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7 Tyler Rice

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.
  • Highschool Red Mountain HS

Biography

AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2023) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 45 games, making 44 starts … Made 25 starts at second base, nine at third base, eight at first base and two at shortstop … Batted .282 across 149 at-bats … Slugged .383 and held an on-base percentage of .400 … Drove in 13 runs and scored another 35 times … Hit first career home run at Tarleton (3/11) … Hit six doubles and three home runs … Stole three bases … Sixth on the team with 12 multi-hit games … 11 two-hit games and one three-hit game … Three multi-RBI games … Two two-RBI games and tied his career high with one three-RBI game … Strung together a five-game hit streak and a 13 game on-base streak. 

AS A SENIOR AT UTA (2022) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Appeared in 47 games, making 37 starts … Made 29 starts at second base, five at first base and three at third base … Batted .212 across 137 at-bats … Slugged .241 and an held on-base percentage of .319 … Drove in 17 runs and scored another 12 times … Hit four doubles … Stole two bases … Second on the team with five multi-RBI games … Career-high three hits vs Texas State (4/15) … Career-high three RBI in two games … Along with brother, Tanner, became the first siblings to start in the same game (vs Army, 3/9).

AS A JUNIOR AT UTA (2021) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Commissioner's List
Appeared in 31 games, making 18 starts … Started seven games at second base and 11 games as DH … Batted .151 across 73 at-bats … Finished with two multi-hit games … Knocked in five runs and scored an additional 11 times … Walked 10 times … On-base percentage of .289 … Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored at Texas State (4/3) … Had a stretch of six consecutive games reaching base safely.

AS A SOPHOMORE AT UTA (2020) | Game-By-Game Stats
Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
Appeared in nine games as a pinch hitter … Hit .143 in seven at-bats … Two runs scored and one RBI off one hit … on-base percentage of .300.

AS A FRESHMAN AT UTA (2019) | Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 18 games, including eight starts ... Hit .280 in 25 at-bats ... Finished second on the team in on-base percentage (.455).

HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Ariz. … Second Team All-Arizona … First Team All-Region … Second Team All-City … Hit .432 with 26 RBI in 88 at bats in 2017 … Played club for Wilson Sandlot … National Society of High School Scholars member … Three-time Golden Scholar Athlete … Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.

PERSONAL
Born Sept. 5, 1999 ... Son of Bryan and Sharra Rice … Earned a bachelor of science degree in exercise science from UTA ... Working toward master of science degree in exercise science ... Has one sibling, Tanner, who is also a current member of the UTA baseball program … Father, Bryan, played baseball at Grand Canyon University and has coached baseball over 25 years.

UPDATED: 07/19/23

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