2024 at Whittier: Selected All-SCIAC First-Team and D3Baseball All-Region Second-Team for back-to-back seasons as he played and started in 39 games... Also named to the ABCA Region X All-Defensive Team as he played in centerfield collecting 115 putouts with just one error ... Batted in either the leadoff or three-hole in the lineup for the team ... Boasted an impressive .374/.473/.640 triple-slash line, along with a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts ... Batted in 24 runs and scored 44 on the year ... Had 52 hits including 12 doubles, two triples and seven home runs ... Drew 23 walks and four hit by pitches ... Set his career-best going five for six at the plate against Caltech (4/20) which included three doubles ... Scored four runs in the first game of the doubleheader on that day agaisnt Caltech (4/20) for a career-high ... Had a seven-game hit streak near the end of the season which was his fourth of the year that lasted five or more games ...
2023 at Whittier: Earned All-SCIAC First-Team, D3Baseball All-Region Second-Team and ABCA/Rawling Third-Team All-Region at the end of the season ... In his first season of college baseball, he rose to be one of the most feared hitters in the country ... He hit .396 with an OBP of .469 and a .695 slugging percentage ... Tied for second in the conference in hits (61), for third in slugging and triples and for fourth in doubles, placed fourth in batting average, fifth in OBP and sixth in RBI and stolen bases ... Clubbed eight home runs, four triples and 14 doubles ... Knocked in 36 runs, scored 32 runs, swiped 10 bases and reached base in 37 contests with 16 multi-hit performances ... Drew 21 walks on the year as well ... Defensively, he added five outfield assists to be add another tool to his arsenal ... Had four games where he finished with four hits including a perfect 404 against Lewis & Clark (2/12) ... Set his career-high in RBIs with four against Claremont-M-S (4/1) and Cal Lutheran (4/11) ...
Q&A following the season by Whittier Athletics.
2022: Did not compete ... Did a gap year from school and baseball pursuing and developing his skills in media, cinematography and creative services.
2021 at Whittier: Did not have a season due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Originally from St. George, South Carolina and graduated in 2020 from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida ... Helped lead the team to a state championship as well as a Prep League Championship while there ... Was named a two-time VISAA All-State and All-Prep League selection ... Son of Jim Rice who played baseball at Randolph Macon College and has one brother, Brent Rice.
