27 Rice 16, LSU-h 9 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) Jn5 Rice 10, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 Jn1 Rice-h 6, Texas Tech 0 My28 Cal State Fullerton 8, Rice 7 My30 LSU 5, Rice 4 Jn6 Rice 8, Louisiana-Lafayette 3 Jn2 Washington 7, Rice-h 6 Jn1 Auburn 10, Rice 1 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (1-2) Jn2 Rice-h 14, Washington 2 1996 (7-2) Jn11 Miami (Fla.) 8, Rice 4 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) SWC Tournament at Lubbock (4-0) 1998 (5-2) Jn13 Rice 7, Oklahoma State 2 Jn7 Rice-h 6, LSU 0 My15 Rice 9, Texas A&M 7 WAC Tournament at San Diego, Calif. (4-0) Jn16 Alabama 6, Rice 5 Jn8 Rice-h 3, LSU 0 My16 Rice 7, Texas Tech-h 3 My13 Rice 15, New Mexico 11 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) My17 Rice 9, Texas 6 My14 Rice 10, TCU 5 2000 (3-2) Jn15 Texas 2, Rice 1 My18 Rice 16, Texas 8 My15 Rice 5, Fresno State 4 (10 inn.) NCAA Regional at Houston (3-2) Jn17 Notre Dame 5, Rice 3 NCAA Midwest Regional at Wichita, Kan. (3-2) My16 Rice 15, Fresno State 2 My26 Rice 5, Texas Tech 2 My23 Rice 17, Missouri 4 NCAA Central Regional at College Station (1-2) My27 Houston 5, Rice 2 My24 Cal State Fullerton 7, Rice 3 My21 Rice 11, Oral Roberts 1 My27 Rice 11, Texas Tech 4 My25 Rice 11, Indiana 8 My22 Washington 20, Rice 11 My29 Rice 5, Houston 4 My23 Mississippi State 15, Rice 14 My29 Houston 9, Rice 5

68 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Rice In The Post-Season Under Wayne Graham NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) 2003 (10-2) Jn4 Rice 9, LSU-h 7 2007 (11-3) Jn8 Rice-h 9, Texas A&M 7 NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) Jn6 Rice 5, LSU-h 4 C-USA Tournament at Greenville, N.C. (4-1) Jn9 Rice-h 6, Texas A&M 5 My30 Rice-h 3, McNeese State 2 (10 inn.) NCAA Super Regional at New Orleans, La. (1-2) My23 Rice-n 16, UCF 6 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) My31 Rice-h 10, Wichita State 1 Jn11 Rice 9, Tulane-h 5 My24 Rice-n 7, Memphis 5 Jn15 Fresno State 17, Rice-n 5 Jn1 Rice-h 5, Wichita State 2 Jn12 Tulane-h 7, Rice 0 My26 Memphis-n 2, Rice 1 Jn17 LSU 6, Rice-n 5 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-1) Jn13 Tulane-h 9, Rice 6 My26 Rice-n 20, Memphis 9 Jn7 Houston 5, Rice-h 2 My27 Rice 16, East Carolina-h 8 2009 (7-3) Jn8 Rice-h 10, Houston 2 2006 (11-3) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) C-USA Tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss. (4-0) Jn9 Rice-h 5, Houston 2 C-USA Tournament at Rice (4-0) Jn1 Rice-h 5, Prairie View A&M 0 My20 Rice-n 13, Marshall 0 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (5-1) My24 Rice 9, UAB 3 Jn2 Rice-h 6, TCU 3 My21 Rice-n 8, UAB 1 Jn14 Rice 4, Southwest Missouri St. 2 My25 Rice 5, Southern Miss 1 Jn3 Rice-h 3, TCU 1 My22 Rice-n 7, Houston 2 Jn16 Rice 12, Texas 2 My27 Rice 7, Memphis 4 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) My24 Rice 8, Southern Miss-h 6 Jn18 Rice 5, Texas 4 My28 Rice 11, Houston 5 Jn8 Rice-h 3, Texas A&M 2 (10 inn.) NCAA Regional at Rice (4-1) Jn21 Rice 4, Stanford 3 (10 inn.) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) Jn9 Rice-h 5, Texas A&M 2 My29 Rice-h 5, Sam Houston St. 2 Jn22 Stanford 8, Rice 3 Jn2 Rice-h 6, Prairie View 5 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (2-2) My30 Kansas State 7, Rice-h 6 Jn23 Rice 14, Stanford 2 Jn4 Rice-h 7, Baylor 2 Jn15 Rice-n 15, Louisville 10 My31 Rice-h 12, Xavier 5 Jn5 Rice-h 7, Baylor 4 Jn17 Rice-n 14, North Carolina 4 My31 Rice-h 8, Kansas State 0 2004 (3-2) NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-1) Jn20 North Carolina 6, Rice-n 1 Jn1 Rice-h 13, Kansas State 4 NCAA Regional at Rice (3-2) Jn10 Rice-h 10, Oklahoma 4 Jn21 North Carolina 7, Rice-n 4 NCAA Super Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (0-2) Jn4 Texas Southern 4, Rice-h 3 Jn11 Oklahoma 11, Rice 5 Jn5 LSU-h 12, Rice 9 Jn5 Rice-h 3, Lamar 1 Jn12 Rice-h 9, Oklahoma 5 2008 (5-4) Jn6 LSU-h 5, Rice 3 Jn5 Rice-h 7, Texas Southern 1 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (2-2) C-USA Tournament at New Orleans, La. (0-2) Jn6 Rice-h 3, Texas A&M 1 Jn17 Rice 6, Georgia 4 My21 UAB 8, Rice-n 2 2010 (5-3) Jn6 Texas A&M 7, Rice-h 5 Jn19 Rice 3, Miami (Fla.) 2 My22 East Carolina 4, Rice-n 3 C-USA Tournament at UH’s Cougar Field (3-1) Jn21 Oregon State 5, Rice 0 NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) My26 Rice-n 11, East Carolina 3 2005 (4-2) Jn22 Oregon State 2, Rice 0 My30 Rice-h 3, Sam Houston St. 2 My27 Rice 24, Houston-h 3 NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-0) My31 Rice-h 11, St. John’s 2 My28 Rice-n 18, Marshall 0 Jn3 Rice 7, Northwestern State 3 Jn1 Rice-h 7, Texas 4 My29 Southern Miss-h 7, Rice 4

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 69 Rice In The Post-Season Under Wayne Graham 2017 (6-2) C-USA Tournament at Biloxi, Miss. (4-0) NCAA Regional at Austin (2-2) 2013 (7-3) 2015 (2-4) My24 Rice 5, Florida Atlantic-n 3 Jn4 Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Rice-n 0 C-USA Tournament at Reckling Park (4-0) C-USA Tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss. (0-2) My25 Rice 4, Old Dominion-n 3 Jn5 Rice-n 19, Rider 1 My22 Rice-h 3, UAB 1 My20 FIU 6, Rice-n 5 My27 Rice 13, Florida Atlantic-n 2 Jn6 Rice-n 9, Louisiana 1 My23 Rice-h 5, UCF 1 My21 Middle Tennessee 6, Rice-n 5 My28 Rice 5, Southern Miss-n 4, Jn6 Texas-h 4, Rice 1 My25 Rice-h 10, Memphis 1 NCAA Regional at UH’s Cougar Field (2-2) NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (2-2) My26 Rice-h 5, Southern Miss 4 (11 inn.) My29 Louisiana-n 7, Rice 6 Jn2 Southeastern Louisiana 12, Rice-n 6, 2011 (4-3) NCAA Regional at Eugene, Ore. (3-1) My30 Rice-n 3, Houston Baptist 1 Jn3 Rice-n 13, Texas Southern 6 C-USA Tournament at Pearl, Miss. (3-1) My31 Rice-n 3, San Francisco 2 (11 inn.) My31 Rice 3, Houston-h 2 (20 inn.) Jn4 Rice-n 9, Southeastern Louisiana 5 My25 UAB-n 9, Rice 8 Jn1 Rice 1, Oregon-h 0 Jn1 Louisiana-n 5, Rice 2 Jn4 LSU-h 5, Rice 0 My26 Rice-n 8, Memphis 5 Jn2 Oregon-h 11, Rice 0 My27 Rice-n 4, UCF 2 Jn3 Rice 11, Oregon-h 4 2016 (6-4) Graham Totals My28 Rice-n 4, Houston 3 (10 inn.) NCAA Super Regional at Raleigh, NC (0-2) C-USA Tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss. (3-2) All Games 1,147-497 NCAA Regional at Reckling Park (1-2) Jn8 NC State-h 4, Rice 3 My25 Rice 13, Louisiana Tech-n 12 Home: 675-188; Road: 363-236; Neutral: 109-73 Jn3 Rice-h 14, Alcorn State 1, Jn9 NC State-h 5, Rice 4 (17 inn.) My26 Rice 6, Florida Atlantic-n 4 (10 inn.) All Conference Games 498-208 Jn4 Baylor 3, Rice-h 2 My28 Louisiana Tech 13, Rice-n 10 Home: 270-78; Road: 226-126; Neutral: 2-4 Jn5 California 6, Rice-h 3 2014 (5-3) My28 Rice 11, Louisiana Tech-n 9 C-USA Tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss. (4-1) My21 Southern Miss-h 3, Rice 2, C-USA Games 226-85 Home: 115-40; Road: 111-45 2012 (2-4) My21 Rice-n 9, FIU 2 NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-2) C-USA Tournament at Pearl, Miss. (1-2) My22 Rice-n 8, Middle Tennessee 2 Jn4 Rice-n 7, Southeastern Louisiana 2 WAC Games 214-61 My23 Rice-n 7, Houston 5 My24 Old Dominion-n 3, Rice 2 Jn5 LSU-h 4, Rice 2 Home: 117-20; Road: 97-41 My24 Memphis 3, Rice-n 2 My24 Rice-n 7, Old Dominion 5 Jn6 Rice-n 15, Southeastern Louisiana 0 SWC Games 58-62 My26 Southern Miss 4, Rice-n 2 My25 Rice-n 11, UTSA 5 Jn6 Rice 10, LSU-h 6 Home: 38-18; Road: 18-40; Neutral: 2-4 NCAA Regional at Reckling Park (1-2) NCAA Regional at Reckling Park (1-2) Jn7 LSU-h 5, Rice 2 Day Games 698-268 Jn1 Rice-h 3, Prairie View 2 My30 Rice-h 7, George Mason 2 Night Games 449-229 Jn2 Arkansas 1, Rice-h 0 My31 Texas-h 3, Rice 2 One-Run Games 228-171 Jn3 Sam Houston State 4, Rice-h 1 Jn1 Texas A&M-h 9, Rice 8 Doubleheaders 53-18-35 Extra-Innings 60-42

70 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Graham vs. Conferences American Athletic: 9-10 Mid-Continent: 1-0 Atlantic Coast: 10-11 Midwest Collegiate: 1-1 Atlantic Sun: 6-1 Missouri Valley: 10-2 Atlantic 10: 4-0 Mountain West: 8-0 Big East: 5-2 North Atlantic: 2-0 Big Eight: 5-5 Pacific 10/12: 30-33 Big South: 7-0 Southeastern: 15-22 Big 10: 7-2 Southern: 4-0 Big 12: 93-59 Southland: 166-50 Big West: 19-14 Southwest: 63-65 Colonial: 1-0 Southwestern Athletic: 24-2 Conference USA: 310-116 Summit: 0-1 Great Midwest: 1-0 Sun Belt: 41-20 Ivy: 7-0 West Coast: 7-5 Metro: 2-1 WAC: 241-74 Metro Atlantic: 1-0 Major Independents: 15-9 Mid-American: 2-0 Non-Division 1: 28-1

Coach Graham brought the Owls to Cuba in 2016. He made his AAA debut against the Havana Sugar Kings in 1960.

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 71 Wayne Graham vs. Rice Opponents Fresno State: 29-17 Jacksonville State: 1-0 Marshall: 24-2 (17-4 home, 10-11 road, 2-2 neutral) (1-0 home) (11-1 home, 11-1 away, 2-0 neutral) Air Force: 5-1 Cal State-Northridge: 1-0 George Mason: 1-0 James Madison: 1-0 Mary Hardin-Baylor: 2-0 (3-0 home, 2-1 road) (1-0 home) (1-0 home) (1-0 home) (2-0 home) Alabama: 0-2 Central Missouri State: 3-0 Georgia: 1-0 Kansas: 1-0 Massachusetts: 3-0 (0-2 neutral) (3-0 home) (1-0 neutral) (1-0 home) (3-0 home) Alcorn State: 1-0 Charlotte: 8-1 Georgia Tech: 1-0 Kansas State: 3-1 McNeese State: 14-4 (1-0 home) (2-1 home, 6-0 road) (1-0 home) (2-1 home, 1-0 neutral) (12-2 home, 2-2 road) Arizona: 5-5 Cincinnati: 1-0 Grambling State: 1-1 Kentucky: 1-0 Memphis: 22-9 (2-3 home, 3-2 road) (1-0 home) (1-1 home) (1-0 neutral) (10-4 home, 9-3 away, 3-2 neutral) Arizona State: 1-4 Clemson: 2-2 Grand Canyon: 2-1 Lamar: 35-18 Miami (Fla.): 2-3 (0-1 home, 1-2 road, 0-1 neutral) (2-2 neutral) (2-1 road) (22-8 home, 13-10 road) (1-2 road, 1-1 neutral) Arkansas: 0-2 Concordia Lutheran: 1-0 Harvard: 7-0 Liberty: 3-0 Miami (Ohio): 2-0 (0-1 home, 0-1 neutral) (1-0 home) (7-0 home) (3-0 home) (2-0 home) Arkansas State: 1-0 Creighton: 2-0 Hawaii: 36-10 Long Beach State: 3-5 Michigan: 2-0 (1-0 home) (2-0 home) (21-4 home, 15-6 road) (2-2 home, 1-2 road, 0-1 neutral) (2-0 home) Auburn: 0-1 Dallas Baptist: 17-7 Hawaii-Hilo: 10-2 Louisiana-Lafayette: 12-8 Michigan State: 0-1 (0-1 neutral) (16-6 home, 1-1 away) (5-1 home, 5-1 road) (7-1 home, 2-2 away, 3-5 neutral) (0-1 home) Baylor: 28-20 Duke: 1-0 Houston: 84-35 Louisiana-Monroe: 1-0 Middle Tennessee: 8-6 (16-8 home, 7-9 road, 5-3 neutral) (1-0 neutral) (45-10 home, 36-21 road, 3-4 neutral) (1-0 home) (4-2 home, 3-3 away, 1-1 neutral) Brigham Young: 7-0 East Carolina: 24-9 Houston Baptist: 8-0 Louisiana State: 8-8 Mississippi: 2-1 (6-0 home, 1-0 neutral) (13-5 home, 10-3 away, 1-1 neutral) (7-0 home, 1-0 neutral) (2-0 home, 6-5 away, 0-3 neutral) (2-1 home) California: 3-4 Elon: 1-0 Incarnate Word: 4-0 Louisiana Tech: 37-8 Mississippi State: 0-1 (3-3 home, 0-1 road) (1-0 home) (4-0 home) (24-3 home, 11-4 road, 2-1 neutral) (0-1 neutral) Cal Poly: 4-2 FIU: 16-5 Indiana: 1-0 Louisville: 2-0 Missouri: 1-0 (3-0 home, 1-2 road) (7-3 home, 8-1 road, 1-1 neutral) (1-0 home) (1-0 home, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 neutral) Cal State-Fullerton: 4-6 Florida Atlantic: 12-3 Jackson State: 2-0 Maine: 2-0 Missouri State: 5-0 (2-1 home, 1-2 road, 1-3 neutral) (5-1 home, 4-2 road, 3-0 neutral) (2-0 home) (2-0 home) (2-0 home, 3-0 neutral)

72 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Graham vs. Opps. Old Dominion: 8-7 Santa Barbara: 1-0 TCU: 43-22 UCLA: 1-1 (5-1 home, 1-5 away, 2-1 neutral) (1-0 neutral) (23-7 home, 12-12 road, 8-3 neutral) (0-1 home, 1-0 neutral) Nebraska: 9-4 Oregon: 2-1 South Alabama: 1-1 Tennessee: 1-0 Utah: 6-1 (9-1 home, 0-2 road, 0-1 neutral) (2-1 home) (0-1 home, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 neutral) (5-1 road, 1-0 neutral) New Mexico: 17-2 Oregon State: 0-2 Southeastern Louisiana: 4-3 Texas: 28-41 Vanderbilt: 0-1 (11-0 home, 4-2 road, 2-0 neutral) (0-2 neutral) (1-2 home, 3-1 neutral) (13-15 home, 9-19 road, 6-7 neutral) (0-1 neutral) New Mexico State: 2-0 Oral Roberts: 5-3 Southern California: 4-0 Texas A&M: 34-22 Virginia: 0-1 (2-0 home) (2-2 home, 2-1 away, 1-0 neutral) (3-0 home, 1-0 neutral) (19-6 home, 8-13 road, 7-3 neutral) (0-1 home) UNLV: 12-5 Pepperdine: 1-2 Southern Miss: 26-17 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: 15-0 Wake Forest: 4-1 (7-1 home, 4-4 road, 1-0 neutral) (1-2 home) (13-7 home, 12-8 road, 1-2 neutral) (11-0 home, 4-0 road) (4-0 home, 0-1 neutral) Nevada: 25-6 Prairie View A&M: 8-0 Sout Florida: 1-0 Texas-Arlington: 4-0 Washington: 1-2 (12-4 home, 13-2 road) (8-0 home) (1-0 home) (4-0 home) (1-1 home, 0-1 neutral) New Orleans: 1-0 Purdue: 4-1 St. Edward’s: 1-0 Texas-Pan American: 3-1 Washington State: 1-0 (1-0 home) (4-1 home) (1-0 home) (3-1 road) (1-0 home) Nicholls State: 1-0 Rider: 1-0 St. John’s: 2-1 Texas-San Antonio: 20-5 Western Carolina: 3-0 (1-0 home) (1-0 neutral) (2-1 home) (15-2 home, 4-3 road, 1-0 neutral) (3-0 home) Notre Dame: 1-1 Rutgers: 1-0 St. Louis: 1-0 Texas Southern: 12-1 Western Kentucky: 10-0 (1-0 home, 0-1 neutral) (1-0 home) (1-0 home) (10-1 home, 1-0 road, 1-0 neutral) (4-0 home, 6-0 road) North Carolina: 2-4 Sam Houston State: 37-20 St. Mary’s (Calif.): 1-0 Texas State: 51-11 Wichita State: 2-1 (1-0 home, 1-4 neutral) (22-11 home, 15-9 road) (1-0 road) (35-6 home, 15-5 road, 1-0 neutral) (2-0 home, 0-1 road) North Carolina State: 0-2 San Diego: 4-3 St. Mary’s (Texas): 2-0 Texas Tech: 21-17 Winthrop: 4-0 (0-2 road) (3-1 home, 1-2 road) (2-0 home) (7-4 home, 4-8 road, 10-5 neutral) (4-0 home) Northwestern State: 6-1 San Diego State: 8-3 Stephen F. Austin: 7-1 Tulane: 29-7 Wisconsin-Milwaukee: 1-1 (5-1 home, 1-0 neutral) (8-3 road) (6-0 home, 1-1 road) (13-2 home, 16-5 road) (1-1 neutral) Oklahoma: 5-3 San Francisco: 1-0 Stanford: 12-14 UAB: 28-13 Wyoming: 3-1 (4-2 home, 0-1 road, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 neutral) (7-7 home, 3-6 road, 2-1 neutral) (17-3 home, 10-8 road, 1-2 neutral) (3-1 home) Oklahoma State: 7-5 San Jose State: 33-10 Stetson: 1-0 UCF: 24-10 Xavier: 1-0 (4-3 home, 1-2 road, 2-0 neutral) (19-2 home, 13-8 road, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 home) (12-7 home, 9-3 road, 3-0 neutral) (1-0 home)

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 73 He returned to Rice in the summer of 2016 after serv- Pope was a left-handed prep standout at Westbury ing the last nine seasons as the head baseball coach at High School who played his final two collegiate seasons Cypress Ranch High School where his squads won state at Rice in 1988 and 1989. championships in both 2012 and 2015. In both cham- pionship seasons, the Houston native and former Owl pitcher was named the 5A/6A Coach of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association. With a full 19 years of coaching (and teaching) at the high school level, a host of Pope’s former players have gone on to play baseball at the college level. Consider that the Cy Ranch baseball program Pope Assistant Coach started from scratch in 2008 went on to win the state title Fast Facts On John Pope Education Second Season At Rice four years later by the time those players were seniors in High School: Westbury, 1988. 2012. Along the way he earned a master’s (in educational College: Rice, 1990, B.A., Sports Management. (Jones College) 5 John Pope administration from Lamar in 2009) and worked in the , 2009, M.A., Educational Administration. leadership of the Texas High School Coaches Association. Personal Rice graduate and two-time Texas High School Base- In 25 career appearances at Rice Pope registered a Full Name: John Warren Pope. Born: March 3, 1967. Wife: Tricia ball Coach of the Year John Pope is in his second season total of 102 strikeouts in 87.2 innings. He had one save (married 22 years). Children: Taylor (21), Jeffrey (19); as an assistant coach at his alma mater. to go along with five career wins, the highlight being the In 2017 his influence on the young Rice pitching staff winning pitcher in the Owls’ 6-4 Southwest Conference was easy to see. Pope (Jones College 1990) trained two victory over Texas in 1989 -- the same year the Longhorns Owl pitchers who had never been drafted before into se- went on to finish second in the College World Series. lections in the Top 6 rounds of 2017 MLB Draft.

