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GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Rice University Location: Houston, Texas Enrollment: 5,339 Founded: 1891 (first classes in 1912) President: David W. Leebron Faculty Representative: Dr. Alex Byrd Affiliation: NCAA Division I Nickname: Owls Mascot: Sammy the Owl Colors: Blue and Gray Conference: Conference USA

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Interim Athletics Director: David Sayler Associate Athletics Directors: Jerry Lewis (Business) Leslie Claybrook (Senior Woman Admin.) Russ Dean (General Manager Rice Sports Properties)

RICE ATHLETIC NEWS BUREAU Assistant AD/SID: Chuck Pool Asst. SID/Baseball Contact: John Sullivan Sullivan’s office phone: 713-348-5636 home phone: 713-521-9464 cell phone: 832-250-9000 e-mail: [email protected] Assistant SID: Ron Mears Assistant SID: Jay Jameson Writer: MK Bower SID Fax: 713-348-6019 Wayne Graham is in his 19th season at Rice University. It’s his 30th year as a collegiate head coach. Athletics Web site: www.RiceOwls.com

SID Mailing Address: Rice University Athletics 2009 RECAP PO Box 1892, MS 548 Overall Record: 43-18 Table of Contents Houston, TX 77251-1892 Home Record: 22-8 2010 RICE BASEBALL Road Record: 12-9 Roster/Pronunciation Guide 2 BASEBALL PERSONNEL Neutral Record: 9-1 2010 Schedule 3 Head Coach: Wayne Graham C-USA Regular Season (place): 16-8 (second) Alma Mater: Texas, 1970 C-USA Championship (place): 4-0 (first) RICE UNIVERSITY Record at Rice: 830-317, .724 (18 seasons) NCAA Postseason: won Houston Regional, 4-1 This Is Rice University 4 Collegiate Record: 1,405-430, .766 (29 seasons) NCAA Postseason: lost in Baton Rouge Super Asst. Coach: Mike Taylor (Prairie View, 1997; 10th year) Regional, 0-2 PERSONNEL Office Phone: 713-348-8859 Final Rankings: 11 (CB), 9 (SW/ESPN), Student-Athlete Profiles 6 Asst. Coach: David Pierce (Houston, 1988; 8th year) 8 (BA), 9 (NCBWA) 8 (Rivals.com) Head Coach Wayne Graham 24 Office Phone: 713-348-8863 Baseball Staff 29 Asst. Coach: Patrick Hallmark (Rice, 1995; 5th year) POSTSEASON INFORMATION Office Phone: 713-348-8862 College World Series Appearances: 7 2009 IN REVIEW Director of Baseball Operations: Lee Ann Lassiter 1997: 0-2 2009 Results 33 Office Phone: 713-348-8864 1999: 1-2 2009 Statistics 34 E-mail: [email protected] 2002: 0-2 C-USA Season In Review 35 Strength & Conditioning: 2003: 5-1 (National Champions) Athletic Trainer: Donna Pappangellin 2006: 2-2 FOR 2010 Student Athletic Trainer: Kristin Patterson 2007: 2-2 2010 C-USA Composite Schedule 37 Student Managers: Daniel Watson, Evan Ross 2008: 0-2 2010 Opponents 39 CWS Record: 10-13 HOME BASEBALL VENUE NCAA Regional Appearances: 15 RICE BASEBALL HISTORY Stadium: Reckling Park (1995, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09) Rice Records 41 Capacity: 5,368 Super Regional Appearances: 9 The 2003 National Championship 50 Dimensions: 330, 375, 400, 375, 330 (1999, 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09) Honors and Awards 52 Opened: 2000 Conference Championships: 14 All-Time Lettermen 54 Pressbox Phone: 713-348-4931 C-USA: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (tourn.) WAC: 1997, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 MEDIA INFORMATION Covering The Owls 56 2010 TEAM INFORMATION SWC: 1996 (tourn.) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21 / 6 Overnight Shipping Address: Rice University Athletics Rice University is committed to affirmative action and equal 2009 Starters Returning/Lost: 8 / 1 6100 Main St., MS 548 opportunity in education and employment. Rice does not Position Players Returning/Lost: 13 / 6 Houston, TX 77005 discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual Pitchers Returning/Lost: 10 / 3 orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or veteran Newcomers: 12 status.

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2010 Rice Roster No. Name B/T Hgt. Wgt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) 1 Daniel Gonzales-Luna, of/if R/R 5-9 175 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) 2 Jimmy Comerota, if R/R 6-1 185 Sr.-3L Missouri City, Texas (Hightower) 3 Jeremy Rathjen, of R/R 6-5 190 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Memorial) 4 Chad Mozingo, of L/L 5-11 190 Jr.-2L Spring, Texas (Klein) 5 Diego Seastrunk, c/if S/R 5-10 180 Sr.-3L Channelview, Texas (Channelview HS) 7 Tyler Spurlin, p/if R/R 6-3 185 Fr.-HS The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS) 8 Michael Ratterree, if/of R/R 6-1 200 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas (Memorial HS) 9 Anthony Fazio, p R/R 6-1 195 Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas (Kelly) 10 Craig Manuel, c L/R 6-2 200 So.-1L Satellite Beach, Fla. (Satellite HS) 11 Rick Hague, if R/R 6-2 190 Jr.-2L Spring, Texas (Klein Collins) 12 Matt Evers, p L/L 6-3 220 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (Stratford) 13 Tony Cingrani, p L/L 6-4 205 Jr.-Tr. New Lennox, Ill. (Lincoln-Way Central HS/South Suburban Coll.) 14 J.T. Chargois, p/if S/R 6-2 180 Fr.-HS Sulphur, La. (Sulphur HS) 15 Michael Fuda, of/if R/R 6-0 200 So.-1L Katy, Texas (Katy HS) 16 Ryan Lewis, of L/L 6-3 210 So.-1L Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) 17 Mike Ojala, p R/R 6-3 195 Sr.-3L Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS) 19 Will Maxwell, of L/R 6-2 195 Fr.-HS Marietta, Ga. (The Walker School) 21 Steven Sultzbaugh, of R/R 6-3 215 Sr.-1L Austin, Texas (Westwood HS/Weatherford College) 23 Anthony Rendon, if R/R 5-11 180 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) 24 Abe Gonzales, p/if L/L 6-1 195 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas (St. Thomas HS) 25 Chase McDowell, p/of L/R 6-2 185 Fr.-HS College Station, Texas (A&M Consolidated HS) 26 Taylor Wall, p L/L 6-2 180 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Westside HS) 27 Mark Haynes, p R/R 6-2 204 Sr.-2L Sugar Land, Texas (Austin HS) 28 Geoff Perrott, c R/R 6-2 190 Fr.-HS Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS) 29 Matthew Reckling, p R/R 6-4 205 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Kinkaid) 30 Andrew Benak, p R/R 6-5 215 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS) 31 Kevin Hahn, p L/L 6-0 200 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas (Stratford HS) 32 Jared Rogers, p R/R 6-6 190 Sr.-1L Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS/Navarro College) 34 Boogie Anagnostou, p L/R 5-11 200 Jr.-Tr. LaPorte, Texas (LaPorte HS/Alvin College) 38 Doug Simmons, p/of L/L 6-1 205 Jr.-2L Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood HS) 39 Holt McNair, p L/L 6-1 170 Fr.-HS Austin, Texas (Westlake HS) 40 Jeremy Fant, p R/R 6-1 195 Fr.-HS Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods HS) 42 Tyler Duffey, p R/R 6-3 210 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas (Bellaire HS) 43 Travis Wright, p R/R 6-6 195 Jr.-1L Paris, Texas (Paris HS)

Head Coach: 37 Wayne Graham (Texas, 1970; 19th season at Rice) Assistant Coach: 6 Mike Taylor (Prairie View A&M, 1997; tenth season) Assistant Coach: 22 David Pierce (Houston, 1988; eighth season) Assistant Coach: 20 Patrick Hallmark (Rice, 1995; fifth season) Student Assistant Coach: 33 Trey Crain (Rice, 2011; first season)

Alphabetical Roster Pronunciation Guide Boogie Anagnostou Ahn-agh-nos-tow No. Name, pos Andrew Benak beh-NOCK 34 Boogie Anagnoustou, p 11 Rick Hague, if 3 Jeremy Rathjen, of J.T. Chargois sha-gwah 30 Andrew Benak, p 31 Kevin Hahn, p 8 Michael Ratterree, if/of Tony Cingrani Sin-grawn-e 14 J.T. Chargois, p/if 27 Mark Haynes, p 29 Matthew Reckling, p Jimmy Comerota COMM-er-ah-tah 13 Tony Cingrani, p 16 Ryan Lewis, of 23 Anthony Rendon, if Michael Fuda FOO-dah 2 Jimmy Comerota, if 10 Craig Manuel, c 32 Jared Rogers, p Craig Manuel Man-you-el 42 Tyler Duffey, p 19 Will Maxwell, of 5 Diego Seastrunk, c/if Chad Mozingo MO-zing-o 12 Matt Evers, p 25 Chase McDowell, p/of 38 Doug Simmons, p/of Mike Ojala OH-juh-la 40 Jeremy Fant, p 39 Holt McNair, p 7 Tyler Spurlin, p/if Jeremy Rathjen WRATH-jen 9 Anthony Fazio, p 4 Chad Mozingo, of 21 Steven Sultzbaugh, of Anthony Rendon ren-DOAN 15 Michael Fuda, of/if 17 Mike Ojala, p 26 Taylor Wall, p Steven Sultzbaugh Sultz-baw 24 Abe Gonzales, p/if 28 Geoff Perrott, c 43 Travis Wright, p 1 Daniel Gonzales-Luna, of/if

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2010 Rice Schedule FEB. 19 Fri. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 7:30 pm KTRU 20 Sat. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 3 pm Internet 21 Sun. Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 3 pm KTRU 23 Tues. Texas State Reckling Park 4 pm OwlVision 24 Wed. Lamar Reckling Park 4 pm OwlVision 26 Fri. ^ Elon Reckling Park 4:30 pm OwlVision 27 Sat. ^ Nebraska Reckling Park 4:30 pm OwlVision 28 Sun. ^ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Reckling Park 3:30 pm OwlVision

MAR. 2 Tues Houston Reckling Park 4 pm OwlVision 3 Wed. Texas State San Marcos 6:30 pm KTRU 5 Fri. # Texas Minute Maid Park 7 pm Internet 6 Sat. # Texas Tech Minute Maid Park 7 pm Internet 7 Sun. # TCU Minute Maid Park 6 pm Internet 9 Tues. Sam Houston State Reckling Park 6:30 pm OwlVision 11 Thurs. California Reckling Park 6:30 pm KTRU; OwlVision 12 Fri. California Reckling Park 6:30 pm OwlVision 13 Sat. California Reckling Park 2 pm OwlVision 14 Sun. California Reckling Park 1 pm OwlVision 16 Tues. Texas Reckling Park 6:30 pm CSS-TV 19 Fri. San Diego San Diego, Calif. 4 pm KTRU 20 Sat. San Diego San Diego, Calif. 3 pm KTRU 21 Sun. San Diego San Diego, Calif. 2 pm KTRU 23 Tues. Texas Austin 6 pm KTRU 26 Fri. Memphis (C-USA) Memphis, Tenn. 6:30 pm Internet 27 Sat. Memphis (C-USA) Memphis, Tenn. 2 pm Internet 28 Sun. Memphis (C-USA) Memphis, Tenn. Noon Internet 30 Tues. Lamar Beaumont 6:30 pm KTRU

APR. 1 Thurs. Houston (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm CSS-TV 2 Fri. Houston (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm CSS-TV 3 Sat. Houston (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm OwlVision 6 Tues. Dallas Baptist Reckling Park 6 pm OwlVision 9 Fri. Tulane (C-USA) New Orleans, La. 6:30 pm KTRU 10 Sat. Tulane (C-USA) New Orleans, La. 2 pm KTRU 11 Sun. Tulane (C-USA) New Orleans, La. 1 pm Internet 13 Tues. Sam Houston State Huntsville 6:30 pm Internet 14 Wed. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Reckling Park 6:30 pm OwlVision 16 Fri. UCF (C-USA) Orlando, Fla. 5:30 pm KTRU 17 Sat. UCF (C-USA) Orlando, Fla. 3 pm Internet 18 Sun. UCF (C-USA) Orlando, Fla. 11 am Internet 20 Tues. Texas A&M College Station 6:30 pm KTRU 23 Fri. East Carolina (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm OwlVision 24 Sat. East Carolina (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm CBSC-TV; KTRU 25 Sun. East Carolina (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm KTRU; OwlVision

MAY 5 Wed. Texas Southern Reckling Park 6:30 pm KTRU; OwlVision 7 Fri. Marshall (C-USA) Charleston, W.Va. 1:05 pm KTRU 8 Sat. Marshall (C-USA) Charleston, W.Va. 1:05 pm KTRU 9 Sun. Marshall (C-USA) Charleston, W.Va. 9:35 am KTRU 11 Tues. Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 6:30 pm KTRU 14 Fri. Southern Miss (C-USA) Reckling Park 7 pm CBSC-TV; KTRU 15 Sat. Southern Miss (C-USA) Reckling Park 2 pm KTRU; OwlVision 16 Sun. Southern Miss (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm KTRU; OwlVision 18 Tues. Houston Cougar Field 6:30 pm CSS-TV; KTRU 20 Thurs. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm KTRU; OwlVision 21 Fri. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 6:30 pm KTRU; OwlVision 22 Sat. UAB (C-USA) Reckling Park 1 pm KTRU; OwlVision 26-29 Wed.-Sat. C-USA Tournament Cougar Field tba KTRU; Championship on CBSC-TV

JUNE 4-7 NCAA Regionals tba tba KTRU 11-13 NCAA Super Regionals tba tba ESPN; KTRU 19-29 College World Series Omaha, Neb. tba ESPN; KTRU

Key ^ - Rice Invitational Tournament at Reckling Park (round robin) # - Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park CBSC-TV – CBS College Sports Television CSS-TV – Comcast Sports Southwest KTRU – KTRU Radio (91.7 FM) OwlVision – OwlVision All-Access video/audio on RiceOwls.com (all non-televised home games) Internet – Live audio stream on RiceOwls.com (all games)

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From its inception, Rice University has percent of the freshmen in 2008 ranked in the In 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood been dedicated to creating unconventional top five percent of their high school classes, in Rice Stadium to announce plans for the wisdom — preparing outstanding students for 75 percent had SAT scores of 1340 or better U.S.-manned missions to the moon before the diverse careers and lives, contributing to the and 23 percent were National Merit Scholars. end of the 1960s. Other prominent leaders to advancement of learning across a wide range grace the campus include 11 former U.S. pres- of research and scholarship, and sharing that In t e r n a t i o n a l Re a c h idents, former U.S. Secretaries of State Henry knowledge and discovery with the world. Rice University has national and inter- Kissinger and Warren Christopher, Prince Rice’s advantages are its relatively small national reach and seeks to attract the most Philip, and the Dalai Lama. size, urban location, diversity and environ- talented people by promoting, celebrating and ment of interdisciplinary and interinstitutional reaping the benefits of diversity. Recognizing Residential Colleges collaboration. The university is the second- that a global perspective is increasingly im- Undergraduate life at Rice University dif- smallest member of the Association of Ameri- portant, Rice encourages students to enrich fers from that at many universities because of can Universities. their academic experiences with a variety of Rice’s unique tradition of residential colleges. The university’s more than 46,000 living study abroad programs. Before matriculating, each of the university’s alumni offer loyal and energetic support that Rice and Rice-affiliated programs send 3,100 undergraduates becomes a member of enriches the school in many ways, and the students to study in such places as Austra- one of 11 residential colleges, which have 25 trustees on its board bring an exceptional lia, Chile, England, France, Germany, Greece, their own dining halls, common rooms and breadth of experience and perspective to Japan, New Zealand, Russia and Spain. Ad- outdoor recreational areas; most first-year their responsibilities. ditionally, Rice has developed significant part- students and about 75 percent of all under- With its dual commitment to excellent nerships with major universities and organiza- graduates reside at their associated colleges. teaching and research innovation, Rice at- tions in Europe, East Asia, and Latin and South Because each student is randomly as- tracts extraordinary professors dedicated America. signed to one of the colleges and maintains both to working with undergraduates in the membership in the same college throughout classroom and to advancing knowledge and his or her undergraduate years, the colleges Sc h o o l s a n d In s t i t u t e s understanding. This ensures that each Rice are enriched by the diversity of their students’ Students are selected on a “need-blind” student has direct contact with professors backgrounds, academic interests and experi- basis and enroll in the schools of architec- who, through their writing and research, have ences, talents, and goals. ture, engineering, humanities, management, gained acclaim as some of the most scholarly A faculty master, who is assigned to each natural sciences, music and social sciences, minds in their fields. college and lives in an adjacent house, helps which rank among the highest in their disci- William Marsh Rice’s founding vision of cultivate a variety of cultural and intellectual plines. superior education for the brightest students, interests among the students and supports Additionally, undergraduate and gradu- regardless of their ability to pay for that privi- an effective system of self-government. Other ate students benefit from a variety of institutes lege, continues today. A generous endow- faculty or members of the community serve as and centers, including the James A. Baker III ment of approximately $3.5 billion, one of the associates to individual colleges. Institute for Public Policy, a nonpartisan in- largest in the country, allows Rice to keep The experience of college residence is stitute that has brought a distinctive voice to costs affordable. Those same financial assets indispensable to conveying the rich flavor of national policy dialogue. are used to maintain the high-quality facilities academic life at Rice and allows students to Speakers at the institute have included and award-winning laboratories necessary combine their usual studies with an array of Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell, Vladimir Putin, for a world-class education, without passing social events, intramural sports, student plays, Madeleine Albright and Bill Clinton. the burden of that cost on to students. lecture series, innovative college-designed Indeed, national and world leaders have Rice undergraduates rank among the fin- courses and an active role in student govern- been coming to Rice for much of the 20th cen- est in the country. Each year, more than 700 ment. tury, beginning with Gen. John Pershing’s visit new students are selected from an applicant in 1920. pool of approximately 11,000. Seventy-five Rice University is an ideal place for talented students to maximize What Others Are Saying About Rice their potential, as seen by their success after graduation. More than 60 percent of Rice students who apply to graduate or w No. 1, Best Quality of Life as ranked in article, “The Best 371 professional schools are admitted to their first choice institution, and Colleges,” The Princeton Review, 2009 the university is proud to count Rhodes and Marshall Scholars among many of its graduates. w Rice also ranked No. 8 for “happiest students;” No. 11 for For students who choose to go directly into the workplace after lots of race/class interation;” and No. 19 for “great financial graduation, the Center for Student Professional Development (CSPD) aid” according to The Princeton Review, 2009 hosts more than 75 employers conducting more than 900 on-campus interviews during the academic year. The CSPD staff also offers as- w Rice graduates have the highest median salaries among sistance with resume writing, interviewing and networking and spe- graduates of Texas colleges and universities, according to cialized advisers to help prepare students for graduate study and for a recent report by PayScale.com, 2009 admission into medical, law and business schools. w Top 20 National Universities, U.S. News and World Report, Rice Areas of Study 2008

School of Humanities w Best 366 Colleges, The Princeton Review, 2008 Art History, Classical Studies, English, French Studies, German Stud- ies, Hispanic Studies, History, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Re- w No. 1, Best Value Among Private Colleges, The Princeton ligious Studies, Visual and Dramatic Arts Review, 2008

School of Social Sciences w New Ivies, Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide, 2007 Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology w No. 2, Best Quality of Life and Friendliest Race/Class Inter- School of Architecture action, The Princeton Review, 2008 Architecture, Architecture Studies w Third Best in Overall Academic Experience for Undergradu- The Shepherd School of Music ate Students, The Princeton Review, 2007 Composition, Music, Music History, Music Theory, Performance w No. 17, Best National Universities, U.S. News and World Re- Wiess School of Natural Sciences port, 2007 Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy w No. 1, Best Value Among Private Colleges, The Princeton Re- view, 2008 George R. Brown School of Engineering Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and w No. 10, Best Value, U.S. News and World Report, 2008 Environmental Engineering, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical w Best Buys of 2007, Fiske Guide to Colleges, 2007 Engineering and Materials Science, Statistics. w No. 11 in the Nation for Best Undergraduate Architecture Interdepartmental Majors Program, Design Futures Council, 2008 Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations, Asian Studies, Cognitive Scienc- es, Environmental Sciences, Managerial Studies, Medieval Studies, w Among the Top 10 Graduate Architecture Programs, Design Policy Studies, Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality Futures Council, 2008

