Rice Owls baseball
| Rice Owls | |
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| Founded | 1913 |
| University | Rice University |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Head coach | Wayne Graham (23rd year) |
| Home stadium |
Reckling Park (Capacity: 5,700) |
| Nickname | Owls |
| Colors | Blue and Gray |
| National Championships | |
| 2003 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 | |
| NCAA Regional Champions | |
| 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| SWC: 1996 WAC: 1997, 1998, 1999 C-USA: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
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| Conference champions | |
| WAC: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 C-USA: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
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The Rice Owls baseball team is the interscholastic baseball team representing Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States. The Owls have appeared often in the NCAA Tournament since the tenure of head coach Wayne Graham began in 1992. The program has participated in every tournament since 1995 and won the national championship in 2003, the first national championship for Rice athletics in any team sport.
Rice is a member of the NCAA Division I Conference USA. Previously, it has played in the now-defunct Southwest Conference and in the Western Athletic Conference. From 1997–2008, Rice won 12 consecutive regular season titles in its conference or division. Nine of the championships came in the Western Athletic Conference, while the final three came in Conference USA. The streak ended in 2009 when East Carolina won the regular-season conference title; however, Rice won the post-season tournament. Rice subsequently won the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 regular-season C-USA titles.
The Owls are coached by Wayne Graham, whose 953 victories over 21 seasons make him both the winningest and longest-tenured coach in Rice history.
Rice plays its home games at Reckling Park on the Rice campus in Houston. Rice is also a yearly participant in the Houston College Classic, held since 2001 at the Houston Astros' Minute Maid Park.
In 83 years of Southwest Conference play, Rice finished in the bottom half of the conference in 72 times. Rice finished in last place for 24 of those seasons. The highest Rice rankings in SWC regular season play were second-place finishes in 1984 and 1994.
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