74 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles more Orioles. After maintaining a .313 collegiate batting Fast Facts On Paul Janish average in more than 185 career games at Rice, Janish Education earned all-league honors playing in the Western Athletic High School: Cypress Creek, 2001. Conference. College: Rice, 2003, B.A., Sports Management. (Wiess College). He was a fifth-round major league draft pick by the Personal Cincinnati Reds in 2004. The native of Cypress, Texas, Full Name: Paul Ryan Janish. made his MLB debut with the Reds in 2008 and went on Born: October 12, 1982. to play in the majors for the Braves and Orioles. Wife: Maria (married eight years). Children: Luke (6), Cole (4), Riley (1); “Paul has always had high character and I think he will be a great teacher and coach,” said Rice head coach Wayne Graham. “He was a team captain for us in (the na- Assistant Coach tional championship season of) 2003. For all the talented First Season At Rice players we had on that team, I am not certain we still could have won the national championship without Paul 11 Paul Janish Janish at shortstop. He was a great player and great lead- er. His leadership qualities are among the reasons we first Former major leaguer and 2003 Rice National Cham- recruited him, and our initial recruitment of him started pion Paul Janish joined the Owls' baseball staff as an as- well before 2003.” sistant coach in August of 2017. Janish returned to South Main after playing profes- sionally the last 13 years, including nine seasons in the major leagues — most recently in 2017 with the Balti-

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 75 Kopycinski previously served five seasons as a coach Fast Facts On Jordan Kopycinski at Blinn College, working with hitters, catchers and out- Education fielders and coaching at third base on game days. In five High School: Houston Saint Thomas, 2006. years at Blinn, Kopycinski trained 45 players who went College: Texas State 2010, B.A., Sports Management. on to attend four-year schools. In 2014 he helped Blinn Personal reach the Junior College World Series for the first time in Full Name: Jordan Joseph Kopycinski. 22 years. Born: December 12, 1987. Prior to coaching at Blinn, Kopycinski served as a vol- Engaged to Jenny Luedtke; unteer assistant at his alma mater, Texas State, where the Bobcats won the 2011 Champion- ship and reached a NCAA Regional. He began his colle- Assistant Coach giate playing career at Navarro JC where he was a team- First Season At Rice mate of former Rice Owls Brock Holt and Jared Rogers. After Navarro, Kopycinski attended Texas State where the 18Jordan Kopycinski Bobcats won two conference Championships and played in a NCAA Regional in 2009. Jordan Kopycinski is in his first season on the staff af- Kopycinski earned a bachelor's degree in Sports Man- ter joining the program as the volunteer assistant coach agement from Texas State in 2010. His younger brother, in 2017. In addition to a host of on-field coaching duties, Hunter, was a four-year letterman for Rice in 2013-2016. he serves as the administrator of the Owls' popular Youth Baseball Camps.

76 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Athletic Trainer he was a recipient of the NFL Minority Scholarship and spent the 2009 Training Camp with the Tennessee Titans. Second Year At Rice Adrian then received a Master of Science in Athletic Train- ing degree from in 2011. During his time at Weber State, Adrian worked with the Winter Dew Tour at Snowbasin Resort as well as a rotation with the 2009 MLS Cham- Adrian Ramon pions Real Salt Lake. Prior to leaving, Ramon spent a season with the Visalia Rawhide, Class High A of the . Adrian Ramon, MS, ATC, LAT, joined Then an invite to work the Extended of the Texas the Rice University Sports Medicine Team Rangers was extended in Surprise, Ariz. in October of 2016, and oversees the After graduation, Adrian took an internship with the Volley- daily operations of the Owls Baseball as well as the year-round ball Team at Florida Gulf Coast before accepting a full time posi- health of the squad. tion with the to be the Athletic Trainer of the Adrian came to Rice University after spending the previous Rookie League Burlington Royals. Adrian also spent two years year working in the Brownsville Independent School District, with the , specifically being the assigned Ath- Brownsville Porter Early College High School, where he worked letic Trainer for the Latin American Academy based in San Pedro closely in maintaining the health of the student-athletes includ- de Macoris, Dominican Republic. ing the 2016 Boys 5A State Soccer Champions that compiled a In his year with the Bradley University Braves Baseball, Adri- 28-0-1 record and a Top 4 National Ranking. an worked extensively in preventive and recovery measures, as He comes to Rice University with an extensive Sports Medi- he helped the Braves received a bid to the Louisville Regional, cine background in College and Professional athletics. Graduat- the first time in 60 years for the Braves. ing from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor degree A native of Texas and 2001 graduate of Harlingen High in Kinesiology in 2009, Adrian served as the Student-Athletic School in Harlingen, Texas, Adrian enjoys traveling, hunting, fish- Trainer for the Men’s team for two years as well as ing and competing in Brasilian Jiu Jitsu helping with the Mean Green Football team. After graduating,

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 77 Strength & Conditioning He is certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Sixth Year At Rice Coaches Association, USA Weightlifting, and the National Acad- emy of Sports Medicine. He is married to the former Martha Martinez and they have one daughter, Madeleine. Rick Karasch

Rick Karasch enters his sixth season as the Strength and Conditioning coach for Rice Baseball. He employs a holistic and comprehensive training ap- proach that utilizes strength and power training, energy system development and movement training to develop more explo- sive, injury resilient baseball players. Prior to working for the Owls, Karasch served as the Director of Performance for Triple Threat Performance working with high school, college and professional athletes. He has also served as a strength and conditioning coach for the Milwaukee Brewers mi- nor league affiliate the Helena Brewers, Scottsdale Community College and Arizona State University. Karasch graduated with a Bachelor’s in exercise science from the University of Arizona in 2005, and received a Master of Science in Human Movement from A.T. Still University in 2010.

78 l Rice Baseball l Staff Profiles Marketing Office Academics Counselor Academics Counselor First Year At Rice 32nd Year At Rice Third Year At Rice

Ari Bard Julie Griswold Kendal Moore

Baseball Equipment & Student Manager AAssistant A.D. Video Specialist Second Year At Rice Dir. of Ops & Player Development First Year At Rice (Sid Richardson) Sixth Year at Rice 2017 Rice Grad. (Lovett) 2010 Rice Grad. (Will Rice) Michael Kidd Ryan Carlson Daniel Watson

Rice Baseball l Staff Profilesl 79 2017 Rice Results l Record: 33-31 Home: 14-16 Away: 13-12 Neutral: 6-3 C-USA: 16-14 Date Opponent W/L Score R-H-E R-H-E Inns Overall C-USA Rice Pitcher Attend Time *Apr 8 Louisiana Tech W 3-2 3-12-0 2-7-0 (10) 11-22-0 3-8-0 Otto (W 2-2) 2606 2:57 Feb 17 at Texas W 3-2 3-4-0 2-7-0 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 Kravetz (W 1-0) 6197 2:56 *Apr 9 Louisiana Tech L 0-6 0-3-0 6-16-1 9 11-23-0 3-9-0 Jefferies (L 2-1) 2309 2:39 Feb 18 at Texas L 4-5 4-13-0 5-6-2 7 1-1-0 0-0-0 Salinas (L 0-1) 7160 2:58 Apr 11 Houston W 4-3 4-9-0 3-7-0 9 12-23-0 3-9-0 Otto (W 3-2) 2534 3:04 Feb 18 at Texas L 1-6 1-7-2 6-7-0 9 1-2-0 0-0-0 Canterino (L 0-1) 7160 3:14 *Apr 14 Southern Miss L 4-15 4-10-1 15-14-0 9 12-24-0 3-10-0 Canterino (L 2-4) 2689 3:19 Feb 19 at Texas W 7-1 7-9-0 1-4-0 9 2-2-0 0-0-0 Esquivel (W 1-0) 4658 3:10 *Apr 15 Southern Miss W 11-4 11-16-1 4-8-1 9 13-24-0 4-10-0 Esquivel (W 3-4) 2572 3:26 Feb 21 Dallas Baptist L 4-8 4-6-2 8-8-1 9 2-3-0 0-0-0 Amador (L 0-1) 2330 3:35 *Apr 16 Southern Miss L 6-17 6-12-2 17-18-0 9 13-25-0 4-11-0 Otto (L 3-3) 2047 3:39 Feb 24 SE Louisiana L 4-8 4-9-3 8-7-0 9 2-4-0 0-0-0 Myers (L 0-1) 2445 3:18 *Apr 21 at Western Kentucky W 8-4 8-9-0 4-6-0 9 14-25-0 5-11-0 Moss (W 1-1) 318 3:18 Feb 25 SE Louisiana W 15-5 15-15-1 5-8-0 9 3-4-0 0-0-0 Salinas (W 1-1) 2457 3:04 *Apr 22 at Western Kentucky W 10-5 10-13-1 5-5-1 9 15-25-0 6-11-0 Canterino (W 3-4) 269 2:36 Feb 26 SE Louisiana L 4-12 4-10-5 12-10-0 9 3-5-0 0-0-0 Esquivel (L 1-1) 2449 3:08 *Apr 22 at Western Kentucky W 13-2 13-14-1 2-7-1 9 16-25-0 7-11-0 Esquivel (W 4-4) 269 2:27 Feb 28 at TCU L 5-13 5-10-2 13-13-1 9 3-6-0 0-0-0 Amador (L 0-2) 4205 3:24 *Apr 28 UTSA L 6-10 6-9-1 10-14-1 9 16-26-0 7-12-0 Otto (L 3-4) 3697 3:45 Mar 3 Pepperdine L 5-7 5-11-7 7-9-0 9 3-7-0 0-0-0 Esquivel (L 1-2) 2318 3:24 *Apr 29 UTSA W 7-4 7-12-1 4-13-0 9 17-26-0 8-12-0 Esquivel (W 5-4) 2777 2:49 Mar 4 Pepperdine W 7-6 7-10-2 6-10-2 9 4-7-0 0-0-0 Kravetz (W 2-0) 2187 3:17 *Apr 30 UTSA W 6-5 6-12-0 5-7-0 9 18-26-0 9-12-0 Amador (W 1-4) 2657 2:36 Mar 4 Pepperdine L 2-5 2-5-0 5-7-0 7 4-8-0 0-0-0 Kravetz (L 2-1) 2254 2:12 May 3 Lamar W 9-8 9-14-0 8-16-2 9 19-26-0 9-12-0 Moss (W 2-1) 2042 3:14 Mar 7 at Lamar L 4-10 4-9-0 10-11-0 9 4-9-0 0-0-0 Orewiler (L 0-1) 903 3:01 *May 5 at Charlotte W 6-4 6-10-1 4-7-1 9 20-26-0 10-12-0 Amador (W 2-4) 1002 3:18 Mar 9 Stanford L 6-16 6-11-2 16-17-0 9 4-10-0 0-0-0 Amador (L 0-3) 2252 3:20 *May 6 at Charlotte W 8-0 8-11-0 0-5-1 9 21-26-0 11-12-0 Esquivel (W 6-4) 945 2:49 Mar 10 Stanford W 4-0 4-10-0 0-3-1 9 5-10-0 0-0-0 Canterino (W 1-1) 2245 2:49 *May 7 at Charlotte W 11-8 11-12-0 8-13-0 9 22-26-0 12-12-0 Myers (W 1-4) 843 3:36 Mar 12 Stanford W 12-2 12-16-1 2-5-2 8 6-10-0 0-0-0 Jefferies (W 1-0) 2121 3:15 May 9 vs Houston L 5-6 5-8-5 6-12-0 9 22-27-0 12-12-0 Myers (L 1-5) 1061 3:06 Mar 12 Stanford L 0-2 0-3-2 2-8-0 7 6-11-0 0-0-0 Esquivel (L 1-3) 2453 2:01 *May 12 Middle Tennessee W 5-3 5-10-1 3-7-0 9 23-27-0 13-12-0 Otto (W 4-4) 2956 2:40 Mar 14 Sam Houston St. L 2-6 2-5-1 6-6-1 9 6-12-0 0-0-0 Amador (L 0-4) 2429 2:25 *May 13 Middle Tennessee L 1-13 1-5-1 13-16-1 9 23-28-0 13-13-0 Esquivel (L 6-5) 2704 3:26 Mar 15 at Texas State L 4-13 4-9-2 13-14-0 9 6-13-0 0-0-0 Orewiler (L 0-2) 1772 3:28 *May 14 Middle Tennessee W 4-0 4-8-2 0-9-0 9 24-28-0 14-13-0 Amador (W 3-4) 2320 2:54 *Mar 17 at Old Dominion L 5-6 5-8-0 6-7-2 9 6-14-0 0-1-0 Otto (L 0-1) 425 2:49 May 16 Texas State W 10-1 10-9-0 1-4-1 9 25-28-0 14-13-0 Kravetz (W 3-1) 2568 2:49 *Mar 17 at Old Dominion L 2-3 2-6-2 3-6-1 9 6-15-0 0-2-0 Esquivel (L 1-4) 425 2:49 *May 18 at UAB W 12-4 12-15-0 4-5-0 9 26-28-0 15-13-0 Canterino (W 4-4) 208 3:35 *Mar 18 at Old Dominion L 0-2 0-4-3 2-5-0 9 6-16-0 0-3-0 Myers (L 0-2) 402 2:45 *May 19 at UAB W 26-17 26-22-0 17-18-2 9 27-28-0 16-13-0 Moss (W 3-1) 317 4:44 Mar 21 at Texas A&M L 5-8 5-11-0 8-11-0 9 6-17-0 0-3-0 Moss (L 0-1) 4462 3:21 *May 20 at UAB L 4-9 4-10-2 9-9-2 8 27-29-0 16-14-0 Amador (L 3-5) 439 3:00 *Mar 25 FIU W 8-4 8-11-4 4-5-3 9 7-17-0 1-3-0 Canterino (W 2-1) 2193 2:45 %May 24 vs Florida Atlantic W 5-3 5-10-0 3-6-0 9 28-29-0 16-14-0 Canterino (W 5-4) 3727 2:33 *Mar 25 FIU L 3-4 3-10-0 4-11-0 9 7-18-0 1-4-0 Otto (L 0-2) 2132 2:41 %May 25 vs Old Dominion W 4-3 4-7-4 3-7-2 9 29-29-0 16-14-0 Otto (W 5-4) 1597 2:55 *Mar 26 FIU L 5-7 5-8-0 7-12-1 9 7-19-0 1-5-0 Myers (L 0-3) 2209 3:18 %May 27 vs Florida Atlantic W 13-2 13-13-0 2-6-2 7 30-29-0 16-14-0 Amador (W 4-5) 4176 2:35 Mar 28 at Sam Houston St. W 5-3 5-11-1 3-7-1 9 8-19-0 1-5-0 Esquivel (W 2-4) 1467 2:50 %May 28 vs Southern Miss W 5-4 5-12-2 4-5-1 9 31-29-0 16-14-0 Otto (W 6-4) 5216 2:52 *Mar 31 at Florida Atlantic L 2-3 2-7-0 3-4-0 9 8-20-0 1-6-0 Canterino (L 2-2) 528 2:51 ^June 2 vs SE Louisiana L 6-12 6-12-7 12-8-0 9 31-30-0 16-14-0 Canterino (L 5-5) 10157 3:24 *Apr 1 at Florida Atlantic W 5-4 5-10-0 4-6-1 9 9-20-0 2-6-0 Otto (W 1-2) 714 3:09 ^June 3 vs Texas Southern W 13-6 13-17-1 6-11-1 9 32-30-0 16-14-0 Otto (W 7-4) 9924 3:31 *Apr 2 at Florida Atlantic L 2-8 2-5-1 8-10-0 9 9-21-0 2-7-0 Myers (L 0-4) 508 2:53 ^June 4 vs SE Louisiana W 9-5 9-13-1 5-10-3 9 33-30-0 16-14-0 Jefferies (W 3-1) 9963 3:10 Apr 4 at Houston W 9-0 9-15-3 0-3-1 9 10-21-0 2-7-0 Jefferies (W 2-0) 2041 2:51 ^June 4 at LSU L 0-5 0-7-2 5-6-0 9 33-31-0 16-14-0 Moss (L 3-2) 10639 2:44 *Apr 7 Louisiana Tech L 4-6 4-10-0 6-8-1 9 10-22-0 2-8-0 Canterino (L 2-3) 2399 2:49 * - Conference USA league game; % - C-USA Tournament, played at MGM Ballpark in Biloxi, Miss.; ^ - NCAA Regional played in Baton Rouge, La.)

80 l Rice Baseball l 2017 Review 2017 Rice Individual Statistics l Hitting Record: 33-31 Home: 14-16 Away: 13-12 Neutral: 6-3 C-USA: 16-14

Player Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 7 Dominic DiCaprio .366 63 63 238 42 87 16 0 6 49 121 .508 27 6 40 5 .438 3 3 2 3 441 45 8 .984 10 Dane Myers .358 62 62 246 51 88 12 5 8 43 134 .545 24 5 54 4 .425 0 5 13 16 105 112 10 .956 2 Tristan Gray .313 47 47 176 27 55 16 0 8 39 95 .540 24 4 34 2 .399 4 0 1 3 117 106 7 .970 8 Ford Proctor .311 64 64 238 58 74 19 1 4 38 107 .450 39 3 38 7 .408 4 1 4 6 93 153 17 .935 33 Darryn Sheppard .309 62 61 243 31 75 20 2 7 50 120 .494 6 3 51 4 .331 2 2 3 5 376 23 8 .980 27 Andrew Dunlap .300 36 23 80 21 24 3 0 6 14 45 .563 18 1 24 2 .434 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 Dayne Wunderlich .274 53 36 135 23 37 5 2 6 18 64 .474 15 3 32 2 .350 4 5 3 4 70 2 0 1.000 6 Ryan Chandler .267 64 64 243 55 65 13 3 5 39 99 .407 32 11 51 3 .375 2 2 6 9 148 2 4 .974 5 Charlie Warren .262 64 64 263 35 69 6 2 3 31 88 .335 11 5 32 6 .302 2 2 6 10 104 2 2 .981 32 Brad Gneiting .252 39 28 115 12 29 9 0 0 13 38 .330 12 1 22 3 .328 0 1 0 2 38 22 3 .952 3 Chace Sarchet .215 40 27 79 11 17 6 0 1 10 26 .329 10 1 20 1 .311 0 3 0 0 20 2 0 1.000 ------36 Addison Moss .195 14 11 41 4 8 1 0 0 3 9 .220 5 0 9 0 .283 0 1 0 0 47 21 2 .971 4 Robbie Lammons .189 25 12 53 6 10 2 0 1 7 15 .283 4 0 7 5 .246 0 1 0 0 59 21 5 .941 28 Kendal Jefferies .167 28 14 36 5 6 0 0 0 2 6 .167 6 0 11 0 .286 0 1 1 2 21 33 3 .947 1 Cody Staab .000 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 16 MacKenzie Mueller .000 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .600 17 Glenn Otto .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 .625 42 Willy Amador .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1.000 25 Brandt Frazier .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals .293 64 64 2197 382 644 128 15 55 357 967 .440 234 43 430 45 .369 21 28 39 60 1661 571 83 .964 Opponents .263 64 64 2115 375 557 89 8 45 327 797 .377 309 61 500 45 .369 29 38 63 81 1654 594 45 .980

LOB - Team (487), Opp (517). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (55).

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Record: 33-31 Home: 14-16 Away: 13-12 Neutral: 6-3 C-USA: 16-14

Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF OAvg. WP HBP BK SFA SHA 17 Glenn Otto 3.77 7 4 26 2 0 0 3 8 59.2 50 34 25 29 81 11 1 3 226 .221 10 10 0 2 5 10 Dane Myers 3.98 1 5 16 7 0 0 0 1 54.1 49 29 24 31 37 11 0 4 201 .244 1 5 1 4 5 35 Zach Esquivel 4.10 6 5 23 15 0 0 2 1 83.1 87 45 38 46 63 17 1 4 321 .271 12 9 0 4 2 40 Matt Canterino 4.12 5 5 17 17 0 0 1 0 96.0 67 54 44 49 111 7 1 12 346 .194 6 9 0 1 10 23 Evan Kravetz 4.50 3 1 25 1 0 0 0 0 30.0 33 22 15 23 19 7 0 0 119 .277 6 2 1 2 5 42 Willy Amador 5.31 4 5 26 10 0 0 2 1 62.2 64 42 37 31 47 7 0 7 240 .267 4 8 0 2 2 28 Kendal Jefferies 5.50 3 1 24 4 0 0 2 2 55.2 62 36 34 20 50 8 2 6 217 .286 7 4 1 1 2 36 Addison Moss 6.30 3 2 23 1 0 0 1 1 40.0 42 34 28 20 28 9 2 1 145 .290 2 1 0 4 5 ------34 J.Parthasarathy 3.46 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 6 5 1 8 1 0 0 53 .302 0 3 0 1 0 30 Ben Schragger 4.50 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 4 1 4 3 0 0 31 .323 1 3 0 2 0 24 Ricardo Salinas 5.60 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.2 21 13 11 10 15 0 0 1 68 .309 0 1 0 2 1 26 Garrett Gayle 6.75 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 5 .400 2 1 0 0 0 12 Brent Schwarz 9.95 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 8 7 9 9 1 0 0 24 .292 0 2 0 1 0 22 Zach Wright 11.57 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 3 3 2 3 1 0 1 12 .417 1 0 0 0 0 13 Nick Orewiler 13.97 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 9.2 17 15 15 9 7 4 1 1 44 .386 4 0 0 1 0 29 Roel Garcia 14.04 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 12 15 13 12 11 1 0 4 35 .343 3 2 1 1 1 31 Nick Silber 18.69 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 11 9 9 8 4 1 0 1 24 .458 0 1 0 0 0 16 MacKenzie Mueller 45.00 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 4 .500 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 5.10 33 31 64 64 0 4 4 14 553.2 557 375 314 309 500 89 8 45 2115 .263 59 61 4 29 38 Opponents 5.57 31 33 64 64 2 4 3 11 551.1 644 382 341 234 430 128 15 55 2197 .293 40 43 5 21 28

PB - Team (13), DiCaprio 10, Lammons 3, Opp (9). Pickoffs - Team (7), Myers 4, Esquivel 1, DiCaprio 1, Jefferies 1, Opp (3).