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business w Among the Top 20 Undergraduate Engineering Programs Business Administration Where the Highest Degree Is a Doctorate, U.S. News & World Report, 2008 Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies offers a host w Best MBA Program in Texas, Financial Times, 2007 of lifelong learning opportunities to the general public. Since 1968, it has served as a bridge between Rice and the greater Houston com- w Top 10 Financial Programs in the World, Financial Times, munity and beyond. Each year, the school attracts more than 11,000 2007 enrollments in its programs, which include personal development, professional development, K–12 programs for teachers and students, w One of only five music schools selected by the John F. Ken- languages and a Master of Liberal Studies program. The school’s Eng- nedy Center for the Performing Arts for its prestigious Con- lish as a Second Language program has attracted students from 97 servatory Project countries since 2000. R Meet The Owls

the start against the crosstown rival Cougars, allowing just one earned run Boogie in a no-decision that Rice went on to win 9-2... Held Houston to a .235 op- 34 ponents’ average and posted a 1.69 ERA in 5.1 frames in the annual Silver Anagnostou Glove Series... Played summer ball in the New England Collegiate League, P w L/R where he helped lead the Vermont Mountaineers to the finals... Selected as the ninth-best individual prospect in the 12-team NECBL. 5-11 w 200 w Jr.-Tr. High School — A 2008 graduate of Langham Creek High School in the LaPorte northwest Houston area... Led the Lobos to a 22-6 record and a bi-district (Alvin College/ TCU/LaPorte HS) title as a senior... Earned honorable mention all-District 17-5A honors at first base... Served as team captain... Played in the both the city and state versions of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) all-star ”Ahn-agh-nas-tow” Good athlete with arm strength... Mature pitcher... Solid addition to games as a junior in 2007... Helped the 2007 LCHS squad to a 17-1 record the 2010 staff. and Top 15 national ranking... Coached by Armando Sedeno. Personal — Full Name: Andrew Franklin Benak. Born Jan. 31, 1990 in Wayne Graham said — “Boogie made some changes from his junior Houston. Parents: Dan and Sandy Benak of Houston (one sister). Grand- college days and we think he is going to be a very good, four-pitch pitcher. father, Jerry Sims, was a three-year baseball letterman at Rice (1956-58) He’s worked hard, he’s listened and we think he’s going to be a guy we can who helped lead his Owl team to the program’s first winning record in count-on.” Alvin College — Played at Alvin College in the spring of 2009... more than 30 years. College: Lovett. Coached by Bryan Alexander... Played summer ball for the Northwest Rice Statistics (Houston) Wildcats under head coach Jack Schultea. Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP TCU — Pitched in seven games at TCU in the spring of 2008... Went 2009 5.70 1 1 15 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 18 15 16 10 12 1 0 112 .337 6 2 1-0 with a 4.85 ERA while striking out 10 in 13.0 innings of work for the Game Highs Horned Frogs. Season/Career High School — A 2007 graduate of LaPorte High School in La Porte, 3.2 vs. Houston, Feb. 25 Innings Pitched Tex.... Multi-sport star in baseball and football... Three-time all-state se- 3 at Lamar, Apt. 8 Strikeouts 1, six times Wild Pitches lection and four-time all-Greater Houston honoree in baseball under head 1, twice Hit Batters coach Ricky Torres... Earned all-District 22-5A honors four times in baseball and three times in football... Threw a perfect game for the Bulldogs. Personal — Full name: George Christopher Ryan Anagnostou (often goes by Chris, but prefers the name “Boogie”). Born: July 2, 1988. Parents: Chris and Kenna Anagnostou of Pasadena, Tex. (one sister). Uncle, Nick J.T. Anagnostou, played football at Murray State. College: Baker. Chargois 14 P/IF w S/R 6-2 w 180 w Fr.-HS Andrew Sulphur, La. Benak 30 (Sulphur HS) P w R/R ”Sha-gwah” 6-5 w 215 w So.-1L Versatile two-way player who should see action in the back of the Houston bullpen or the middle of the infield. Wayne Graham said — “J.T. is one of our impressive freshmen. At (Langham Creek) some point he will be a hitter in our program. Right now we are looking for him to work out of the bullpen. He has excellent stuff, an excellent three- ”beh-NOCK” pitch type pitcher.” Big, strong, right-handed pitcher... Looking for a breakout sophomore High School — A 2009 graduate of Sulphur High School in Sulphur, year... Has the stuff to be a contributor. La.... Right-handed pitcher/switch-hitting shortstop who helped lead the Wayne Graham said — “Andrew had pretty good summer. He is an baseball team to its first postseason appearance in three years... Earned improved pitcher, and we are hoping that he will be an option out of our 5A all-state honors as a utility player... First team all-District 3-5A pitcher... bullpen.” 2009 All-Southwest Team, pitcher... Batted .393 with 12 home runs and an Rice — 2009: Appeared in 15 games with three starts in first season .827 slugging percentage... Maintained a 1.02 ERA in 61.2 innings of work... at the Division I level… Starting pitcher in the opening home game of the Coached by Ron Riley... Named to the Louisiana Baseball Coaches All- season vs. Houston… Also started at Lamar and at home against Texas Star team... Outstanding student who was selected to the state’s 5A All- State (the Owls went on to win two of his three starts)… Came out of the Academic team... Graduated summa cum laude... Member of the National bullpen to earn first career decision, a victory on the road at Dallas Baptist Honor Society, 4-H, Calcasieu Junior Leaders and student council. after firing 1.2 scoreless innings… Maintained a composite 3.94 ERA for Personal — Full name: Jon Thomas Chargois (prefers the nickname 16.0 innings in 12 relief appearances… Struck out a career-high three in J.T.). Born: December 3, 1990 in Sulphur, La.... Parents: Von and Rhonda 3.1 innings at Lamar... Came back in his next outing and held heavy-hitting Chargois of Sulphur, La. (two sisters). College: Brown. Marshall to just a run in three innings… Pitched well in the season-long best-of-five series against Houston… Worked a career-long 3.2 frames in

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ond base... Played the last eight innings of the season at third base when Anthony Rendon was injured in the final game of the Super Regional (it Tony was the only time for any Owl to play at third base other than the Na- 13 tional Freshman of the Year)... Batted .285 for the season... Hit .318 with Cingrani men on base and .313 with runners in scoring position... Was exceptional P w L/L in the second half of the year, including a .352 average in C-USA games 6-4 w 205 w Jr.-Tr. and a .421 mark in the NCAA Regional... Batted .400 and scored five times New Lennox, Ill. in the season-long five-game Silver Glove Series against crosstown rival Houston... Disciplined hitter who tallied more walks (31) than strikeouts (South Suburban College/ (30) for the second year in a row... Batted second in the lineup 14 times Lincoln-Way Central HS) and was the only Owl other than eventual MLB draft pick Brock Holt to ”Sin-grawn-e” hit leadoff... Collected a career-high four hits in a game three times (vs. Very competitive southpaw... Important veteran addition to a young Kansas State, Lamar and Tulane)... Seven different Owls had four hits in a pitching staff. game, but no one else had more than two four-hit games... Registered 17 Wayne Graham said — “In the fall Tony showed flashes of being a top multi-hit games... Maintained a career-best 13-game hitting streak to tie starter. We think he has a chance to fit in as one of the top four starters.” for the longest on the team... Finished second on the team and tied for third South Suburban College — Played the 2008 and 2009 seasons at in the conference with four triples... Delivered the game-winning base-hit South Suburban College in South Holland, Ill.... Coached by Steve Ruzich... in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Championship Final of the C-USA Helped lead the Bulldogs to a 32-19 record and second place finish in the Tournament to help the Owls win the league title... Tied a career-high with 2009 Junior College Region IV tournament... Went 5-4 on the mound with three RBI in the finale of the Marshall series... Drove in two or more runs in a 3.51 ERA in 69.1 innings of work in 2009... Registered a single-season a game five times... Shared the team lead in both steals (11) and attempted school record 104 strikeouts, breaking a mark previously held by former steals (16)... Led the team and was among the best in the conference with Rice great and current major leaguer Tim Byrdak... Averaged 13.5 strike- sacrifice hits (10)... Was third on the team in runs, scoring 51 times in 61 outs per 9.0 innings and maintained a 3.1-to-1 strikeouts to walks ratio... games... Steady defender who made only two errors as the new first base- Set the school’s career record for strikeouts, fanning 195 in 143.1 innings... man... Didn’t make an error at first base until his 40th game of the year... Won seven games in 2008 to help lead the squad to the Region IV title. Made a career-high 15 put outs three different times... Starts at second High School — A 2007 graduate of Lincoln-Way Central High School base were at Dallas Baptist and against Washington State... Played a in New Lenox, Ill.... Earned all-area and all-conference accolades for the partial season of summer ball for the Clarinda A’s in the Missouri-Iowa- Knights... Two-year varsity letterman... Named the team’s most valuable Nebraska-Kansas (M.I.N.K.) League... 2008: All-NCAA Houston Regional... player as a senior... Threw a no-hitter with 20 strikeouts against the state’s NCAA District VI All-Academic Team... Conference USA All-Academic top-ranked team in 2007... Coached by Marty Dykas... Outstanding student Team... C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll... Appeared in all who was a member of the academic honor roll. but one game since opening day and started 51 times... Made 48 starts Personal — Full name: Anthony Michael Cingrani III (prefers Tony). at second base and three at shortstop... Batted .429 at the College World Born: July 5, 1989, in Evergreen Park, Ill. Parents: Anthony (Jr.) and Debo- Series (3-for-7) with a walk and run scored... Shared the team lead in hit- rah Cingrani of New Lenox, Ill. College: Martel. ting (.417) with Chad Mozingo for the seven NCAA Tournament games... Was the Owls’ leading hitter of the Regional, going 7-for-12 (.583) with two doubles, five RBI and three runs scored... The Regional weekend was a career-best, topping an East Carolina series where he was 6-for-12 with Jimmy three two-hit games... Went 4-for-11 (.364) with six runs scored in a sweep of Marshall... Eight starts were as the leadoff batter, 31 were batting either Comerota 2 eighth or ninth... Hit .338 against teams that were nationally-ranked, .317 IF w R/R with runners on base and .306 with runners in scoring position... Led the team and finished third in C-USA with 11 sacrifice bunts... Collected two 6-1 w 185 w Sr.-3L or more hits in a game 15 times... Slugged a career-high three hits three Missouri City times, including the Regional win over St. John’s... One of three Owls with (Hightower) more walks (24) than strikeouts (17)... Longest hitting streak was a career- best six games (Apr. 26 to May 10)... Played a 20-game stretch with just one error in the field in 124 chances... Made a career-high eight defensive “COMM-er-ah-tah” assists against Fresno State in the opening game of the College World Valuable, experienced player who can step-in and play anywhere Series... Tallied seven defensive assists from the middle infield three other on the field... Always ready for any role he’s called to play... Nicknamed times... Turned or started 48 of the team’s 63 double plays... Was in on five “Jimmy Baseball” by his teammates for his passion and dedication to the double plays in one game against Southern Miss (Mar. 29)... The final game game... Outstanding attitude. of the Tulane series was the first time he started a game and did not record Wayne Graham said — “Jimmy is obviously the best utility player on a defensive assist (he did have two put outs)... 2007: Played in 11 games the team, but he is probably going to be a starter again. He’s gotten better with four starts, including two at shortstop and two at third base... Three of every year. He had a great year defensively at first base last year. We’ll use the four starts were against teams that went on to play in the NCAA Tour- him where we need him the most. He could possibly hit lead-off.” nament (twice vs. East Carolina and once against St. John’s)... Batted .294 At Rice — 2009: Conference USA Spirit of Service Award; C-USA with a pair of walks and two sacrifice hits... Slugged a double and scored Academic Honor Roll; C-USA All-Academic Team; Rice University Schol- in a start against Texas Tech at the Whataburger College Classic in Corpus ar Athlete; All-Silver Glove Series (1b); Played in all 61 games, 58 times Christi... Scored a season-high two runs in a game twice, including the as a starter... Made the move to the vacant job at first base and started regular season win over Baylor... Made four appearances as a pinch run- there (for the first time in his career) 56 times... Also started twice at sec- ner... Was error-free in the field in 13 chances (10 at shortstop and three

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 7 R Meet The Owls at third)... Made a career-high three defensive assists in a single game at Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association all-star... Played summer ball East Carolina... Played in the Texas Collegiate League (Duncanville) in the for the Northwest (Houston) Wildcats under head coach Jack Schultea... summer of 2007... 2006: Did not see any game action... Worked hard to be Member of the 2008 Texas Rangers area code team. a member of the team’s official roster for the College World Series, super Personal — Full name: Tyler Blinn Duffey. Born: Dec. 27, 1990, in regional and regional games, and was ready to play when called upon... Houston. Parents: Tim and Shanna Duffey of Houston (one brother). Rice Played in the Texas Collegiate League (Weatherford) in the summer. College: Lovett. High School — 2005 graduate of Hightower High School in Missouri City... Four-year starter for the Hurricanes under coach Eddie Young- blood... All-state honoree as a junior and senior... First team all-Greater Houston selection by the Houston Chronicle in 2005... Played in the Texas Matt high school all-star game... Named the District 20-5A most valuable player after batting .450 with 38 RBI, 24 runs scored and five home runs... Posted Evers 12 15 career wins as a pitcher... Three-time team MVP and 2003 sophomore P w L/L player of the year... Maintained a 3.8 GPA on a 4.0 scale and graduated 6-3 w 220 w Jr.-2L magna cum laude. Personal — Full Name: James Anthony Comerota. Born: Dec. 1, 1986, Houston in San Antonio. Parents: Dave and Mary Comerota of Missouri City (one (Stratford) sister). Father played baseball for Springfield College (1975), and grandfather, Tony Comerota, played in the minor leagues (1950). Majors: kinesiol- Veteran hurler with a live left arm... Cornerstone contributor for the ogy/economics. College: Jones. bullpen his first two years. Rice Statistics Wayne Graham said — “Matt pitched well in a good summer league. Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT We’re hoping that he is going to reach his potential this year. He could be 2007 .294 11 4 17 5 5 1 0 0 0 6 .353 2 0 4 0 .368 0 2 0 0 2008 .291 61 51 196 45 57 6 1 0 28 65 .332 24 4 17 2 .374 3 11 12 15 a big part of the bullpen.” 2009 .285 61 58 214 51 61 5 4 1 26 77 .360 31 1 30 2 .372 4 10 11 16 At Rice — 2009: All-Silver Glove Series (p); Led the staff with 32 ap- Totals .288 133 113 427 101 123 12 5 1 54 148 .347 57 5 51 4 .373 7 23 23 31 pearances, all but one out of the bullpen... Second on the team in saves (3) and games-finished (10)… Notched first career save on Opening Day Game Highs 2009 Season Career with a scoreless inning on the road at eventual NCAA Tournament partici- 6, three times At Bats 6, three times pant Cal Poly… Twice pitched 3.1 innings to earn saves against Louisiana- 3 vs. Kansas State, June 1 Runs Scored 3, four times Lafayette and Houston in the semifinals of the Conference USA Tourna- 4, three times Hits 4, three times ment… Matched previous season’s win total with victories over UCF, 3 vs. Marshall, Apr. 19 Runs Batted In 3, twice 1, five times Doubles 1, twelve times Lamar, Houston and eventual College World Series participant Southern 1, four times Triples 1, five times Miss… Three of the four wins were on the road… Longest outing of the 1 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 21 Home Runs 1 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 21, 2009 season was 4.1 innings on two occasions, a C-USA win at Houston and in 5, four times Total Bases 5, four times 2, six times Walks 2, nine times his first career start in a road game vs. Dallas Baptist… Scattered three 2 vs. Tulane, Apr. 3 Stolen Bases 2, vs. Tulane, Apr. 3, 2009 hits and struck out five in a no-decision against Dallas Baptist… Struck 1, ten times Sac Hits 2 vs. Sam Houston St., Mar. 4, 2008 out a season-high six batters in 4.0 frames for a win at Lamar… Averaged 2 vs. Marshall, Apr. 19 Sac Flies 2 vs. Marshall, Apr. 19, 2009 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings of work…Pitched 7.1 consecutive score- 15, three times Put Outs 15, three times 4, twice Assists 8 vs. Fresno St., June 15, 2008 less innings from Mar. 8 to Mar. 24… Registered nine strikeouts in 9.1 innings of nine appearances against teams ranked in the national Top 25... Played summer ball in the California Collegiate League, where he helped lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to the season championship... Went 2-1 Tyler with a 1.44 ERA in 31 innings and was selected as the ninth-best individual 42 prospect overall... 2008: Conference USA All-Freshman Team... Provided Duffey a dramatic impact for the nationally-ranked Owls as a rookie reliever... P w R/R Second on the team in appearances (29), all out of the bullpen... Was also 6-3 w 210 w Fr.-HS second in games finished (11)... Went 4-1 with a 3.00 ERA in 42.0 innings... Held 151 opposing hitters to a composite .232 batting average... Averaged Houston a team-leading 11.6 strikeouts per nine innings (min. 25 inn.)... Maintained (Bellaire) a 2.3-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks radio... Allowed only one earned run in 14.0 innings from April 25 to June 15... Logged a 2.89 ERA in C-USA games... Three-pitch pitcher with tremendous potential... Combines strength Maintained a 1.76 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 15.1 tough innings against with a solid delivery. nationally-ranked opponents... Notched career-bests in innings (3.2) and Wayne Graham said — “Tyler could be a force. He is a very com- strikeouts (10) in the April 1 win at nationally-ranked Texas... Threw a petitive pitcher who we are hoping is going to be a significant part of our hitless inning in game two of the Super Regional against Texas A&M... bullpen, possibly even a spot starter.” Pitched 1.1 innings in the Regional final against Texas, where he struck out High School — A 2009 graduate of nearby Bellaire High School in two and was charged with an unearned run... Worked 2.2 innings vs. UAB Bellaire, Tex.... Named one of the nation’s top prep prospects in 2009 by in the Owls’ first game of the C-USA Tournament, where he struck out four Collegiate Baseball... Helped lead the Cardinals to a 34-4-1 record and the and was charged with an unearned run... Faced eventual national cham- semi-finals of the state tournament... Coached by Rocky Manuel... Three- pion Fresno State in the College World Series... Played in the California time first team all-District 20-5A selection... Two-time selection to the Tex- Collegiate League (Santa Barbara) in the summer. as Association of Sports Officials (TASO) All-Tournament team and a 2008

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High School — A 2007 graduate of Stratford High School in suburban west Houston... Was selected in the 48th round of the major league draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a senior... Played on the Goodwill Series Anthony American Team and for Team Texas against high school all-star teams from 9 other states... Earned third team all state as a senior, leading the Spartans Fazio P w R-R to a 25-9 record, second place district finish and to the school’s first series victory in the state playoffs in 12 years... First team all-District 19-5A selec- 6-1 w 195 w Fr.-RS tion in 2006 and 2007... Three-year letterman for coach Tony Mardirosian. Beaumont Personal — Full Name: Matthew Bryan Evers. Born: June 4, 1989 in (Kelly) Houston. Parents: Dale and Teri Evers of Houston (one brother). College: Wiess. Anxious to contribute to the team after sitting out last season... Owns Rice Statistics a tremendous work ethic... Should be an impact pitcher... Combines good Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP 2008 3.00 4 1 29 0 0 0 2 0 42.0 35 17 14 23 54 9 0 5 183 .232 2 2 arm strength with above average movement on his fastball. 2009 6.89 4 3 32 1 0 0 0 3 47.0 56 39 36 34 37 11 0 3 228 .311 3 7 Wayne Graham said — “Anthony could be a good starting pitcher. Totals 5.06 8 4 61 1 0 0 2 3 89.0 91 56 50 57 91 20 0 8 411 .275 5 9 He’s recovered remarkably from Tommy John and we’re hoping he will fit Game Highs in as one of the top four starters this spring.” 2009 Season Career At Rice — 2009: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Sat out the 4.1, twice Innings Pitched 4.1, twice entire year with an injury suffered just a few days prior to the start of the 6 at Lamar, Apr. 6 Strikeouts 10, at Texas, Apr. 1, 2008 season... Completed a redshirt year... Worked hard to come back and pitch 1, three times Wild Pitches 1, five times 2 vs. Kansas State, May 30 Hit Batters 2, vs. Kansas State, May 30 in the fall. High School — A 2008 graduate of Monsignor Kelly High School in Beaumont... Four-year varsity letterman who was a three-time all-district and all-state honoree in baseball by the Texas Association of Parochi- al & Private Schools (TAPPS)... Led the team to a 16-10 record and the Jeremy TAPPS 6A state finals... Named the MVP of the Area Code Games as se- 40 nior... Coached in baseball by Al Rabb... Versatile athlete who was also a Fant two-time all-state and all-district quarterback under coach Mike Long... P w R/R Named the Bulldogs’ offensive MVP as a junior... Outstanding student who 6-1 w 195 w Fr.-HS graduated magna cum laude... Member of the National Honor Society. Cypress Personal — Full Name: Anthony Louis Fazio. Born: March 29, 1990, in Beaumont. Parents: Sam Fazio and Jill Proctor (one brother, and one sis- (Cypress Woods) ter). Father played baseball at St. Edward’s University. College: Hanszen.

