2003 Rice Owls baseball team
American college baseball season
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College World Series champions Western Athletic Conference champions | |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 58–12 (25–5 WAC) |
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Home stadium | Reckling Park |
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Seasons ← 2002 2004 → |
The 2003 Rice Owls baseball team represented Rice University in the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Owls played their home games at Reckling Park. The team was coached by Wayne Graham in his 12th season at Rice.
The Owls won 30 consecutive games to open the season 33–1 and won the Western Athletic Conference championship. Rice went on to win the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship series. It was the first national title that Rice had ever won in a team sport in the school's 91-year history.
Roster
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Schedule
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NCAA tournament: Houston Regional
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NCAA tournament: Houston Super Regional
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NCAA tournament: College World Series
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Awards and honors
- Dane Bubela
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- Enrique Cruz
- All-America Third Team[1]
- College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- Austin Davis
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- All-America Second Team[1]
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- All-WAC Second Team[1]
- Jeff Jorgensen
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- Chris Kolkhorst
- College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- All-America First Team[1]
- College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
- WAC Pitcher of the Year[1]
- Justin Ruchti
- All-WAC Second Team[1]
- Vincent Sinisi
- All-WAC First Team[1]
- All-America First Team[1]
- All-WAC First Team[1]
Owls in the 2003 MLB Draft
The following members of the Rice Owls baseball program were drafted in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.[3]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
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David Aardsma | RHP | 1st | 22nd | San Francisco Giants |
Vincent Sinisi | 1B | 2nd | 46th | Texas Rangers |
Craig Stansberry | 3B | 5th | 135th | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Jeff Jorgensen | OF | 7th | 209th | Houston Astros |
Justin Ruchti | C | 9th | 266th | Seattle Mariners |
Enrique Cruz | SS | 14th | 424th | New York Yankees |
Steven Herce | RHP | 17th | 495th | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Dane Bubela | OF | 22nd | 646th | Texas Rangers |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "2012 Rice Baseball Fact Book" (PDF). RiceOwls.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c "CWS record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ "2003 Rice University". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
External links
- "A look at Rice's national title baseball team 10 years later". Houston Chronicle. June 22, 2013.
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Rice Owls 2003 College World Series champions
- 10 Lance Pendleton
- 11 Paul Janish
- 14 David Aardsma
- 21 Philip Humber
- 23 Craig Stansberry
- 27 Vincent Sinisi
- 30 Wade Townsend
- 33 Jeff Niemann
- Head Coach 37 Wayne Graham
- Assistant Coach David Pierce
- Regular season
- NCAA tournament
- College World Series