82 l Rice Baseball l 2017 Review 2017 Conference USA Baseball Standings / League RPIs

Conference USA Games All Games Official NCAA R.P.I. Team W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L10 Streak The final 2017 NCAA Ratings Power Index x-Southern Miss 25-5 .833 12-3 14-1 50-16 .758 25-8 17-5 7-3 6-4 W 2 11. Southern Miss .587 Old Dominion 19-11 .630 10-5 9-6 37-21 .638 25-9 11-9 1-2 4-6 L 1 41. Rice .554 Florida Atlantic 18-12 .600 12-3 6-9 35-21-1 .623 23-7-1 8-12 4-2 6-4 L 1 47. Louisiana Tech .551 Charlotte 18-12 .600 7-8 11-4 34-24 .586 17-14 15-8 2-2 6-4 L 2 51. Old Dominion .547 Louisiana Tech 17-13 .567 9-6 8-7 36-20 .643 22-7 14-11 0-2 6-4 L 3 57. Florida Atlantic .5444 y-Rice 16-14 .533 7-8 9-6 33-31 .516 14-16 13-13 6-2 7-3 L 1 58. Charlotte .5443 FIU 15-15 .500 9-6 6-9 31-27 .534 19-14 12-11 0-1 5-5 L 1 86. FIU .529 UTSA 15-15 .500 8-7 7-8 29-28 .509 14-16 14-9 1-1 5-5 L 1 97. UTSA .520 Marshall 12-18 .414 7-7 5-10 25-29 .463 15-11 9-16 1-2 5-5 L 6 117. Middle Tennessee .512 Middle Tennessee 10-20 .333 7-8 3-12 24-31 .436 14-11 10-20 0-0 3-7 W 1 134. Marshall .504 UAB 9-21 .300 5-10 4-11 24-31 .436 17-14 7-17 0-0 3-7 W 1 189. UAB .481 WKU 6-24 .200 3-12 3-12 16-39 .291 11-22 5-17 0-0 3-7 L 4 245. Western Kentucky .451 x- regular season champions y- tournament champions

Rice Baseball l 2017 Review l 83 2017 Conference USA League Awards Player of the Year C-USA First Team C-USA Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Tournament Team All-Academic Team Dylan Burdeaux, Sr., 1B, USM IF Dylan Burdeaux, Sr., USM IF Riley Delgado, Jr., MT IF Vinnie Pasquantino, ODU C Bryant Bowen, Southern Miss Austin Langham - FAU, Sr. 3.72 GPA in Biological Science IF Tyler Frank, Sr., Florida Atlantic IF JC Escarra, Jr., FIU OF Eric Rivera, Florida Atlantic IF Stephen Kerr, Florida Atlantic *Graham Ahlrich - LA Tech, Jr. Pitcher of the Year IF Zach Rutherford, Jr., ODU IF Chase Lunceford, Sr., LA Tech OF Kyle Battle, Old Dominion IF Dane Myers, Rice 3.81 GPA in Chemistry Nate Harris, Sr., RHP, LA Tech IF Jared Young, Jr., Old Dominion IF Brett Netzer, Jr., Charlotte OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss IF Brett Netzer, Charlotte Kent Hasler - LA Tech, Jr. OF T.J. Nichting, Sr., Charlotte IF Jordan Washam, Sr., LA Tech C Zack Smith, Charlotte IF C.J. Pickering, UTSA 3.90 GPA in Interdisciplinary Studies Freshman of the Year Wade Martin - Marshall, So. OF Raphael Gladu, Sr., LA Tech OF Brewer Hicklen, So., UAB P Matt Brooks, Charlotte OF Zach Jarrett, Charlotte 4.00 GPA in Health Care Management Matt Wallner, Fr., OF, USM OF Sam Finfer, Sr., Marshall OF Mason Irby, Jr., Southern Miss P Nick MacDonald, FIU OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss Riley Delgado - MT, Sr. C Brent Diaz, Sr., Louisiana Tech OF Matt Wallner, Fr., Southern Miss P Tyler Myrick, FIU OF Charlie Warren, Rice 3.82 GPA in Leisure, Sport & Tourism Studies Austin Dennis - MT, So. Newcomer of the Year DH Aaron Aucker, Jr., MT C Dominic DiCaprio, So., Rice P Kyle Griffen, Louisiana Tech DH/UT Taylor Braley, Southern Miss Jared Young, Jr., 2B, ODU 3.85 GPA in Business UT Taylor Braley, Jr., Southern Miss DH Jared Shouppe, Sr., FAU P John Wilson, Old Dominion P Matt Canterino, Rice Jared Young - ODU, Jr. SP Adam Bainbridge, Sr., ODU UT Dane Myers, Jr., Rice P Matt Canterino, Rice P Colton Laws, Charlotte 3.87 GPA in Sport Management Def. Player of the Year SP Nate Harris, Sr., Louisiana Tech SP Zach Flanagan, Charlotte P Glenn Otto, Rice Brent Schwarz - Rice, So. Zach Rutherford, Jr., SS, ODU 4.14 GPA in Mechanical Engineering SP Colton Laws, So., Charlotte SP Tyler Giovanoni, UTSA P Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss *Kirk McCarty - USM, Jr. SP Kirk McCarty, Sr., Southern Miss SP Thomas Lowery, UAB 4.00 GPA in Accounting Keith LeClair Coach of the Year RP Nick Sandlin, So., Southern Miss SP Wade Martin, Marshall Tournament MVP Nick Sandlin - USM, So. Scott Berry, Southern Miss Glenn Otto, Rice 4.00 GPA in Construction Engineering RP Colt Smith, Jr., Southern Miss RP Karl Craigie, Sr., UTSA Technology RP Cameron Ragsdale, Sr., FAU Assistant Coach of the Year *Brewer Hicklen - UAB, R-So. 3.70 GPA in Information Systems Chad Caillet, Southern Miss Tyler Giovanoni - UTSA, Jr. 4.00 GPA in Business *Kaleb Duckworth - WKU, Jr. 3.96 GPA in Accounting

*Repeat Selection

84 l Rice Baseball l 2017 Review Year-By-Year Team Records Overall Conf. Overall Conf. Year W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. Coach Year W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. Coach 1939 7-18-1 .288 4-11 (6) .267 1913 3-3 .500 1940 3-15 .167 3-11 (6) .214 Cecil Grigg 1914 8-8-1 .500 1-2-1 .333 Philip Arbuckle 1941 7-8 .467 5-8 (5) .385 Cecil Grigg 1915 5-13 .278 3-11 (5) .214 Philip Arbuckle 1942 5-10-1 .344 5-9 (5) .357 Cecil Grigg 1916 4-16 .250 2-9 (5) .182 Philip Arbuckle 1943 2-13 .133 **0-8 (3) .000 Cecil Grigg 1917 8-5-1 .615 3-4-1 .429 Philip Arbuckle 1944 2-10 .167 DNP (WWII) Cecil Grigg 1918 6-8 .429 0-2 (4) .000 1945 7-6-1 .536 6-5 (3) .545 Jess Neely 1919 season cancelled 1946 7-10-1 .417 6-9 (4) .400 Cecil Grigg 1920 4-13 .235 1-10 (5) .091 Leslie Mann 1947 5-11 .313 4-10 (5) .286 Cecil Grigg 1921 3-9 .250 3-8 (5) .273 1948 6-20 .231 3-11 (5) .214 Jess Neely 1922 2-5 .286 1-5 (5) .167 1949 4-14 .222 3-11 (6) .214 Harold Stockbridge 1923 4-9 .308 3-7 (5) .300 Bob Countryman 1950 9-12 .429 2-11 (6) .154 Harold Stockbridge 1924 4-12 .250 3-11 (7) .214 Michael O’Neill 1951 8-13 .381 3-12 (5) .200 Harold Stockbridge 1925 8-6 .571 6-6 (5) .500 1952 12-13 .480 5-10 (6) .333 Harold Stockbridge 1926 8-7 .533 5-6 (5) .455 Joe Bedenk 1953 5-16 .231 3-11 (4) .214 1927 7-15 .318 6-14 (6) .300 Joe Bedenk 1954 5-19 .208 2-12 (6) .143 Dell Morgan 1928 8-15 .348 6-14 (6) .300 *Dickie Kerr/Charley Schwartz 1955 8-15 .348 5-10 (5) .333 Dell Morgan 1929 9-15 .375 7-13 (5) .350 1956 11-13 .458 6-9 (4) .400 Dell Morgan 1930 6-16 .273 5-13 (5) .278 Danny Allnoch 1957 9-12 .429 5-10 (5) .333 Dell Morgan 1931 4-8 .333 3-7 (4) .300 John Neimic 1958 12-9-1 .568 8-6 (3) .571 Dell Morgan 1932 9-9 .500 9-5 (2) .643 John Neimic 1959 14-10 .583 7-7 (2) .500 Dell Morgan 1933 Great Depression - No Team 1960 17-8 .680 10-5 (2) .667 Dell Morgan 1934 Great Depression - No Team 1961 13-11 .542 6-6 (3) .500 Dell Morgan 1935 Great Depression - No Team 1962 10-12 .455 4-9 (5) .308

RICE HISTORY 1936 9-15-2 .385 5-9 (5) .357 Cecil Grigg 1963 9-17 .346 2-11 (4) .154 Doug Osburn 1937 3-12 .200 3-12 (6) .200 Cecil Grigg 1964 7-17 .292 3-12 (6) .200 Doug Osburn 1938 10-17 .370 1-14 (6) .067 Cecil Grigg 1965 10-15 .400 5-10 (5) .333 Doug Osburn

Rice Baseball l History l 85 Overall Conf. Overall Conf. Year W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. Coach Year W-L Pct. W-L-T Pct. Coach 1966 14-11 .560 5-10 (5) .333 Doug Osburn 1993 36-18 .667 7-11 (5) .389 Wayne Graham 1967 17-10 .630 5-10 (5) .333 Doug Osburn 1994 34-21 .618 12-6 (2) .667 Wayne Graham 1968 10-15 .400 6-12 (6) .333 Doug Osburn 1995 43-19 .694 15-9 (2) .625 Wayne Graham 1969 14-11 .560 7-6 (4) .538 Doug Osburn 1996 42-23 .646 6-15 (T6) .286 Wayne Graham 1970 18-11 .621 10-7 (3) .588 Doug Osburn 1997 47-16 .746 20-9 (1) .690 Wayne Graham 1971 9-20 .310 3-14 (7) .176 Doug Osburn 1998 46-17 .730 26-4 (1) .867 Wayne Graham 1972 19-12 .613 11-7 (2) .611 Doug Osburn 1999 59-15 .797 25-5 (1) .833 Wayne Graham 1973 16-14 .533 6-10 (6) .375 Doug Osburn 2000 43-23 .652 19-11 (T1) .633 Wayne Graham 1974 24-18 .571 12-11 (4) .523 Doug Osburn 2001 47-20 .701 26-10 (1) .722 Wayne Graham 1975 19-16 .543 11-13 (5) .458 Doug Osburn 2002 52-14 .788 28-2 (1) .933 Wayne Graham 1976 17-22 .436 10-14 (7) .417 Doug Osburn 2003 58-12 .829 25-5 (1) .833 Wayne Graham 1977 15-26 .366 7-15 (8) .318 Doug Osburn 2004 46-14 .767 24-6 (1) .800 Wayne Graham 1978 18-29 .383 6-18 (9) .250 Doug Osburn 2005 45-19 .703 21-9 (1) .700 Wayne Graham 1979 20-29 .408 5-19 (9) .208 Doug Osburn 2006 57-13 .814 22-2 (1) .919 Wayne Graham 1980 14-29 .326 8-16 (6) .333 Doug Osburn 2007 56-14 .800 22-2 (1) .919 Wayne Graham 1981 34-23 .596 11-10 (4) .524 David Hall 2008 47-15 .758 21-3 (1) .875 Wayne Graham 1982 34-23 .596 8-13 (7) .381 David Hall 2009 43-18 .705 16-8 (2) .667 Wayne Graham 1983 36-16 .692 11-10 (5) .524 David Hall 2010 40-23 .635 17-7 (1) .708 Wayne Graham 1984 41-14 .745 13-8 (2) .619 David Hall 2011 42-21 .667 16-8 (T1) .667 Wayne Graham 1985 27-21 .563 5-15 (7) .250 David Hall 2012 41-19 .683 17-7 (1) .708 Wayne Graham 1986 34-26 .567 5-16 (6) .238 David Hall 2013 44-20 .688 15-9 (T1) .625 Wayne Graham 1987 23-23 .511 5-16 (7) .238 David Hall 2014 42-20 .678 23-7 (1) .7267 Wayne Graham 1988 31-28 .525 6-15 (8) .286 David Hall 2015 37-22 .627 22-8 (1) .733 Wayne Graham 1989 28-30 .483 4-17 (8) .190 David Hall 2016 38-24 .613 19-10 (4) .655 Wayne Graham 1990 33-29 .532 11-9 (4) .550 David Hall 2017 33-31 .516 16-14 (6) .533 Wayne Graham *Charley Schwartz was coach for the last half of the 1928 season; Gene Bailey was the coach for the first game in 1930 (0-1); 1991 16-34 .320 6-15 (7) .286 David Hall **Only three league teams in 1943 (Rice, Texas, Texas A&M); Rice competed in the Southwest Conference during the 1914-96 1992 29-26 .527 15-21 (5) .416 Wayne Graham seasons, in the Western Athletic Conference in 1997-2005, and Conference USA starting in the spring of 2006. ***Special thanks to Bob Willard and Mike Ross for their detailed research of this list.

86 l Rice Baseball l History Rice Coaching Records Overall Conf. Overall Conf. Coach W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Coach W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Philip Arbuckle (1913-17) 28-45-2 .387 9-26-1 .264 Harold Stockbridge (1949-52) 29-38 .433 10-33 .233 Jack Coombs (1918) 6-8 .429 0-2 .000 Dell Morgan (1953-61) 77-113-1 .406 52-76 .406 Leslie Mann (1920) 4-13 .235 1-10 .091 Joe Gallagher (1962) 10-12 .455 4-9 .308 Pete Cawthon (1921) 3-9 .250 3-8 .273 Doug Osburn (1963-80) 270-322 .456 122-215 .362 Bob Countryman (1922-23) 6-14 .300 4-12 .250 David Hall (1981-91) 338-267 .559 85-145 .370 Michael O’Neill (1924) 4-12 .250 3-11 .214 Wayne Graham (1992-current) 1,147-497 .698 495-208 .704 Joe Bedenk (1925-27) 23-28 .451 17-26 .395 NOTE: Documented additions or corrections to this list are welcomed. “Wee” Dickie Kerr (1928) 5-8 .385 3-7 .300 Charley Schwartz (1928) 3-7 .300 3-7 .300 Gene Bailey (1929-30) 9-16 .360 7-13 .350 Danny Allnoch (1930) 6-15 .286 5-13 .278 John Neimic (1931-32) 13-17 .433 12-12 .500 Cecil Grigg (1936-44, 1946-47) 60-139-5 .306 36-101 .263 Jess Neely (1945, 1948) 13-26-1 .338 9-16 .360

Rice Baseball l History l 87 Year-By-Year Team Statistics l Hitting Year AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR BB SO SB Att. 1974 1120 187 265 146 .237 33 8 24 1975 1038 180 271 167 .261 26 12 33 1976 1079 128 252 106 .232 36 9 15 144 214 29 1977 1203 177 310 155 .258 56 3 24 132 228 12 1978 1295 169 319 137 .246 45 9 22 154 215 16 1979 1302 170 322 167 .247 49 12 29 175 197 19 1980 1236 179 287 141 .232 63 11 12 238 198 17 1981 1649 269 449 234 .272 63 11 12 238 198 66 95 1982 1622 307 429 257 .264 64 14 44 255 187 68 91 1983 1663 327 492 274 .301 82 14 38 208 171 50 64 1984 1741 404 521 358 .299 86 14 46 283 173 62 82 1985 1514 346 458 317 .303 92 20 36 250 204 77 104 1986 1918 368 535 327 .279 87 29 44 284 310 78 104 1987 1477 326 443 297 .300 94 11 55 223 222 42 49 1988 1798 349 486 301 .270 106 17 49 241 307 101 131 1989 1662 236 407 209 .245 72 9 19 227 299 78 117 1990 1874 288 488 235 .260 82 8 29 205 337 89 124 1991 1569 270 387 238 .247 82 15 29 199 281 67 94 1992 1728 247 433 204 .251 62 12 13 201 312 88 118 1993 1707 421 512 373 .300 96 22 52 265 341 71 93 1994 1781 405 531 353 .298 79 22 38 288 336 119 152

88 l Rice Baseball l History Year AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR BB SO SB Att. 1995 2161 527 684 471 .317 121 30 72 338 353 101 131 1996 2237 547 700 493 .313 143 28 76 351 381 95 120 1997 2288 612 773 565 .338 115 35 120 359 404 72 94 1998 2248 588 758 541 .337 161 27 118 316 389 53 75 1999 2654 601 870 540 .328 174 37 78 316 490 70 96 2000 2233 376 660 352 .296 135 11 50 214 389 40 59 2001 2373 463 714 415 .301 163 18 63 255 394 44 60 2002 2366 485 754 433 .319 148 16 73 251 392 62 83 2003 2472 505 773 449 .313 133 14 51 307 365 72/ 03 2004 2077 418 643 388 .310 128 19 53 269 360 31 42 2005 2194 432 643 397 .293 132 15 65 267 409 49 66 2006 2372 523 748 485 .315 162 23 80 289 439 75 107 2007 2412 511 749 460 .311 152 21 60 315 391 53 74 2008 2154 457 660 423 .306 120 14 54 289 401 58 83 2009 2184 455 699 408 .320 119 20 71 245 397 75 105 2010 2221 564 724 532 .326 125 20 96 320 356 62 80 2011 2112 370 604 335 .286 104 10 23 305 365 43 64 2012 2018 336 567 303 .281 106 10 35 279 328 49 67 2013 2205 332 615 299 .279 89 15 29 273 359 44 69 2014 2156 344 631 316 .293 102 13 24 212 339 33 58 2015 2055 331 609 306 .296 88 14 16 205 333 30 47 2016 2024 302 553 269 .273 80 14 26 204 332 37 62 2017 2197 382 644 357 .293 128 15 55 234 430 39 60

Rice Baseball l History l 89 Year-By-Year Team Statistics l Pitching Year G W-L SV SHO IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1974 42 24-18 11 319.0 261 162 98 184 218 2.76 1975 36 19-16 2 278.0 283 209 163 171 112 5.28 1976 40 17-22 1 7 303.0 260 161 100 123 234 2.97 1977 41 15-26 4 2 303.2 336 268 188 262 189 5.57 1978 47 18-29 4 1 341.2 306 224 141 218 235 3.71 1979 49 20-29 2 5 324.1 451 260 180 228 242 4.99 1980 43 14-29 4 2 324.2 332 253 207 226 179 5.73 1981 57 34-23 2 9 443.0 358 182 141 214 298 2.86 1982 58 34-23 9 4 444.1 410 233 176 221 243 3.56 1983 54 36-16 7 5 435.1 343 183 148 148 252 3.06 1984 55 41-14 6 9 450.1 405 185 130 146 332 2.60 1985 48 27-21 6 0 382.1 415 271 214 174 219 5.04 1986 60 34-26 9 2 498.0 505 349 258 278 381 4.66 1987 47 24-23 3 1 367.1 440 321 273 250 221 6.69 1988 59 31-28 4 0 470.2 501 397 306 308 366 5.85 1989 58 28-30 10 8 451.1 452 265 215 229 300 4.29 1990 62 33-29 8 5 499.1 508 316 231 242 314 4.16 1991 50 16-34 4 1 406.1 408 313 242 284 271 5.36 1992 55 29-26 9 6 459.0 418 250 173 207 359 3.39 1993 54 36-18 10 4 431.1 424 285 227 259 434 4.74 1994 55 34-21 13 3 459.2 448 306 228 267 386 4.46

90 l Rice Baseball l History Year G W-L SV SHO IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1995 62 43-19 9 3 531.1 472 355 278 396 413 4.71 1996 65 42-23 15 4 562.2 559 373 304 315 454 4.86 1997 63 47-16 13 4 549.0 545 359 282 257 509 4.62 1998 63 46-17 10 4 546.2 499 354 307 286 487 5.05 1999 74 59-15 17 5 663.2 620 314 246 269 629 3.34 2000 66 43-23 17 5 573.2 533 260 210 223 496 3.29 2001 67 47-20 15 4 599.2 554 285 202 255 591 3.03 2002 66 52-14 15 5 596.1 530 238 185 201 571 2.79 2003 70 58-12 20 10 629.2 503 226 192 217 653 2.74 2004 60 46-14 16 10 532.2 409 182 157 205 609 2.65 2005 64 45-19 10 4 565.1 464 248 208 209 571 3.31 2006 70 57-13 22 5 618.2 520 260 217 251 653 3.16 2007 70 56-14 21 8 625.2 545 260 211 232 552 3.04 2008 62 47-15 12 3 557.2 557 284 235 211 552 3.79 2009 61 43-18 16 4 542.2 513 301 254 249 426 4.21 2010 63 40-23 11 3 551.0 552 312 263 209 380 4.30 2011 63 42-21 19 5 572.0 569 261 202 205 544 3.18 2012 60 41-19 17 8 542.2 421 199 172 216 547 2.85 2013 64 44-20 17 12 598.1 480 230 188 207 510 2.83 2014 62 42-20 18 8 573.1 493 196 163 192 478 2.56 2015 59 37-22 18 5 530.1 479 248 186 196 517 3.16 2016 62 38-24 19 6 553.0 491 271 231 237 502 3.76 2017 64 33-31 14 4 553.2 557 375 314 309 500 5.10

Rice Baseball l History l 91 Single Season Team Superlatives l Hitting Batting Average Hits Runs Batted In Triples Stolen Bases Bases On Balls Games Played .338 1997 870 1999 565 1997 37 1999 119 1994 359 1997 74 1999 .337 1998 773 1997 541 1998 35 1997 101 1988 351 1996 70 2003 .328 1999 773 2003 540 1999 30 1995 101 1995 338 1995 70 2006 .326 2010 758 1998 532 2010 29 1986 95 1996 320 2010 70 2007 493 1996 89 1990 .320 2009 754 2002 28 1996 316 1998 67 2001 485 2006 88 1992 .319 2002 749 2007 471 1995 27 1998 78 1986 316 1999 66 2000 .317 1995 748 2006 460 2007 23 2006 78 1989 315 2007 66 2002 .315 2006 724 2010 449 2003 22 1993 77 1985 307 2003 65 1996 .313 1996 714 2001 433 2002 22 1994 75 2006 305 2011 64 2005 .313 2003 700 1996 423 2008 21 2007 75 2009 289 2006 64 2013 289 2008 64 2017 At Bats Runs Scored Doubles Home Runs Strikeouts 2654 1999 612 1997 174 1999 120 1997 490 1999 2472 2003 601 1999 163 2001 118 1998 439 2006 2412 2007 588 1998 162 2006 96 2010 430 2017 2373 2001 564 2010 161 1998 80 2006 409 2005 2372 2006 547 1996 152 2007 78 1999 404 1997 2366 2002 527 1995 148 2002 76 1996 401 2008 2288 1997 523 2006 143 1996 73 2002 397 2009 2248 1998 511 2007 135 2000 72 1995 394 2001 2237 1996 505 2003 133 2003 71 2009 392 2002 2233 2000 485 2002 132 2005 65 2005 391 2007