Recorded steady outings in the fall workouts... Has potential to see innings as a freshman... Strong body with solid ability. Wayne Graham said — “We limited Jeremy’s fall work somewhat, Michael but he did well when he pitched. He’s showed enough stuff that he’s got a chance to help us out of the bullpen.” Fuda 15 High School — A 2009 graduate of Cy Woods High School in Cypress, OF/IF w R/R Tex.... Emerged as one of the stars for the school’s fledgling varsity baseball program, earning first team all-District 15-5A honors as a senior... 6-0 w 200 w So.-1L Helped lead the team to a 21-7 record and bi-district championship... Went Katy 6-2 with a 1.32 ERA on the mound, registering 85 strikeouts with just 12 (Katy HS) walks... A 2009 Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association all-star... Maintained a 2.42 ERA with 45 strikeouts in the Wildcats’ inaugural season of 2008... Coached by Thomas Loria... Earned academic all-state honors in ”FOO-dah” 2009... Outstanding student who graduated seventh, summa cum laude, in Great speed makes him a constant threat for extra bases... Former his class of 946... Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National two-sport athlete at Rice (also played football) who displayed the baseball Honor Society and Distinguished Honor Roll. acumen to match his athleticism. Personal — Full name: Jeremy Regan Fant. Born: January 11, 1991, Wayne Graham said — “We think Mike has the chance to be a real in Midland, Tex. Parents: Bob and Jill Fant of Cypress, Tex. (one brother). impact player. Obviously, he runs extremely well, but he is also showing College: Jones. flashes of power. He hit .359 last year, which is great, and there is a pos- sibility there for more power.” At Rice — 2009: All-Silver Glove Series (of); Played in 56 games with 48 starts... Made 44 starts in left field and four as the designated hitter… Finished second on the team in hitting (.359) and fourth in doubles (14), triples (2), on-base percentage (.385) and sacrifice flies (3)… Fifth in slugging percentage (.508)… Hit safely in 10-straight games… Batted a team-best .386 (17-for-44) in games against nationally-ranked teams and .448 (13- of-29) in Rice’s seven-game run through the NCAA Tournament… Ended the season with a four-game hitting streak... Collected 21 games with two

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 9 R Meet The Owls or more hits, including a career-high four hits in wins over Texas A&M- Corpus Christi and Kansas State in the NCAA Regional final… Scored Abe three runs against KSU to tie a career-high… Also scored three runs in the come-from-behind win at East Carolina… Recorded two doubles on a Gonzales 24 three-hit day against Tulane… Hustled for triples in back-to-back games P/IF w L/L vs. Marshall and Texas… Career-high RBI day was three against Marshall w w in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament… Stole eight bases in 12 6-1 195 Jr.-2L attempts… Played his best baseball over the final 40 games of the sea- Houston son, hitting an even .400 (62-of-155) with a .574 slugging percentage and (St. Thomas) 39 runs scored… Steady defensive leftfielder with exceptional range… Made only one error… Threw-out five different runners trying to advance on the basepaths, including four at home plate and two that turned into Left-handed hitter and left-handed pitcher who could be called to double-plays after making a catch... Played a partial season of summer produce in both areas for the Owls this season... Can confidently change ball for the Clarinda A’s in the Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas (M.I.N.K.) speeds and locations on all his pitches. League... Was selected as the fourth-best individual prospect in the 10- Wayne Graham said — “Abel was one of the most improved players team league... 2008: Played in three games with one start at second base in the fall, showing a nice line-drive swing. He could help us with his bat at home against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Played as a defensive sub- and his arm. He could help us as a middle reliever and as a spot-lefty.” stitute and later scored a run in the Owls’ 10-6 win over Winthrop... Made At Rice — 2009: Rice University Honor Athlete; Pitched in 17 games one appearance as a pinch hittter... Played error-free at second base. with two starting assignments… Started against Dallas Baptist and on the High School — A 2007 graduate of Katy High School... Earned all- road against No. 4 ranked Texas… Longest outing was 2.2 innings in the America honors from Louisville Slugger as senior second baseman... Dallas Baptist start where he did not allow any earned runs on four hits… Named first-team 5A all-state in baseball in 2006 and 2007... Unanimous Earned first career victory with 1.1 innings of two-hit relief on the road all-District 18-5A selection at wide receiver and kick returner for coach at crosstown rival Houston... Struck out a batter in seven of 17 appear- Gary Joseph... Third-team 5A all-state by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ances… Allowed only one earned run in his first 13.0 innings of the season as a kick returner... Caught 44 passes for 738 yards and eight scores as a and just one walk in his first 14.2 innings…Threw 11.0 of his 19.2 innings at senior... Listed on the Dallas Morning News Hot 100 and the Rivals.com home at Reckling Park, where he maintained a 3.27 home ERA… Each of Texas 100 after earning first-team all-state selection as a junior, catching his last four appearances were away from home (vs. Lamar, East Carolina, 62 passes for 1399 yards and 19 touchdowns. Texas and UAB)... Played summer ball for the East Texas Pump Jacks in Personal — Full Name: Michael Vincent Fuda... Born: January 13, the Texas Collegiate League... Batted .314 to lead East Texas to a second 1989 in Chicago... Parents: Frank and Rita Fuda (two brothers). College: Sid place finish in the league’s regular season standings... 2008: C-USA Com- Richardson. missioner’s Academic Honor Roll... Played in 10 games with five starts... Made five starts at first base and one as the designated hitter... Started Rice Statistics the second game of the year on the road against nationally-ranked Long Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Beach State... Drove in a run and scored in a win over Winthrop... Ap- 2008 .000 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2009 .359 56 48 181 43 65 14 2 3 21 92 .508 6 1 30 2 .377 3 0 8 12 peared ready to make a more pronounced contribution after getting three Totals .351 59 49 185 44 65 14 2 3 21 92 .497 6 1 32 2 .369 3 0 8 12 hits with a double, an RBI and a run scored in five at bats in the Southern Miss series, but was injured in a collision and sidelined the rest of the Game Highs season... Played in the Northwoods Collegiate League (Duluth) in the sum- Season & Career 5, eleven times At Bats mer... 2007: Gained a redshirt season. 3, twice Runs Scored High School — A 2006 graduate of nearby St. Thomas High School... 4, twice Hits Four-year starter and letterman under coach Ken Schulte... Helped lead 3 vs. Marshall, May 20 Runs Batted In 2 vs. Tulane, Apr. 4 Doubles the Eagles to TAPPS state championship in 2004 and state finals in both 1, twice Triples 2005 and 2006... Posted a 27-9 career record and a .360 batting average... 1, three times Home Runs Named to the state’s all-tournament team as a freshman... Three-time first 5, four times Total Bases team all-district and first team all-state... Member of the 2006 all-Greater 2, twice Walks 2 vs. LSU, June 5 Stolen Bases Houston team. 4, twice Put Outs Personal — Full Name: Abel Raphael Gonzales. Born: Dec. 30, 1987, 1, six times Assists in Houston. Parents: Abel and Gloria Gonzales of Houston (one sister). Aunt and uncle, Mary and Alex Santos, both work in the Rice Athletics Department. Major: sports management. Minor: business. College: Sid Richardson. Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2008 .176 10 5 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .235 1 0 5 1 .222 0 0 0 0 2009 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Totals .176 10 5 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 .235 1 0 5 1 .222 0 0 0 0

Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP 2008 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2009 4.58 1 0 17 2 0 0 0 0 19.2 22 18 10 9 7 4 0 4 93 .282 1 2 Totals 4.58 1 0 17 2 0 0 0 0 19.2 22 18 10 9 7 4 0 4 93 .282 1 2

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Game Highs Game Highs 2008 Season & Career Season & Career 3, twice At Bats 5, six times At Bats 1, twice Runs Scored 2, three times Runs Scored 2 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 29 Hits 4, twice Hits 1, twice Runs Batted In 2, twice Runs Batted In 1 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 29 Doubles 1, three times Doubles 3 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 29 Total Bases 1 vs. Tulane, Apr. 3 Home Runs 1 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 29 Walks 5, twice Total Bases 8 vs. Southern Miss, Mar. 29 Put Outs 2 vs. Marshall, Apr. 18 Walks 2, twice (in 2009) Assists 1, three times Stolen Bases 1, twice Sac Hits 2009 Season & Career 1 vs. Memphis, Mar. 29 Sac Flies 2.2 vs. Dallas Baptist, Apr. 1 Innings Pitched 4 at East Carolina, Apr. 10 Put Outs 1, seven times Strikeouts 1 vs. Lamar, Apr. 8 Wild Pitches 1, twice Hit Batters Rick Hague 11 Daniel IF w R/R Gonzales-Luna 1 6-2 w 190 w Jr.-2L IF/OF w R/R Spring 5-9 w 175 w So.-1L (Klein Collins) Houston One of the best players in the country who has worked to improve (Lamar HS) everything about his game... Model fielder and hitter... Great attitude, work ethic and range. Great utility player who can start or come off the bench... Proved he Wayne Graham said — “Ricky led the Team USA in hitting. We think can help the team with his bat, glove or on the basepaths. he is faster and stronger than he’s ever been. We are looking for a big year Wayne Graham said — “Daniel is a valuable member of our outfield. from him.” He picked us up with a bat last year and he continues to improve every International — 2009: Represented Rice and his country playing for day.” the United States national team over the summer... Gained valuable ex- Rice — 2009: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in 21 perience training with the nation’s other top college stars on Team USA... games with 13 starts as a freshman... Made four starts in right field and Faced players from all over the world who are often older, professionals nine as the designated hitter... Posted the second-highest batting aver- back in their native countries... Shared the Team USA in lead in hitting with age on the team (.360) behind Anthony Rendon... Had the highest average Florida State’s Tyler Holt, batting .371 (33-of-89) with a team-best seven (.472) among the ten different Owls who batted as the designated hitter... doubles and three home runs for a .551 slugging percentage... Drove in 16 Began his Rice career hitting safely in each of his first six games at the runs in 22 international games and stole seven bases... Earned the Best Division I level... Shared the team lead for hits in a single game (4), and Hitter Award at the World Baseball Challenge held in British Columbia, reached that career-high twice (vs. Tulane and Sam Houston State)... Only Canada... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the World Baseball Challenge’s one other Owl had more four-hit games (Jimmy Comerota, 3)... Batted .455 championship final, an 8-1 Team USA victory over Germany. (5-for-11) with a sacrifice bunt against elite teams that went on to play At Rice — 2009: NCAA All-Regional Team; All-Conference USA (sec- NCAA Tournament... Hit .436 (17-for-39) with a .590 slugging percentage ond team); C-USA All-Tournament Team; All-Silver Glove Series; One of in home games at Reckling Park... Played summer ball for the Riverhead only two Owls (along with third baseman Anthony Rendon) to start all 61 Tomcats in the Atlantic Collegiate League. games... Shortstop for all but four of the team’s 542.2 innings on the field High School — The 2008 Valedictorian of nearby Lamar High School... (99.3 percent)... Led the team in at bats (254) and doubles (17)... Shared Three-time all-District 20-5A honoree... Helped lead team to a 29-7 record, the team lead in steals (11) and attempted steals (16)... Finished second in the regular season district championship and the Region III quarterfinals RBI (57) and third in hits (81), home runs (9), total bases (125) and sacrifice as a senior... Hit a walk-off home run in the bi-district playoffs as a senior bunts (4)... Batted .319 for the full season, .376 with runners on base and in 2008... Teammate of current Owl Anthony Rendon... Coached by Mike .402 with men in scoring position... Hit .360 (9-for-25) with three doubles McGilvray... Named to the 2008 5A Baseball All-State Academic Team. in the five NCAA Regional games and .438 (7-for-16) with six runs scored Personal — Full Name: Daniel Carlos Gonzales-Luna. Born: Sept. 21, to help lead the Owls to the C-USA Tournament title... Shared the team’s 1989 in Fresno, Calif. Parents: Carlos Gonzales and Hortencia Luna Gonza- longest hitting streak of the season, 13-straight games from Mar. 21 to les (three brothers) of Houston. Brother, Noel, is a senior on the baseball Apr. 10... Collected 25 games with two or more hits, including a career- team at Princeton. College: Hanszen. high four hits twice (vs. Marshall and at Sam Houston State)... Slugged a career-best three doubles in the Opening Day win at Cal Poly, the most Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT doubles by any Owl all season... Twice blasted two home runs in a game, 2009 .360 21 13 50 12 18 3 0 1 7 24 .480 5 0 10 1 .411 1 2 3 5 the second of which led to a season-best four RBI in a win across town at rival Houston... Drove in two or more runs in a game 19 times to tie for the team lead... Matched the previous year’s total for walks (22) and was hit by a pitch more than any other Owl (6) for a .382 on-base percentage... Tied a career-best with two steals in games vs. San Diego and Tulane... Turned

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 11 R Meet The Owls or started 38 of the team’s 73 double plays... Tallied a career-high seven assists in the opener, then matched the total two more times the rest of the season... Tied a career-high with six put outs in a win at Southern Kevin Miss... 2008: Freshman All-America (Collegiate Baseball, Second Team by 31 the National Collegiate Baseball Writers)... All-NCAA Houston Regional... Hahn P w L/L Conference USA All-Freshman Team... Houston College Classic All-Tour- nament Team... All-Silver Glove Trophy Series Team... C-USA Commis- 6-0 w 200 w Fr.-HS sioner’s Academic Honor Roll... Burst on the Division I scene... Starting Houston shortstop for the nationally-ranked Owls in all but three games... Rice lost (Stratford) two of the three games he missed... Team’s top hitter at home at Reckling Park, batting .400 (48-of-120) with a .642 slugging percentage... Batted a steady .348 for the full season, .346 against quality teams that advanced Left-handed pitcher in first season at the Division I level... Could be to NCAA Regionals, and .341 in Conference USA... Hit .379 in the NCAA called to face left-handed hitters... One of seven lefties on the Owl staff. Tournament, including .375 (3-for-8) with two RBI and a sacrifice bunt at Wayne Graham said — “Kevin is a guy who was improving at the end the College World Series... Led the team and was among the best in the of the fall. He could help us out of the bullpen.” conference in slugging (.549) and total bases (128)... Shared the team lead High School — A 2009 graduate of Stratford High School... Named the in doubles (19) and was third in home runs (8) and RBI (54)... Maintained a District 18-5A Pitcher of the Year and a Houston Area Baseball Coaches 17-game hitting streak, the Owls’ third-longest streak of the season... Col- Association all-star as a senior... Coached by Jason Willis... Helped lead lected two or more hits in a game 27 times, with a season-high three hits the Spartans to a 19-9 record and the bi-district finals... Went 6-3 with a four different times... Slugged two doubles in a game five different times, 1.49 ERA in 2009... Struck out 85 batters in 51.2 innings of work... Posted a including four against ranked opponents (East Carolina, Long Beach State, career-high 15 strikeouts over rival Memorial H.S.... Record was 5-2 with a Texas and Tulane)... Shared the team lead in multi-RBI games (16)... Drove 2.14 ERA as a junior in 2008, piling-up an eye-opening 105 strikeouts in 55.2 in a career-best six runs on the strength of a two-homer night against Win- innings (an average of 17 strikeouts per nine innings)... Threw a no-hitter throp, including a grand slam... Blasted a clutch home run with two out in with 14 strikeouts against Nimitz H.S.... National Honor Society member. the eighth inning to tie the middle game of the Tulane series... Hit a critical Personal — Full name: Kevin Russell Hahn. Born: April 11, 1991, in homer in his second-to-last at bat for an eventual 7-6 win in the finale of Houston. Parents: Mike and Karen Hahn of Houston (one brother). Father the UCF series... Helped punch the Owls’ ticket to Omaha in the final game was a three-year football letterman at Stephen F. Austin (1975-77). Brother, of the Super Regional, collecting three hits with a double to drive in four Brian, was on the baseball team at Texas-Arlington. College: Will Rice. runs... Went 5-for-13 (.385) with a double, triple, hit by pitch, stolen base and three runs scored in the Regional... Solid defensive shortstop who turned or started 44 of the Owls’ 63 double plays... Exceptional on defense the second half of the season. Mark High School — A 2007 graduate of Klein Collins High School... Named honorable mention Louisville Slugger High School All-American as a se- Haynes 27 nior... Selected as the most valuable player of the Texas High School Base- P w R/R ball Coaches Association 4A-5A All-Star Game... Helped lead the Tigers to a 36-6 record, the semifinals of the 5A state tournament and a ranking 6-2 w 204 w Sr.-2L of 14th in the nation by Baseball America... All-District 16-5A selection in Sugar Land basketball... Named to the 2007 5A Baseball All-Academic team... Member (Austin HS) of the National Honor Society. Personal — Full Name: Richard Michael Hague. Born: September 18, 1988 in Spring. Parents: Rick and Monica Hague of Spring (two sisters). Competitive middle reliever who always wants the ball... Has experi- College: Lovett. ence and the desire to help his team. Wayne Graham said — “Mark was a solid guy out of our bullpen last Rice Statistics year. We are hoping that he will fulfill that role again in middle relief.” Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2008 .348 60 59 233 40 81 19 2 8 54 128 .549 22 5 46 6 .408 5 8 4 7 At Rice — 2009: Third on the staff in appearances (25) and games 2009 .319 61 61 254 47 81 17 0 9 57 125 .492 22 6 69 6 .382 3 4 11 16 in relief (22)... Finished five games, the third-highest total on the team... Totals .333 121 120 487 87 162 36 2 17 111 253 .520 44 11 115 12 .395 8 12 15 23 Tabbed as the starting pitcher three times, including the championship final of the NCAA Regional against Kansas State… Earned the start vs. KSU Game Highs 2009 Season Career after notching his only save of the season three days before in the open- 6, three times At Bats 6, three times ing game of the Regional vs. Sam Houston State… Pitched the final two 3 vs. Dallas Baptist, Mar. 4 Runs Scored 3, twice frames in the 5-2 victory over SHSU… Registered first career win on the 4, twice Hits 4, twice 4 vs. Houston, May 3 Runs Batted In 6 vs. Winthrop, Mar. 17, 2008 road at nationally-ranked East Carolina, holding the heavy-hitting Pirates 3 vs. Cal Poly, Feb. 20 Doubles 3 vs. Cal Poly, Feb. 20, 2009 to no runs on three hits in 3.2 innings out of the bullpen… Notched second none Triples 1, twice win three weeks later with two hitless frames and three strikeouts against 2, twice Home Runs 2, three times Texas A&M-Corpus Christi… Struck out a career-high seven batters in 8, twice Total Bases 8, three times 2, six times Walks 2, seven times a relief outing on the road at Sam Houston where he held the Bearkats 2, twice Stolen Bases 2, three times scoreless for 5.1 innings… Pitched a career-long 5.2 innings in a Sunday 1, four times Sac Hits 2 vs. Marshall, Mar. 23, 2008 start vs. Conference USA foe Marshall…First career start was across 1, three times Sac Flies 1, eight times 6 at Southern Miss, Mar. 21 Put Outs 6, twice town at Houston in game two of the annual Silver Glove Trophy series, 7, four times Assists 7, four times where he pitched three innings and scattered two hits… Allowed only two earned runs in his first 12.0 innings of the season… Worked at least two

12 2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL Meet The Owls R innings in 13 of 25 appearances… Almost half of his innings (23.0) were At Rice — Fall 2009: Played five games at quarterback for the Owls’ against quality teams that went on to play in NCAA Regionals… Best on football team with one start (vs. Tulsa)... Finished the season with 27 com- the team at getting opponents to ground into double plays (9 times)… Aver- pletions for 240 yards and one touchdown... Made his Division I football aged 4.0 strikeouts and 3.0 walks per nine innings... Played summer ball for debut on the road against nationally-ranked Texas Tech, where he was East Texas in the Texas Collegiate League... Helped lead the Pump Jacks 7-of-15 for 66 yards and a 15-yard scramble that was the Owls’ longest to a second place finish in the league’s regular season standings... 2008: run from scrimmage in the game... Spring 2009: Completed first season Pitched a total of 13.0 innings in nine appearances, all out of the bullpen... of D-I baseball with a .289 average and a .441 on-base percentage that Faced 50 opposing hitters and held the foes to a composite .220 batting was second only to Anthony Rendon (.461)… Played in 22 games with 11 average... Made his collegiate debut in the home-opener vs. Texas A&M- starts... Made four starts in the outfield and seven as the designated hitter Corpus Christi after being sidelined the previous two seasons... Notched against right-handed pitching… Led the team in pinch-hit appearances a dramatic save in his first Rice outing by getting the only batter he faced (10) and entered a game as a pinch-runner one time… Made his NCAA de- to ground out to end the game when the Islanders had the tying run on but on April 10 by coming off the bench to pinch-hit for Rick Hague against deck in the ninth... Had the second-highest ratio of groundball outs-to-fly nationally-ranked East Carolina…Stayed in the game in leftfield against outs of any pitcher on the staff (3-to-1)... Worked an eye-opening career- ECU where he later singled and scored… Hit .357 with runners on base, long 4.1 innings against NCAA Regional-bound Dallas Baptist, holding the .300 in the NCAA Regional and .333 in all home games at Reckling Park… Patriots to no runs on just two hits while striking out two... Pitched a total Tallied two-hit games against league foes Marshall and UCF… Knocked a of 8.0 innings against teams that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament, pinch-hit double against Texas A&M…Doubled-in a career-high two runs including Dallas Baptist, Texas and Houston... Held those Regional-bound vs. Houston in the C-USA Tournament… Hit a double in the NCAA Tourna- teams to a .167 batting average for a 1.12 ERA.. Played in the California ment against A-10 champion Xavier… Finished third on the team in getting Collegiate League in the summer... 2007: Sat out the entire season for the hit by a pitch (four times), and that was in only 59 at bats…Drew walks in second year in a row... 2006: Did not play his first year with the program eight of his 22 games played… Error-free in the outfield... Fall 2008: Re- while recovering from an injury... Made two starts in the Texas Collegiate serve quarterback on the Owls’ football team... Gained a redshirt season League (Chapman) over the summer. for the school record-tying 10-3 gridiron squad that won the Texas Bowl at High School — A 2005 graduate of Austin High School in Sugar Land... nearby Reliant Stadium... Coached by David Bailiff, the 2008 C-USA Coach Three-year starter and baseball letterman under head coach Randy Urs- of the Year. ery... Named sophomore of the year for the Bulldogs... Maintained a 3.2 High School — A 2008 graduate of Catholic High School in Baton grade point average. Rouge, La.... Named the city’s Male Athlete of the Year by The Advocate Personal — Full Name: Mark Thomas Haynes. Born: Sept. 17, 1986 in newspaper... Earned all-state, all-metro and all-district honors as an out- Kansas City, Mo. Parents Jim and Carol Haynes of Sugar Land (one broth- fielder for coach Kyle Achord... Led the Bears to a 33-7 record and to the er). Father played baseball and mother played basketball at Emporia State semifinals of the state tournament... Batted .470 as a senior with 10 home in Kansas. Major: kinesiology. College: Baker. runs and 45 RBI... Hit .481 as a junior with 10 home runs and 51 RBI... Ver- satile star was a two-time all-metro selection at quarterback for coach Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP Dale Weiner... Two-time honorable mention all-state and district MVP... 2008 3.46 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 13.0 11 5 5 5 5 3 0 1 55 .220 0 0 Football team was 34-5 in his career as a starter... Threw for 3,998 yards 2009 4.35 2 0 25 3 0 0 0 1 49.2 58 25 24 17 22 13 0 4 218 .302 6 4 and 43 touchdowns in his career... Led Catholic to a pair of appearances Totals 4.16 2 0 34 3 0 0 0 2 62.2 69 30 29 22 27 16 0 5 273 .285 6 4 in the state semifinals... Academic all-state selection and member of the Game Highs National Honor Society who carried a 3.8 grade point average. 2009 Season Career Personal — Full Name: Ryan Anthony Lewis... Born: Oct. 30, 1989 in 5.2 vs. Marshall, Apr. 19 Innings Pitched 5.2 vs. Marshall, Apr. 19 Baton Rouge, La.... Parents: Max and Rhonda Lewis of Baton Rouge (one 7 at Sam Houston St., Mar. 3 Strikeouts 7 at Sam Houston St., Mar. 3 1, six times Wild Pitches 1, six times sister). Coaches youth basketball in his spare time. College: Wiess. 2 vs. Kansas State, June 1 Hit Batters 2 vs. Kansas State, June 1 Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2009 .289 22 11 45 5 13 3 1 0 9 18 .400 9 4 10 0 .441 1 0 1 1

Game Highs Ryan 2009 Season & Career 4 vs. UCF, May 10 At Bats Lewis 16 1, five times Runs Scored 2, twice Hits OF w L/L 2 vs. Houston, May 22 Runs Batted In 6-3 w 210 w So.-1L 1, three times Doubles 1 vs. UCF, May 9 Triples Baton Rouge, La. none Home Runs 4 vs. UCF, May 9 Total Bases (Catholic) 2 vs. Southern Miss, May 24 Walks 1 vs. UCF, May 9 Stolen Bases none Sac Hits Multi-sport athlete who joins the baseball team in the spring after 4 vs. UCF, May 9 Sac Flies playing football in the fall... Versatility gives the team options... Can play 5 at East Carolina, Apr. 11 Put Outs the outfield or contribute as a left-handed hitting first baseman... Strong none Assists runner with a flat stroke. Wayne Graham said — “We didn’t see Ryan in the fall but we’re probably going to give him a chance to play at first base. He is a very talented athlete with a good swing. He could play first base, the outfield, or DH. He certainly figures in our plans.”