92 l Rice Baseball l Team Records Single Season Team Superlatives l Pitching Games Won ERA Fewest Hits Fewest Runs Most Strikeouts Fewest Walks Saves Shutouts 59 1999 2.56 2014 Allowed Allowed 653 2003 Allowed 22 2006 12 2013 58 2003 2.60 1984 260 1976 161 1976 653 2006 123 1976 21 2007 10 2003 57 2006 2.65 2004 261 1974 162 1974 629 1999 146 1984 20 2003 10 2004 56 2007 2.74 2003 283 1975 182 1981 609 2004 148 1983 19 2011 9 1981 52 2002 2.76 1974 306 1978 182 2004 591 2001 171 1975 19 2016 9 1984 47 1997 2.79 2002 332 1980 183 1983 571 2002 174 1985 18 2014 8 1989 47 2001 2.82 2012 185 1984 571 2005 184 1974 18 2015 8 2007 47 2008 2.83 2013 552 2007 192 2014 17 1999 8 2012 46 1998 2.86 1981 552 2008 196 2015 17 2012 8 2014 46 2004 2.97 1976 547 2012 201 2002 17 2013 7 1976 205 2004

Rice Baseball l Team Records l 93 Home Runs Single Game Team Superlatives 10 at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) At Bats 9 vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 76 at Texas (May 15-16, 1981, at Austin) 7 at Texas Tech (April 26, 1983) 70 at Houston (May 31, 2015, at Cougar Field) 7 vs. Massachusetts (March 9, 1996) 7 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) Hits 7 vs. Nevada (March 26, 2005) 34 vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 7 at UAB (May 19, 2017) 33 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (May 29, 1999, at Lubbock; NCAA Tournament record) 31 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) Runs Scored 28 at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 37 vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 27 vs. Memphis (April 15, 2006) 35 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 26 at TCU (April 19, 1983) 28 at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 25 at Houston (March, 19, 1994, at Cougar Field) 27 vs. Stephen F. Austin State (Feb. 21, 1993) 25 at Houston (May 10, 1996, at Cougar Field) 27 vs. UW-Milwaukee (May 29, 1999, at Lubbock) 25 vs. SW Missouri State (May 25, 1997, at Lubbock) 26 vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 18, 1992) 25 at Utah (April 18, 1998, at Salt Lake City, Utah) 26 at Houston (March 19, 1994, Cougar Field) 24 vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 18, 1992) 26 at New Mexico (April 12, 1998) 24 at UNLV (March 15, 1997) 26 at Marshall (May 18, 2006, at Charleston, W.V.) 24 vs. San Jose State (March 29, 2003) 26 vs. California (March 13, 2010) 24 vs. California (March 13, 2010) 26 at UAB (May 19, 2017) 25 vs. Texas Tech (March 22, 1985, at Lubbock) Doubles 25 vs. Oklahoma State (Feb. 22, 1997) 11 at Memphis (April 15, 2006) 25 vs. Southwest Missouri State (May 25, 1997, at Lubbock)

Triples Runs Scored In an Inning 5 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 13 at Stephen F. Austin State (Feb. 8, 1995) 4 at Lamar (April 23, 1996)

94 l Rice Baseball l Team Records Home Runs Stolen Bases 7, several times; latest vs. Southeastern Louisiana (June 2, 2017) 10 at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 8 vs. Texas Tech (May 12, 1994, at Austin) 9 vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) Most Assists 7 at Texas Tech (April 26, 1983) Bases On Balls 24 at Hawaii (Feb. 22, 2013) 7 vs. Massachusetts (March 9, 1996) 21 vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 22, 1995, at MacGregor Park) 24 at Houston (May 31, 2015) 7 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 22 vs. California (March 12, 2011 at San Francisco) 7 vs. Nevada (March 26, 2005) Largest Margin of Victory 22 vs. Louisiana Tech (May 17, 2014) 7 at UAB (May 19, 2017) 31: Rice 35, McNeese State 4 (Feb. 14, 1997) 21 vs. Lamar (April 20, 1982) 28: Rice 37, Cincinnati 9 (Feb. 21, 1997) 21 vs. Louisiana (June 4, 2010, at Austin) Runs Scored 26: Rice 27, UW-Milwaukee 1 (May 29, 1999, at Lubbock) 21 at Louisiana Tech (May 20, 2016, at Ruston, La.) 37 vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 25: Rice 26, Texas Southern 1 (Feb. 18, 1992) 20 vs. Texas (May 18, 1996, at Lubbock) 35 vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 20 vs. Long Beach State (Feb. 16, 2007) 28 at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) Largest Margin of Defeat 20 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Mar. 11, 2007) 27 vs. Stephen F. Austin State (Feb. 21, 1993) 28: Oklahoma State 31, Rice 3 (March 17, 1986, at Stillwater, Okla.) 20 vs. Houston (April 3, 2010) 27 vs. UW-Milwaukee (May 29, 1999, at Lubbock) 20 at Lamar (Apr. 9, 2013) 26 vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 18, 1992) Most Sacrifices 26 at Houston (March 19, 1994, Cougar Field) 5 vs. Lamar (April 20, 1982, at Cameron Field) Most Rice Batters Hit by Pitch 26 at New Mexico (April 12, 1998) 5 at Sam Houston State (April 3, 1996) 26 at Marshall (May 18, 2006, at Charleston, W.V.) Most Left on Base 5 vs. Brigham Young (May 14, 1997, at San Diego, Calif.) 26 vs. California (March 13, 2010) 18 vs. Texas (March 31, 1953, at Rice Field) 5 vs. Nevada (March 27, 2005) 26 at UAB (May 19, 2017) 18 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (April 5, 2011, at Reckling Park) 5 vs. Cal. State Fullerton (Mar. 3, 2006) 25 vs. Texas Tech (March 22, 1985, at Lubbock) 17 vs. Tulane (Feb. 16, 1996, at Cameron Field) 5 at Texas A&M (Apr. 4, 2006) 25 vs. Oklahoma State (Feb. 22, 1997) 17 vs. Texas State (Apr. 1, 2013, at Reckling Park) 5 vs. UAB (Apr. 8, 2006) 25 vs. Southwest Missouri State (May 25, 1997, at Lubbock) 17 at Houston (May 31, 2015, at Cougar Field) 5 vs. Marshall (May 18, 2006) 17 at FIU (May 8, 2016, at Miami, Fla.) 5 at Marshall (Mar. 22, 2008, at Charleston, W.Va.) Runs Scored In an Inning 13 at Stephen F. Austin State (Feb. 8, 1995) Most Errors Most Opp. Batters Hit By Pitch 10 vs. UNLV (March 15, 1997, at Las Vegas, Nev.) 10 vs. Washington (May 22, 1998, at College Station)

Rice Baseball l Team Records l 95 Yearly Individual Statistical Leaders 1975 — Mike Macha, 30 Batting Average 1997 — , .431 Hits 1997 — Lance Berkman, 110 1976 — Mike Macha, 26 1974 — Ted Nowak, .301 1998 — Damon Thames, .424 1974 — Ted Nowak, 37 1998 — Damon Thames, 120 1977 — Bob Burnell, 28 1975 — Mike Macha, .325 1999 — Will Ford, .398 1975 — Mike Macha, 37 1999 — Damon Thames, 118 1978 — Bob Burnell, 25 1976 — Mike Macha, .333 2000 — Eric Arnold, .347 1976 — Mike Macha, 40 2000 — Eric Arnold, 91 1979 — Bob Burnell, 36 1977 — Robert deLeeuw, .314 2001 — Austin Davis, .346 1977 — Robert deLeeuw, 44 2001 — A.J. Porfirio, 97 1980 — Dave Edwards, 25 1978 — Bob Burnell, .331 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, .428 1978 — Bob Burnell, 53 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, 116 1981 — Mike McGee, 41 1979 — Bob Burnell, .321 2003 — Enrique Cruz, .352 1979 — Bob Burnell, 50 2003 — Vincent Sinisi, 97 1982 — Scott Johnson, 43 1980 — Chris Russ, .279 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, .371 1980 — Dave Edwards, 43 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, 82 1983 — Jay Bluthardt, Scott Johnson, 43 1981 — Frank Dishongh, .321 2005 — , .382 1981 — Frank Dishongh, 57 2005 — Josh Rodriguez, 82 1984 — Scott Johnson, .61 1982 — Scott Johnson, .326 2006 — Brian Friday, .353 1982 — Scott Johnson, 61 2006 — Greg Buchanan 102 1985 — Jay Knoblauh, 41 1983 — Jay Bluthardt, .346 2007 — Joe Savery, .356 1983 — Jay Bluthardt, Scott Johnson 66 2007 — Joe Savery, 98 1986 — Jay Knoblauh, 58 1984 — Scott Johnson, .342 2008 — Diego Seastrunk, .353 1984 — Scott Johnson, 69 2008 — Diego Seastrunk, 91 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 48 1985 — Curtis Fox, .385 2009 — Anthony Rendon, .388 1985 — Curtis Fox, Carl Mikeska, 57 2009 — Anthony Rendon, 94 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, 56 1986 — Jay Knoblauh, .340 2010 — Anthony Rendon, .394 1986 — Jay Knoblauh, 80 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 89 1989 — Michael Grace, 34 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, .372 2011 — Anthony Rendon, .327 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 67 2011 — Michael Ratterree, 85 1990 — John Eierman, 37 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, .343 Michael Ratterree, .327 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, 69 2012 — Christian Stringer, 81 1991 — Donald Allen, 44 1989 — Michael Grace, .353 2012 — Christian Stringer, .343 1989 — Michael Grace, 66 2013 — Ford Stainback, 81 1992 — Donald Allen, 47 1990 — Jamie Cook, .315 2013 — Shane Hoelscher, 320 1990 — Chris Feris, 65 2014 — Skyler Ewing, 81 1993 — Donald Aslaksen, 55 1991 — John Eierman, .340 2014 — Skyler Ewing, .335 1991 — John Eierman, 66 2015 — Ford Stainback, 81 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., 72 1992 — Donald Aslaksen, .340 2015 — Ford Stainback, .346 1992 — Donald Allen, 54 2016 — Ford Proctor, 75 1995 — Jose Cruz Jr., 77 1993 — Dana Davis, .364 Kirby Taylor, .346 1993 — Jose Cruz Jr., 67 2017 — Dane Myers, 88 1996 — Jeff Venghaus, 77 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., .401 2016 — Charlie Warren, .341 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., 73 1997 — Lance Berkman, 109 1995 — Mark Quinn, .380 2017 — Dominic DiCaprio, .366 1995 — Mark Quinn, 95 Runs 1998 — Damon Thames, 88 1996 — Lance Berkman, .398 1996 — Lance Berkman, 96 1974 — Ted Nowak, 37 1999 — Damon Thames, 86

96 l Rice Baseball l Annual Leaders 2000 — Brett Smith, 57 1981 — Frank Dishongh, Mike Horn, 11 2008 — Diego Seastrunk, 19 1984 — Carl Mikeska, 2 2009 — Steven Sultzbaugh, 6 2001 — A.J. Porfirio, 77 1982 — Dave Edwards, 16 Aaron Luna, 19 Bobby Eggleston, 2 2010 — Michael Fuda, 6 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, 65 1983 — Jay Bluthardt, 13 2009 — Rick Hague, 17 1985 — Jeff Tousa, 4 2011 — Ryan Lewis, 3 2003 — Chris Kolkhorst, 77 1984 — , 14 2010 — Rick Hague, 20 1986 — Eric Graff, 5 J.T. Chargois, 3 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, 59 1985 — Carl Mikeska, 13 Jeremy Rathjen, 20 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 3 2012 — Michael Fuda, 3 2005 — Tyler Henley, 70 1986 — Paul Dishman, Chris Tucker, 13 2011 — Anthony Rendon, 20 Tim Vannaman, 3 Christian Stringer, 3 2006 — Tyler Henley, 74 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 17 Michael Ratterree, 20 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, 5 2013 — Michael Aquino, 4 2007 — Brian Friday, 62 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, 19 2012 — Jeremy Rathjen, 14 1989 — John Eierman, 2 Christian Stringer, 4 2008 — Aaron Luna, 61 1989 — Michael Grace, 15 2013 — Christian Stringer, 15 1990 — John Eierman, 4 2014 — Keenan Cook, 5 2009 — Brock Holt, 67 1990 — Chris Feris, 13 2014 — Shane Hoelscher, 21 1991 — Jason Ogden, 5 2015 — Ford Stainback, 3 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 83 1991 — John Eierman, 16 2015 — Ryan Chandler, 17 1992 — Donald Aslaksen, 3 Tristan Gray, 3 2011 — Anthony Rendon, 58 1992 — Harry Duffey, 11 2016 — Ryan Chandler, 15 1993 — Jim Miller, 4 2016 — Dane Myers, 4 2012 — Christian Stringer, 58 1993 — Don Aslaksen, David Brooks, 16 Ford Proctor, 15 1994 — Chris Boni, 5 2017 — Dane Myers, 5 2013 — Christian Stringer, 50 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., 14 2017 — Darryn Sheppard, 20 1995 — Chris Boni, 7 2014 — Skyler Ewing, 57 1995 — Lance Berkman, 26 1996 — Bubba Crosby, 6 Home Runs 2015 — Ford Stainback, 50 1996 — J.Landry, T.McLaughlin, 19 Triples 1997 — Bubba Crosby, 11 1974 — Mike Macha, 9 2016 — Ryan Chandler, 38 1997 — Lance Berkman, 22 1974 — Joe Zylka, 4 1998 — Damon Thames, 7 1975 — Mike Macha, 8 2017 — Ford Proctor, 58 1998 — Damon Thames, 36 1975 — Mark , 4 1999 — Charles Williams, 9 1976 — Mike Macha, 5 1999 — W.Ford, D.Thames, J.Baker, 24 1976 — Mike Macha, 4 2000 — Eric Arnold, 3 1977 — Bob Burnell, Jeff Hays, 6 Doubles 2000 — Eric Arnold, 21 1977 — B. Burnell, S. Buckley, 2001 — Jesse Roman, 4 1978 — Bob Burnell, 5 1974 — Six players with 4 2001 — Hunter Brown, 25 S. Hinson, 1 2002 — Eric Arnold, 4 1979 — Bob Burnell, 9 1975 — Mike Macha, 8 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, 22 1978 — Robert deLeeuw, 6 2003 — Chris Kolkhorst, 4 1980 — Mike Horn, 7 1976 — Mike Macha, 7 2003 — Austin Davis, 24 1979 — Steve Grossman, 4 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, 5 1981 — Mike Horn, Dave Edwards, 3 1977 — Robert deLeeuw, 10 2004 — Adam Rodgers, 21 1980 — Dave Edwards, Dale Walters, 2 2005 — Tyler Henley, 4 1982 — Mike Horn, 10 1978 — Jimmy Michalek, 8 2005 — Adam Rodgers, 21 1981 — C.Russ, D.Edwards, C.Welch, 2 2006 — Tyler Henley, 7 1983 — Scott Johnson, 8 1979 — Bob Burnell, 11 2006 — Tyler Henley, 26 1982 — Scott Johnson, 6 2007 — Jared Gayhart, 5 1984 — Scott Johnson, 7 1980 — Chris Russ, Dale Walters, 7 2007 — Brian Friday, 29 1983 — Dave Edwards, 4 2008 — Jared Gayhart, 4 1985 — Mike Fox, 9

Rice Baseball l Annual Leaders l 97 1986 — Jay Knoblauh, 13 2012 — Jeremy Rathjen, 9 1991 — John Eierman, 37 2000 — Kenny Baugh, 2.22 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 13 2013 — Michael Aquino, 9 1992 — Donald Aslaksen, 34 1974 — Larry Reneau, 2.30 2001 — Kenny Baugh, 2.17 1988 — Tim Vannaman, 14 Michael Ratterree, 9 1993 — Jose Cruz Jr., 59 1975 — Steve Buckley, 4.05 2002 — Justin Crowder, 2.00 1989 — Michael Grace, 5 2014 — Skyler Ewing, 9 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., 68 1976 — Allan Ramirez, 1.90 2003 — Jeff Niemann, 1.70 1990 — Jason Ogden, 7 2015 — John Clay Reeves, 8 1995 — Mark Quinn, 89 1977 — Allan Ramirez, 2.48 2004 — , 1.80 1991 — Chris Feris, 5 2016 — Tristan Gray, 5 1996 — Lance Berkman, 92 1978 — Allan Ramirez, 2.65 2005 — Joe Savery, 2.43 1992 — Donald Aslaksen, 5 2017 — Tristan Gray, 8 1997 — Lance Berkman, 134 1979 — Allan Ramirez, 3.10 2006 — Cole St. Clair, 1.82 1993 — Jose Cruz Jr., 13 Dane Myers, 8 1998 — Damon Thames, 115 1980 — Matt Williams, 3.19 2007 — Matt Langwell, 2.35 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., 14 1999 — Will Ford, 74 1981 — Matt Williams, 2.25 2008 — Chris Kelley, 3.03 1995 — Mark Quinn, 18 Runs Batted In 2000 — Eric Arnold, 59 1982 — Norm Charlton, 2.49 2009 — Mike Ojala, 2.17 1996 — Lance Berkman, 20 1974 — Mike Macha, 24 2001 — Jesse Roman, 67 1983 — David Hinnrichs, 2.58 2010 — Jared Rogers, 3.83 1997 — Lance Berkman, 41 1975 — Mike Macha, 29 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, 80 1984 — Norm Charlton, 2.24 2011 — Austin Kubitza, 2.34 1998 — Damon Thames, 26 1976 — M.Macha, R.Lamprecht, 19 2003 — Austin Davis, 63 1985 — Ed Holub, 2.47 2012 — John Simms, 2.56 1999 — Jason Gray, 20 1977 — Robert deLeeuw, Jeff Hays, 21 2004 — Paul Janish, Adam Rodgers, 60 1986 — Steve Blackshear, 2.06 2013 — Zech Lemond, 2.02 2000 — Eric Arnold, 15 1978 — Bob Burnell, 22 2005 — Josh Rodriguez, 54 1987 — Todd Ogden, 5.07 2014 — Blake Fox, 1.46 2001 — Eric Arnold, 15 1979 — Bob Burnell, 28 2006 — Joe Savery, 66 1988 — John Polasek, 4.23 2015 — Glenn Otto, 1.54 2002 — Enrique Cruz, 16 1980 — Mike Horn, 27 2007 — Aaron Luna, 66 1989 — Rob Howard, 3.75 2016 — Glenn Otto, 2.26 2003 — Enrique Cruz, Vincent Sinisi 10 1981 — Mike Horn, 37 2008 — Diego Seastrunk, 61 1990 — John Polasek, 3.28 2017 — Glenn Otto, 3.77 2004 — , 11 1982 — Mike Horn, 49 2009 — Anthony Rendon, 72 1991 — Darrell Richardson, 5.20 2005 — Josh Rodriguez, 11 1983 — Mike Fox, 44 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 85 1992 — Jim Miller, 2.42 Wins 2006 — Aaron Luna, 16 1984 — Mark Machalec, 49 2011 — Michael Ratterree, 53 1993 — James Madrid, 3.50 1974 — Mike Pettit, 9 2007 — Aaron Luna, 13 1985 — Carl Mikeska, Mike Fox, 39 2012 — Michael Fuda, 45 1994 — Tim Byrdak, 2.14 1975 — Tommy Smart, 5 2008 — Adam Zornes, 12 1986 — Jay Knoblauh, 52 2013 — Michael Aquino, 43 1995 — Matt Anderson, 2.51 James Emmons, 5 2009 — Anthony Rendon, 20 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, 55 2014 — Skyler Ewing, 48 1996 — Dana Davis, 3.98 1976 — Allan Ramirez, 9 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 26 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, 55 2015 — John Clay Reeves, 55 1997 — Matt Anderson, 2.05 1977 — Allan Ramirez, 8 2011 — Anthony Rendon, 6 1989 — Michael Grace, 34 2016 — Ford Proctor, 41 1998 — Mario Ramos, 3.39 1978 — Allan Ramirez, Doug Watson, 4 Michael Ratterree, 6 1990 — John Eierman, 31 2017 — Darryn Sheppard, 50 1999 — Kenny Baugh, 2.26 1979 — Allan Ramirez, 6