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Game Highs 2009 Season & Career Craig 6 vs. Southern Miss, Mar 21 At Bats 10 2, three times Runs Scored 3, twice Hits Manuel 3, twice Runs Batted In C w L/R 1, three times Doubles 6-2 w 200 w So.-1L none Triples none Home Runs Satellite Beach, Fla. 3, five times Total Bases 2, twice Walks (Satellite HS) none Stolen Bases 1, four times Sac Hits none Sac Flies “MAN-you-el” 12 vs. Marshall, Apr. 17 Put Outs Known for his prototypical catching build and skill... Has a tremendous 3, twice Assists understanding of catching and handling pitchers, including the elite Owl staff that finished 16th in the nation in ERA... The ultimate over-achiever. Wayne Graham said — “Craig is obviously a team-leader and a solid defensive catcher with a line-drive bat.” Will At Rice — 2009: Successful debut season of Division I baseball... 19 Worked his way into 43 games with 31 starts as a true freshman... Made Maxwell 24 starts behind the plate and seven as the designated hitter... Evolved OF w L/R into the game-two, or Saturday catcher, in weekend series... Team went 6-2 w 195 w Fr.-HS 17-7 in his starts at catcher, and Owl pitchers maintained a steady 3.83 ERA with a .238 opponents’ batting average in those games... Ten of his Marietta, Ga. catching starts featured an all-freshman battery, including either Taylor (The Walker School) Wall (five times), Andrew Benak (twice) or Matthew Reckling (twice)... Showcased a strong and accurate arm, throwing out 12 baserunners who Good left-handed hitter learning from a talented Owl outfield crew... were attempting to steal... Made only one error in the field all season... Has Great worker who could become a part of the outfield mix in the future. the hitting to match defensive skills... Maintained a .292 average for the full Wayne Graham said — “Will is a freshman with a solid, flat swing.” season and a .300 mark in Conference USA games... Opportunistically bat- High School — A 2009 graduate of The Walker School in Marietta, ted .404 (19-for-47) with runners in scoring position... Batted a steady .316 Ga... Two-time first team all-Region 5-A honoree... Three-time all-county against ranked opponents and .313 in nine games when there were more selection as an outfielder... Four-year varsity letterman who maintained than 4,500 fans in attendance...Hit .462 in the season-long five-game Silver a .374 career batting average with 96 career stolen bases... Team MVP Glove Series against crosstown rival Houston... Longest hitting streak of and defensive MVP... Served two years as the Wolverine’s team captain... the season was seven games... Collected two or more hits in a game 17 Batted .421 as a junior in 2008 with 21 RBI, 22 runs scored and 24 stolen times, including a season-best three hits twice (vs. Lamar and East Car- bases... Coached by Mike Brady. olina)... Knocked doubles on the road at Texas and Lamar, and at home Personal — Full Name: William Michael Maxwell (prefers Will). Born: against Notre Dame... Drove in two ore more runs in a game seven times, July 26, 1991, in Atlanta, Ga. Parents: Luke and Sandra Maxwell of Mari- the sixth-highest total on the squad... Season-high for RBI was three on etta, Ga. (one brother, one sister). College: Jones two occasions... Tied for third on the team with four sacrifice hits… Made 12 appearances off the bench, the second-highest total of any player on the team... Played summer ball in the Florida Collegiate League, where he helped lead the Samford River Rats to a second place finish in the regular Draft Dodgers season standings. A number of Owls on the current roster were selected in differ- High School — A 2008 graduate of Satellite High School in Satellite ent Major League Drafts, but decided to forgo pro baseball in Beach, Fla... Hit .500 to earn District 11-5A player of the year honors as a order to play for Rice. The current Owl draft dodgers include: senior... Two-time all-Cape Coast Conference selection... All-county player in 2006 and 2008... Four-year varsity letterman... Caught every inning of ev- Player Pos. Round MLB Team ery game as a junior and senior... Coached in baseball by Oscar Restrepo... Diego Seastrunk C 31st in ‘09 San Francisco Multi-sport star also played football for four years... Played quarterback Mike Ojala RHP 34th in ‘09 Milwaukee in the county all-star game... Varsity letterman for the Scorpions soccer Steven Sultzbaugh OF 41st in ‘09 Milwaukee team... Maintained a 3.78 grade point average on a 4.00 scale. Michael Ratterrree SS 45th in ‘09 Washington Personal — Full Name: Craig Manuel. Born: May 22, 1990 in Rockville, Steven Sultzbaugh OF 20th in ‘08 Florida Maryland. Parents: Roger and Bobbi Manuel of Satellite Beach, Fla., (one Anthony Rendon SS 27th in ‘08 Atlanta sister). Father played baseball at Jamestown College in North Dakota. Col- Taylor Wall LHP 40th in ‘08 Arizona lege: Sid Richardon. Jared Rogers RHP 36th in ‘08 New York (A) Rice Statistics Jeremy Rathjen OF 45th in ‘08 Arizona Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Rick Hague SS 37th in ‘07 Milwaukee 2009 .292 43 31 130 12 38 3 0 0 23 41 .315 10 1 14 3 .348 0 4 0 0 Matt Evers LHP 48th in ‘07 Tampa Bay

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Chase Chad McDowell 25 Mozingo 4 P/OF w L/R OF w L/L 6-2 w 185 w Fr.-HS 5-11 w 190 w Jr.-2L College Station Spring (A&M Consolidated) (Klein)

Versatile athlete with exceptional upside as both a left-handed hitting Combines bat speed with speed on the bases... Equally capable of outfielder and right-handed pitcher... Has a quick bat and arm strength. hitting in the top or middle of the lineup. Wayne Graham said — “Chase is another one of the talented fresh- Wayne Graham said — “Chad’s potential is almost unlimited. He plays men who will someday help us a lot with the bat. Right now we’re looking great defense and he can hit. We are hoping for a banner year, an all-star for his arm out of the bullpen. He has as much velocity as anyone we’ve type year for him.” got. With command, he could be a force out of our bullpen.” At Rice — 2009: All-Conference USA (second team); Houston College High School — A 2009 graduate of A&M Consolidated High School in Classic All-Tournament Team; All-Silver Glove Series (of); Played in 58 of College Station, Tex.... Multi-faceted, three-year baseball letterman under the team’s 61 games with 54 starts... Made 51 starts in right field and three head coach Chase Mann... Helped lead the Tigers to two District 12-5A in center... Batted second in the lineup 24 times, the most of any Owl... Hit titles, including a 25-8 record as a senior and a 20-12 mark as a junior in .383 in conference games and .357 in the NCAA Regional... Collected a 2007... Named the district’s most valuable player in 2009... First team all- season-high three hits in a game eight different times... Finished with 19 state (outfielder) and all-Brazos Valley (pitcher)... Hit .438 with 36 RBI and multi-hit games... Maintained an 11-game hitting streak Mar. 17-Apr. 3, the seven home runs as a senior... Maintained an .886 slugging percentage and fifth-best on the team... Was third in slugging percentage (.532), RBI (50) .584 on-base average... Went 7-1-1 on the mound with a 1.27 ERA... Held and triples (3)... Registered 15 games with two or more RBI... Drove-in a opposing hitters to a .149 batting average and struck out 60... Pitched in career-high five runs in the second win over Dallas Baptist... Also had four the 2008 Area Code games in California and was a Houston Area Baseball RBI in the first DBU game and later tallied four RBI in a win over Texas Coaches Association all-star... Batted .375 with a .563 slugging percentage A&M-Corpus Christi... Finished second on the team in doubles (16) and as a junior...Twice named to the Brazos Valley All-Academic Team. was just one double off the team leader despite 38 fewer at bats... Came Personal — Full name: Chase Harrison McDowell. Born: Dec. 14, off the bench to deliver a dramatic pinch-hit bases-loaded double with 1990, in College Station, Tex. Parents: Jeff and Susan McDowell of College two outs in the eighth inning to rally the Owls past nationally-ranked East Station (one sister). Two great grandfathers, Ross Mantala and Louis Ditt- Carolina on the road... Recorded the most bases-loaded hits (5) and at man, were lettermen at Texas A&M in football and baseball, respectively. bats (10) of any Owl... Batted .355 with runners on-base... Hit .350 with four College: McMurtry. doubles in the season-long five-game series with Houston for the Silver Glove Trophy... Fourth on the team in total bases (115) and on-base percentage (.385)… Tied for fourth in home runs (8) and stolen bases (10), but was just one steal away from sharing the team lead of 11 with three other Holt players... Tallied a career-high seven defensive put outs in right field in 39 the home win over Lamar, the most by an Owl outfielder in a single game McNair since Jeff Jorgensen had seven at San Jose State in the National Cham- P w L/L pionship season of 2003... Recorded a defensive assist from right field to 6-1 w 170 w Fr.-HS retire a runner in the second game of the year at eventual NCAA Tourna- Austin ment participant Cal Poly... 2008: All-NCAA Houston Regional... All-Silver Glove Trophy Series... Houston College Classic All-Tournament... Rookie (Westlake) who worked his way into starting 58 of 62 games, including 54 in the outfield and four as the designated hitter... Fifteen starts were as the No. 2 Showed improved arm strength than in his senior year of high school... man in the lineup... Batted .301 on the year and .291 in conference... Had Has a very good understanding for pitching and will continue to develop. a solid NCAA Tournament, going 10-for-24 (.417) with eight runs scored, Wayne Graham said — “Holt was a pleasant surprise at the end of three walks, three steals, two RBI, a double and sacrifice fly... Went 3-for-7 the fall. He is a freshman who may be able to help us out of the bullpen this at the College World Series... Ended the year hitting safely in 10-of-11 year because he is a three-pitch pitcher that throws strikes.” games... Maintained a nine-game hitting streak midway through the year... High School — A 2009 graduate of Westlake High School in Austin... Tallied 17 games with two or more hits, including a career-best four hits Helped the baseball team to the 2009 state semifinals and to the regional with two doubles in the team’s home-opener against Texas A&M-Corpus semifinals in 2007 and 2008... Coached by James Ellison... Maintained a Christi... Drove in two or more runs in a game six times, including a season- 1.29 ERA as a senior to earn first-team all-District 25-5A honors... Led the best four RBI on three hits against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns... Chaparral’s to three-consec2utive district titles from 2007 to 2009... Win- Showed he can be a team catalyst, reaching base at a .511 clip (23-for-45) ning pitcher of the 2009 Central Texas All-Star game... Invited to the 2008 when leading off an inning... First career home run was hit against Texas in Area Code games try-outs... Played football one year, helping the Chaps to front of 13,979 fans at the Houston College Classic, and struck the facade the state quarterfinals... Two-time District 25-5A all-Academic honoree. in left-center field at Minute Maid Park... Scored 44 runs and was second Personal — Full name: Holt Harrison McNair. Born: July 3, 1990, in on the team with three triples... Fourth on the team with 27 walks... Twice Austin. Parents: Cary and Kate McNair of Austin (one brother and one sis- drew a career-high three walks in back-to-back games vs. Memphis and ter). College: Wiess. Lamar... Showed his arm strength by throwing out baserunners from his

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 15 R Meet The Owls spot in the outfield six different times, including once in the College World rival Sam Houston State with 7.0 sterling innings for the 12th victory of Series against LSU... Batted a California Collegiate League-leading .470 his career... Pitched a career-long 7.2 frames for the win over San Diego, (39-of-83) for the Santa Barbara over the summer... Scored 25 runs with surrendering just one earned run... Averaged 5.1 innings for 12 starts and 20 RBI in the Foresters’ 30 games... Led the squad to the National Baseball pitched into the seventh inning five times… Stayed undefeated in the face Congress World Series championship in Wichita. of unbalanced support from the offense and from the bullpen -- the offense High School — A 2007 graduate of Klein High School... Helped the hit .328 when other Owls started and only .280 in his starts. Furthermore, Bearkats to a 21-7 record as a senior... All-District 16-5A selection as a the Owl bullpen proceeded to allow an average of 4.5 runs per games junior... First team all-Greater Houston... Named the team’s most valuable more in Ojala’s starts than in his non-starts… Pitched in less than 10 per- player... Two-year letterman for coach Barry Smith. cent of the team’s total C-USA regular season innings (211.1) but league Personal — Full Name: Chad Austin Mozingo. Born: Sept. 3, 1988, coaches who saw him voted him high enough to earn second team all- in Houston. Parents: Kevin and Nancy Mozingo of Spring (two brothers). conference… Maintained a .171 ERA and a .208 opponents’ average with College: Lovett. 22 strikeouts in 21.0 C-USA innings… Registered similar success against ranked teams, including a 2.88 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 25.0 frames… Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Struck out a career-high 11 batters in just 6.2 innings against nationally- 2008 .301 60 58 219 44 66 7 3 2 30 85 .388 27 5 45 4 .386 3 1 4 6 ranked UCLA, but earned a no-decision… Reached double-digit strikeouts 2009 .319 58 54 216 47 69 16 3 8 50 115 .532 20 3 37 3 .385 0 5 10 12 three times… Earned a save in lone appearance out of the bullpen… Fired Totals .310 118 112 435 91 135 23 6 10 80 200 .460 47 8 82 7 .385 3 6 14 18 1.2 hitless frames with four strikeouts and no walks to save the 6-3 win Game Highs over No. 1 ranked Texas... 2008: Went undefeated (5-0) and tied for third 2009 Season Career on the staff in starts (12)... Averaged a steady 10.6 strikeouts and 3.3 walks 6, twice At Bats 6, three times per nine innings... Second on the staff behind All-American Cole St.Clair in 3, twice Runs Scored 3, five times 3, eight times Hits 4 vs. TAMU-Corpus Christi, Feb. 26, 2008 strikeouts-to-walks ratio (3.2-to-1, min. 35 inn.)... Starter for high-RPI games 5 vs. Dallas Baptist, Apr. 1 Runs Batted In 5 vs. Dallas Baptist, Apr. 1, 2009 in critical situations, including Texas (three times), Texas A&M (twice), 2 vs Memphis, Mar. 28 Doubles 2, twice Houston, Tulane and Oklahoma State... Had the second-most innings on 1, three times Triples 1, six times the staff against ranked teams (30.0), and maintained a 4.50 ERA against 1, eight times Home Runs 1, ten times 7, two times Total Bases 7, two times those elite teams... Took the mound against in-state baseball rivals Texas 2 at Houston, May 3 Walks 3, two times A&M and Texas in the NCAA Tournament where he struck out 10 in 7.1 1, ten times Stolen Bases 3 vs. Texas, June 1, 2008 innings... Faced the Aggies in the clinching game of the Super Regional 1, five times Sac Hits 1, six times none Sac Flies 1, three times and the Longhorns in the Regional finale... Allowed three runs on just 7 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 Put Outs 7 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24, 2009 three hits and a walk while striking out six against Texas, his first time to 1 at Cal Poly, Feb. 21 Assists 1, seven times allow more than one earned run in a start in almost two months... Struck out a career-high 10 Tulane batters while allowing just one earned run in a career-long 6.2 innings... Also fanned nine in starts against crosstown rival Houston and Winthrop... Worked into the sixth inning in four of his last Mike seven starts... Held opposing batters to a .239 average in his last seven starts... Stayed undefeated in the face of ‘unfair’ offensive support from his Ojala 17 teammates - the Owls hit .313 when other pitchers started and only .280 in P w R/R his starts... Pitched for Santa Barbara in the California Collegiate League over the summer... Led the Foresters to the National Baseball Congress 6-3 w 195 w Sr.-3L World Series championship in Wichita... 2007: Showed improvement over Kingwood the course of his first full season of Division I baseball... One of the few (Kingwood HS) rookie arms on the Owls’ postseason travel squad... Went 2-0 with a 4.38 ERA... Pitched 12.1 innings in nine appearances, all out of the bullpen... Each of his last seven appearances (covering the months of March, April, “OH-juh-la” May and June) was on the road or at a neutral site... Last home appear- Undefeated, three-pitch pitcher who showed signs of dominating... ance at Reckling Park was on Feb. 25 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Can become one of the best pitchers in the country if he fully recovers Last outing was at East Carolina in the finale of the Conference USA Tour- from off-season surgery. nament... Winning pitcher in the championship game, firing a season-long Wayne Graham said — “We like Mike, obviously one of the best 2.2 scoreless innings at tourney host ECU with two strikeouts... Also threw pitchers in Division-I. He is coming back from Tommy John and we’ll be an inning in the C-USA semifinal win over Memphis to send the Owls to that much better when he is cleared to play.” the championship finale... Earned both wins and maintained a 3.00 ERA in At Rice — 2009: All-Conference USA (second team); Houston College 6.0 total innings at East Carolina’s Clark-LeClair Stadium... Defeated East Classic All-Tournament Team; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Univer- Carolina when the Pirates were ranked 22nd in the nation... Threw match- sity Honor Athlete; Selected in the 34th round of the major league draft ing 1.1 innings of hitless relief at C-USA foes Southern Miss and UAB... by the Milwaukeee Brewers... Twice sat out parts of the season, but dis- Faced 45 batters and held the opponents to a .244 average... Played in the played exemplary resolve by coming back to compete for his teammates Texas Collegiate League (Denton) in the summer of 2007. both times… Led the team in ERA (2.17) and was second in starts (12), High School — A 2006 graduate of Kingwood High School... Two-year strikeouts (74) and strikeouts-to-walks ratio (2.8-to-1)... Finished third on starter and letterman for the Mustangs under coach David Denny... Helped the staff in innings (66.1) and opponents’ batting average (.249)... Averaged lead team to victory at the 2005 5A state championship... Junior year made a team-best 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings of work... Posted wins over all-state, first team all-district, and all-greater Houston... Made second nationally-ranked East Carolina and San Diego, as well as C-USA foes team all-district during senior year... Posted career stats of 18-5 with a Marshall and Houston (in the semifinal game of the league tournament)… 2.00 ERA. Started the opening game of the NCAA Regional and defeated longtime

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Personal — Full Name: Michael David Ojala. Born: Aug. 24, 1987 in Houston. Parents: David and Barbara Ojala of Kingwood (three brothers and two sisters). Father played professional golf and was on the PGA Jeremy Senior Tour and European Senior Tour. Sister, Jane Hilburn, was a varsity 3 golfer at the University of Arkansas (1995-98). Major: economics. College: Rathjen OF w R/R Martel. 6-5 w 190 w So.-1L Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP Houston 2007 4.38 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 12.1 11 7 6 7 9 1 1 0 56 .244 6 4 (Memorial) 2008 4.97 5 0 14 12 0 0 0 0 54.1 61 36 30 20 64 10 3 4 251 .274 3 3 2009 2.17 5 0 13 12 0 0 0 1 66.1 61 21 16 26 74 8 2 4 283 .249 7 5 Totals 3.52 12 0 36 24 0 0 0 1 133.0 133 64 52 53 147 19 6 8 590 .259 16 12 “WRATH-jen” Game Highs Excellent runner who improved his discipline at the plate since his 2009 Season Career freshman year... Valuable contributor as either a starter or role player. 7.2 vs. San Diego, Mar. 12 Innings Pitched 7.2 vs. San Diego, Mar. 12, 2009 Wayne Graham said — “Jeremy had a great summer at Santa Bar- 11 vs. UCLA, Feb. 27 Strikeouts 11 vs. UCLA, Feb. 27, 2009 3 vs. UCLA, Feb. 27 Wild Pitches 3, twice bara. He has improved his approach in hitting. He has always been a good 2 vs. LSU, June 5 Hit Batters 2, twice outfielder.” Rice — 2009: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in 40 games with 24 starts in first season at the Division I level... Made four starts as the designated hitter and 20 in the outfield (10 in center, seven in left and three in right)... Started in left field on Opening Day at Cal Poly Geoff and went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI... Batted .298 (14-for47) against the elite 28 opponents that went on to play in the NCAA Tournament... Went 2-for-5 Perrott with a double and two RBI in the postseason... Knocked a home run at C w R/R crosstown conference rival Houston... Came off the bench to play in a 6-2 w 190 w Fr.-HS game more than any other Owl (16 times)… Delivered a pinch-hit double Kingwood in a road game at No. 4 Texas to spark a two-out rally... Hit .293 (12-for-41) with a .439 slugging percentage in road games... Recorded three defen- (Kingwood HS) sive assists from the outfield... Played summer ball for the Santa Barbara Foresters in the California Collegiate League... Was selected as the fourth- Great addition to the catching corps.... Already a polished defensive best individual prospect in the league after batting .323 (31-of-96) with receiver with great arm strength. four home runs, two triples, seven doubles, 20 RBI, 17 runs scored and Wayne Graham said — “We added Geoff a little later in the recruit- eight stolen bases... The stellar season helped lead Santa Barbara to the ing process, but he has just been a true blessing. He is a solid defensive league’s regular season championship. catcher who improved his hitting all of the time in the fall.” High School — The 2008 valedictorian of Memorial High School in High School — A 2009 graduate of Kingood High School... Two-time suburban west Houston... Two-time all-District 19-5A honoree... Led the first team all-District 19-5A catcher... Earned 2007 all-district accolades as Mustangs to a 28-6 record, district championship and the regional quar- a designated hitter... Batted .380 with 24 RBI and 17 runs scored in 28 games terfinals of the state tournament... Coached in baseball by Jeremy York... in 2009... Maintained a .390 average for entire prep career... Coached in Multi-sport star who also played varsity football for two seasons, earn- baseball by Kelly Mead... Multi-sport star also earned two varsity letters in ing all-district honors as a wide receiver... Named to the 2008 5A All-State football for the Mustangs... Honorable mention all-district quarterback and Academic Team... Maintained a 6.517 grade point average on a 6.0 scale. two-time all-academic selection... Member of the National Honor Society. Personal — Full Name: Jeremy Gordon Rathjen. Born Jan. 28, 1990, in Personal — Full name: Geoffrey Michael Perrott (prefers Geoff). Houston. Parents Craig and Jan Miller of Houston (three brothers and one Born: Dec. 13, 1990 in Tampa, Fla. Parents: Brian and Barbara Perrott of sister). Father played football for LSU from 1983-1987. College: Brown. Kingwood. College: Will Rice. Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2009 .242 40 24 95 11 23 8 0 1 13 34 .358 8 2 27 1 .314 0 2 3 3