98 l Rice Baseball l Annual Leaders 1980 — Matt Williams, 6 2006 — Eddie Degerman, 13 1985 — Ed Holub, 36 2012 — Matthew Reckling, 99 1992 — Darrell Richardson, 129.1 1981 — Rick Kelley, 9 2007 — Ryan Berry, Joe Savery, 11 1986 — Steve Blackshear, 91 2013 — Austin Kubitza, 134 1993 — Darrell Richardson, 88.0 1982 — Pat Devine, 6 2008 — Cole St.Clair, 10 1987 — Ken Sorenson, 53 2014 — Matt Ditman, 77 1994 — Bo Johnson, 85.1 1983 — David Hinnrichs, 10 2009 — Ryan Berry, Taylor Wall, 7 1988 — John Pope, 79 2015 — Austin Orewiler, 80 1995 — Dana Davis, 76.0 1984 — Norm Charlton, 11 2010 — Jared Rogers, 8 1989 — Rob Howard, 78 2016 — Jon Duplantier, 148 1996 — Shawn Onley, 100.0 1985 — Ed Holub, 5 2011 — Abe Gonzales, Tyler Duffey, 8 1990 — John Polasek, 81 2017 — Matt Canterino, 111 1997 — Jeff Nichols, 111.1 1986 — Steve Blackshear, 7 2012 — Matthew Reckling, 8 1991 — Darrell Richardson, 87 1998 — Jeff Nichols, 119.2 Todd Ogden, 7 2013 — A.Kubitza, John Simms, 8 1992 — Darrell Richardson, 127 Innings Pitched 1999 — Mario Ramos, 154.2 1987 — Todd Ogden, 8 Jordan Stephens, 8 1993 — Darrell Richardson, 103 1974 — Mike Pettit, 93.1 2000 — Kenny Baugh, 141.2 1988 — John Polasek, 8 2014 — Blake Fox, 12 1994 — Chad Feris, 70 1975 — Tommy Smart, 61.0 2001 — Kenny Baugh, 141.1 1989 — Rob Howard, 7 2015 — Blake Fox, 8 1995 — Matt Anderson, 63 1976 — Allan Ramirez, 90.0 2002 — Justin Crowder, 121.1 1990 — John Polasek, 11 2016 — Glenn Otto, 9 1996 — Shawn Onley, 95 1977 — Allan Ramirez, 87.0 2003 — Jeff Niemann, 137.1 1991 — Darrell Richardson, 6 Ricardo Salinas, 9 1997 — Matt Anderson, 105 1978 — Allan Ramirez, 78.0 2004 — Wade Townsend, 120.1 1992 — Darrell Richardson, 10 2017 — Glenn Otto, 7 1998 — Jeff Nichols, 117 1979 — Allan Ramirez, 87.0 2005 — Josh Geer, 124.2 1993 — Darrell Richardson, 10 1999 — Mario Ramos, 146 1980 — Matt Williams, 79.0 2006 — Eddie Degerman, 130.2 1994 — Chad Feris, 8 Strikeouts 2000 — Marc Gwyn, 132 1981 — Matt Williams, 123.1 2007 — Ryan Berry, 122.2 1995 — Matt Anderson, 11 1974 — Mike Pettit, 84 2001 — Kenny Baugh, 163 1982 — Norm Charlton, 68.2 2008 — Ryan Berry, 104.0 1996 — Matt Anderson, 9 1975 — Tommy Smart, Larry Reneau, 27 2002 — Phillip Humber, 130 1983 — David Hinnrichs, 115.1 2009 — Taylor Wall, 94.1 1997 — Matt Anderson, Jeff Nichols, 10 1976 — Allan Ramirez, 134 2003 — Wade Townsend, 164 1984 — Norm Charlton, 112.2 2010 — Jared Rogers, 87.0 1998 — Mario Ramos, Jeff Nichols, 12 1977 — Allan Ramirez, 97 2004 — Philip Humber, 154 1985 — Ed Holub, 80.0 2011 — Austin Kubitza, 100.0 1999 — Jeff Nichols, 15 1978 — Allan Ramirez, 93 2005 — Joe Savery, 129 1986 — Steve Blackshear, 104.2 2012 — Matthew Reckling, 87.2 2000 — Kenny Baugh, Jon Skaggs, 12 1979 — Allan Ramirez, 94 2006 — Eddie Degerman, 172 1987 — Ken Sorenson, 87.2 2013 — Jordan Stephens, 118.2 2001 — Kenny Baugh, 13 1980 — Matt Williams, 57 2007 — Ryan Berry, 125 1988 — John Polasek, 104.1 2014 — Blake Fox, 104.2 2002 — Steven Herce, 13 1981 — Matt Williams, 122 2008 — Ryan Berry, 86 1989 — Mike Cooper, 100.2 2015 — Kevin McCanna, 85.0 2003 — Jeff Niemann, 17 1982 — Norm Charlton, 46 2009 — Taylor Wall, 77 1990 — John Polasek, 120.2 2016 — Jon Duplantier, 111.0 2004 — Philip Humber, 13 1983 — Tim Englund, 68 2010 — Taylor Wall, 61 1991 — Darrell Richardson, 88.1 2017 — Matt Canterino, 96.0 2005 — Josh Geer, 12 1984 — Tim Englund, 82 2011 — Austin Kubitza, 102

Rice Baseball l Annual Leaders l 99 Individual Superlatives At Bats Career 924, Austin Davis (2001-2004) Games Played Batting Average Hits 899, Michael Ratterree (2010-2013) (400 Career At-Bats) Career Career Career Game 891, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 246, Michael Ratterree, (2010-13) .399, Damon Thames (1998-99) 309, Austin Davis (2001-2004) 6, Bubba Crosby vs. McNeese State 887, Ford Stainback, (2012-15) 241, Austin Davis (2001-2004) .385, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 291, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) (Feb. 14, 1997) 240, Diego Seastrunk (2007-10) 877, Diego Seastrunk (2007-10) .382, Vincent Sinisi (2002-03) 287, Diego Seastrunk (2007-10) 6, Lance Berkman vs. Cincinnati 822, Michael Fuda, (2008-12) 234, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) .376, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 285, Lance Berkman (1995-97) (Feb. 21, 1997) 231, Ford Stainback, (2012-15) 804, Shane Hoelscher (2011-2014) .371, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 266, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) 6, Will Ford vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 792, Tyler Henley (2005-2007) 224, Michael Fuda, (2008-12) .356, Joe Savery (2005-2007) 261, Joe Savery (2005-2007) (May 29, 1999, at Lubbock) 219, Donald Allen (1989-92) 750, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) .355, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 259, Michael Fuda, (2008-12) 6, Paul Janish at Nevada (Apr. 3, 2004) 218, Shane Hoelscher (2011-2014) 748, Donald Allen (1989-92) 212, Keenan Cook (2011-2014) .355, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) 256, Jacob Baker (1996-99) 5 by many; most recently by Charlie Warren .353, Mark Quinn (1994-95) 253, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) at UAB (May 19, 2017) 210, Mark Machalec (1981-84) Season .347, Jacob Baker (1996-99) 252, Will Ford (1996-99) 317, Charles Williams (1999) Season Consecutive Games Hitting 313, Damon Thames (1999) 74, Jacob Baker (1999) Season (2.5 At-Bats Season Streak 295, Greg Buchanan (2006) 74, Jason Gray (1999) Per Team Game) 120, Damon Thames (1998) 30, Bubba Crosby (1998) 294, Jason Gray (1999) 74, Brett Smith (1999) .431, Lance Berkman (1997) 118, Damon Thames (1999) 29, Charles Williams (1998-99) 294, Jacob Baker (1999) 74, Damon Thames (1999) .428, Vincent Sinisi (2002) 116, Charles Williams (1999) 287, Vincent Sinisi (2003) 74, Charles Williams (1999) 29, Damon Thames (1998-99) .424, Damon Thames (1998) 116, Vincent Sinisi (2002) 283, Damon Thames (1998) 70, Will Ford (1999) .419, Jim Fox (1962) 110, Lance Berkman (1997) 281, A.J. Porfirio (2001) 70, (2003) .401, Jose Cruz Jr. (1994) 105, Will Ford (1999) 70, Vincent Sinisi (2003) 280, Brian Friday (2007) .3983, Lance Berkman (1996) 102, Greg Buchanan (2006) 278, Brett Smith (1999) 70, Brian Friday (2006) .3977, Will Ford (1999) 98, Joe Savery (2007) 70, Greg Buchanan (2006) .3938, Anthony Rendon (2010) 97, A.J. Porfirio (2001) 70, Josh Rodriguez (2006) Game .3937, Bubba Crosby (1998) 97, Vincent Sinisi (2003) 70, Tyler Henley (2006) 9, several vs. Texas (May 15-16, .388, Anthony Rendon (2009) 70, Joe Savery (2007) 1981); last by Tristan Gray, Connor Teykl & Charlie Warren vs. Houston (May 31, 2015) 100 l Rice Baseball l Individual Records Runs Scored Game Season Doubles Career 6, Joseph Cathey vs. McNeese State 134, Lance Berkman (1997) Career 233, Lance Berkman (1995-97) (Feb. 14, 1997) 115, Damon Thames (1998) 65, Austin Davis (2001-2004) 223, Jason Richards (1996-98) 6, Lance Berkman vs. McNeese State 92, Lance Berkman (1996) 64, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 223, Austin Davis (2001-2004) (Feb. 14, 1997) 91, Bubba Crosby (1998) 64, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 203, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) 6, Jason Richards vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 89, Mark Quinn (1995) 62, Diego Seastrunk (2007-2010) 203, Tyler Henley (2005-2007) 21, 1997) 88, Bubba Crosby (1997) 60, Damon Thames (1998-99) 201, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 6, Aaron Luna vs. Marshall (May 18, 85, Anthony Rendon (2010) 56, Joe Savery (2005-2007) 200, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 2006) 81, Jacques Landry (1996) 56, Rick Hague (2008-2010) 199, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 6, Andrew Dunlap at UAB (May 19, 80, Vincent Sinisi (2002) 55, Brian Friday (2005-2007) 198, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) 2017) 76, Jose Cruz Jr. (1995) 52, Michael Ratterree (2010-2013) 193, Michael Ratterree (2010-2013) 5, by many; latest by Rick Hague at 51, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) Houston (May 27, 2010) Game Season 10, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. Southwest Texas St. (Feb. 9, 1995) Season 109, Lance Berkman (1997) 9, Mike Fox at Texas Tech (March 22, 1985) 36, Damon Thames (1998) Runs Batted In 8, Eric Graff vs. Lamar (April 9, 1985) 88, Damon Thames (1998) Career 29, Brian Friday (2007) 8, Bubba Crosby vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 86, Damon Thames (1999) 272, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 26, Lance Berkman (1995) 8, Lance Berkman vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 83, Anthony Rendon (2010) 243, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 26, Tyler Henley (2006) 8, Lance Berkman vs. Northwestern St. (Feb. 23, 1997) 82, Charles Williams (1999) 217, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 25, Hunter Brown (2001) 8, Damon Thames vs. TCU (April 3, 1998) 81, Joseph Cathey (1997) 203, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 24, Jacob Baker (1999) 8, Bubba Crosby at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 77, Jose Cruz Jr. (1995) 200, Diego Seastrunk (2007-10) 24, Will Ford (1999) 77, Jeff Venghaus (1996) 194, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 8, Vincent Sinisi vs. Southwest Texas St. (March 3, 2002) 24, Damon Thames (1999) 77, A.J. Porfirio (2001) 190, Michael Ratterree (2010-2013) 8, Anthony Rendon vs. California (March 13, 2010) 24, Austin Davis (2003) 77, Chris Kolkhorst (2003) 187, Damon Thames (1998-99) 22, Lance Berkman (1997) 185, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) 22, Charles Williams (1999) 179, Will Ford (1996-99) 22, Vincent Sinisi (2002)

Rice Baseball l Individual Records l 101 Triples 6, Bubba Crosby (1996) Home Runs Game 6, Will Ford (1997) 4, Lance Berkman vs. Massachusetts (March 9, 1996) Career Career 4, Bubba Crosby at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 20, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 6, Damon Thames (1999) 67, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 6, Steven Sultzbaugh (2009) 3, Carl Reynolds vs. Baylor (March 22, 1956) 15, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) 59, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 3, Eric Graff at TCU (March 27, 1987) 15, Chris Boni (1992-95) 6, Michael Fuda (2010) 52, Anthony Rendon (2009-10) 3, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. Southwest Texas St. (Feb. 9, 1995) 15, Charles Williams (1997-99) 43, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 3, Damon Thames at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) 15, Tyler Henley (2005-2007) 42, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 3, Anthony Rendon vs. Rider (June 5, 2010 at Austin) 13, Damon Thames (1998-99) 39, Jay Knoblauh, (1985-88) Doubleheader 11, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 39, Aaron Luna (2006-2008) 6, Lance Berkman vs. Massachusetts (March 9, 1996, at Cameron Field) 11, Will Ford (1996-99) 37, Damon Thames (1998-99) 11, Michael Fuda, (2008-12) 33, Jacques Landry (1995-96) Most Home Runs in Back-To-Back Games 10, John Eierman (1989-91) 32, Enrique Cruz (2001-03) 6, Lance Berkman vs. Massachusetts (2/4, March 9, 1996) 10, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) 32, Rick Hague (2008-10) 6, Bubba Crosby at New Mexico (2/4, April 10-11, 1998) 10, Josh Rodriguez (2004-2006) 5, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. S.F. Austin State, Southwest Texas State (2/3, Feb. 8-9, 1995) 10, Chad Mozingo (2008-2010) Season 41, Lance Berkman (1997) Consecutive Games With At Least One Home Run 7, Bubba Crosby (April 7-17, 1998) Season 26, Damon Thames (1998) 5, Lance Berkman (Feb. 8-14, 1997) 11, Bubba Crosby (1997) 26, Anthony Rendon (2010) 5, Lance Berkman (Feb. 21-28, 1997) 9, Charles Williams (1999) 25, Bubba Crosby (1998) 8, Jason Gray (1999) 22, Bubba Crosby (1997) Home Runs in Consecutive At-Bats 7, Chris Boni (1995) 20, Lance Berkman (1996) 4, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. Stephen F. Austin, Southwest Texas State (1/3, Feb. 8-9, 1995) 7, Damon Thames (1998) 20, Jason Gray (1999) 4, Lance Berkman vs. Massachusetts (March 9, 1996) 7, (1999) 20, Anthony Rendon (2009) 7, Tyler Henley (2006) 19, Jacques Landry (1996) Inning 6, Robert deLeeuw (1978) 2, Jacques Landry vs. Texas (May 18, 1996, at Lubbock) 18, Mark Quinn (1995) 2, Eric Arnold vs. TCU (April 1, 2000) 6, Scott Johnson (1983) Lance Berkman, 1995-1997 6, (1995)

102 l Rice Baseball l Individual Records Total Bases Game Slugging Percentage Bases On Balls Career 18, Bubba Crosby at New Mexico (April 11, 1998) Career (Min. 400 AB) Career 572, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 17, Bubba Crosby vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) .772, Lance Berkman (1995-97) 186, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 499, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 16, Eric Graff at TCU (March 27, 1987) .737, Bubba Crosby (1996-98) 182, Jason Richards (1996-98) 499, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 16, Lance Berkman vs. Massachusetts (Mar. 9, 1996) .730, Damon Thames (1998-99) 176, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 463, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 14, Mike Macha at Texas Tech (March 21, 1975) .679, Anthony Rendon (2009-11) 461, Austin Davis (2001-2004) .676, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) Season 449, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) .617, Mark Quinn (1994-95) 80, Anthony Rendon (2011) 435, Damon Thames (1998-99) .612, Jacques Landry (1995-96) 76, Jose Cruz Jr. (1995) 428, Diego Seastrunk (2007-2010) .609, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) 65, Jason Richards (1997) 406, Rick Hague (2008-2010) .572, Vincent Sinisi (2002-03) 65, Anthony Rendon (2010) 404, Jacob Baker (1996-99) .570, Aaron Luna (2006-2008) 64, Jose Cruz Jr. (1994) .560, Eric Arnold (1999-2002) 60, Jason Richards (1996) Season 59, Lance Berkman (1997) 263, Lance Berkman (1997) Season (2.5 at-bats per 57, Lance Berkman (1996) 248, Damon Thames (1998) team game) 57, Jason Richards (1998) 192, Bubba Crosby (1997) 1.031, Lance Berkman (1997) 57, Brett Smith (1999) 187, Damon Thames (1999) .876, Damon Thames (1998) 184, Jason Gray (1999) .828, Bubba Crosby (1998) Game 183, Bubba Crosby (1998) .801, Anthony Rendon (2010) 5, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. Texas Southern 181, Anthony Rendon (2010) .747, Lance Berkman (1996) (Feb. 22, 1995, at MacGregor Park) 180, Lance Berkman (1996) .744, Bubba Crosby (1997) 177, Mark Quinn (1995) .742, Jose Cruz Jr. (1994) 177, Charles Williams (1999) .717, Jay Knoblauh (1987) Bubba Crosby, 1996-1998 .708, Mark Quinn (1995) .702, Anthony Rendon (2009)

Rice Baseball l Individual Records l 103 Stolen Bases Game Season Career 4, Jose Cruz Jr., vs. Texas Tech (May 12, 1994, at Austin) 25, Chris Kolkhorst (2003) 86, Donald Allen (1989-92) 25, Aaron Luna (2006) 84, Ben Mathews (1985-88) 22, Tyler Henley (2007) Most Times On Base 21, Tyler Henley (2005) 68, Jay Knoblauh (1985-88) Game (Nine-Inn.) 20, Tyler Henley (2006) 56, Scott Johnson (1981-84) 7, Jose Cruz Jr. vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 22, 1995, at MacGregor Park) 18, Chris Kolkhorst (2004) 55, Chris Boni (1992-95) 7, Bubba Crosby vs. McNeese State (Feb. 14, 1997) 18, Aaron Luna (2008) 54, Jose Cruz Jr. (1993-95) 7, Lance Berkman vs. Cincinnati (Feb. 21, 1997) 18, Keenan Cook (2014) 46, David Brooks (1993-95) 7, Rick Hague vs. California (Mar. 13, 2010) 45, Jeff Venghaus (1994-96) 16, Paul Doyle (1995) 41, Jason Ogden (1990-92) 16, Lance Pendleton (2005) 38, Brian Friday (2005-2007) Most Hit By Pitch Career 63, Tyler Henley (2005-2007) Putouts Season Game 52, Aaron Luna (2006-2008) 33, Ben Mathews (1988) 23, Geoff Perrott at Hawaii (Feb. 22, 2013) 49, Chris Kolkhorst (2002-2004) 31, Ben Mathews (1986) 23, Connor Teykl at Houston (May 31, 2015) 29, Jose Cruz Jr. (1994) 22, Harold Stockbridge vs. SMU (April 30, 1948) 28, Scott Johnson (1984) 25, Jay Knoblauh (1986) 24, Donald Allen (1992) Passed Balls 23, Donald Allen (1990) Game 23, Chris Boni (1994) 3, Jamie Cook at Arkansas (March 9, 1991) 20, Jay Knoblauh (1988) 20, Donald Allen (1991) 20, Jason Ogden (1992)

104 l Rice Baseball l Individual Records Games Started Wins Consecutive Earned Run Average Pitching 21, Blake Fox (2013-15) Career Career Career (100 IP) Appearances 67, Kenny Baugh (1998-2001) 42, Jeff Nichols (1997-01) 18, Jeff Niemann (2002-03) 1.91, Zech Lemond (2012-14) Career 66, Jeff Nichols (1997-2001) 41, Kenny Baugh (1998-01) 17, Philip Humber (2002-03) 2.00, Justin Crowder (2002) 109, Cole St. Clair (2005-2008) 55, Rob Howard (1988-91) 35, Philip Humber (2002-2004) 2.05, Ray Hooten (1966-67) 92, Marc Gwyn (1997-2000) 51, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 34, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 2.05, Wade Townsend (2002-04) 92, Tyler Duffey, (2010-12) 49, Darrell Richardson (1991-93) 31, Blake Fox (2013-16) 2.25, Norm Charlton (1982-84) 91, Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl (1996-99) 49, Philip Humber (2002-04) 30, Matt Anderson (1995-97) 2.33, Austin Kubitza (2011-13) 88, Jeff Nichols (1997-01) 28, Jeff Niemann (2002-2004) 48, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) 2.33, Ronnie Henson (1966-67) 83, Matt Anderson (1995-97) 27, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) 48, Blake Fox (2013-16) 2.35, Bobby Bramhall (2005-07) 83, Stephen Bess (1996-99) 27, John Polasek (1987-90) 47, Ryan Berry (2007-09) 2.36, David Pavlas (1981-84) 82, Glenn Otto (2015-17) 26, Darrell Richardson (1991-93) 47, Austin Kubitza (2011-13) 2.41, Jeff Niemann (2002-04) 79, Kenny Baugh (1998-01) 26, Ryan Berry (2007-2009) 78, Taylor Wall, (2009-12) Season Season Season (1 IP per team game) 21, Jeff Nichols (1999) 17, Jeff Niemann (2003) 0.98, Mike Pettit (1972) Season 21, Kenny Baugh (2001) 15, Jeff Nichols (1999) 1.36, Ray Hooten (1966) 40, (2003) 20, Mario Ramos (1999) 13, Mario Ramos (1999) 1.37, Donnie Brogna (1969) 38, Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl (1999) 13, Kenny Baugh (2001) 20, Kenny Baugh (2000) 1.46, Blake Fox (2014) 37, Cole St. Clair (2006) 13, Steven Herce (2002) 20, Ryan Berry (2007) 1.52, Scott Wise (1970) 36, Tyler Duffey, (2012) 13, Philip Humber (2004) 19, Eddie Degerman (2006) 1.70, Jeff Niemann (2003) 34, Tony Cingrani (2011) 13, Eddie Degerman (2006) 18, Rob Howard (1990) 12, Jeff Nichols (1998) 1.76, Mickey Holder (1967) 33, Steve Blackshear (1986) 18, John Polasek (1990) 12, Mario Ramos (1998) 1.80, John Wolda (1956) 33, Glenn Otto (2016) 18, Darrell Richardson (1992) 12, Kenny Baugh (1999) 1.81, Bill Palmer (1966) 32, Cole St.Clair (2005) 18, Jeff Niemann (2003) 12, Kenny Baugh (2000) 1.82, Cole St. Clair (2006) 32, Bryce Cox (2006) 12, Jon Skaggs (2000) 18, Philip Humber (2003) 32, Matt Evers (2009) 12, Wade Townsend (2004) Jeff Niemann, 2002-2004 18, Joe Savery (2007) 32, Zech Lemond (2013) 12, Josh Geer (2005) 12, Blake Fox (2014) Rice Baseball l Individual Records l 105 Innings Pitched Game Season Career 15.0, Bobby Leggett vs. Texas (Mar. 31, 1953, at Rice) 172, Eddie Degerman (2006) 460.0, Kenny Baugh (1998-2001) 14.0, Matt Williams at Texas (May 15-16, 1981) 164, Wade Townsend (2003) 427.1, Jeff Nichols (1997-2001) 9.1, Kevin McCanna vs. Old Dominion (Mar. 8, 2014, at Rice) 163, Kenny Baugh (2001) 377.0, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 9.1, Austin Orewiler at Houston (May 31, 2015, at UH) 156, Jeff Niemann (2003) 353.2, Philip Humber (2002-2004) 154, Philip Humber (2004) 342.0, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) 148, Wade Townsend (2004) 338.1, Rob Howard (1988-91) 148, Jon Duplantier (2016) Strikeouts 146, Mario Ramos (1999) 332.1, Matt Williams (1978-81) Career 138, Philip Humber (2003) 330.1, John Polasek (1987-90) 447, Kenny Baugh (1998-2001) 134, Allan Ramirez (1976) 330.0, Blake Fox (2013-16) 422, Philip Humber (2002-04) 134, Austin Kubitza (2013) 322.1, Marc Gwyn (1997-2000) 418, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) 392, Jeff Nichols (1997-01) Game Season 363, Wade Townsend (2002-04) 19, John Hathorn vs. SMU (1919) 154.0, Mario Ramos (1999) 350, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 17, Philip Humber vs. Hawaii (2004) 141.2, Kenny Baugh (2000) 317, Darrell Richardson (1991-93) 16, John Hathorn vs. Texas A&M (1918) 141.1, Kenny Baugh (2001) 317, Marc Gwyn (1997-2000) 16, Allan Ramirez vs. Texas (1976) 137.2, Jeff Nichols (1999) 314, Eddie Degerman (2004-06) 16, Eddie Degerman vs. LA Tech (2005) 137.1, Jeff Niemann (2003) 309, Austin Kubitza (2011-13) 130.2, Eddie Degerman (2006) 15, Joe Savery vs. Fresno State (2005) 129.1, Darrell Richardson (1992) 128.0, Philip Humber (2003) 124.2, Josh Geer (2005) 123.1, Matt Williams (1981) Kenny Baugh, 1998-2001