Game Highs 2009 Season & Career 6, twice At Bats 2 vs. UL-Lafayette, May 12 Runs Scored 3 vs. Cal Poly, Feb. 20 Hits 2, three times Runs Batted In 1, eight times Doubles none Triples 1 at Houston, May 3 Home Runs 4 at Houston, May 3 Total Bases 2 vs. San Diego, Mar. 12 Walks 1, three times Stolen Bases 1, twice Sac Hits none Sac Flies 4 at Southern Miss, Mar. 22 Put Outs 1, three times Assists

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a walk while striking out a career-high four in 4.0 innings… Went on to earn starts in against Conference USA foes Memphis and Tulane in back- Michael to-back weekends… Pitched a career-long 5.1 innings on the way to first 8 career win over Memphis…Allowed just one earned run on one hit in 3.1 Ratterree frames against Tulane… Maintained a composite 3.55 ERA, held opposing IF/OF w R/R batters to a .171 average, and the team went on to win the game in his 6-1 w 200 w Fr.-HS three starts… Dependable option out of the bullpen… Threw four innings Houston without allowing any earned runs to earn the win in relief in the championship final of the NCAA Regional against Kansas State… Fired three (Memorial) scoreless innings without allowing any hits for first career save in a road game against a Southern Miss squad that went on to play in the College Athletic, strong and runs well... Had sensational practices in the fall... World Series… Came out of the pen in the bottom of the ninth inning with Very mature freshman with a bright future. the tying run on second base in a one-run game played at crosstown rival Wayne Graham said — “We’re thinking Michael has an excellent Houston, and proceeded to earn second save with a quick ground-out and chance to start at second base. He’s an outstanding athlete with good strikeout... Fanned 34 hitters in 37.0 innings, an average of 8.3 strikeouts skills across the board.” per nine innings for the third-best mark on the staff… Feels right at home High School — A 2009 graduate of Memorial High School Houston... when pitching at Reckling Park where he held all opponents to a compos- Selected by Washington in the 45th round of the 2009 Major League Base- ite .207 batting average in 26.2 total innings. ball Draft... Named a 2009 first team Louisville Slugger High School All- High School — A 2008 graduate of The Kinkaid School in suburban America by Collegiate Baseball... Second team All-America selection by west Houston... Three-time all-Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Baseball America... Texas High Baseball Coaches Association (THSBCA) honorable mention... Helped lead the Falcons to a second place confer- Player of the Year as a senior, earning all-state honors and selection to ence finish as a senior and to the league title as a sophomore in 2006... the organization’s annual all-star game... First-team All-Greater Houston Three-year letterwinner under head coach Bobby Eggleston, a four-year shortstop by the Houston Chronicle... Area’s most valuable player accord- Rice letterman from 1982-85 (Will Rice). ing to Houston 5A Baseball.com... Hit .517 with 12 home runs, ten doubles, Personal — Full Name: Matthew William Reckling. Born: March 24, 42 RBI, 45 runs scored and 11 steals in 33 games as a senior... Maintained 1989 in Houston. Parents: Stephen and Galen Reckling of Houston (four a .616 on-base average and a 1.056 slugging percentage... Slugged 11 brothers). Grandfather, T.R. Reckling, played baseball for Rice in 1952-54. homers as a junior in 2008... Helped lead the Mustangs to a 28-5 record, College: Hanszen. winning the District 18-5A title and advancing to the regional quarterfinals... Named the district’s most valuable player... Coached in baseball by Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP Jeremy York... Versatile multi-sport star also earned three varsity letters 2009 5.84 2 2 20 3 0 0 0 2 37.0 34 31 24 30 34 7 3 3 175 .252 5 5 in football... Three-time all-district defensive back... Outstanding student who maintained a 5.92 grade point average on a 6.0 scale. Game Highs Personal — Full name: Michael Alan Ratteree. Born: February 9, 1991 2009 Season & Career 5.1 vs. Memphis, Mar. 29 Innings Pitched in Houston. Parents: Alan and Kathy Ratterree of Houston (two brothers). 4, twice Strikeouts College: Sid Richardson. 2, twice Wild Pitches 3 vs. Texas A&M, Apr. 14 Hit Batters Matthew Anthony Reckling 29 23 P w R/R Rendon 6-4 w 205 w So.-1L IF w R/R Houston 5-11 w 180 w So.-1L (Kinkaid) Houston (Lamar HS) Should again be a solid contributor on the pitching staff after a year of Division I competition... Expectations are high after pitching well in some The game must seem to move slowly to him... Played like a veteran big games last season. as a freshman, and now has a full season on his resume... There’s every Wayne Graham said — “Matthew has outstanding stuff and he did a reason to expect a similar season in 2010. good job for us last year. He’s one of the hardest workers we’ve got. His Wayne Graham said — “Obviously Anthony is one of the top players command will determine how much he pitches and better command will in college baseball. He’s an outstanding defensive and offensive player.” increase his role.” Rice — 2009: National Freshman of the Year; All-America; Freshman Rice — 2009: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Appeared in All-America; District VII Player of the Year (NCBWA); NCAA All-Regional 20 games on the mound, the fourth-highest total on the staff and the most Team; Conference USA Player of the Year; C-USA Freshman of the Year; by any Owl freshman… Pitched 37.0 innings, the second-highest fresh- All-Conference USA (first team);C-USA All-Tournament Team (most valu- man total… Worked his way into three important starting assignments, able player); All-Silver Glove Series (most outstanding player); Stepped including his first-ever Division I start in front of more than 6,000 fans at into first season of Division I baseball with aplomb… Named a national Reckling Park to see the Owls face No. 1 ranked Texas... Came up big in semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy (as the nation’s top collegiate that start against the Longhorns, surrendering just one run on two hits and player) and the Golden Spikes Award (as the country’s top amateur player)

18 2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL Meet The Owls R as a true freshman… Led the conference in batting average (.388), slug- Rice Statistics ging percentage (.702) and home runs with a Rice freshman record of 20 Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 2009 .388 61 61 242 60 94 14 1 20 72 170 .702 31 5 23 7 .461 4 0 9 11 round-trippers… Tops on the team and among the league’s best in RBI (72)… Knocked 14 doubles and scored 60 runs in 61 games… Drew 31 Game Highs walks for a .496 on-base average… One of only two Owls to start every 2009 Season & Career game… Batted fourth in the lineup in 57 of 61 starts… Started at third 6 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 At Bats 3, five times Runs Scored base on opening day and was there for each of the next 534.2 consecutive 4, twice Hits innings… Played 98.4 percent of the team’s 542.2 innings at third base… 4, three times Runs Batted In Left the final game of the NCAA Super Regional in the second inning with 1, 14 times Doubles 6 at UAB, May 16 Triples an ankle injury, stopping his defensive innings streak as well as a blazing 2, twice Home Runs 12-for-19 (.632) hitting pace that included a home run, two doubles, seven 9 vs. Tulane, Apr. 4 Total Bases RBI and five runs scored… Hit .500 in the Owls’ seven-game run through 3 vs. Memphis, Mar. 29 Walks the NCAA Tournament, .392 in C-USA games and a steady .405 in all home 2 vs. Tulane, Apr. 3 Stolen Bases none Sac Hits games at Reckling Park… Loves the big games in front of big crowds, bat- 1, four times Sac Flies ting .467 (14-for-30) with 10 RBI in nine games where the attendance was 3, twice Put Outs more than 4,500 fans… Batted .404 with runners on base, .478 with runners 5, six times Assists in scoring position and .571 (4-for-7) with the bases loaded… Hit .450 when there were already two outs already recorded in the inning… Shared the team lead in multiple-hit games (29, with Brock Holt), multiple RBI games (19, with Rick Hague) and longest hitting streak (13-straight games, with Jared Hague and Jimmy Comerota)… Twice collected a career-best four hits in 32 a game… Registered three or more hits in a game 12 times… Recorded Rogers two, two-homerun games (against Tulane and eventual College World P w R/R Series participant Southern Miss)… Tallied nine total bases in the two- 6-6 w 190 w Sr.-1L homer day against the Green Wave, the most by an Owl in a game all year… Had the program’s highest single-season RBI total in seven years Duncanville and 11th-best mark in school history… Drove-in four runs in a game four (Navarro College / Duncanville) times and three-or-more RBI nine times… Scored a career-high three runs in a game three times… Walked more than times (31) than striking Developed into a solid Division I pitcher at the end of 2009... Expected out (23)… Intentionally-walked five times… Once drew three walks in a to take on a more pronounced role this season... Threw stronger and was single game… Converted on 9-of-11 stolen base attempts… Finished fifth more confident in the fall. on the team with nine steals, but was only two steals away from leading Wayne Graham said — “We were pleased how Jared evolved and the team… Proved to be a sensational fielder at the hot corner… Logged finished-out last year. We are hoping that he will continue that process the best fielding percentage at third (.945) since eventual major leaguer and be one of our four starters.” Craig Stansberry finished with .949 mark in the National Championship Rice — 2009: Finished fourth on the staff in starts (8) and fifth in ap- season of 2003… Made more defensive put outs than any Owl third base- pearances (19) and wins (4)… Was at his best in Rice’s seven-game run man (47), or combination of Owl third basemen, dating back to the College through the NCAA Tournament, maintaining a composite 3.46 ERA and World Series team of 2002… Totaled 159 defensive assists from third, one holding opponents to a .205 batting average… Pitched a complete game of the highest marks in school history… Tallied a career-high five assists victory over Atlantic 10 champion Xavier to help the Owls advance in the in game six different times, including a stretch of three consecutive games NCAA Regional… Struck out a career-high seven against Xavier while against Notre Dame, Oral Roberts and San Diego… Involved in 20 of the walking only one for fourth win of the season… Fired four shutout innings team’s 73 defensive double plays, including 16 that went around-the-horn, against LSU in the Super Regional, scattering just two hits… Registered two where he snared a line drive and doubled a runner off first, and two wins in solid starts against Louisiana-Lafayette and Tulane… Held heavy- where he stepped on third before throwing to another station. hitting Tualne to two runs for 7.1 innings… First career victory was in relief High School — A 2008 graduate of nearby Lamar High School... First at home against Lamar… Maintained a 3.65 ERA over 11 relief appear- team 5A all-state shortstop as a senior in 2008... All-Greater Houston selec- ances… Averaged 5.4 strikeouts and 3.2 walks per nine innings for the full tion by the Houston Chronicle... Hit .570 with eight homers, 17 doubles, 56 season. RBI, 56 runs scored and 13 steals... Starter in the Texas high school all-star At Navarro College — Pitched the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Navarro game... Earned first team all-state honors as a shortstop in 2007, the same College in Corsicana, Texas... Coached by Whoa Dill... 2008: Helped the year he led the greater Houston area with 14 home runs... Helped lead the Bulldogs set a new school record for wins (46) by going 8-1 with a 2.48 squad to a 29-7 record, the regular season District 20-5A championship ERA in 76.0 innings of work... Pitched in 15 games... Averaged 7.8 strike- and the Region III quarterfinals as a senior... Three-time all-district selec- outs and just 1.5 walks per nine innings... Played in the Texas Collegiate tion... Shared the District 20-5A most valuable player award with Westside League (Duncanville) in the summer... 2007: Went 1-3 with a 5.50 ERA in High School’s Taylor Wall, a current Rice teammate... Prep teammate of first season with the program... Teammate of current Owl Brock Holt for current Owl Daniel Gonzales-Luna... Coached by Mike McGilvray. both seasons... Member of the Dean’s List both years. Personal — Full Name: Anthony Michael Rendon. Born: June 6, 1990, High School — A 2006 graduate of Duncanville High School in north in Houston, Texas. Parents: Rene and Bridget Rendon of Houston (one Texas... Named the most valuable player of District 7-5A... Selected in the brother). College: Wiess. 36th round of the major league draft by the New York Yankees... Coached by Bob Rombach, a member of the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame... Earned academic all-state honors... Member of the National Honor Sociey.

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Personal — Full Name: Jared Evan Rogers. Born: May 9, 1988 in team)... Houston College Classic All-Tournament team (Most Outstanding Oklahoma City, Okla. Parents: Tom and Cathy Rogers of Midlothian, Tex., Player)... All-Silver Glove Trophy Series team... Raised batting average 49 (one brother). Major: sports management. College: Baker. points from freshman season to lead the team in hitting (.353)... Played in every game and started all but one... All 61 starts were at third base... Rice Statistics Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP Batted third in the lineup 42 times... Hit safely in all but eight starts... Went 2009 6.15 4 1 19 8 1 0 0 0 45.1 52 35 31 16 27 10 1 5 203 .297 7 3 3-for-9 with a home run and four RBI at the College World Series... Collect- ed six hits and a walk and scored five times with seven RBI in seven NCAA Game Highs Tournament games... Started the year with a career-best 19-game hitting 2009 Season & Career 9.0 vs. Xavier, May 31 Innings Pitched streak that dated back to the 2007 College World Series... Finished among 7 vs. Xavier, May 31 Strikeouts the C-USA’s best in batting average, hits (91), doubles (19), RBI (61), total 1, seven times Wild Pitches bases (130) and sacrifice flies (6)... Shared the team lead in both multi- 1, three times Hit Batters hit games (27) and multi-RBI games (16)... Surpassed the century mark in career RBI (103)... Slugged four doubles in a single game vs. Texas A&M- Corpus Christi that was played at the minor league park in Corpus Christi, Tex... Also collected four hits in the final game of the Houston series... Hit Diego .410 (41-of-100) with 33 RBI in C-USA action... Batted .386 with runners on 5 base and .405 with runners in scoring position... Hit better away from home Seastrunk (.370) than at Reckling Park (.338)... Clubbed a walk-off grand slam to win C/If w S/R the final regular season game against UAB... Made his NCAA debut on the 5-10 w 180 w Sr.-3L mound against Winthrop (Mar. 17)... Did not allow a hit, struck out one and Channelview walked one... Played for Falmouth in the prestigious Cape Cod League over the summer... 2007: All-College World Series team; Freshman All-America (Channelview HS) (Collegiate Baseball/Third Team)... Conference USA All-Freshman team... Whataburger College Classic All-Tournament team... Worked his way into Same veteran hitter who could see great improvement on offense 66 of 70 games with 50 starts for the No. 1 team in the country... Made 47 now that the transition to catcher is behind him... Met the coaches’ full starts at third base, two as the designated hitter and one at second base... confidence in his defensive ability. Platooned at the hot corner with J.P. Padron for much of the season... Bat- Wayne Graham said — “Diego has improved behind the plate. He has ted a steady .304 for the season and did even better at the College World worked hard on conditioning. We think this could be his best year.” Series... Hit .316 (6-for-19) with five RBI, four runs scored and a double in At Rice — 2009: NCAA All-Regional Team; Conference USA All- four CWS games... Collected hits in both Super Regional games against Tournament; Selected in the 31st round of the major league draft by the Texas A&M, the first of which tied the score with one out in the bottom San Francisco Giants... Played in all 61 games with 60 starts, the third- of the ninth inning... Doubled-in a run against TCU in the championship highest total on the team... Unselfishly moved to a new position, catcher, game of the Regional... Batted .341 with runners on base and .363 with for the first time in his career to help the squad... Made 37 starts behind men in scoring position... Scored 31 runs with 11 doubles, two triples and the plate and 23 as the designated hitter... Appeared in five games as a a home run... Hit .338 and played solid defensively against C-USA competi- relief pitcher, one of the two Owls to serve in both roles (Doug Simmons tion... Went 5-for-15 at the C-USA Tournament and scored six times in five was the other)… Caught and pitched in the same game in the C-USA se- games... Had 18 multi-hit games, highlighted by a career-best three hits ries finale at UAB... Most starts were batting either third in the lineup (32 five different times (vs. Cal State Fullerton, North Carolina, Memphis and times) or fifth (21 times)... Hit .300 with three home runs, two doubles, eight Marshall)... Drove in two or more runs in a game 10 times, including three RBI and seven runs scored in Rice’s seven NCAA Tournament games... against Long Beach State and crosstown rival Houston... Had a seven- Sensational C-USA Tournament included a .429 average (6-for-14) with game hitting streak in March... Involved in 11 double plays from the hot six RBI, two doubles and three walks in the Owls’ four-straight wins for corner... Played in the Cape Cod League (Yarmouth-Dennis) in the summer the league title... Batted .322 when playing at home in Reckling Park and of 2007. .422 (19-of-45) when leading off an inning... Recorded 17 multi-hit games, High School — A 2006 graduate of Channelview High School... Four- including a season-high three hits in a game six different times... Had nine year starter and letterman... Helped lead the Falcons to the district cham- games with two or more RBI... Reached season-high three RBI on six oc- pionship and semifinals of the state tournament... Earned first team all- casions... Slugged home runs on Opening Day at Cal Poly and in the final district for four years, third team all-state as a freshman, and second team game of the Super Regional at LSU... Patient approach allowed him to all-state as a senior... Coached by Corey Bowyer... Member of the National lead the team with 44 walks, one of the highest totals in the conference... Honor Society... Ranked in top 10 percent of the class with a 4.68 grade Drew two walks in a game 11 times... Led the team with six sacrifice flies... point average. Played well defensively at the new position and continued to improve Personal — Full Name: Diego Joaquin Seastrunk. Born: Jan. 11, 1988, over the course of the year... Threw-out 11 runners attempting to steal in Humble. Parents: Gary and Elsa Seastrunk of Humble (one sister and a base... Caught the entire game when Owl pitchers combined to strike one brother). Major: kinesiology. College: Will Rice. out a season-high 17 batters against nationally-ranked UCLA... Pitched Rice Statistics for the first time at home against Lamar, more than a full calendar year Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT since his previous, lone mound appearance in 2008... Surrendered a run in 2007 .304 66 50 214 31 65 11 2 1 42 83 .388 12 1 22 8 .338 4 5 0 2 two-thirds of an inning against Lamar, but worked his season ERA down 2008 .353 62 61 258 58 91 19 1 6 61 130 .504 17 4 20 8 .393 6 6 1 4 2009 .288 61 60 226 46 65 15 1 7 45 103 .456 44 1 36 8 .397 6 3 1 1 to 2.08 with 3.2 consecutive scoreless innings over his next four appear- Totals .317 189 171 698 135 221 45 4 14 148 316 .453 73 6 78 24 .378 16 14 2 7 ances... Allowed just two hits and struck out four in a total of 4.1 frames... Held opposing hitters to a composite .143 batting average... Struck out a Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP 2008 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 career-high two batters in a career-long 1.2 innings at home against even- 2009 2.08 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 20 .143 0 0 tual NCAA Tournament team Texas State... 2008: All-Conference USA (first Totals 1.69 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 2 1 7 5 0 0 0 25 .111 0 0

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Game Highs High School — A 2006 graduate of Kingwood High School... Three- 2009 Season Career year letterman and starter... Helped lead the Mustangs to the Texas 5A 6 at Dallas Baptist, Mar. 4 At Bats 6, three times 2, 13 times Runs Scored 4 vs. Houston, May 11, 2008 Championship... Batted .415 as a senior... All-district outfielder junior and 3, six times Hits 4, two times senior year... Second team preseason all-Greater Houston as a senior... 3, five times Runs Batted In 6 vs. UAB, Apr. 13, 2008 Coached by David Denny... Two-year letterman in football and one-year 2 vs. San Diego, Mar. 12 Doubles 4 vs. TAMU-CC, Mar. 12, 2008 letterman in track... Member of National Honor Society... Maintained a 4.2 1 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 Triples 1, four times 1, seven times Home Runs 1, 14 times grade point average. 6, four times Total Bases 8 vs. TAMU-CC, Mar. 12, 2008 Personal — Full Name: Steven Douglas Simmons. Born: July 13, 1987, 2, 11 times Walks 2, 13 times in Bakersfield, Calif. Parents: Steve and Cheri Simmons of Kingwood (two 1 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 Stolen Bases 1, twice 1, three times Sac Hits 1, 14 times brothers). Major: political science. College: Martel. 1, six times Sac Flies 1, 16 times 16 vs. UCLA, Feb. 27 Put Outs 16 vs. UCLA, Feb. 27, 2009 Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT 3, four times Assists 6 vs. North Carolina, June 17, 2007 2008 .237 23 15 38 6 9 3 0 1 7 15 .395 5 2 14 1 .356 0 0 1 1 2009 Season Career 2009 .000 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 0 Totals .220 27 15 41 6 9 3 0 1 7 15 .366 6 2 15 1 .347 0 0 1 1 1.2 vs. Texas State, May 5 Innings Pitched 1.2 vs. Texas State, May 5 2 vs. Texas State, May 5 Strikeouts 2 vs. Texas State, May 5 Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP none Wild Pitches none 2009 13.50 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 16 .333 1 0 none Hit Batters none Game Highs 2009 Season Career 1, three times At Bats 4 at Tulane, May 15, 2008 none Runs Scored 1, six times Doug none Hits 2, three times none Runs Batted In 2 vs. Houston, May 10, 2008 38 none Doubles 1, three times Simmons none Home Runs 1 vs. UAB, Apr. 12, 2008 OF/P w L/L none Total Bases 4 vs. UAB, Apr. 12, 2008 1 vs. Texas A&M, Feb. 18 Walks 1, six times 6-1 w 205 w Jr.-2L none Stolen Bases 1 at Memphis, Apr. 5, 2008