106 l Rice Baseball l Individual Records Saves Complete Games Shutouts Rice No-Hitters Career Career Career Ray Hart vs. SMU, April 18, 1931, 5-0 27, Cole St. Clair (2005-08) 39, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) 7, Mike Pettit (1972-74) Chester Klaerner vs. Baylor, April 7, 1932, 4-0 20, Matt Ditman (2013-15) 25, Matt Williams (1978-81) 7, Allan Ramirez (1976-79) Chester Klaerner vs. SMU, April, 1932, 4-0 18, Zech Lemond (2012-14) 20, Rob Howard (1988-91) 4, Matt Williams (1978-81) Larry Reneau, 1972 17, David Aardsma (2002-03) 19, John Wolda (1954-56) 4, Tim Englund (1983-84) Allan Ramirez vs. SMU, Feb. 28, 1976 (seven inn.) 17, Glenn Otto (2015-17) 17, David Hinnrichs (1983-84) 4, Mike Cooper (1988-90) David Hinnrichs vs. St. Edwards, Feb. 13, 1983 14, Matt Anderson (1995-97) 17, Tim Englund (1983-84) 4, Rob Howard (1988-91) Jeff Nichols vs. Hawaii, Mar. 14, 1998 14, Philip Barzilla (2000-01) 17, John Polasek (1987-90) 3, Rick Kelley (1980-81) 13, Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl (1996-99) 17, Darrell Richardson (1991-93) 3, Pat Devine (1980-82) 13, Wade Townsend (2002-04) 14, Pat Devine (1979-82) 3, Jim Miller (1991-94) 13, Tyler Duffey (2010-12) 14, Norm Charlton (1982-84) 3, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 14, Mike Cooper (1988-90) 3, Marc Gwyn (1997-2000) Season 14, Mario Ramos (1997-99) 3, Kenny Baugh (1998-2001) 14, Zech Lemond (2013) 14, Kenny Baugh (1998-2001) 3, Ryan Berry (2007-09) 12, David Aardsma (2003) 3, Taylor Wall (2009-12) 12, Tony Cingrani (2011) Season 11, Cole St. Clair (2006) 13, David Hinnrichs (1983) Season 11, Matt Ditman (2015) 11, Allan Ramirez (1976) 5, Allan Ramirez (1976) 10, Philip Barzilla (2001) 10, Mike Pettit (1972) 3, Mike Pettit (1972) 9, Tim Byrdak (1994) 10, Allan Ramirez (1978) 3, Mike Pettit (1974) 9, Matt Anderson (1997) 10, Allan Ramirez (1979) 3, Pat Devine (1981) 9, Cole St. Clair (2007) 10, Matt Williams (1980) 3, Tim Englund (1983) 9, Matt Ditman (2014) 10, Norm Charlton (1984) 3, Rob Howard (1989) 3, Mike Cooper (1990) 3, Jim Miller (1992) Jeff Nichols, 1997-2001

Rice Baseball l Individual Records l 107 Baseball Lettermen A Charles Harold Atkinson, 1917-18 Woodrow Lynn Berry, 1965-66-67 Max Bradley, 1917 Chris Buley, 1988-89 David Aardsma, 2002-03 Frank Austin, 1930 Stephen Bess, 1996-97-98-99 Bobby Bramhall, 2005-06-07 Simon Milford Bunn, 1959 Jerry Abernathy, 1957-58 Frank Azzarello, Jr., 1931-32 Wilson Torey Betts, 1914 Carmen Brandon, 1936 Randy Burchfield, 1970-71 Bob Ables, 1926-27-28 Jason Bigelow, 1999 William Brandon, 1936 Steve Burgess, 1989-90-91-92 Phil Ables, 1928-29 B Kenneth Noble Bigham, 1984 Jeff Brannen, 1993-94 Bob Burnell, 1976-77-78-79 Mitch Ackal, 1999-2000 Charles E. Bailey, 1944-45 Brent Binder, 1991-92-93 Khevin Brewer, 2016 Bobby Burns, 1956-57-58 Fisher Adams, 1922-23-24 Jacob Baker, 1996-97-98-99 Charles W. Bishop, 1946-47-48-49 James E. Briggs, 1956-57 Frederick Clifford Burns, 1957-58-59 Tony Adler, 2000 Josh Baker, 2003-04 Jeff Blackinton, 2001-02-03 James H. Brock, 1958-59-60 Lawrence Oris Butler, 1917 Charles Aleo, 1930 Kenneth Wayne Baldwin, 1977-78-79 Steven Brake Blackshear, 1984-85-86 Sean Broderick, 1986-87-88-89 John Buvens, 1942 Dennis Alexander, 1970 Roy Barnes, 1927-28-29 Jason Blackwell, 1996 Donald Louis Brogna, 1969-70-71-72 Leon Byrd, 2013-14-15 Thomas Waybe Alexander, 1971 Quentin Barrow, 1941-42 Dan Edgar Bloxsom, 1924-25-26 David Brooks, 1993-94-95 Tim Byrdak, 1994 Donald Earl Allen, 1989-90-91-92 Stephen Joseph Barta, 1975 George Bloxsom, 1927-28 Allen Brown, 1993-94-95-96 Danny Allnoch, 1928-29 (capt.) Philip Barzilla, 2000-01 Leslie William Blume, 1960-61-62 A. Hunter Brown, 2001-02 C Willy Amador, 2015-16-17 Jeremy Bates, 1997-98 Richard Allen Blume, 1964-65 G. Hunter Brown, 1998-99 Cramer Clarke Cabaness, 1914-15 Boogie Anagnostou, 2010 Kenny Baugh, 1998-99-2000-01 Jay Bluthardt, 1982-83 Tom Brown, 1969 Earle Caine, 1914 Matt Anderson, 1995-96-97 R. Doyle Beard, 1950-51-52 Bobitt, 1928 Daniel Ray Bruffy, Jr., 1990 Robert Bruce Callender, 1944 Michael Aquino, 2011-12-13-14 Beissner, 1929 Fred Charles Boettcher, 1922-23-24 Bob Brumley, 1940-41 Greg Campbell, 1988-89 Billy P. Arhos, 1955-56-57 Bobby Bell, 2005-06, 2008 Walter Bolton, 1941 (mgr.) Bobby Bryan, 2000-01-02 Matt Canterino, 2017 Eric Arnold, 1999-2000-01-02 Hugh Leroy Bell, 1917-18-19 Chris Boni, 1992-93-94-95 Dane Bubela, 2002-03 Jim Carroll, 1930 Harry Sinclair Arthur, 1937-38-39 Andrew Benak, 2009, 2011-12 Jesse LaFayette Bonner, 1917 Greg Buchanan, 2005-06 Frank Carswell, 1939-40-41 (capt.) Donald Aslaksen, 1992-93-94 Justin Berg, 1996-97-98-99 Brian Bormaster, 2001 Douglas Alden Bucholz, 1930 Lindsay E. Cary, 1947-48 Rex Graham Aten, 1914 Lance Berkman, 1995-96-97 Borschow, 1927 Vince Buckley, 1943, 1947 Joseph Cathey, 1995-96-97 Jesse Atkins, 1936 Ryan Berry, 2007-08-09 Bryan Robert Boyne, 1972-74-75 Steve Buckley, 1975-76-77 Matt Cavanaugh, 2003-04 Chester Eaves Bradley, 1922 JessBuenger, 2007-08-09 Frank A. Cebello, Jr., 1978-79

108 l Rice Baseball l Lettermen John Cegelski, 1985-86 Phil Costa, 1941-46-47 David J. Devine, 1950-51-52 E Paul Franklin Ferguson, Jr., 1979 Herbert F. Chabysek, Jr., 1954-55-56 Phil Costa, Jr., 1974-75 David J. Devine, Jr., 1978-79 Rochester R. Eaton, Jr., 1936 Chad Feris, 1994-95 Richard Olney Chandler, 1915-16-17 Bryce Cox, 2005-06 Patrick Devine, 1980-81-82 David Edwards, 1980-81-82-83 Chris Feris, 1988-89-90-91 Ryan Chandler, 2015-16-17 LaVon Cox, 1953-54 Dominic DiCaprio, 2016-17 Roger J. Edwards, 1951 John I. Finch, 1949-50 J.T. Chargois, 2010-11-12 LaDon Cox, 1953-54-55 Antonio DiGesualdo, 1989-90-91-92 Bobby Eggleston, 1982-83-84-85 Lewis Dallam Fisher, 1925-26 Craig Charlton, 1989-90-91 Paul Creegan, 1946 Paul Dishman, 1986-87 Jerome Robert Egstein, 1958-59 Billy Fleming, 1969 Norm Charlton, 1982-83-84 Bubba Crosby, 1996-97-98 Bob Dickinson, 1930 John Eierman, 1989-90-91 Will Fletcher, 1994-95-96 Hollis D. Chatham, 1951 Craig Crow, 2006 Frank Dishongh, 1979-80-81 Virgil Eikenberg, 1943 Richard R. Floyd, 1953-54-55 Jason Choate, 1992-93 Justin Crowder, 2002 Matt Ditman, 2013-14-15 William Albert Eiland, 1965-66 James H. Foerster, 1953-56 John H. Churchill, 1949-50 Enrique Cruz, 2001-02-03 Virgin Dixon, 1931-32 Bert Emanuel, 1992-93 Kenny Ford, 2006 Tony Cingrani, 2010-11 Jose L. Cruz Jr., 1993-94-95 Jordan Dodson, 2005-06-07-08 Matt Emerson, 2003 Will Ford, 1996-97-99 Marcus Rand Clark, 1975 Robert Emmett Cummings, 1914 Bill Don Donaldson, 1959-60-61 James Ray Emmons, 1975-77 Josh Forester, 2004 Wallace Clyce, 1915-16 (capt.) Matt Cunningham, 2001 Brooks Donner, 1992-93 Henry G. Enck, 1930-31-32 Kyle Forrest, 2006 Bartlett E. Coan, 1915 Zane Curry, 1998-99 Paul Doyle, 1993-94-95-96 Tim Englund, 1983-84 Floyd Festus Fouts, 1916 Walter Leslie Coleman, 1922 Ronald L. Dreyer, 1961 Zach Esquivel, 2016-17 Blake Fox, 2013-14-15-16 Carlo Collura, 1942 D W.E. Dryden, 1944 Skyler Ewing, 2012-13-14 Curtis Fox, 1982-83-84-85 O.L. Colley, 1942 Lawrence DaCamara, 1927-28-29 Harry Duffey, 1991-92 David Evans, 1981-83-84-85 Edward Fox, 1926 Patrick Dennis Combs, 1986 Shirley DaCamara, 1926-27 Tyler Duffey, 2010-11-12 Matt Evers, 2008-09-10 Jim Fox, 1960-61-62 Jimmy Comerota, 2007-08-09-10 Austin Davis, 2001-02-03-04 Allen Keton Dunkerly, 1922 John J. Fox, 1936-37 Ralph Andrew Cooley, 1976-77 George Courtney Davis, 1969-70-71 Andrew Dunlap, 2016-17 Matt Fox, 1998-99-2000-01 Jamie Cook, 1990-91 Jon Duplantier, 2014, 2016 F Mike Fox, 1982-83-84-85 Dana Davis, 1993-94-95-96 Jeremy Fant, 2010-11, 2013 Keenan Cook, 2011-12-13-14 Lyndon Duplessis, 2004-05-06 Bryan Foxx, 1982-83-84-85 Parke Davis II, 1951-52-53 Louis Lee Farr, 1914 Daniel Cooper, 2006 Raymond Dupree, 1936 Johnnie Frankie, 1936-37 Walter H. Deakin, Jr., 1950-51-52 Mark Farrar, 1981-82 Mike Cooper, 1988-89 Greg Duran, 1990-91 Brandt Frazier, 2016 Nick DeBiasse, 2008 Anthony Fazio, 2010-11 Billy Costa, 1967-68-69 Clinton Henry Dutton, 1922-23 Brian Friday, 2005-06-07 Eddie Degerman, 2004-05-06 Robert R. Feldman, 1945-46 Don Costa, 1953 , 1921-22-23 (capt.) Steve Fry, 1975-76-77-78 Robert deLeeuw, 1977-78 Leroy Fenstemaker, 1953-56 Bill Frazier, 1953

Rice Baseball l Letterman l 109 Kyle Frazier, 2017 Osiris Gonzalez, 1998 Patrick Hallmark, 1995 David Hilton, 1969-70 I Michael Fuda, 09-10-11-12 Daniel Gonzales-Luna, 2009-10-11-12 Darrel Halloran, 1968-71 (capt.) David Hinnrichs, 1983-84 Nick Iovacchini, 1998-99 Brandon Fuller, 1996 Placido Gomez, 1941 Derek Hamilton, 2011 Stan Hinson, 1977-78 Johnny Ray Isgitt, Jr., 1979-80 Glen Fuller, 1948-49 James Buford Goodwin, 1916 Lee Hammett, 1931 Sean Hirsch, 2003-04 Dick Fuqua, 1968-69-70 Dan Wallace Goyen, Jr., 1977-80 Larry Hardy, 1975-76-77 Charles Hodge, 1975-76 Herbert Furman, 1929 Michael Grace, 1986-87-88-89 Kenner Harlan, 1920-21-22 Kevin Hodge, 1998 J Thomas Hardy Jackson, 1917 Eric Graff, 1985-86-87 Fritz Hart, 1930 Leland Allen Hodges, 1917-18 Billy Jacobson, 2001 Ian Graham, 1995 Raymond Hart, 1930-31 Derek Hoelscher, 1982-83-84-85 G John Joseph Jacobson, 1972-73 Richard Grant, 1927-28 Alvin Hartman, 1960-61 Shane Hoelscher, 2011-12-13-14 Roel Garcia, 2017 L.J. Jammett, 1932 Jason Gray, 1999-2000 Zack Harwood, 2008-09 Michael Holder, 1965-67 Taji Garcia, 1989-90-91 Ernest Anton Janik, Jr., 1974-75 Tristan Gray, 2015-16-17 John Hathorn, 1915-16-17-18 Steve Holder, 1970-71 Oliver Garnett, 1913-15 Paul Janish, 2002-03-04 Albert John Grazioli, Jr., 1976 Mark Haynes, 2008-09-10 Tim Holder, 1974-75-76 Jared Gayhart, 2007-08 Kendal Jefferies, 2016-17 Lee Hardy Gripon, 1916 Jeff Hays, 1975-76-77-78 Hugo Hollas, 1966-67-68 Garrett Gayle, 2017 Alfred F. Jockec, 1953-54 William V. Grisham, 1944 Gilbert Heidler, 1937-38-39 Damon Hollingsworth, 1946 Josh Geer, 2005 Gavin Johnson, 2016 Steve Grossman, 1976-77-78 Howard Heigel, 1939-40 Brock Holt, 2009 Bubba Gentry, 2001-02 Henry Claude Johnson, 1979-82 Kyle Gunderson, 2004-05-06-07 John Helton, 1938-39 Ed Holub, 1985-86 Frank Gerlack, 1921 Kevin Johnson, 1992 Bobby Gunn, 1946, 1950 Bruce Henley, 1972-73 David Hooten, 1966-67 Ben Gerland, 1939-40-41 Ronald Baxter Johnson, 1991-92-93-94 Marc Gwyn, 1997-98-99-2000 Tyler Henley, 2005-06-07 Thomas Hopkins III, 1944, 1949 Gus Geyer, 1930-31 Scott Johnson, 1981-82-83-84 Ron Hensen, 1966-67 Mike Horn, 1979-80-81-82 Phillip Ghutzman, 2000-01 Chris Jones, 1988-89-90-91 Adam Herndon, 1994-95-96-97 David Houser, 1976 Todd Gibson, 1988-89 H E.R. Jones, 1932 Steven Herce, 2000-01-02-03 Rob Howard, 1988-89-90-91 Vernon Glass, 1949-50-51 Richard Hairston, 1986-87 Ralph Jones, 1930-31 Thomas Heywood, 1917-20 (capt.) Scott Huffman, 2001 Kennedy Glasscock, 1990-91-92-93 Rick Hague, 2008-09-10 Jeff Jorgensen, 2003 Milton Scott Heywood, 1920-21-22 James Hughes, 1921-24 (capt.) Bradley Gneiting, 2017 Adam Hale, 2004-05 Kevin Joseph, 1995-96-97 Jim Hicks, 1995 Philip Humber, 2002-03-04 William L. Golibart, 1950-51-52 John Hale, 2008 George Journeay, 1914-15 Robert Hill, 1925 Henry Hurley, Jr., 1936-37-38 Abe Gonzales, 2008-09-10-11 Billy Hale, 1962-63-64 Russell Judd, 1964 Jonathan Gonzalez, 2000-01 William Hall, 1924-25-26 (capt.) Jon Hillis, 1993 Robert M. Hutchinson, 1944

110 l Rice Baseball l Letterman K Austin Kubitza, 2011-12-13 Scott Lonergan, 2007 Colin Mathney, 2003-04 Palmer Melton, 1922-23-24 Kemper Kaiser, 1939-40-41 Lee Jason Kushner, 1990-91 Don Brooks Longcope, 1963-64 Ben Mathews, 1985-86-87-88 Derek Michaelis, 1998-99-2000 Sheldon Kaufman, 1970-71-72 Ralph Dunning Longly, 1915-16 Ryan Mathews, 1997 Jimmy Michalek, 1978-79-80 John Kaye, 2000 L Matt Lorenz, 1995-96-97 Harold Mathewson, 1919-20-21 Carl Mikeska, 1982-83-84-85 Cecil Keith, 1930 (capt.) Robert Lloyd Lamb, 1924 Mike Lorsbach, 2001-02 Allen Matthews, 1985-86-87 Shawn Mikeska, 1985-86 Chris Kelley, 2007-08 Randy Joe Lambrecht, 1974-75-76 John E. Ludwig, 1955-56 Michael Maxwell, 1977-78-79 Jim Miller, 1991-92-93-94 Mike Kelley, 1938 Robbie Lammons, 2017 Lucas Luetge, 2008 Sam May, 1936 Alexander Mitchell, 1957-58-59 Richard Kelley, 1980-81 Matt Langwell, 2007-08 Mark Edward Luetge, 1980-81 Gordon Disney Mayo, 1914 Ed Mitchell, 1939 Don Kennedy, 1941 Jacques Landry, 1995-96 John Lukin, 1999-2000 John McAfee, 1992 Robert E. Miville, 1946 (mgr.) Robert Kennedy, 1950-51 Tom Lasater, 1972 Aaron Luna, 2006-07-08 Kevin McCanna, 2013-14-15 Matt Moake, 2004-05 Randy Kerbow, 1961-62-63 Ernie Laurence, 1938-39 Ryan McCarthy, 2013-14-15 Alvin S. Moody, 1932 James Edward King, 1963-64 Kenneth Lee, 1930-31-32 (capt.) M John McCauley, 1936 Paul Moomaw, 1986 Reginal Augustus Kinnear, 1922 Richard Leeder, Jr., 1950-51 Anthony Macaluso, 1946-48 Brooks McClain, 1993-94 W.C. Moore, 1939 Donald Ray Kirks, 1962-63-64 Robert L. Leggett, 1952-53-54 Mike Macha, 1974-75-76 Morris McClelland, 1961-62-63 George Oliver Morgan, 1924 Chester Klaerner, 1931-32 Danny Lehmann, 2005-06-07 Mark Machalec, 1981-82-83-84 Will McDaniel, 2005-06-07-08 Worster Miles Morgan, 1937 Rob Kligman, 1997 Donald Leigh, 1940-41-42 James Madrid, 1992-93-94 Jason McDonald, 1998 W.O. Morgan, 1930 “Heavy” Knippel, 1928 Chad Lembeck, 2006-07 Arthur Eugene Maguire, 1972 John McDonald, 1942-43 Adam Morris, 2004-05 Jay Knoblauh, 1985-86-87-88 Zech Lemond, 2012-13-14 Mike Majors, 1989-1990 Chase McDowell, 2010-11-12-13-14 Addison Moss, 2017 Melton Koch, 1931-32 James Allen Levering, 1966-67-68 Tom Malek, 1985-86-87 Tim McDowell, 1987 Robert C. Moy, 1959-60 Chris Kolkhorst, 2002-03-04 A.W. Lewis, 1931 Frankie B. Mandola, 1967-68-69 George McElree, 1945 (mgr.) Chad Mozingo, 2008-09-10 Kent Koppa, 1984-85 Donald Grady Lewis, 1977-78-79-80 Craig Manuel, 2009-10-11-12 John William McFarland, 1959-60-61 Mackenzie Mueller, 2017 Hunter Kopycinski, 2013-14-15-16 Grayson Lewis, 2015-16 Anthony Richard Maresca, 1971 Rob McGarr, 1989 Bobby Muraro, 1997 Brad Kottman, 2012 Ryan Lewis, 2009, 2011-12 H.D. Marsters, 1952 Mike McGee, 1978-79-80-81 C. Edwin Murphey, 1944-45 Evan Kravetz, 2016-17 Bobby Lively, 1959-60-61 Nick Martin, 2001 Frank McKeown, 1962-63 Andrew Murphy, 2012-13-14 Richard Kristinik, 1959-60-61 Jim Locke, 1923-24-25 A.J. Martinkue, 1932 Tim McLaughlin, 1994-95-96-97 Rodney Bruce Murray, 1957-58-59 Paul Kupce, 1952 (mgr.) Harris Lodge, 1936 Connor Mason, 2013 Holt McNair, 2010-11-12-13-14 Dane Myers, 2015-16 Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl, 1996-97-98-99 Floyd Mechler, 1937-38-39 Derek Myers, 2005-06-07-08