Kingwood 2009 Season Career (Kingwood HS) 1.1 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 Innings Pitched 1.1 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24, 2009 none Strikeouts none none Wild Pitches none A senior who looks to have found his niche... Had a great fall as a left- none Hit Batters none handed pitcher and should be a major contributor out of the bullpen. Wayne Graham said — “Doug and Abel (Gonzales) were our two most improved players in the fall. With a release change, Doug looked like he is going to be an absolute force out of the bullpen. We are hoping he Tyler will.” 7 At Rice — 2009: One of the two Owls to play as both a pitcher and hit- Spurlin ter (Diego Seastrunk was the other)… Pitched three times with one start- P/IF w R/R ing assignment… Started at home against Lamar and worked 1.1 innings 6-3 w 185 w Fr.-HS without allowing any hits… Made mound debut in the opening series of The Woodlands the season on the road at Cal Poly… Surrendered a run on two hits in a no decision… Threw a third of an inning on the road at Dallas Baptist in (The Woodlands HS) a game the Owls won 13-6… Replaced the designated hitter in one of his four offensive appearances... Came off the bench to pinch hit three other Physical hitter and with arm strength to pitch... Versatile enough to times… Reached base with a walk against nationally-ranked Texas A&M possibly contribute out of the bullpen or as a right handed hitter. in first pinch-hit appearance, a win in the College Classic Tournament held Wayne Graham said — “Tyler is one of our young, strong fresh- downtown at Minute Maid Park... Played summer ball in the Florida Col- man arms. He could play an important role because he has as much arm legiate League, where he helped lead the Samford River Rats to a second strength as any pitcher on the staff.” place finish in the regular season standings... 2008: Played in 23 games High School — A 2009 graduate of The Woodlands, Tex.... Named an with 15 starts as the designated hitter... Made 10 starts in Conference USA honorable mention Louisville Slugger High School All-America by Colle- games... Started the final game of the C-USA Tournament against nation- giate Baseball... First team all-state as a senior... Tabbed as the 2009 first- ally-ranked East Carolina, where he drew a walk and scored... Started the team All-Greater Houston first baseman by the Houston Chronicle... Two- series-opener against Tulane and the last game against Houston... Slugged time first team all-District 14-5A honoree... Led the Highlanders to a 20-9-1 two or more hits in a game three times... Made the most of RBI opportu- record as a senior by batting .465 with 12 home runs and an area-leading nities, batting .313 with runners in scoring position... Went 2-for-3 with a 54 RBI... Named to the the Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) walk, a run and an RBI at home against a Dallas Baptist team that went All-Tournament squad as a junior... Two-sport star who was coached in on to play in an NCAA Regional... NCAA debut in the home win against baseball by Ron Eastman. Houston... First Rice start was against Texas at Minute Maid Park... Drew Personal — Full name: Tyler Matthew Spurlin. Born: June 17, 1991, in walks in a pair of starts at Memphis... Tallied first career stolen base at The Woodlands, Tex. Parents: Tim and Amy Spurlin of The Woodlands (two Memphis... 2007: Did not see any game action... Redshirted the season... sisters). College: Sid Richardson. Played in the Texas Collegiate League (Brazos Valley) in the summer.

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Rice Statistics Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT Steven 2009 .324 60 57 222 47 72 6 6 8 31 114 .514 15 2 59 5 .371 1 4 7 12 21 Game Highs Sultzbaugh 2009 Season & Career OF w R/R 6 vs. Lamar, Mar. 24 At Bats 6-3 w 215 w Sr.-1L 3, three times Runs Scored 4 at UAB, May 16 Hits Austin 3 vs. Sam Houston St., Apr. 7 Runs Batted In 1, six times Doubles (Weatherford College / Westwood) 1, six times Triples 2 vs. Xavier, May 31 Home Runs 8 vs. Xavier, May 31 Total Bases Strong, fast and talented outfielder... An experienced player with a 1, 15 times Walks Division I season under his belt... Set for a sensational senior year. 1, seven times Stolen Bases Wayne Graham said — “Steven improved every phase of his game 1, four times Sac Hits 1 vs. Cal Poly, Feb. 21 Sac Flies during the fall. We’re hoping for a big year from Steven.” 5, two times Put Outs Rice — 2009: NCAA All-Regional Team; Conference-USA All-Tour- 1, eight times Assists nament Team; Rice University Honor Athlete; Selected in the 41st round of the major league draft by the Milwaukeee Brewers... Played in 60 of the team’s 61 games with 57 starts, all in the outfield... Made 48 starts in centerfield and nine in left… Led C-USA with six triples, the most by an Taylor Owl since 2006… Had more triples than doubles until collecting his sixth two-bagger in the NCAA Regional against Kansas State… Finished fourth Wall 26 on the team in batting average (.324), hits (72), slugging percentage (.514) P w L/L and home runs (8)... Caught fire the second half of the season, maintaining a .382 average and a .600 slugging percentage over his final 30 games… 6-2 w 180 w So.-1L Batted .358 in conference and .438 (7-for-16) in the Owls’ 4-0 run to the C- Houston USA Tournament title…Hit .370 and scored eight runs in the seven NCAA (Westside) Tournament games… Held team’s second-best average (.357) for games played away from Reckling Park… Hit safely in a season-best 12-consecutive games Mar. 24 to Apr. 12… Collected a career-best four hits and tied Finished the 2009 campaign as a proven weekend starter... Should be a career-high with three runs in the final game of the UAB series… Totaled stronger and more durable as a second-year starter. 20 games with two or more hits, the fifth-best mark on the team… Hit two Wayne Graham said — “Taylor Wall is a quality Division I starter with solo home runs against A-10 champion Xavier in the NCAA Regional… four pitches, from the left side. He can be dominating.” Career-high three RBI was on the strength of a three-run homer against Rice — 2009: NCAA All-Regional Team (most outstanding player); Sam Houston State…Slugged a home run in the Opening Day win at even- Conference USA All-Tournament Team; All-Conference USA (freshman tual NCAA Tournament participant Cal Poly... Tied for third on the team team); Solid inaugural season of Division I baseball… Worked his way into in sacrifice bunts (4)… Showed strong and accurate arm by assisting on a regular spot in the weekend rotation and eventually led the pitching staff retiring eight runners on the basepaths from his spot in the outfield, includ- in starts (15), innings pitched (94.1) and strikeouts (77)… Posted wins over ing three at third base, two at home plate and three that resulted in Rice Baylor, Houston, Kansas State, Memphis, Tulane and Marshall (twice)… double plays... Played a summer ball for the Clarinda A’s in the Missouri- Got the ball with Rice facing elimination in the NCAA Regional and fired a Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas (M.I.N.K.) League. sensational, three-hit complete game shutout to defeat Kansas State and At Weatherford College — Played the 2007 and 2008 seasons at set up a one-game championship final... Scattered three singles, walked Weatherford College in north Texas... Coached by Jeff Lightfoot... 2008: one and struck out four against KSU on the way to being named the re- Registered a sensational season at the plate to be named the North Texas gional’s most outstanding player… Threw a three-hit complete game shut- Junior College Athletic Conference player of the year... Set new school out against Marshall in the opening game of the C-USA Tournament, which records for batting average (.514), RBI (65), runs scored (53) and slugging was stopped after just seven innings and the Owls in front 13-0... Worked percentage (.850)... Played in 40 of the team’s 53 games... Tallied 72 hits, into the seventh inning of a game seven times… Pitched a total of 29.1 with 12 doubles, four triples and nine home runs in 140 at bats... Named to innings against teams ranked among the nation’s Top 25, and held those the regional tournament... Helped the Coyotes to a 36-17 record... Team- elite opponents to a composite .214 batting average… Recorded the most mate of current Owl Trey Crain for one year... 2007: All-conference hon- innings on the staff against quality opponents that went on to play in the oree in first season with the program. NCAA Tournament (45.0 ip)… Maintained a 2.05 ERA and a .167 opponents’ High School — A 2006 graduate of Westwood High School in Round average in four postseason appearances… Struck out a career-high nine Rock, Texas... Earned all-District 15-5A honors as a junior and senior... batters in back-to-back outings against Tulane and East Carolina… Aver- Starter in the Central Texas All-Star game... Selected in the 20th round of aged 7.4 strikeouts and 3.5 walks per nine innings… Strikeouts-to-walks the 2006 major league draft by the Florida Marlins... Coached in baseball ratio (2.1-to-1) was the third-best on the staff… Consistently registered by Bart Bratcher... Also played three seasons for the football team as a quality outings, but in his 15 starts the Owls: A) hit 25 points lower and wide receiver... All-state honoree and the district newcomer of the year. supported him with an average of 2.1 fewer runs on offense, B) fielded at Personal — Full Name: Personal: Full Name: Steven Kyle Sultzbaugh. a .961 percentage on defense compared to a .974 pace in games he didn’t Born: May 21, 1988 in Orange County, Calif. Parents: Marc Sultzbaugh and start, and C) saw four decisions that were eventually attributed to the Rice Keri Bemis of Austin (one sister). Major: kinesiology. College: Will Rice. bullpen after he already left the game... Entered out of the bullpen three times, Texas, Houston and LSU in the Super Regional… Earned first career save with two shutout innings at No. 4 Texas... Played summer ball in the

22 2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL Meet The Owls R the prestigious Cape Cod League for the Falmouth Commodores... Shared Travis the team lead in wins (3) and maintained a 2.62 ERA in 34.1 innings over seven starts... Averaged 6.8 strikeouts per 9.0 innings... Faced 135 oppos- Wright 43 ing hitters in the famed wood-bat league and held those elite players to a P w R/R composite .237 average. High School — A 2008 graduate of Westside High School in Hous- 6-6 w 195 w Jr.-1L. ton... First team all-state selection as a senior by the Texas Sports Writers Paris Association... Led the Wolves to the best season in the program’s young (Paris HS) history, a 30-5 record on the way to the Region III finals of the 5A state tournament... Named the All-Greater Houston pitcher of the year by the Houston Chronicle after posting a 14-1 record with an 0.64 ERA and 125 Grew stronger and benefitted from the playing experience as a starter strikeouts in 86.2 innings... Threw three shutouts, including a no-hitter, in and relief pitcher... Tough on a lineup when he commands the ball. the team’s run through the 2008 state tournament... Shared the District 20- Wayne Graham said — “Travis did a great job when we had him in 5A most valuable player award with Lamar High School’s Anthony Rendon, there last year. We are hoping he will be able to expand his role for us this a current Rice teammate... The Wolves went 111-24 in Wall’s four years as spring.” a varsity letterman under coach Emrick Jagneaux. At Rice — 2009: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Uni- Personal — Full Name: Douglas Taylor Wall (prefers middle name). versity Honor Athlete; Appeared in seven games, highlighted by working Born: January 8, 1990 in Houston. Parents: J.N. and Carrie Wall of Houston his way into back-to-back mid-week starts... Made his Division I debut in (one brother, one sister). College: Brown. a C-USA league game against Memphis and proceeded to strike out three of the four batters he faced in 1.1 hitless innings... Fanned four in 2.2 hitless Rice Statistics frames vs. Dallas Baptist in his very next outing and earned his first career Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP 2009 3.72 7 6 18 15 2 2 0 1 94.1 83 48 39 37 77 17 0 5 402 .243 8 7 victory…Tabbed for first career start against eventual NCAA Tournament foe Sam Houston State… Responded with a Rice-best 7.0 innings, scatter- Game Highs ing five hits and allowing just two earned runs while striking out four on the 2009 Season & Career way to his second victory… Started the next week vs. nationally-ranked 9.0 vs. Kansas State, May 31 Innings Pitched 9, twice Strikeouts Texas A&M… Came out of the bullpen and fired 1.2 innings on the road at 2, twice Wild Pitches No. 4 Texas… Averaged 7.4 strikeouts and 3.5 walks per nine innings… 3 at East Carolina, Apr. 11 Hit Batters Held opposing batters to a composite .224 average... 2008: C-USA Com- missioner’s Academic Honor Roll... Member of the squad... Did not appear in any game action... Played in the Coastal Plain League (Fayetteville) over the summer... 2007: Walk-on who did not see any game action in first sea- What’s Your College? son with the program... Gained a redshirt season. If you’re keeping score, here’s how the 2010 baseball team is High School — A 2006 graduate of Paris High School in north Texas... grouped by their Rice college: Two-year starter and three-year baseball letterman... Helped lead the Wildcats to the district championship as a junior in 2005... Earned first Baker 3 (Anagnostou, Haynes, Rogers) team all-district... Coached by Bill Sikes... Three-time Academic Athlete Brown 3 (Chargois, Rathjen, Wall) honoree and member of National Honor Society... Maintained a 5.2 grade Hanszen 4 (Fazio, Gonzales-Luna, Reckling, Wright) point average. Personal — Full Name: Travis Richard Wright. Born: Aug. 28, 1987, in Jones 3 (Comerota, Fant, Maxwell) Paris, Tex. Parents: Kem Wright of Paris and Kim Hayman of Irving. Major: Lovett 4 (Benak, Duffey, Hague, Mozingo) History. College: Hanszen. Martel 3 (Cingrani, Ojala, Simmons) McMurtry 1 (McDowell) Rice Statistics Sid Richardson 5 (Fuda, Gonzales, Manuel, Ratterree, Spurlin) Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF Avg WP HBP 2009 2.45 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 11 5 4 6 12 5 0 0 58 .224 3 0 Wiess 4 (Evers, Lewis, McNair, Rendon) Will Rice 5 (Hahn, Harwood, Perrott, Seastrunk, Game Highs Sultzbaugh) 2009 Season & Career 7.0 vs. Sam Houston St., Apr. 7 Innings Pitched 4, twice Strikeouts 2 vs. Texas, Apr. 21 Wild Pitches none Hit Batters

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 23 R Coaches & Staff Head Coach Wayne Graham Pick whatever criteria you want to use and you’ll get the same result: Wayne Graham is synonymous with outstanding baseball. Using the year the NCAA Tournament expanded to its current 64-team/Super Regional format (1999), Baseball America recently made a comprehensive study of every Division I program in the country. A lengthy list of key criteria that included composite win percentage, NCAA Regional bids, trips to the College World Series, winning a national championship, conference championships, All-America honorees, major league draft picks and other factors, were all taken into consideration. With a decade worth of data the publication concluded that since 1999 (and with the Graham era firmly in place) Rice has been “the nation’s top-ranked program.” The Rice community had long-known that their head coach, now starting his 19th season at the helm of the program, had made the Owls the nation’s best. Baseball America just made it official. Are all-America selections the criteria for an outstanding coach? Graham has coached 29 different Rice players to a total of 42 all-America awards. Perhaps it’s molding a player into a pro prospect. More than 30 former Owls were playing professional baseball in 2009, including nine in the majors and (at one point) three right across town for the Houston Astros. If you count Graham’s echelon of the national Rating Percentage Index At first, there were small steps for a program active major leaguers from his previous post at (RPI), finishing fourth overall. The high RPI made which had never won even a conference cham- San Jacinto Junior College, then there’s ten of Rice an easy choice for another national seed in pionship or advanced to NCAA tournament play. his former pupils in the big leagues. That’s more the NCAA Tournament and to host postseason Year one in 1992 showed a 13-game improvement than enough to fill-out one of his distinctive hand- games. Graham’s Owls justified that consideration in the win column. Year two (1993) was another drafted lineup cards. with the program’s third trip to Omaha in as many seven games better. In year three (1994), the Owls There were five of his Owls selected in the years. The Blue & Gray dominated the C-USA had their best finish ever in Southwest Conference 2009 major league draft and eleven selected in regular season with a 21-3 league record. At the play at 12-6 and their first appearance under Gra- 2008. Even that lofty number was only a year after end of the year he was named the South Central ham in the SWC postseason tournament. Year four he had 14 players drafted in 2007, tying the col- Region Coach of the Year by his colleagues in the (1995) boasted of 43 wins and Rice’s first bid to the lege record for the most players selected from one American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) NCAA tournament. Year five (1996): a SWC tourna- school in a single year. and the C-USA Keith LeClair Coach of the Year for ment title and NCAA bid. Are team accomplishments the criteria? Con- the third time. The Owls won the 1996 SWC championship sider Rice has won 14 conference championships There’s more of the same, year-after-year. in storybook fashion. Entering the last confer- in a row, including C-USA regular season and tour- The 2007 Rice squad was second in the nation in ence tournament in Lubbock as the number-six nament crowns, all nine Western Athletic Confer- wins (56) and third in the nation in win-percentage seed, Graham’s Owls swept through the field in ence titles during the Owls’ tenure in that league (.800). The Blue & Gray reached the semi-finals four straight games, topped by a 16-8 romp past (1997-2005) and the final Southwest Conference of the CWS and tied for third in the nation for a Texas in the final. It was the most satisfying week Championship in 1996. The 2009 season was Rice’s second year in a row. The team also had the No. 1 in Rice’s SWC baseball history. ninth trip to NCAA Super Regionals and the 15th- rating percentage index (RPI) in the country. At the Then there was Graham’s sixth Rice season in straight to regionals. Rice has been to the College end of the year Graham was named the National 1997, the Owls’ first foray into the Western Athletic World Series seven times since 1997. In 2003, Gra- Division I Coach of the Year by Fieldturf, the ABCA Conference. Led by a duo that Baseball America ham led Rice to the school’s first team national region coach of the year and LeClair Coach of the called “one of the greatest power packages in col- championship in any sport. Year. lege baseball history” (pitcher Matt Anderson and Graham’s 2009 Rice squad overcame a host of His 2006 team had the best win-percentage in first-baseman Lance Berkman), Rice soared to a injuries to finish among the Top 10 teams in the na- the country. The Owls reached the semifinals of 47-16 record and its first WAC team championship. tion. The Owls stormed to the C-USA Tournament the CWS and tied for third. For an incredible 2006 A 13-game winning streak over the last month Championship then hosted and won the NCAA Re- season, the College Baseball Foundation named of the regular season ensured titles in the WAC- gional at Reckling Park. Along the way he coached Graham one of its national coaches of the year. South and at the league tournament, resulting in and developed his new third-baseman, Anthony His fellow head coaches in C-USA named him the an automatic NCAA bid. Rendon, into the National Freshman of the Year. Keith LeClair Coach of the Year his first year in the Rice returned to Lubbock for the 1997 Central The 2008 Rice squad rocketed to the upper league. Regional where the South Plains magic continued