Rice Basketball l History l Lettermen l 111 N Austin Orewiler, 2014-15 Gerald Wayne Naccarato, 1971-72 Nick Orewiler, 2016-17 Marcus Nalepa, 1992-93 Glenn Otto, 2015-16-17 Paul Nash, 1926 Eddie Otwelle, 1969-70-71 Paul Edward Nash, 1918-20 (capt.) David Ownby, 1968-69-70 (capt.) Anthony L. Navarro, 1955 Franklin Navarro, 1942 P Charles E. Nelson, 1948-49 J.P. Padron, 2007-08 Spencer Nemer, 1998-99 Billy Ray Palmer, 1965-66-67 Joe C. Newbill, 1948-50 Chester Palmer, 1940-41-42 Jeff Nichols, 1997-98-99-2001 Leonard Parker, 1936 John Nicholson, 1965-66-67 Jackson Parthasarathy, 2016-17 Jeff Niemann, 2002-03-04 Mike Patrick, 1985 Isamu Nigro, 2000-01 David Pavlas, 1982-83-84 John Nisbet, 1953 Truitt Peachy, 1948-50 Robert James Nitsche, 1965-66 Tyler Pearson, 2011 Grover C. Noonan, 1944-47 Ben-Forrest Perdue, 1958-59 Ted Nowak, 1971-72-73-74 James Pendaris, 1942 Lance Pendleton, 2003-04-05 O Garrett Pennington, 2004 John Ofield, 1983-84 Ronnie Peoples, 1981-82-83 Todd Ogden, 1985-86-87 Fred Pepper, 1940-41 Jason Ogden, 1990-91-92 Jason Thorpe Perlioni, 1991 Mike Ojala, 2007-08-09-10 Geoff Perrott, 2010-11-12-13 Richard O’Keefe, 1978-79-80-81 Kurt Pessa, 2005-2006 Shawn Onley, 1996 Dave Peterson, 2009

112 l Rice Baseball l Letterman David Ludlow Pettit, 1969-70-71-72 Steve Ramharter, 1988, 1990 Mike Rochard, 1988-89-90-91 Gene David Schroeder, 1966 Jon Skaggs, 1998-99-2000-01 Michael Steven Pettit, 1971-72-73 Allen Ramirez, 1976-77-78-79 Adam Rodgers, 2004-05 Charles John Schuehle, 1937 Tommy Smart, 1974-75-76 Josh Pettitte, 2015 Marcos Ramos, 2002 John Rodgers, 1992-93 Kyle Schultz, 1988-89-90 Brett Smith, 1999-2000 John Plumbley, 1943-47-48 Mario Ramos, 1997-98-99 Josh Rodriguez, 2004-05-06 Brent Schwarz, 2016-17 Brian Smith, 2014 Thomas Lynn Poindexter, 1978-79 Jeremy Rathjen, 2009-10-11-12 Jared Rogers, 2009-10 K. Scott, 1932 Caleb Smith, 2014 John Polasek, 1987-88-89-90 Michael Ratterree, 2010-11-12-13 Jordan Rogers, 2008-09 Sam Scott, 2000 Jonathan Smith, 2000 Charles Oscar Pollard, 1924 Robert Ray, 1925-26 Jesse Roman, 2000-01 W.F. Scruggs, 1943-44 Paul Smith, 1930 Louis Pontello, 1936 Travis Reagan, 2004-05-06-07 Andy Rooker, 1965-66-67 William Wesley Seale, 1936-37-38 Austin Solecitto, 2015-16 John Pope, 1988-89 Mathew Reckling, 2009-10-11-12 Mark Rooker, 1971-74 Edward Sears, 1936 F.F. Somner, 1947 A.J. Porfirio, 2001-02 Tommy Reckling, 1952-53-54 Justin Ruchti, 2002-03 Diego Seastrunk, 2007-08-09-10 Ken Sorenson, 1986-87 Robert Lyn Potter, 1971-72-73 Gerald Douglas Reed, 1967-68-69 Jonathan Runnels, 2007-08 Bert Selman, 1942 Randy Louis Spardella, 1975 James Putnam Potts, 1917 John Clay Reeves, 2014-15 Chris Russ, 1980-81 Jeff Shaddix, 1995-96 Tex Spear, 1964-65 Keltys Powell, 1945-46-47 Clay Reichenbach, 2004-05 Bill Russell, 1968-69 William Sheehan, 1942 Tony Spears, 1991-92 Richard Preng, 1977-78-79-80 Ernest F. Reininger, 1948-49 T.N. Russell, 1930-32 (capt.) Len Shelby, 1970-71-72 Tommy Speck, 1968-69 Byran Price, 2006-07-08 John Richard Reitz, 1964-65-66 Evan Rutter, 2012-13-14 Darryn Sheppard, 2017 Jayme Sperring, 2000 Ford Proctor, 2016-17 Anthony Rendon, 2009-10-11 Robert Sheridan, 1953 Trey Sperring, 2006 Rex G. Procter, 1949-50-51 Larry Reneau, 1973-74-75 S Francis J. Shirocky, 1947 (capt.) J. Browder Spiller, 1913 Scott Rennie, 1995 William Sadler, 1936 Nick Silber, 2017 Don Spivey, 1982-83 Q Roland E. Rentz, 1952 Jake Sahuele, 1938-39 Doug Simmons, 2008-09-10-11 Jerrol Springer, 1958-59-60 Mark Quinn, 1994-95 Carl Reynolds, 1954-55-56 Ricardo Salinas, 2015-16-17 John Simms, 2011-12-13 Tyler Spurlin, 2010-11-13 Bart Francis Rice, 1964-65 Xavier Sandoval, 1990-91-92 Shiblee Simuel Simon, 1973-74-75 Charles S. Squyres, 1932 Jason Richards, 1996-97-98 Chace Sarchet, 2017 Jay P. Simpson, 1945 Cody Staab, 2016-17 R D. Richardson, 1932 Jerry Sims, 1956-57-58 Ford Stainback, 2012-13-14-15 Arthur Rabeau, 1984-85 (mgr.) J.J. Savarino, 1995-96-97-98 Darrell Richardson, 1991-92-93 John Carlton Sims, 1962-63 Norman Stallings, 1958-59 Joe Racina, 1989-90-91-92 Joe Savery, 2005-06-07 Chris Robertson, 1988-89 Vincent Sinisi, 2002-03 William Standish, 1913-15 Lee A. Raesner, 1960-62-63 Kenneth Schoppe, 1961-62-63 Merritt Robinson, 1988-89-90 Ben Schragger, 2016-17 Drew Skaggs, 2000-01-02 Craig Stansberry, 2003

Rice Baseball l Letterman l 113 Sam A. Staples, 1956-57 Tracy T. Terry, 1973-74 V Clinton Welch, 1981-82-83 Joseph Wood, 1939 Cole St.Clair, 2005-06-07-08 Connor Teykl, 2013-14-15-16 Paul R. Vahldiek, 1948-49 Dustin Wernecke, 2001 William Wood, 1939 Jack Steele, 1936 Trevor Teykl, 2014-15 Griff Vance, 1917 Gary Wade West, 1960-61-62 Jim Woodruff, 1967 Frank Steen, 1937-38 Damon Thames, 1998-99 Velton Lee Vanderford III, 1979 Claude W. White, 1956-57-58 George Woods, 1925-26 Robert J. Stegeneier, 1954-55 T. DeWitt Thomas, 1919 Glenn Van Dusen, 1944 Ronald White, 1967-68-69 (capt.) Hugh Woolever, 1987-88-89 Jordan Stephens, 2012-13-14-15 Jim Thompson, 1983-84-85 Tim Vannaman, 1986-87-88 John William Whitesides, 1916 Clinton H. Wooten, 1913-14-15 John Murry Stephenson, Jr., 1961-62 Leonard Thompson, 1948 Jerry Van Noy, 1998-99-2000 I. Marion Wilford, 1924-25-26 Russell Wright, 1985 Douglas Joseph Stevenson, 1922 Joel Ray Tigett, 1962-63-64 Jeff Venghaus, 1994-95-96 G.E. Wilkin, 1944-45 Travis Wright, 2009 Harold Stockbridge, 1946-47-48 Paul Timme, 1959-60 Tommy Vickers, 1936-37-38 John Wilkins, 1963-64 William D. Wright, 1949-50-51 Ricky Strebeck, 1986-87-88 Cliff Tolle, 1927-28-29 (capt.) Charles A. Vilbig, 1919 Robert S. Willard, 1945-47-48-49 Zach Wright, 2017 Christian Stringer, 2012-13 Jeff Tousa, 1984-85 Ernest Vogt, 1941 Bob Williams, 1936 Dane Wunderlich, 2014-15-16-17 Philip Strohbehn, 1988 Wade Townsend, 2002-03-04 Edward Vogt, 1942 Bobby Williams, 1957 Joe Wylie, 1952-53-54 Steven Sultzbaugh, 2009-10 Adam Traweek, 2006 Charles Williams, 1997-98-99 Charles Yancey Swartz, 1923-24-25 William C. Treschwig, 1932 Julian Williams, 1932 Y Byron Tribe, 1994 W Matt Williams, 1978-79-80-81 “Hans” Wagner, 1951-52 James O. Younts, 1932 Philip Tribe, 2001-02 Robert Parks Williams, 1921 T Ronnie Waldo, 1964-65-66 William C. Trotter, 1954-55 John Williamson, 2014-15 Ryne Tacker, 2005-07 Henry Donald Walker, 1922-23 Chris Tucker, 1985-86-87 Matt Williamson, 1993-94 Z Chad Tatum, 2015-16 Taylor Wall, 2009-10-11-12 Adam Zornes, 2006-07-08 Steve Turner, 1987-88-89 Mike Wilson, 1992-93-94-95 Chase Taylor, 2006 John Wallace, 1936 Joe Zylka, 1971-72-73-74 Lee Tynes, 1936-37 Steve Wilson, 1975-76-77 Kirby Taylor, 2013-14-15 Donzel Waller, 1936 Scott Wise, 1968-69-70-71 Mark Taylor, 1993-1994-95-96 John William Waltrip, Jr., 1920 John Wissinger, 1936-38 Emil D. Tejml, 1955-56-57 U Charlie Warren, 2014-15-16-17 Harry Witt, 1936 William Telschow, 1941 Matt Ueckert, 2003-04 William Alphus Waters, 1921-22-23 William W. Witt, 1951-52-53 Vernon Temple, 1970-72-73 Wash Underwood, 1926-27-28 Doug Watson, 1978-79-81-82 Arthur Wittman, 1930 Peter Terrana, 1997-98-99 Chuck Weese, 1986-87-88 F. Terrenella, 1932 John Wolda, 1954-55-56

114 l Rice Baseball l Letterman Honors & Awards College Baseball Hall of Fame Rice Athletics Hall of Fame 2012 — Wayne Graham, coach 1970 — Tony Bell ’19 (1970); Eddie Dyer ’22; Wash “Little Heavy” 2015 — Lance Berkman, 1b/of Underwood ‘27 1972 — Leslie Coleman ’23; Frank Carswell ‘41 1973 — Peg Melton ‘24 National Player of the Year 1974 — Chester Klaerner ’33; Tally Eaton ‘36 1997 — Lance Berkman, 1b (NCBWA) 1978 — Cecil Grigg, Austin College ’17, coach 1998 — Damon Thames, ss (ABCA) 1982 — Jerry Sims ‘58 1999 — Mario Ramos, p (CBI pitcher of the year) 1983 — Grandpa Wood ‘27 2002 — Philip Humber, p; Vincent Sinisi, 1b (co-freshmen of the 1984 — Richard Kristinik ‘61 year) 1985 — Jim Fox ‘62 2003 — Jeff Niemann, p (CBI.com) 1989 — Allan Ramirez ‘79 2005 — Joe Savery, p/1b (freshman of the year) 1990 — Norm Charlton ‘86 Rice’s Anthony Rendon - 2010 Howser Trophy Award 2007 — Ryan Berry, p (freshman pitcher of the year) 1999 — Jay Knoblauh ‘88 as the National Player of the Year 2009 — Anthony Rendon, 3b (freshman of the year) 2003 — Jose Cruz Jr. ‘96 Wayne Graham, Anthony Rendon, Jana Howser (College Baseball 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 3b (ABCA, Baseball America, NCBWA, 2005 — Lance Berkman ‘98 Foundation), Dr. (1998 Howser Trophy winner). Rawlings Sporting Goods) 2007 — Mark Quinn ‘95 2009 — Damon Thames ‘99 The Howser Trophy Bob Quin Award 2011 — Kenny Baugh ‘01 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 3B (national college player of the year) (Presented to the top male student-athlete at Rice University since 1931.) 2013 — Rice Baseball National Champions ‘03 1970 — Dick Fuqua 2015 — Bubba Crosby ‘98 Senior CLASS Award 1983 — David Edwards 2017 — Jeff Nichols ’01; Joe Savery ‘07 2008 — Cole St.Clair, p (nation’s outstanding senior student- 2008 — Cole St. Clair athlete) 2014 — Andrew Murphy

Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards l 115 All-America 2004 — Philip Humber, p (first team); Jeff Niemann, p (honor- 1932 — Chester Klaener, p able mention); Wade Townsend, p (first team) 1961 — Richard Kristinik, if (third team) 2005 — Joe Savery, util. (second team); Josh Rodriguez, 3b 1973 — Len Shelby, c (third team); Bobby Bell, p (freshman); Tyler Henley, of (fresh- 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, of man); Cole St.Clair, p (freshman); 1993 — Jose Cruz Jr., of 2006 — Eddie Degerman, p (first team); Brian Friday, ss (first 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., of team); Cole St.Clair, p (first team); Josh Rodriguez, 3b (third 1995 — Jose Cruz Jr., of; Mark Quinn, 3b-dh team); Aaron Luna, of (freshman) 1996 — Lance Berkman, 1b 2007 — Joe Savery, p (first team); Ryan Berry, p (second team/ 1997 — Lance Berkman, 1b; Matt Anderson, p; Bubba Crosby, freshman); Bobby Bramhall, p (second team); Aaron Luna, of (second team); Jeff Nichols, p (freshman); Mario Ramos, p of (third team); Ryne Tacker, p (third team); Diego Seastrunk (freshman, second team) (freshman); 1998 — Damon Thames, ss; Bubba Crosby, of; Mario Ramos, p 2008 — Cole St.Clair, p (third team); Rick Hague (freshman); (third team) Matt Evers (freshman); 1999 — Kenny Baugh, p (third team); Will Ford, of (third team); 2009 — Anthony Rendon, 3b (first team); Ryan Berry, p (first Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl, p (third team); Mario Ramos, p; Damon team); Taylor Wall, p (third team freshman); Thames, ss 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 3b (first team); Michael Ratterree, if 2000 — Kenny Baugh, p (second team); Eric Arnold, ss (third (freshman) team) 2011 — Anthony Rendon, dh (second team); Austin Kubitza, p 2001 — Kenny Baugh, p (second team) (freshman first team) 2002 — Steven Herce, p (third team); Philip Humber, p (second 2012 — Matthew Reckling, p (second team); J.T. Chargois, util. team; freshman, first team); Vincent Sinisi, 1b (second team; (third team) freshman, first team) 2013 — Austin Kubitza, p (third team); Zech Lemond, rp (third 2003 — Jeff Niemann, p (first team); Wade Townsend, p (first team); Blake Fox, rp (freshman) team); Enrique Cruz, 2b (third team); Philip Humber, p (third 2014 — Blake Fox, p (first team); Shane Hoelscher (third team) Jose Cruz, Jr. team); Three-time All-America Jose Cruz, Jr. helped the Owls get up and running.

116 l Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards 2015 — John Clay Reeves, dh (third team); Ryan Chandler 1988 — Ben Matthews, 2b All-College World Series (freshman) 1990 — Steve Ramharter, 1b-p 2003 — Enrique Cruz, 2b; Chris Kolkhorst, of; Jeff Niemann, p 2016 — Jon Duplantier, p (third team); Ford Proctor (freshman) 1991 — Jason Ogden, of 2007 — Diego Seastrunk, 3b; 1992 — Jason Ogden, of 1992 — Antonio DiGesualdo, if Academic All-America of the Year 1993 — Chris Boni, 2b All-NCAA Regional 2004 — Wade Townsend, p 1994 — Chris Boni, 2b 1995 (South at Baton Rouge, La.) — Jose Cruz Jr., of; Jacques 1999 — Mario Ramos, p Landry, 3b; Mark Quinn, dh CoSIDA Academic All-America 2000 — John Lukin, c; Brett Smith, 2b 1996 (Midwest at Wichita, Kan.) — Lance Berkman, 1b; Jason 1982 — David Edwards, 1b (third team) 2002 — Hunter Brown, 3b; Steven Herce, p; A.J. Porfirio, of Richards, 2b; Jeff Venghaus, of; Tim McLaughlin, c 1983 — David Edwards, 1b (third team) 2003 — David Aardsma, p; Jeff Blackinton, c; Enrique Cruz, 2b; 1997 (Central at Lubbock) — Lance Berkman, 1b (most 1987 — Ben Matthews, 2b (second team) Vincent Sinisi, 1b; Wade Townsend, p outstanding player); Stephen Bess, p; Bubba Crosby, of; Jason 1988 — Ben Matthews, 2b (second team) 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, of; Wade Townsend, p Richards, 2b; Justin Berg, dh 1991 — Jason Ogden, of (third team) 2006 — Eddie Degerman, p; Craig Crow, p; Brian Friday, ss; Tyler 1998 (Central at College Station) — Jason Richards, 2b; Justin 1999 — Mario Ramos p (third team) Henley, of; Joe Savery, p/1b Berg, dh 2003 — Jeff Blackinton, c (third team); Vincent Sinisi, 1b (third 2007 — Ryne Tacker, p; Brian Friday, ss; Danny Lehmann, c; 1999 (at Lubbock) — Jacob Baker, 1b; Kenny Baugh, p; Will Ford, team); Wade Townsend, p (second team) 2008 — Chris Kelley, p; Cole St.Clair, p; Jimmy Comerota, 2b; of (most outstanding player); Mario Ramos, p; Damon Thames, 2004 — Chris Kolkhorst, of (third team); Wade Townsend, p 2010 — Jeremy Rathjen, of; Jimmy Comerota, 1b; ss; Charles Williams, of (first team/academic all-America of the year) 2011 — Michael Ratterree, 2b; 2000 (at Cougar Field) — Mitch Ackal, of; Kenny Baugh, p; John 2006 — Eddie Degerman, p (first team) 2012 — Jeremy Rathjen, of; Lukin, c; Jesse Roman, dh; Brett Smith, 2b 2007 — Ryne Tacker, p (second team); Brian Friday, ss (third 2015 — Kirby Taylor, of; 2001 (at Reckling Park) — Eric Arnold, ss; Kenny Baugh, p; Hunter team); Brown, 3b; Austin Davis, of; Phillip Ghutzman, dh; A.J. Porfirio, of; Jesse Roman, 1b (most outstanding player) C-USA Spirit of Service 2002 (at Reckling Park) — Eric Arnold, 2b; Hunter Brown, 3b; CoSIDA Academic All-District 2009 — Jimmy Comerota, 2b Justin Crowder, p; Austin Davis, of; Chris Kolkhorst, of; Vincent 1983 — David Edwards, 1b 2012 — Andrew Murphy, c Sinisi, 1b (most outstanding player) 1987 — Ben Matthews, 2b 2014 — Andrew Murphy, c

Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards l 117 2003 (at Reckling Park) — Paul Janish, ss; Chris 2011 (at Reckling Park) — Anthony Rendon, DH 1941 — Kemper Kaiser, 1b; Fred Barrow, c 1982 — Scott Johnson, of Kolkhorst, of (most outstanding player); Jeff 2012 (at Reckling Park) — Austin Kubitza, p 1943 — Virgil Eikenberg, 2b 1983 — Scott Johnson, of; Tim Englund, p; Niemann, p; Vincent Sinisi, 1b; Craig Stans- 2013 (at Eugene, Ore.) — Jordan Stephens, 1944 — Bill Scruggs, 2b; Bill Wilkin, rf; Clinton Welch, ss berry, 3b; Wade Townsend, p p (most outstanding player); Leon Byrd, of; Woodrow Dryden, c 1984 — Scott Johnson, of; Tim Englund, p; 2004 (at Reckling Park) — Adam Hale, of; Travis Shane Hoelscher, 3b; Ford Stainback, ss; 1945 — Ed Murphrey, p; Robert Willard, c; Bill Derek Hoelscher, p; Norm Charlton, p Reagan, c; Adam Rodgers, 1b Christian Stringer, 2b; Scruggs, if (util.); Robert Feldman, of (util.) 1985 — Mike Fox, c 2005 (at Baton Rouge) — Jordan Dodson, 1b; 2014 (at Reckling Park) — Skyler Ewing, 1b; 1946 — Keltys Powell, 1b; Bill Bishop, p 1986 — Steve Blackshear, p 1947 — Keltys Powell, 1b 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, of; Ben Matthews, 2b Josh Geer, p; Lance Pendleton, of; Josh Rodri- Shane Hoelscher, 3b; 1952 — Dave Devine, 1b 1988 — Jay Knoblauh, of guez, ss; Joe Savery, p 2015 (at Cougar Field) — Ford Stainback, 2b; 1956 — John Wolda, p; Jerry Sims, c; Carl 1989 — Mike Grace, util., Rob Howard, p 2006 (at Reckling Park) — Eddie Degerman, Ryan Chandler, of; Reynolds, 1b 1991 — John Eierman, of p (most outstanding player); Jordan Dodson, 2016 (at Baton Rouge, La.) — Grayson Lewis, 1957 — Jerry Sims, c 1992 — Donald Allen, 2b; Darrell Richardson, p of; Tyler Henley, of; Josh Rodriguez, 3b; Joe 2b; Dominic DiCaprio, dh; Hunter Kopycinski, 1958 — Jerry Abernathy, p; Jerry Sims, c; 1993 — Jose Cruz Jr., of; James Madrid, p; John Savery, p/1b c; Connor Teykl, 3b; Charlie Warren, of; Glenn Lynwood Stallings, ss; Claude White, rf Rodgers, c 2007 (at Reckling Park) — Joe Savery, p Otto, p; 1959 — Paul Timme, p; Richard Kristinik, 3b; 1994 — Donald Aslaksen, of; Tim Byrdak, p; (most outstanding player); Tyler Henley, of; Lynwood Stallings, ss Jose Cruz Jr., of; Mark Quinn, 3b Jared Gayhart, of; Danny Lehmann, c, Matt 1960 — Richard Kristinik, 3b 1995 — Matt Anderson, p (freshman of the Langwell, p All-Conference 1961 — Jim Fox, c; Richard Kristinik, 3b year); Chris Boni, 2b; David Brooks, ss; Jose SWC 2008 (at Reckling Park) — Adam Zornes, c; J.P. 1962 — Jim Fox, c Cruz Jr., of; Patrick Hallmark, c; Mark Quinn, 1922 — Eddie Dyer, p; Peg Melton, p 1963 — Joel Tigett, 1b dh; also: Lance Berkman, of (newcomer of the Padron, 1b; Jimmy Comerota, 2b; Rick Hague, 1923 — Peg Melton, p ss, Chad Mozingo, of 1965 — Andy Rooker, cf year) 1925 — George Woods, p 1966 — Ronnie Waldo, rf 1996 — Lance Berkman, 1b; Jacques Landry, 2009 (at Reckling Park) — Taylor Wall, p (most 1926 — George Woods, p outstanding player); Diego Seastrunk, c; 1969 — Dick Fuqua, 1b 3b; Shawn Onley, p; Bubba Crosby, of 1929 — Frank Austin, ss; Danny Allnoch, c 1970 — Billy Costa, ss Brock Holt, 2b; Anthony Rendon, 3b; Steven 1930 — Dick Dickinson, cf; Ray Hart, p 1972 — Mike Pettit, p; Sheldon Kaufman, ss Sultzbaugh, of 1931 — Ray Hart, p WAC 1974 — Joe Zylka, lf 1997 — Lance Berkman, 1b (player of the year); 2010 (at Austin) — Anthony Rendon, 3b (most 1932 — C.F. Klearner, p; E.R. Jones, 1b; K. Scott, 3b 1976 — Mike Macha, 3b; Allan Ramirez, p Matt Anderson, p; Bubba Crosby, of; Joseph outstanding player); Michael Fuda, of; Chad 1936 — Henry Hurley, rf 1981 — Matt Williams, p Cathey, ss (second team) Mozingo, of 1937 — Henry Hurley, rf