24 2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL Coaches & Staff R from the year before. The Owls romped through the regional, earning the school's first entry into Fast Facts on Wayne Graham the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. It was a Education season that netted Graham kudos as the western High School: John Reagan, Houston, 1954. region's coach of the year as voted by the ABCA. College: Texas, 1970, B.S., physical education; In 1998, Rice posted a 46-17 overall record and Houston, 1973, M.Ed., physical education. was even more successful in the WAC. The Owls ran through their division with a 26-4 record and Coaching Experience capped the year with another four-game sweep High School: Scarborough, Houston, in the postseason tournament. Graham’s charges 1971-79; Spring Branch, 1980. were the top seed in the Central Regional in Col- Junior College: San Jacinto-North College, lege Station, but a pair of slugfest losses ended the Houston, 1981-91. year prematurely. Damon Thames was the ABCA Division I: Rice University, 1992-present. national player of the year, and Bubba Crosby was Career Collegiate Record: 1,405-430 the Owls' fourth first-round draft choice in four Personal seasons. Graham won recognition as the WAC coach of the year in balloting by his peers. Full Name: Wayne Leon Graham. The 1999 season ran true to form. Led by one Born: April 6, 1936, at Yoakum. of the best pitching staffs in college baseball, the Wife: Tanya. Owls never left the top 10 in any of the national Children: Gary, Terry, Greg, Michael, polls, enjoying the school's first number-one Cindy, Matthew. ranking in any sport on two different occasions and finishing at number five. Graham was named Baseball America's national coach of the year, as baseball at Reagan High in the Heights and ma- well as repeating his WAC honor. The conference triculated to Texas, where he played two seasons tournament was another four-game sweep, but under the legendary Bibb Falk. After his playing the return trip to Lubbock for the regional was a bit Owls again advanced to Omaha. days as a Longhorn ended, Graham embarked on less routine. In 2003, his 12th season, Graham's mind and an 11-year professional career as a third baseman After an opening round upset at the hands of energy were focused squarely on the goal of Rice's and outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Owls swept through first national championship. The team combined New York Mets organizations. Rutgers, UWM and host Texas Tech twice for its the best pitching staff in the nation with the best Despite several strong seasons in the minors second regional title. In the new Super Regional, defense to win 58 of its 70 games. The Owls spent — he hit .300 or better in six of 10 minor league Rice also dropped the opener to Louisiana-Lafay- more than two months ranked as the top team in stops, including a .311 average with 17 home runs ette before stopping the Cajuns twice to win the the nation, and the team ran off an eye-opening and 70 runs batted in at Dallas-Fort Worth in 1962 trip to Omaha. That was up to six straight wins 30-game winning streak. Sophomore pitchers Jeff to earn Texas minor league player of the year when elimination was only one loss away. The Niemann, Wade Townsend, Philip Humber and honors — Graham had just two brief stints in the head coach had convinced the squad to keep Josh Baker combined for a 47-5 record, and closer major leagues. The first came in 1963 when he ap- fighting. At Omaha, the Owls fell to eventual na- David Aardsma had a Rice-record 12 saves. Every peared in 10 games for Gene Mauch’s Philadelphia tional champion Miami in their opener. Rice's first- Owl starter won at least one postseason honor and Phillies. A year later, Graham played 20 games for ever CWS win, over Oklahoma State, followed two Graham was named the national and WAC coach Casey Stengel and the New York Mets. days later. of the year. Following his playing days, Graham returned The 2000 season is one of Graham's most out- In 2004, the Owls went 46-14 and won another to UT to receive his B.S. in physical education in standing coaching achievements. Adjusting to six WAC title to qualify for another postseason ap- 1970, and he added a master’s of education from new position players and the loss of all-America pearance. Graham came up with yet another Rice the University of Houston in 1973. pitcher Jeff Nichols due to an injury, the Owls first. The pitching trio of Humber, Niemann and Graham’s coaching career began at Scarbor- staggered through the first half of the schedule. Townsend were all selected among the first eight ough High School in Houston. In nine seasons at After April 1, though, the head coach righted the picks of the major league draft (numbers three, Scarborough and one at Spring Branch, Graham’s ship to lead the Owls from a sub-.500 record to four and eight overall). It was the first time in MLB teams compiled a 98-13 (.883) district record, won their fourth straight WAC title on the final weekend history that three pitchers, or even three players, seven district titles and never finished lower than of the season. from the same school had been selected that high second place in the district race. More success followed in 2001. Led by an all- in the draft’s first round. After nine successful seasons on the high America pitching staff featuring Kenny Baugh and Freshmen were the bulk of the 2005 team, but school level, Graham moved on to San Jacinto, Jon Skaggs, the Owls spent six weeks as the na- that did not stop the Owls (45-19) from winning the where he proceeded to turn the Gators into the tion's number-one team. The amazing comeback WAC championship. That young Rice team came nation’s most celebrated JC team. His first squad win over Baylor on Memorial Day clinched the within four outs of reaching the College World in 1981 (featuring freshman Roger Clemens) went Owls' second trip to a Super Regional. Series after nearly upsetting number one ranked 43-7 and finished second in the Texas JC ranks. In 2002, the Owls adjusted again after Baugh Tulane on the road in the Super Regional. The following two seasons brought 89 more vic- and Skaggs were first-round selections in the pro- Graham boasts the most wins (740) and best tories (only 22 losses) and a pair of conference fessional draft. Graham combined two new players win percentage (.723) in Rice history. Another way titles. in the weekend pitching rotation — transfer Justin of looking at the .723 win percentage is that it’s Graham was just getting started. In 1984, he Crowder and freshman Philip Humber — and five the equivalent of a major league team winning 117 led the Gators to the first of seven consecutive new position players with four returnees, keep- games in a single year. Now maintain that same 50-win seasons and the national JC tournament. ing the Owls near the top of the national rankings win percentage for 16 years. A loss in the championship game only served to most of the year. Graham was named the WAC and A native Houstonian who had followed the fuel the fires that would lead to three straight na- ABCA western regional coach of the year as the Owls since his earliest days, he played high school tional titles in 1985-87. Another runner-up showing

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 25 R Coaches & Staff in 1988 was followed by two more titles in 1989 and 1990, Year-By-Year With Wayne Graham giving the Gators five championships in a six-year span Year School Record Pct. Accomplishments while preparing dozens of players for major college and/ 1981 San Jac 43-7 .860 Conference champions, state runner-up or professional careers. 1982 San Jac 42-12 .777 Conference champions Graham’s honors at San Jac were nearly endless. 1983 San Jac 47-10 .824 Conference champions, state runner-up 1984 San Jac 50-11 .819 State, conf. champs, national runner-up He was named Collegiate Baseball Magazine’s Junior 1985 San Jac 54-7 .885 National, state, conference champions College Coach of the Century, as well as the newspa- 1986 San Jac 53-12 .815 National, state, conference champions per’s Coach of the Decade for 1980’s. He was named 1987 San Jac 52-9 .852 National, state, conference champions the national JC coach of the year five times and the top 1988 San Jac 63-9 .875 State, conf. champs, national runner-up 1989 San Jac 61-10 .859 National, state, conference champions Texas JC coach six times. His uniform number (37) was 1990 San Jac 62-11 .850 National, state, conference champions retired by San Jacinto and he was inducted into the 1991 San Jac 47-15 .758 Conference champions junior college hall of fame in May, 1995. 1992 Rice 29-26 .527 Series win over #16 Texas A&M All of Graham’s coaching accomplishments natu- 1993 Rice 36-18 .667 School-record 29-game home winning streak 1994 Rice 34-21 .618 12-6 in SWC (T-2), best in school history rally led to his induction into the Texas Baseball Hall 1995 Rice 43-19 .694 2nd at NCAA South II Reg. of Fame at Fort Worth in 2003. He was inducted to the 1996 Rice 42-23 .646 SWC Tourn. champs; 2nd in NCAA Midwest Reg. Texas Sports Hall of Fame in February, 2005. 1997 Rice 47-16 .746 WAC champs; 1st College World Series appearance What is left for a man who has 36-straight winning 1998 Rice 46-17 .731 WAC champs; NCAA Central Regional seasons at the high school and collegiate level and has 1999 Rice 59-15 .797 WAC champs; College World Series; most wins ever 2000 Rice 43-23 .652 WAC co-champs won nearly 80 percent of his games on the collegiate 2001 Rice 47-20 .701 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs level (1,405-430 in 29 seasons at Rice and San Jacinto)? 2002 Rice 52-14 .788 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series A second national championship, to be precise. With 2003 Rice 58-12 .829 NCAA champions; WAC champions; School-record 30-game win streak Reckling Park as the Owls’ home and the venue for eight 2004 Rice 46-14 .767 WAC champs; NCAA Regional 2005 Rice 45-19 .703 WAC champs; NCAA Regional champs NCAA Regionals in 2001-02-03-04-06-07-08-09, plus 2006 Rice 57-13 .814 C-USA champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series semifinals Super Regionals in 2002-03-06-07-08, Graham has all the 2007 Rice 56-14 .800 C-USA champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series semifinals pieces in place to sustain Rice at the highest level. 2008 Rice 47-15 .758 C-USA reg. season champs; NCAA Regional champs; College World Series Graham and his wife Tanya live in Houston. She 2009 Rice 43-18 .705 C-USA tournament champs; NCAA Regional champs; RICE Totals 830-317 .724 earned her Rice degree in human performance and Best winning percentage in Rice history exercise science in May, 1999. Highs/Lows For Graham-Coached Rice Teams Rice Opponent Runs/Game 37 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) 27, New Mexico-a (4-12-98) Graham’s Rice Milestones 35 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 21, UT-San Antonio-a (5/5/94) First Win: Rice 6, UT-Pan American 5 (Jan. 31, 1992, at Edinburg) 28 at New Mexico [WAC high] (4/11/98) 21, Baylor-a [SWC high] (4/8/95) First Loss: UT-Pan American 9, Rice 2 (Feb. 1, 1992, at Edinburg) 27 vs. S.F. Austin State (2/21/93) 20, San Diego State-a (3/6/94) 25th Win: Rice 6, Houston 1 (April 10, 1992, at Cameron Field) 27 vs. Wisconsin-Milw.-n (5/29/99) 20, Washington-n (5-22-98) 50th Win: Rice 2, Houston 1 (March 14, 1993, at Cameron Field) Hits/Game 34 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) 24, New Mexico-a [WAC high] (4-12-98) 75th Win: Rice 12, Clemson 3 (Feb. 26, 1994, at Las Vegas, Nev.) 33 vs. Wisconsin-Milw.-n (5/29/99) 20, San Diego State-a (3/6/94) 50th Loss: San Diego State 20, Rice 3 (March 6, 1994, at San Diego, 31 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 19, Texas Tech-a [SWC high] (3/26/93) Calif.) 28 at New Mexico [WAC high] (4/11/98) 19, Fresno State-a (3/23/04) 100th Win: Rice 20, S.F. Austin State 3 (Feb. 8, 1995, at Nacogdoches) 27 at Marshall (5/18/06) 18, UNLV-a (3/16/97) 150th Win: Rice 21, UT-San Antonio 7 (Feb. 24, 1996, at Cameron Field) 18, Utah-a (3/20/99) 175th Win: Rice 1, Lamar 0 (April 23, 1996, at Beaumont) 18, Nevada-h (4/28/01) 100th Loss: Baylor 9, Rice 6 (April 26, 1996, at Cameron Field) Errors/Game 10 at UNLV (3/15/97) 8, Texas Southern-h (2/18/92) 200th Win: Rice 14, Air Force 1 (March 8, 1997, at Cameron Field) 7 vs. Incarnate Word (3/23/93) 7, two times 225th Win: Rice 5, Utah 4 (May 15, 1997, at San Diego, Calif.) Fewest Hits/Game 1 at Cal State Fullerton (3/4/07) 0, Hawaii (3/14/98) 250th Win: Rice 7, Hawaii 6 (March 14, 1998, at Cameron Field) Doubles/Game 11 at Memphis (4/15/06) 275th Win: Rice 10, TCU 5 (May 14, 1998, at San Diego, Calif.) Triples/Game 5 vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 300th Win: Rice 6, Houston 2 (March 16, 1999, at Cougar Field) HR/Game 10 at New Mexico (4/11/98) 6, New Mexico-a (4/12/98) 325th Win: Rice 14, Air Force 3 (May 16, 1999, at USAF Academy, Colo.) 9 vs. Cincinnati (2/21/97) 350th Win: Rice 10, UT-San Antonio 3 (March 22, 2000, at Reckling Park) 7 vs. Massachusetts (3/9/96) 375th Win: Rice 3, TCU 0 (May 20, 2000, at Fort Worth) 7 vs. McNeese State (2/21/97) 400th Win: Rice 11, San Jose State 7 (March 18, 2001, at Reckling Park) 7 vs. Nevada (3/26/05) 425th Win: Rice 7, Baylor 4 (May 27, 2001, at Reckling Park) SB/Game 8 vs. St. Mary’s (2/16/94) 450th Win: Rice 9, Fresno State 2 (March 29, 2002, at Reckling Park) Strikeouts 21 vs. Central Missouri St. (2/5/05) 475th Win: Rice 6, Texas Tech 0 (June 1, 2002, at Reckling Park) 19 vs. Louisiana Tech (4/9/05) 500th Win: Rice-h 20, Liberty 1 (March 21, 2003, at Reckling Park) 18 vs. Lamar (5/7/97, 12 inn.) 525th Win: Rice-h 13, Fresno State 2 (May 24, 2003, at Reckling Park) LOB 17 vs. Tulane (2/16/96) 18, McNeese State-h (4/11/00) 536th Win: Rice-n 14, Stanford 2 - National Championship (June 23, Walks Received 21 vs. Texas Southern (2/22/95) 2003, at Omaha, Neb.) Double Plays 6, six times 4, Cal. State Fullerton-n (5/26/96) 550th Win: Rice 14, San Jose State-h 2 (March 14, 2004, at San Jose, Latest vs. San Jose State (5/13/00) 4, Saint John’s (3/6/07) Calif.) Shutouts 10, 2003 (65 total since 1992) 4, 1992 (19 total since 1992) 575th Win: Rice 6, Baylor 4 (May 18, 2004, at Waco) 10, 2004 600th Win: Rice 14, Nevada 6 (March 26, 2005, at Reckling Park) 625th Win: Rice 9, LSU 7 (June 4, 2005, at Baton Rouge, La.) Longest Game/Time 4:39: at Houston (5/10/96, 13 inn.) 650th Win: Rice 3, Tulane 2 (Apr. 1, 2006, at Metairie, La.) Longest Game/Innings 15: Houston-h 5, Rice 4 (4/11/92) 675th Win: Rice 5, Southern Miss 1 (May 25, 2006, at Reckling Park) Shortest Nine-Inn. Game 1:49: vs. Missouri State-n (5/22/97) 700th Win: Rice 7, Cal Poly 2 (March 17, 2007, at Reckling Park) Largest Margin of Victory 31: (35-4) vs. McNeese State (2/14/97) 725th Win: Rice 7, Tulane 4 (May 13, 2007, at Reckling Park) Largest Loss 20: (21-1) at UT-San Antonio (5/5/94) 750th Win: Rice 10, Winthrop 4 (March 14, 2008, at Reckling Park) Largest Combined Score 53: New Mexico-h 27, Rice 26 (4/12/98) 775th Win: Rice 9, Texas State 1 (May 6, 2008, at Reckling Park) Most Combined Hits 45: Rice 21, New Mexico 24 (4/12/98) 800th Win: Rice 4, Southern Miss 3 (Mar. 21, 2009, at Hattiesburg, Miss.) Most Combined Errors 13: Rice 10, UNLV-h 3 (3/15/97) 825th Win: Rice 7, Houston 2 (May 22, 2009, at Hattiesburg, Miss.) Runs/Inning 13: (4th inn.) at S.F. Austin State (2/8/95) Longest Win Streak 30: (2/18/03-4/8/03) Longest Losing Streak 8: 3/20-31/96

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San Jose State: 33-10 (19-2 home, 13-8 road, 1-0 neutral) Graham vs. All Opponents South Alabama: 1-1 Air Force: 5-1 Louisiana-Lafayette: 10-3 (0-1 home, 1-0 neutral) (3-0 home, 2-1 road) (7-0 home, 1-2 away, 2-1 neutral) Southern California: 1-0 Alabama: 0-2 Louisiana-Monroe: 1-0 (1-0 neutral) (0-2 neutral) (1-0 home) Southern Miss: 10-4 Arizona State: 1-4 Louisiana State: 7-5 (5-2 home, 5-2 road) (0-1 home, 1-2 road, 0-1 neutral) (2-0 home, 5-2 away, 0-3 neutral) Sout Florida: 1-0 Arkansas State: 1-0 Louisiana Tech: 22-2 (1-0 home) (1-0 home) (12-1 home, 10-1 road) St. Edward’s: 1-0 Auburn: 0-1 Louisville: 2-0 (1-0 home) (0-1 neutral) (1-0 home, 1-0 neutral) St. John’s: 2-1 Baylor: 28-17 Maine: 2-0 (2-1 home) (16-7 home, 7-9 road, 5-1 neutral) (2-0 home) St. Louis: 1-0 Brigham Young: 7-0 Marshall: 12-1 (1-0 home) (6-0 home, 1-0 neutral) (5-1 home, 6-0 away, 1-0 neutral) St. Mary’s (Calif.): 1-0 Cal Poly: 4-2 Mary Hardin-Baylor: 2-0 (1-0 road) (3-0 home, 1-2 road) (2-0 home) St. Mary’s (Texas): 2-0 Cal State-Fullerton: 4-6 Massachusetts: 3-0 (2-0 home) (2-1 home, 1-2 road, 1-3 neutral) (3-0 home) S.F. Austin State: 3-1 Cal State-Northridge: 1-0 McNeese State: 14-4 (2-0 home, 1-1 road) (1-0 home) (12-2 home, 2-2 road) Stanford: 2-1 Graham At Rice Central Missouri State: 3-0 Memphis: 14-2 (2-1 neutral) All Games 830-317 (3-0 home) (6-1 home, 6-0 away, 2-1 neutral) Stetson: 1-0 Home: 506-109; Road: 246-163; Neutral: 76-45 Cincinnati: 1-0 Miami (Fla.): 2-3 (1-0 home) All Conference Games 353-138 (1-0 home) (1-2 road, 1-1 neutral) TCU: 40-18 Home: 196-45; Road: 155-89; Neutral: 2-4 Clemson: 2-2 Miami (Ohio): 2-0 (22-6 home, 12-10 road, 6-2 neutral) Texas: 22-30 C-USA Games 81-15 (2-2 neutral) (2-0 home) Concordia Lutheran: 1-0 Michigan: 2-0 (10-11 home, 6-15 road, 6-4 neutral) Home: 41-7; Road: 40-8 (1-0 home) (2-0 home) Texas A&M: 30-16 WAC Games 214-61 Creighton: 2-0 Michigan State: 0-1 (17-4 home, 7-10 road, 6-2 neutral) Home: 117-20; Road: 97-41 (2-0 home) (0-1 home) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: 9-0 SWC Games 58-62 Dallas Baptist: 13-3 Mississippi: 2-1 (5-0 home, 4-0 road) Home: 38-18; Road: 18-40 (12-2 home, 1-1 away) (2-1 home) Texas-Arlington: 4-0 Day Games 524-181 Duke: 1-0 Mississippi State: 0-1 (4-0 home) Night Games 306-136 (1-0 neutral) (0-1 neutral) Texas-Pan American: 3-1 One-Run Games 151-111 East Carolina: 11-3 Missouri: 1-0 (3-1 road) Doubleheaders 47-14-26 (5-1 home, 6-1 away, 0-1 neutral) (1-0 neutral) Texas-San Antonio: 9-1 (9-0 home, 0-1 road) Extra-Innings 36-24 Florida Atlantic: 1-0 Missouri State: 5-0 (1-0 home) (2-0 home, 3-0 neutral) Texas Southern: 9-1 Fresno State: 29-17 Nebraska: 8-4 (8-1 home, 1-0 road) Graham vs. Conferences (17-4 home, 10-11 road, 2-2 neutral) (8-1 home, 0-2 road, 0-1 neutral) Texas State: 38-9 Atlantic Coast: 10-8 Georgia: 1-0 New Mexico: 17-2 (27-6 home, 10-3 road, 1-0 neutral) Atlantic Sun: 6-1 (1-0 neutral) (11-0 home, 4-2 road, 2-0 neutral) Texas Tech: 18-16 (6-4 home, 4-8 road, 8-4 neutral) Atlantic 10: 4-0 Georgia Tech: 1-0 UNLV: 12-5 (1-0 home) (7-1 home, 4-4 road, 1-0 neutral) Tulane: 18-3 Big East: 5-2 Grand Canyon: 2-1 Nevada: 25-6 (9-0 home, 9-3 road) Big Eight: 5-5 (2-1 road) (12-4 home, 13-2 road) UAB: 12-3 Big South: 7-0 Harvard: 4-0 New Orleans: 1-0 (7-0 home, 4-2 road, 1-1 neutral) Big 10: 4-2 (4-0 home) (1-0 home) UCF: 14-3 Big 12: 78-38 Hawaii: 32-10 Nicholls State: 1-0 (7-2 home, 5-1 road, 2-0 neutral) Big West: 14-13 (17-4 home, 15-6 road) (1-0 home) UCLA: 1-1 (0-1 home, 1-0 neutral) Colonial: 1-0 Hawaii-Hilo: 10-2 Notre Dame: 1-1 (5-1 home, 5-1 road) (1-0 home, 0-1 neutral) Utah: 6-1 Conference USA: 138-37 Houston: 61-25 North Carolina: 2-3 (5-1 road, 1-0 neutral) Great Midwest: 1-0 (35-7 home, 25-18 road, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 home, 1-3 neutral) Vanderbilt: 0-1 Ivy: 4-0 Houston Baptist: 5-0 Northwestern State: 6-1 (0-1 neutral) Metro: 2-1 (5-0 home) (5-1 home, 1-0 neutral) Virginia: 0-1 Mid-American: 2-0 Incarnate Word: 4-0 Oklahoma: 5-3 (0-1 home) Mid-Continent: 1-0 (4-0 home) (4-2 home, 0-1 road, 1-0 neutral) Wake Forest: 4-1 (4-0 home, 0-1 neutral) Midwest Collegiate: 1-1 Indiana: 1-0 Oklahoma State: 7-4 (1-0 home) (4-3 home, 1-1 road, 2-0 neutral) Washington: 1-2 Missouri Valley: 9-1 Jackson State: 2-0 Oregon State: 0-2 (1-1 home, 0-1 neutral) Mountain West: 7-0 (2-0 home) (0-2 neutral) Washington State: 1-0 North Atlantic: 2-0 Jacksonville State: 1-0 Oral Roberts: 5-3 (1-0 home) Pacific 10: 7-10 (1-0 home) (2-2 home, 2-1 away, 1-0 neutral) Western Carolina: 3-0 Southeastern: 11-12 James Madison: 1-0 Prairie View A&M: 7-0 (3-0 home) Southern: 3-0 (1-0 home) (7-0 home) Western Kentucky: 1-0 (1-0 home) Southland: 125-33 Kansas: 1-0 Purdue: 1-1 (1-0 home) (1-1 home) Wichita State: 2-1 Southwest: 63-65 Kansas State: 3-1 Rutgers: 1-0 (2-0 home, 0-1 road) Southwestern Athletic: 18-1 (2-1 home, 1-0 neutral) (1-0 home) Winthrop: 4-0 Summit: 0-1 Lamar: 26-13 Sam Houston State: 28-12 (4-0 home) Sun Belt: 27-13 (18-5 home, 8-8 road) (19-5 home, 9-7 road) Wisconsin-Milwaukee: 1-1 West Coast: 4-1 Liberty: 3-0 San Diego: 3-1 (1-1 neutral) WAC: 209-64 (3-0 home) (3-1 home) Wyoming: 3-1 (3-1 home) Major Independents: 12-7 Long Beach State: 3-4 San Diego State: 8-3 (2-2 home, 1-2 road) (8-3 road) Xavier: 1-0 Non-Division 1: 28-1 (1-0 home)

2010 RICE OWLS BASEBALL 27 R Coaches & Staff 2005 (4-2) 1999 (11-4) NCAA Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-0) WAC Tournament at Fresno, Calif. (4-0) Jn3 Rice 7, Northwestern State 3 My19 Rice 2, New Mexico 1 Jn4 Rice 9, LSU-h 7 My20 Rice 9, UNLV 6 Jn6 Rice 5, LSU-h 4 My21 Rice 4, San Jose State 2 NCAA Super Regional at New Orleans, La. (1-2) My22 Rice 18, TCU 3 Jn11 Rice 9, Tulane-h 5 NCAA Regional at Lubbock (4-1) Jn12 Tulane-h 7, Rice 0 My28 UW-Milwaukee 8, Rice 4 Jn13 Tulane-h 9, Rice 6 My29 Rice 6, Rutgers 1 My29 Rice 27, UW-Milwaukee 1 2006 (11-3) My30 Rice 3, Texas Tech 1 C-USA Tournament at Rice (4-0) My30 Rice 15, Texas Tech 11 My24 Rice 9, UAB 3 NCAA Super Regional at The Astrodome (2-1) My25 Rice 5, Southern Miss 1 Jn4 Louisiana-Lafayette 12, Rice 8 My27 Rice 7, Memphis 4 Jn5 Rice 10, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 My28 Rice 11, Houston 5 Jn6 Rice 8, Louisiana-Lafayette 3 NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (1-2) Jn2 Rice-h 6, Prairie View 5 Jn11 Miami (Fla.) 8, Rice 4 Jn4 Rice-h 7, Baylor 2 Jn13 Rice 7, Oklahoma State 2 Jn5 Rice-h 7, Baylor 4 Jn16 Alabama 6, Rice 5 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-1) Jn10 Rice-h 10, Oklahoma 4 2000 (3-2) Jn11 Oklahoma 11, Rice 5 NCAA Regional at Houston (3-2) Jn12 Rice-h 9, Oklahoma 5 My26 Rice 5, Texas Tech 2 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (2-2) My27 Houston 5, Rice 2 Jn17 Rice 6, Georgia 4 My27 Rice 11, Texas Tech 4 Jn19 Rice 3, Miami (Fla.) 2 My29 Rice 5, Houston 4 Jn21 Oregon State 5, Rice 0 My29 Houston 9, Rice 5 Jn22 Oregon State 2, Rice 0

2001 (4-3) 2007 (11-3) NCAA Regional at Rice (4-1) C-USA Tournament at Greenville, N.C. (4-1) My25 Rice-h 11, UT-Arlington 4 My23 Rice-n 16, UCF 6 My26 Baylor 11, Rice-h 10 My24 Rice-n 7, Memphis 5 My27 Rice-h 14, UT-Arlington 2 My26 Memphis-n 2, Rice 1 My27 Rice-h 7, Baylor 4 My26 Rice-n 20, Memphis 9 My28 Rice-h 5, Baylor 4 My27 Rice 16, East Carolina-h 8 NCAA Super Regional at Lincoln, Neb. (0-2) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) Jn1 Nebraska-h 7, Rice 0 Jn1 Rice-h 5, Prairie View A&M 0 Jn2 Nebraska-h 9, Rice 6 (10 inn.) Jn2 Rice-h 6, TCU 3 Jn3 Rice-h 3, TCU 1 A Big Leaguer Gets Ready at Wrigley Field - Wayne Graham played for two 2002 (5-3) NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) legendary major league managers in his career, Gene Mauch with the Phillies and NCAA Regional at Rice (3-1) Jn8 Rice-h 3, Texas A&M 2 (10 inn.) Casey Stengel with the Mets. My31 Rice-h 8, Harvard 3 Jn9 Rice-h 5, Texas A&M 2 Jn1 Rice-h 6, Texas Tech 0 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (2-2) Jn2 Washington 7, Rice-h 6 Jn15 Rice-n 15, Louisville 10 Rice In The Post-Season Jn2 Rice-h 14, Washington 2 Jn17 Rice-n 14, North Carolina 4 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) Jn20 North Carolina 6, Rice-n 1 Jn7 Rice-h 6, LSU 0 Jn21 North Carolina 7, Rice-n 4 Under Wayne Graham Jn8 Rice-h 3, LSU 0 1994 (1-2) 1997 (8-2) College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) 2008 (5-4) SWC Tournament at Austin (1-2) WAC Tournament at San Diego, Calif. (4-0) Jn15 Texas 2, Rice 1 C-USA Tournament at New Orleans, La. (0-2) My12 Texas Tech 12, Rice 11 My14 Rice 16, BYU 3 Jn17 Notre Dame 5, Rice 3 My21 UAB 8, Rice-n 2 My13 Rice 10, TCU 3 My15 Rice 5, Utah 4 My22 East Carolina 4, Rice-n 3 My14 Texas Tech 2, Rice 1 My16 Rice 7, San Diego State-h 5 2003 (10-2) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) My17 Rice 11, San Diego State-h 1 NCAA Regional at Rice (3-0) My30 Rice-h 3, Sam Houston St. 2 My30 Rice-h 3, McNeese State 2 (10 inn.) 1995 (3-4) NCAA Central Regional at Lubbock (4-0) My31 Rice-h 11, St. John’s 2 My31 Rice-h 10, Wichita State 1 SWC Tournament at College Station (0-2) My22 Rice 5, SMSU 2 Jn1 Rice-h 7, Texas 4 Jn1 Rice-h 5, Wichita State 2 My18 Texas A&M-h 8, Rice 6 My23 Rice 10, Clemson 6 NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-0) NCAA Super Regional at Rice (2-1) My19 Texas 6, Rice 0 My24 Rice 13, SW Texas State 9 Jn8 Rice-h 9, Texas A&M 7 Jn7 Houston 5, Rice-h 2 NCAA South Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (3-2) My25 Rice 25, Southwest Missouri St. 6 Jn9 Rice-h 6, Texas A&M 5 Jn8 Rice-h 10, Houston 2 My25 Rice 8, James Madison 7 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (0-2) Jn9 Rice-h 5, Houston 2 My26 Rice 15, LSU-h 7 My30 LSU 5, Rice 4 Jn15 Fresno State 17, Rice-n 5 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. (5-1) My27 Cal State Fullerton 17, Rice 7 Jn1 Auburn 10, Rice 1 Jn17 LSU 6, Rice-n 5 Jn14 Rice 4, Southwest Missouri St. 2 My27 Rice 16, LSU-h 9 Jn16 Rice 12, Texas 2 My28 Cal State Fullerton 8, Rice 7 1998 (5-2) 2009 (7-3) Jn18 Rice 5, Texas 4 WAC Tournament at San Diego, Calif. (4-0) C-USA Tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss. (4-0) Jn21 Rice 4, Stanford 3 (10 inn.) My13 Rice 15, New Mexico 11 My20 Rice-n 13, Marshall 0 1996 (7-2) Jn22 Stanford 8, Rice 3 My14 Rice 10, TCU 5 My21 Rice-n 8, UAB 1 SWC Tournament at Lubbock (4-0) Jn23 Rice 14, Stanford 2 My15 Rice 9, Texas A&M 7 My15 Rice 5, Fresno State 4 (10 inn.) My22 Rice-n 7, Houston 2 My16 Rice 15, Fresno State 2 My24 Rice 8, Southern Miss-h 6 My16 Rice 7, Texas Tech-h 3 2004 (3-2) My17 Rice 9, Texas 6 NCAA Central Regional at College Station (1-2) NCAA Regional at Rice (4-1) NCAA Regional at Rice (3-2) My18 Rice 16, Texas 8 My21 Rice 11, Oral Roberts 1 My29 Rice-h 5, Sam Houston St. 2 Jn4 Texas Southern 4, Rice-h 3 NCAA Midwest Regional at Wichita, Kan. (3-2) My22 Washington 20, Rice 11 My30 Kansas State 7, Rice-h 6 Jn5 Rice-h 3, Lamar 1 My23 Rice 17, Missouri 4 My23 Mississippi State 15, Rice 14 My31 Rice-h 12, Xavier 5 Jn5 Rice-h 7, Texas Southern 1 My24 Cal State Fullerton 7, Rice 3 My31 Rice-h 8, Kansas State 0 Jn6 Rice-h 3, Texas A&M 1 My25 Rice 11, Indiana 8 Jn1 Rice-h 13, Kansas State 4 Jn6 Texas A&M 7, Rice-h 5 My26 Rice 13, Cal State Fullerton 10 NCAA Super Regional at Baton Rouge, La. (0-2) My26 Wichita State-h 16, Rice 6 Jn5 LSU-h 12, Rice 9 Jn6 LSU-h 5, Rice 3

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Mike Taylor, Assistant Coach A former player under head coach Wayne students (and citizens) first. In 2009, 12 members Graham at San Jacinto College, Mike Taylor is in of the Owl baseball program were selected to his tenth season as an assistant baseball coach the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic at Rice after being hand-picked by his legendary Honor Roll for maintaining a semester grade mentor to join the Owl staff in 2000. point average of 3.0 or higher. Starting first Now in his 18th season of coaching, Tay- basebaseman Jimmy Comerota (another Taylor- lor works with the Rice hitters. He also tutors coached player in the infield), was selected the infielders on fielding and executing defen- from among all the baseball programs in the sive schemes. For the first time in his career he conference as the 2009 C-USA Spirit of Service coached at third base in 2009. He shares the re- Award winner. The prestigious Spirt of Service cruiting coordinator duties with fellow assistant Award is presented by the C-USA Commissioner coach David Pierce. to one student-athlete’s in each sport for their In recruiting, Taylor and Pierce have done acadmic success, performance on the field, and an exemplary job of finding the country’s top the amount of charity work performed within the student-athletes. The duo have brought in the community. top young players from across the country, then On the field Taylor’s Owl infielders have coached and developed their talent to reach the emerged as one of the best groups in college next level. baseball. Under his tutelage Rice infielders (1b, Rice has become a veritable pipeline 2b, 3b ss & c) had a .974 fielding percentage to the pro ranks with 72 Owls selected in the in 2009. Rice’s national championship team of major league draft in Taylor’s nine years on the 2003, meanwhile, had an errorless streak of 85.2 job. In 2009 one of Taylor’s most-noted former innings at one point, which was then followed pupils, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Paul Janish, by another of 73.1 frames without a defensive had one of the highest fielding percentages in miscue. the majors (.991) and also helped start or turn A former standout shortstop for Graham at 54 double plays in 82 big league games. Two San Jacinto, Taylor came to Rice in 2001. Previ- high as number-three in the nation in 1993. Taylor-coached all-America infielders, Joe ously he spent two seasons as an assistant at After a schoolboy career in which he was Savery and Brian Friday, were selected in the Galveston College, helping the Whitecaps to named Houston’s high school player of the year top three rounds of the 2007 major league draft. a two-year record of 84-34 and a conference in 1986, Taylor played on one national champi- Second-baseman Brock Holt was the most- championship in 2000. Galveston finished the onship team under Graham at San Jacinto as a recent Owl infielder drafted in 2009. There is season ranked fourth nationally. freshman in 1987, and on a national runner-up every reason to expect more of the same in the Previously, the 41-year-old Houston na- squad in 1988. Graham has called him “the best years to come. tive spent six seasons as an assistant at Blinn shortstop I’ve ever coached.” Major league teams would certainly give College in Brenham. Those Buccaneer teams From San Jacinto, Taylor started his profes- the Taylor/Pierce recruiting duo a high grade, won two conference titles and never failed to sional career, playing five seasons in the Toronto and the University would no doubt do the same, finish below the top three in the league. Blinn Blue Jays organization. He retired in 1992 after for making sure the Rice student-athletes are went 259-103 in those six seasons, ranking as his third season with the Knoxville Blue Jays of the Class AA Southern League. While coaching at Blinn, Taylor completed Fast Facts On Mike Taylor his undergraduate degree in human perfor- Education mance at Prairie View A&M, earning his B.S. High School: Houston Waltrip, 1986. degree in 1997. College: Prairie View A&M, 1997, B.S., human performance. Taylor and his wife Amy live in Pearland. Personal The couple have three daughters. Macy Marie Full Name: Michael David Taylor. Born: April 5, 1968, at Houston. (5) was born during the 2003 Houston Regional Wife: Amy. Daughters: Macy Marie (5), Madisyn (3), Molly Kate (13 championship. Madisyn, joined the Taylor start- months). ing lineup on Oct. 2, 2005. The newest addition to the family, Molly Kate, was born on Jan. 14, 2009.

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David Pierce, Assistant Coach David Pierce is in his eighth season as an Pierce is also a former Rice assistant assistant baseball coach at Rice under head coach, serving one season (1991) under the late coach Wayne Graham. Overall he is in his 23rd David Hall. He later was head coach for five year of coaching, and his influence on the Owls seasons at Pasadena’s Dobie High School, is easy to see. where he led the Longhorns to three District 23- At Rice, Pierce is the pitching coach of an 5A championships and three berths in the Re- elite staff of Owl hurlers. He is a bench coach gion III semifinals. during games and he shares recruiting coordi- Among his honors at Dobie was winning nator duties with Mike Taylor. the district coach of the year award three times, In recruiting, he and Taylor blanket the being tabbed a coach for the Houston area country to identify the very best student- all-star series, and a coach in the United States athletes. It’s a serious and demanding task at an Junior Olympic trials. institution like Rice, where neither the Univer- In his five years at Dobie, Pierce produced sity’s elite academic entrance requirements nor three all-state players, 36 all-district stars, and equally-high expectation of baseball skills will 10 players who went on to perform at the college be compromised. level. His star pupil at Dobie was former Houston As such, Rice’s recent recruiting classes all-America Shane Nance, who went on to pitch are routinely ranked by a host of baseball publi- the major leagues for the Milwaukee Brewers. cations among the best in the nation, and there’s Other coaching stops were at Episcopal every reason to expect more of the same in the and St. Pius X, both high schools in Houston. He classes to come. also worked as a batting practice pitcher for the Pierce, however, is not a coach who Houston Astros from 1994 through 2000. recruits and then rests on his laurels. He has He rejoined the college coaching ranks at a personal fascination with both the art and Houston in 2001. He helped coach the Cougars science of pitching. It’s an interest that has pitchers were selected in the major league draft, to an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in his served him well in coaching the best young including left-handed starter Joe Savery as the first season. In his second year, he helped take players to reach their full potential. 19th overall pick in the first round. Senior Ryne the team further with an NCAA Super Regional Last year the Rice pitching staff again post- Tacker was named the 2007 C-USA Pitcher of appearance, a game away from the College ed a dynamic won-loss record (43-18) and was the Year and Owl freshman pitcher Ryan Berry World Series. among the NCAA leaders in team ERA (16th,4.21). was named the league’s freshman of the year. Pierce’s playing career began at St. Pius Two of his charges, Mike Ojala and Ryan Berry, Pierce was one of the reasons why right- X High School in Houston. He then went on to were among the NCAA individual leaders in ERA. hander Eddie Degerman went from being a Wharton County Junior College (1982-83) and Berry was the latest Pierce-coached pitcher to pitching unknown, to finishing third in the nation the University of Houston (1984-85). He helped get drafted and earn a signing-bonus. in wins (13) and second in the country in strike- pace the Cougars to an appearance in the NCAA In 2008 the Blue & Gray was tenth in the outs (172), to a fourth-round major league draft Tournament as a senior in 1985. He completed country in ERA (3.79) and eighth in strikeouts- pick in 2006. his degree at Houston in 1988. per-nine innings (8.9). All-American Cole St.Clair The success of a Pierce-coached team is Pierce (47) and his wife Susan have two was among the NCAA leaders in ERA and seven not surprising. His track record shows a steady children, Chelsea (20) and Shea (17). The fam- Rice pitchers were drafted by the major leagues, pattern of developing polished players at Rice ily lives in Pearland and enjoys outings to watch including Bryan Price in the first round. and at his previous post as an assistant coach the local, winning NFL team, the Houston Tex- In 2007 the Owls were fourth in the country for two seasons across town at the University of ans, on Sundays in the fall. in team ERA (3.04) and averaged more than sev- Houston. en strikeouts per game. Eight Pierce-coached

Fast Facts David Pierce Education High School: Houston St. Pius X, 1981. College: Houston, 1988, B.S., kinesiology. Personal Full Name: David Ray Pierce. Birthdate: Oct. 13, 1962, at Houston. Wife: Susan. Children: Chelsea (20), Shea (17).

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Patrick Hallmark, Assistant Coach Former Owl letterman Patrick Hallmark A former catcher for coach Graham, (Brown College) is already in his fifth year Hallmark started 56 games in 1995 to help coaching at his alma mater. lead Rice to its first 40-win season in 11 Hallmark is a hitting coach, but he years. In that second-to-last season of also serves as a coach for the catch- the Southwest Conference, he batted .354 ers and works on the defensive skills and against the league with a .430 slugging per- positioning of the outfielders. He coaches centage, 57 runs, and 14 stolen bases in 16 at first base on game days and serves the attempts. program under head coach Wayne Graham Hallmark was selected by Kansas City by assisting in a variety of roles, including in the 18th round of the 1995 major league help with organizing and administrating the draft and played professionally for nine popular Rice baseball camps and clinics. seasons. He reached the AAA level in the By carrying out coach Graham’s Royals’ organization. Hallmark was part of directives, Hallmark helped the Owls bat three consecutive championship teams in .320 as a team in 2009. The average was the the minor leagues from 1997-99. fourth-highest single-season mark by an Playing primarily as a catcher and Owl team in school history. That’s not just outfielder, Hallmark batted over .300 three soft, drop-in, hits. Rice slugged 71 home times and stole 30 or more bases five times runs (the eighth-highest single-season in in his pro playing career. He twice stole school history), 119 doubles and a Confer- more than 40 bases (2000 and 2002) and was named to the all-Southwest Confer- ence USA-leading 20 triples last season. was selected to play in two minor league ence team in 1995. It’s easy to see the improved hitting all-star games. Hallmark is married to the former Jada helped the Rice offense averaged an eye- Hallmark continued to pursue his Rice Sanders of Kingwood, a 2001 Rice graduate opening 7.5 runs per game. The Blue and degree in the off-seasons and earned it (Sid Richardson) and four-year letterwinner Gray was also among the NCAA and con- in human performance in 2002. He played and record holder for the Owls’ swim team. ference leaders in team slugging (.490) and his final pro season in 2003 and began his Jada began serving as a volunteer coach on-base percentage (.392). coaching career. He worked one season for the swim team in the fall of 2006 and On defense, Hallmark’s outfielders are at nearby St. Thomas High School before was promoted to assistant coach in 2007. well-trained, consistently put in the right joining his collegiate alma mater. The couple have three children, Chris- spot, and reach a defensive-potential they A Houston native, Hallmark was a two- tian (3), Tanner (2) and Grayson, born in might never even knew they had. Last sea- time all-district honoree in baseball in 1991 March of 2009. son Rice outfielders threw-out a total of 17 and 1992 at Westbury High School. He went opposing runners who were attempting to on to earn all-conference honors at Alvin reach an extra base. Community College in 1993 and 1994. He

Fast Facts On Patrick Hallmark Education High School: Westbury, 1992. College: Rice, 2002, B.S., human performance (Brown College). Personal Full Name: James Patrick Hallmark. Born: Dec. 31, 1973, at Houston. Wife: Jada. Children: Christian (4), Tanner (2), Grayson (11 months).

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Lee Ann Donna John Sullivan Lasiter Papangellin Sports Information Director of Baseball Athletic Trainer Houston native John Sul- Operations Donna Papangellin, ATC, livan is in his ninth year at Lee Ann Lassiter is in her CSCS, is in her third year as Rice as an assistant sports second year at Rice Universi- the baseball athletic trainer information director. He is ty as the director of baseball at Rice University. the primary media contact operations. A native of the San Fran- for the Rice baseball, soccer Her responsibilities with cisco peninsula, Papangellin and swim teams. the Owls include the day-to-day operations in earned her bachelor’s degree in physical edu- Sullivan assists the SID staff with game-day the baseball office, coordinating all team and cation and a certificate in athletic training from operations for the other sports teams and helps recruiting travel, and assisting with the logis- Long Beach State and then became certified as with daily updates of the Owls’ athletics web tics of on-campus visits by recruits. In addition, an athletic trainer through the National Athletic site. He is involved with publishing of various Lassiter serves as the liaison for visiting teams Trainers’ Association. Papangellin is also a cer- game-day programs and he has served as the while also working closely with the development tified strength and conditioning specialist, hav- public address announcer at a number of Rice office in support of the RBI Club. ing earned the distinction through the National sporting events. Prior to joining the Owls’ baseball program, Strength and Conditioning Association in 1997. He joined Rice in September, 2001, after Lassiter worked at DRW Trading Group LLC in Papangellin began her athletic training ca- working the previous 11 years as an assistant Chicago as an executive assistant. She also reer as the head athletic trainer at Los Angeles SID at the University of Houston. A 1988 gradu- worked in the marketing department for ESPN Harbor College, before moving to Fresno, Calif., ate of Houston, Sullivan also served as an intern Radio in Austin and the city’s local CBS televi- where she became the athletic training coordi- in the sports information office at the University sion affiliate, assisting with sports broadcasts. nator for the Sports Medicine Center at Saint of Texas. A native of Round Rock, Tex., Lassiter is a Agnes Medical Center. While working at Saint Sullivan has been an associate at Hanszen 2007 graduate from the University of Texas with Agnes, Papangellin was offered the opportunity College since December 2004. a degree in communications. to serve as the athletic trainer for the Fresno Suns, a minor league baseball team that was co-opted to several major league organizations, as well as the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese league. From the Fresno Suns, Papangellin moved Daniel Watson on to the Texas Rangers organization, starting in Student Manager class A with the Charlotte Rangers of the Florida Will Rice College State League, and then moving up to AA Tulsa of the Texas League. After a stint in the Arizona Fall League in 1994, she joined the San Francisco Gi- ants organization, where she rapidly progressed to the AAA level and eventually was named the Minor League Rehabilitation Coordinator. After seven seasons with the Giants, she left the organization, and baseball, to stay closer to family. During her years in professional baseball, Kristin Patterson Student Athletic Trainer Papangellin had the honor of working the 1993 Wiess College Texas League All-Star game. She was named the 1999 Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers’ Society (PBATS) Texas League Trainer of the Year. Pappangellin was the 1999 PBATS Minor League Trainer of the Year. She is married to Doug Henderson, and has two stepdaughters, Jessica & Laura, and a granddaughter, Maya. Evan Ross Student Manager Wiess College

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