118 l Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards 1998 — Damon Thames, ss (player of the year); Kolkhorst, of; Lance Pendleton, of (second 2009 — Anthony Rendon, inf (first team/ Stainback, if (second team); Blake Fox, p/util. Bubba Crosby, of; Jacob Baker, 1b (second team); Adam Rodgers, c (second team); Josh freshman team, player of the year/freshman (freshman); team); Jeff Nichols, p (second team) Rodriguez, 2b (freshman of the year); Wade of the year); Ryan Berry, p (first team); Rick 2014 — Michael Aquino, of (first team); Skyler 1999 — Justin Berg, dh; Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl, p; Townsend, p Hague, ss (second team); Chad Mozingo, of Ewing, if (first team); Blake Fox, p (first team); Mario Ramos, p; Damon Thames, ss; Charles 2005 — Eddie Degerman, p (second team); Ty- (second team); Mike Ojala, p (second team); Shane Hoelscher, if (first team); John Clay Williams, of ler Henley, of; Adam Rodgers, dh; Joe Savery, Jordan Rogers, p (second team); Taylor Wall, Reeves, c (second team/newcomer of the 2000 — Mitch Ackal, of (second team); Eric Ar- 1b & p (player of the year) p (freshman); year); Jon Duplantier, p (freshman team); nold, ss; Kenny Baugh, p (pitcher of the year); 2010 — Anthony Rendon, if (first team/player 2015 — Matt Ditman, p (first team); John Clay John Lukin, c; Jesse Roman, dh; Brett Smith, C-USA of the year); Jimmy Comerota, if (second Reeves, dh/ut (first team); Austin Orewiler, 2b (second team) 2006 — Eddie Degerman, p (first team); Brian team); Rick Hague, if (second team); Jeremy p (first team); Ford Stainback, if (first team); 2001 — Philip Barzilla, p (second team); Kenny Friday, ss (first team); Cole St.Clair, p (first Rathjen, of (second team); Diego Seastrunk, Jordan Stephens, p (first team); Kirby Taylor, of Baugh, p (pitcher of the year); Hunter Brown, team); Bobby Bell, p (second team); Craig c (second team); Mike Ojala, p (second team); (second team); Ryan Chandler, of (freshman 3b; Austin Davis, of; A.J. Porfirio, of; Jon Crow, p (second team); Aaron Luna, of (sec- Taylor Wall, p (second team); Michael Ratter- team/Freshman of the Year); Skaggs, p ond team/freshman); Josh Rodriguez, 3b (sec- ree, if (freshman) 2016 — Jon Duplantier, p (first team/Pitcher 2002 — Eric Arnold, 2b (second team); Hunter ond team); Joe Savery, p/1b (second team) 2011 — Austin Kubitza, p (first team/fresh- of the Year); Glenn Otto, rp (first team); Ford Brown, 3b; Dane Bubela, dh (second team); 2007 — Joe Savery, inf/p (first team/second man of the year); Michael Ratterree, if (first Proctor, if (second team/freshman team/ Austin Davis, of; Steven Herce, p; Philip team, player of the year); Ryne Tacker, p (first team) Anthony Rendon, dh (first team); Shane Freshman of the Year); Ricardo Salinas, p Humber, p; Paul Janish, ss; Chris Kolkhorst, of; team, pitcher of the year); Ryan Berry, p (first Hoelscher, if (freshman); Austin Kubitza, p (second team); Dominic DiCaprio, dh (fresh- A.J. Porfirio, of (second team); Justin Ruchti, c team, freshman of the year); Brian Friday, ss (freshman); John Simms, p (freshman); man team); (second team); Vincent Sinisi, 1b (player of the (first team); Jared Gayhart, of (second team); 2012 — Matthew Reckling, p (first team/ 2017 — Dominic DiCaprio, c (second team); year); Wade Townsend, p (second team) Aaron Luna, utl (second team); Diego Seast- pitcher of the year); Christian Stringer, if (first Dane Myers, ut (second team); Matt Can- 2003 — Dane Bubela, of; Enrique Cruz, 2b; runk (freshman); team); Jeremy Rathjen, of (first team); J.T. terino, p (freshman team); Austin Davis, of; Philip Humber, p; Paul Janish, 2008 — Diego Seastrunk, if (first team); Ryan Chargois, dh/util. (first team); Ford Stainback, ss (second team); Jeff Jorgensen, of; Chris Berry, p (first team); Jared Gayhart, of (second if (freshman); Jordan Stephens, p (freshman); Kolkhorst, of; Jeff Niemann, p (pitcher of the team); Aaron Luna, of (second team); Adam 2013 — Michael Ratterree, of (first team); Zech year); Justin Ruchti, c (second team); Vincent Zornes, c (second team); Chris Kelley, p (sec- Lemond, p (first team); Michael Aquino, dh Sinisi, 1b; Wade Townsend, p ond team); Cole St.Clair (second team); Matt (second team); Keenan Cook, of (second 2004 — Philip Humber, p; Paul Janish, ss; Chris Evers, p (freshman); Rick Hague, ss (freshman); team); Geoff Perrott, c (second team); Ford

Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards l 119 All-Tournament Teams (most valuable player); Bobby Bell, p; Greg Dell Morgan MVP Award 1995 — Mark Quinn, p-dh SWC Buchanan, if; Bryce Cox, p; Jordan Dodson, of 1973 — Len Shelby, c 1996 — Lance Berkman, 1b 1981 (at Austin) — Mark Machalec, of 2007 (at Greenville, N.C.) — Aaron Luna, dh 1974 — Ted Nowak, of 1997 — Matt Anderson, p; Lance Berkman, 1b 1983 (at Austin) — Clinton Welch; ss; Bryan (most valuable player); Joe Savery, if ; Matt 1975 — Mike Macha, 3b 1998 — Damon Thames, ss Foxx, 2b; Jay Bluthardt, of Langwell, p; Danny Lehmann, c 1976 — Allan Ramirez, p 1999 — Mario Ramos, p 1984 (at Austin) — Curtis Fox, 1b; Tim Englund, p 2009 (at Hattiesburg, Miss.) — Anthony Ren- 1977 — Jeff Hayes, of 2000 — Kenny Baugh, p 1994 (at Austin) — Jose Cruz Jr., of; Matt don, if (most valuable player); Rick Hague, if; 1978 — Allan Ramirez, p 2001 — Kenny Baugh, p Williamson, 2b Steven Sultzbaugh, of; Ryan Berry, p; Taylor 1979 — Bob Burnell, of 2002 — Vincent Sinisi, 1b 1996 (at Lubbock) — Jacques Landry, 3b (most Wall, p; 1980 — Matt Williams, p 2003 — Justin Ruchti, c valuable player); Lance Berkman, 1b; Jason 2010 (at Cougar Field) — Michael Fuda, of; Rick 1981 — Matt Williams, p; Rick Kelley, p 2004 — Wade Townsend, p Richards, 2b; Jeff Venghaus, of; Tim McLaugh- Hague, if; Anthony Rendon, if; Jared Rogers, p; 1982 — Scott Johnson, of 2005 — Joe Savery, p/1b lin, c; Dana Davis, p Chad Mozingo, of; Steven Sultzbaugh, of; 1983 — Dave Edwards, 3b 2006 — Eddie Degerman, p 2011 (at Pearl, Miss.) — Tyler Duffey, p (most 1984 — Tim Englund, p; Norm Charlton, p 2007 — Joe Savery, p/1b WAC valuable player); Craig Manuel, c; Ryan Lewis, of 1985 — Carl Mikeska, if 2008 — Adam Zornes, c 1997 (at San Diego, Calif.) — Lance Berkman, 2013 (at Reckling Park) — Christian Stringer, if 1986 — Steve Blackshear, p 2009 — Ryan Berry, p 1b; Matt Anderson, p (most valuable player); (most valuable player); Leon Byrd, of; Shane 1987 — Jay Knoblauh, of 2010 — Anthony Rendon, 3b Joseph Cathey, ss; Will Ford, of; Jeff Nichols, p Hoelscher, if; Austin Kubitza, p; John Simms, 1988 — Tim Vannaman, of 2011 — Austin Kubitza, p 1998 (at San Diego, Calif.) — Jason Richards, p; Jordan Stephens, p; 1989 — Mike Grace, p 2012 — J.T. Chargois, p/util. 2b (most valuable player); Bubba Crosby, of; 2014 (at Hattiesburg, Miss.) — Michael Aquino, 1990 — John Polasek, p 2013 — Zech Lemond, p Charles Williams, of; Damon Thames, ss of (most valuable player); Skyler Ewing, 1991 — John Eierman, of 2014 — Zech Lemond, p 1999 (at Fresno, Calif.) — Jacob Baker, 1b; if; Blake Fox, p; Chase McDowell, dh; Ford 1992 — Donald Allen, 2b 2015 — John Clay Reeves, c/dh Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl, p; Mario Ramos, p; Charles Stainback, if; 1993 — John Rodgers, c 2016 — Glenn Otto, p Williams, of 2016 (at Hattiesburg, Miss.) — Ford Proctor, if; 1994 — Jose Cruz Jr., of 2017 — Dominic DiCaprio, c Jon Duplantier, p; Connor Teykl, if; C-USA 2017 (at Biloxi, Miss.) — Glenn Otto, p (most 2006 (at Reckling Park) — Joe Savery, p/1b valuable player); Matt Canterino, p; Dane My- ers, if; Charlie Warren, of;

120 l Rice Baseball l Honors & Awards The 2003 College World Series Champions Rice’s Immortals! When Wayne Graham was introduced as Rice’s head baseball coach in May of 1991, one of his first pronouncements concerned the Owls’ ability to win a national championship. “I know it’s possible,” he said at the time, choosing to ignore the fact that Rice had never even won a conference championship, let alone even participated in the NCAA playoffs, since the program had its beginings in 1913. Over the next 11 seasons, a succession of conference championships and postseason ap- pearances had raised expectations of the faith- ful. Three times in those years had Graham led his team to the College World Series, and only one win in seven games in Omaha had failed to dampen his optimism for that championship. The 2003 season would prove to be differ- ent. With players such as starting pitcher Philip Humber, Vincent Sinisi at first base, shortstop Paul Janish, outfielders Chris Kolkhorst and Austin Davis and catchers Justin Ruchti and Jeff Blackinton returning from a College World

Rice Baseball l The 2003 National Championship l 121 The 2003 College World Series Champions Series appearance in 2002, Rice was primed for another run at Omaha. It wasn’t a perfect team, but you couldn’t tell that over the first weeks of the 2003 season. After three wins to begin the sea- son, the Owls dropped a one-run decision to Alabama at Minute Maid Park. From that point until April 9, almost two months, the Owls didn’t lose. The 30-game winning streak saw victories over seven ranked opponents and a 12-0 start in Western Athletic Confer- ence play. The streak saw the emergence of Wade Townsend as a big- game pitcher after his wins over Nebraska, Baylor, Texas A&M and his domination of Houston in the Series for the Silver Glove. Defensively, the Owls emerged as the best in the coun- try with the glove. They had errorless streaks of 85.2 and 73.1 innings during the season and played errorless ball in 33 of 70 games. Rice won the WAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs for the seventh consecutive season by taking the championship by 4½ games over Nevada. The Owls led the WAC in hitting (.318), pitching (2.74 staff ERA) and fielding (.980). Rice’s run toward its national championship, however, was almost derailed before it started. The Owls had to go to extra in-

122 l Rice Baseball l The 2003 National Championship nings to defeat McNeese State in the first round of the regional RICE OWLS 4, Stanford 3 • (June 21, 2003 at Omaha, Neb.) at Reckling Park, but they settled down for back-to-back wins Stanford 300 000 000 0 - 3 7 1 (50-17) over Wichita State to advance to a home Super Regional. RICE OWLS 001 002 000 1 - 4 8 1 (57-11) Pitchers: Stanford - McCally; Quick (10). RICE OWLS - Niemann; The series for the Silver Glove is the hotly-contested season Aardsma (9). Win- Aardsma(7-3). Loss- McCally (7-3). T- 2:52. series between Rice and Houston, but that series was nothing A- 23,741. HR - Stanford: Ash (2). compared to the 2003 Super Regional at Reckling Park. This time, a bit more than a trophy would be at stake. With a trip to the Stanford 8, RICE OWLS 3 • (June 22, 2003 at Omaha, Neb.) College World Series on the line, the Cougars came out firing, RICE OWLS 000 100 020 - 3 10 2 (57-12) taking a 5-2 win in the series opener. Jeff Niemann’s pitching Stanford 102 000 50X - 8 9 0 (51-17) performance sealed a 10-2 win game two. In the deciding third Pitchers: RICE OWLS - Townsend; Baker (7); Herce (8). Stanford - Hudgins; Quick (8); O’Hagan (8). Win- Hudgins (14-3). Loss- Townsend (11-2). game, Townsend was again too much for the Cougars to handle. T- 3:00. A- 17,907. HR - Stanford: Fuld (4). He struck out nine, allowed four hits and just one earned run in his eight innings on the way to a 5-2 victory. RICE OWLS 14, Stanford 2 • (June 23, 2003 at Omaha, Neb.) Niemann opened the title run in Omaha with a 4-2 win over Stanford 000 000 110 - 2 5 2 (51-18) over Missouri State. The team then posted back-to-back wins RICE OWLS 310 007 03X - 14 14 0 (58-12) over rival Texas, 12-2 and 5-4, to advance to the new best-of- Pitchers: Stanford - Romanczuk; Manship (2); Ehrlich (6); Jecmen (6); Dyer three final format against Stanford. (6); Cunningham (8). RICE OWLS - Humber. Win- Humber (11-3). Loss- Romanczuk (12-2). T- 2:57. A- 18,494. Kolkhorst’s highlight reel catch against the leftfield wall in game one would help spark a dramatic 4-3 win in 10 innings. After the Cardinal bounced back with an 8-3 decision in game While a host of players went on to earn individual awards two, Rice put it all together with pitching hitting and defense to and selection in various major league drafts, the group contin- claim a 14-2 win and the school’s first national championship. ued to be successful after their Rice careers concluded. In 2013 Philip Humber was brilliant with a complete game victory while the entire national champhionship team was inducted as a the offense banged out 14 hits. group into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.

Rice Baseball l The 2003 National Championship l 123 Rice Baseball’s Major Leaguers David Aardsma, (2004); (2005-06); Chicago White Sox (2007); Red Sox (2008); (2009-11); New York Yankees (2012); New York Mets (2013); (2015) Matt Anderson, (1998-2004); Colorado Rockies (2005) Philip Barzilla, Houston Astros (2006) Jim Asbell, Chicago Cubs (1938) Lance Berkman, Houston Astros (1999-2010); New York Yankees (2010); St. Louis Cardinals (2011-12); Texas Rangers (2013) Tim Byrdak, Kansas City Royals (1998-2000); (2005-06); Detroit Tigers (2007); Houston Astros (2008-10); New York Mets (2011-13) Frank Carswell, Detroit Tigers (1953) Norm Charlton, Cincinnati Reds (1988-92); Seattle Mariners (1993, 1995-97, 2001); Philadelphia Phillies (1994); Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves (1998); (1999) J.T. Chargois, (2016) Tony Cingrani, Cincinnati Reds (2012-17); (2017) J.T. Chargois Tony Cingrani

124 l Rice Baseball l Pipeline To The Pros Rice Baseball’s Major Leaguers Bubba Crosby, Los Angeles Dodgers (2003); New York Yankees (2004-06) Jose Cruz Jr., Seattle Mariners (1997); (1997-2002); San Francisco Giants (2003); Tampa Bay Rays (2004); Arizona Diamondbacks (2005); (2005); Los Angeles Dodgers (2005-06); (2007); Houston Astros (2008-09) Tyler Duffey, Minnesota Twins (2015-17) Eddie Dyer, St. Louis Cardinals (1922-27; manager, 1946-50; managed team to 1946 World Series Championship) Josh Geer, San Diego Padres (2008-09) Marc Gwyn, (2007) Dave Hilton, San Diego Padres (1972-75) Brock Holt, , Boston Red Sox (2013-17) Phillip Humber, New York Mets (2006-07); Minnesota Twins (2008-09); Kan- sas City Royals (2010); Chicago White Sox (2011-12); Houston Astros (2013) Paul Janish, Cincinnati Reds (2008-12); Atlanta Braves (2012-13); Baltimore Orioles (2015-17) Kevin Joseph, St. Louis Cardinals (2002) Tyler Duffey Brock Holt

Rice Baseball l Pipeline To The Pros l 125 Rice Baseball’s Major Leaguers Matt Langwell, & Arizona Diamondbacks (2013) Lucas Luetge, Seattle Mariners (2012-16), Los Angeles Angels 2016), Cincin- nati Reds (2016) Mike Macha, Atlanta Braves (1979); Toronto Blue Jays (1980) Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay Rays (2008-13) Dave Pavlas, Chicago Cubs (1990, 1992); New York Yankees (1995-96) Lance Pendleton, New York Yankees (2011), Houston Astros (2011) , Cleveland Indians (2014) Mark Quinn, Kansas City Royals (1999-2002) Allen Ramirez, Baltimore Orioles (1983) Mario Ramos, Texas Rangers (2003-04) Anthony Rendon, (2013-17) Josh Rodriguez, Pittsburgh Pirates (2011) Joe Savery, Philadelphia Phillies (2011-13), Oakland A’s (2014) Craig Stansberry, San Diego Padres (2007-09) Matt Williams, Toronto Blue Jays (1983); Texas Rangers (1985) Joe Wood, Detroit Tigers (1943) * Major League photos are copyrighted, and appear courtesy of the respective organizations. Paul Janish Lucas Luetge

126 l Rice Baseball l Pipeline To The Pros Rice Baseball’s First Round Major League Draft Picks 1967 — Ronald Henson (Cleveland Indians, June-secondary phase) 1976 — Mike Macha (Atlanta Braves, Jan.-secondary phase) 1981 — Matt Williams (Toronto Blue Jays, fifth pick overall) 1983 — David Hinnrichs (Philadelphia Phillies, June-secondary phase) 1984 — Norm Charlton (, 28th pick overall) 1995 — Jose Cruz Jr. (Seattle Mariners; third pick overall) 1997 — Matt Anderson (Detroit Tigers; first pick overall); Lance Berkman (Houston Astros; 16th pick overall) 1998 — Bubba Crosby (Los Angeles Dodgers; 23rd pick overall) 2001 — Kenny Baugh (Detroit Tigers; 11th pick overall); Jon Skaggs (New York Yankees; 42nd pick overall) 2003 — David Aardsma (San Francisco Giants; 22nd pick overall) 2004 — Philip Humber (New York Mets; 3rd pick overall); Jeff Niemann (Tampa Bay Devil Rays; 4th pick overall); Wade Townsend (Baltimore Orioles; 8th pick overall) 2005 — Wade Townsend (Tampa Bay Devil Rays; 8th pick overall) 2007 — Joe Savery (Philadelphia Phillies; 19th pick overall) 2008 — Bryan Price (Boston Red Sox; 45th pick overall) 2011 — Anthony Rendon (Washington Nationals; 6th pick overall) Anthony Rendon 1 Rice Baseball l Pipeline To The Pros l 127 Rice’s Pro Players In 2017 Player Level Team Skyler Ewing A Augusta GreenJackets Tony Cingrani MLB Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers Tyler Duffey MLB Minnesota Twins Leon Byrd SS Brooklyn Cyclones Brock Holt MLB Boston Red Sox Tristan Gray SS West Virginia Black Bears Paul Janish MLB Baltimore Orioles Kevin McCanna SS Hillsboro Hops Anthony Rendon MLB Washington Nationals Dane Myers SS Connecticut Tigers Glenn Otto SS Staten Island Yankees J.T. Chargois AAA Lucas Luetge AAA Matt Ditman R Ogden Raptors Bryan Price AAA Columbus Clippers Tyler Spurlin R Helena Brewers Josh Rodriguez AAA Las Vegas 51s John Simms AAA Syracuse Chiefs Independent Baseball: Mark Haynes ( of the Atlantic League), David Aards- Austin Kubitza AA Arkansas Travelers ma (Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League), Connor Teykl (Florence Freedom of the Frontier Jordan Stephens AA Birmingham Barons League), Christian Stringer (Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association), Kevin McCanna (Sioux City Explorers of the American Association) Jon Duplantier Hi-A Visalia Rawhide Shane Hoelshcer Hi-A Frederick Keys Zech Lemond Hi-A Lake Elsinore Storm Austin Orewiler Hi-A John Williamson Hi-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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