2023 Rice Baseball Roster
Roster
Garibay Jr., Guy

Jersey Number 2
Guy Garibay Jr.
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- LaMarque, Texas
- High School:
- Dickinson H.S.
Bio
Honors at Rice
2023: Played in 51 games, including 50 starts (24 in right, 18 in left, 8 as the DH) and set career highs with eight home runs, 35 RBI, and 35 walks … 35 walks led the team while his 19 walks during conference games led the team and were 10th in C-USA… Tied for the team lead with 12 multi-RBI games, including a season-high three at UTSA on 5/7 as pair of a stretch of 12 RBI in his last 13 games to reach his career-high of 35 ... Homered in three straight games (@ Texas A&M on 3/21, vs. USA on 3/27 U& 28)… Two-run shot at Texas A&M in the top of the ninth ]tied the game 7-7 ... Homer was the 14th of his career, but only the third on the road ... 15 of his 20 career homers have come at Reckling Park... Left the first game of the DH at Stanford after colliding with the wall on a catch... Missed seven games before returning to action on 3/10 vs. HCU and hit in all three games of the series … Led the team with a .364 average against Charlotte (4x11) with two doubles and a triple ... Played for the Chatham A’s in the Cape Cod League for manager Tom Holiday over the summer and shared the A’s Silver Slugger Award with Georgia Tech’s Jake DeLeo… Led the A’s in homers (5) and tied for the team lead with 19 RBI.
2022: Played in 55 games (54 starts) while establishing career-highs in all statistical categories… Led the Owls in runs (40), walks (32), sacrifice flies and multi-hit games (16) and tied for the team lead with 15 doubles and two four-hit games… He will head into the 2023 season having reached base in his last nine games… Collected a career-best four hits vs. SFA on 3/15 and matched it the next night vs. Sam Houston… Drove in a career-high five vs. SFA and followed with three the following night… Hit .339 and slugged .551 at Reckling Park (10 doubles, five homers) while collecting 31 of his 34 RBI... Home run at Charlotte on 5/7 was his first on the road since his career opening series against Louisiana in 2021... Had gone 113 at-bats on the road without a homer since connecting for the first of his career at Louisiana on 2/28/21… Named to the 2022 All-Silver Glove Series team after hitting .364 (4x11) in the three games vs. Houston.
2021: Versatile freshman who made 43 starts in the outfield (24 in right, 19 in center) and also led the team with four saves out of the bullpen… Third on the team with eight multi-RBI games and fourth with nine multi-hit games (both tops among returners)… Opened the year by hitting .313 with five homers in the first 19 games… Did not allow a run in his first three relief appearances and earned saves in three straight from 3/9-23 vs. HBU, Northern Illinois, and at Texas A&M (where he also had three hits)… Added three hits vs. Charlotte on 5/15 to match his season-high… First career win on the mound came in the second game at ODU on 4/17… Hit his first collegiate home run on the road at Louisiana on 2/28 and then hit his remaining five at Reckling Park, including consecutive games vs. UTSA on 2/26-27… Hit .667 (8x12) with a runner at third and less than two out… Made one start on the mound (5/2 vs. Southern Miss and closed his pitching year by working a season-high 7.2 innings in relief vs. Charlotte on 5/14.
Prior to Rice: runs scored while playing in just seven games in the abbreviated 2020 season… Posted a 2-0 record, 0.00 ERA, and 23 strikeouts in 14.0 innings on the mound… Fired a no-hitter against Seven Lakes H.S. (Katy) on March 10… Named a Rawlings-PerfectGame Preseason Second Team Texas Region All-High School Senior… Earned All-Greater Houston and All-Galveston County as a junior in 2019, hitting .430 with 22 RBI and 25 runs scored and adding a 7-2 mark, 1.02 ERA, and 80 strikeouts in 68.2 innings of work.
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
- All-Silver Glove Series (2022)
- Rice Honor-Athlete (2024)
2023: Played in 51 games, including 50 starts (24 in right, 18 in left, 8 as the DH) and set career highs with eight home runs, 35 RBI, and 35 walks … 35 walks led the team while his 19 walks during conference games led the team and were 10th in C-USA… Tied for the team lead with 12 multi-RBI games, including a season-high three at UTSA on 5/7 as pair of a stretch of 12 RBI in his last 13 games to reach his career-high of 35 ... Homered in three straight games (@ Texas A&M on 3/21, vs. USA on 3/27 U& 28)… Two-run shot at Texas A&M in the top of the ninth ]tied the game 7-7 ... Homer was the 14th of his career, but only the third on the road ... 15 of his 20 career homers have come at Reckling Park... Left the first game of the DH at Stanford after colliding with the wall on a catch... Missed seven games before returning to action on 3/10 vs. HCU and hit in all three games of the series … Led the team with a .364 average against Charlotte (4x11) with two doubles and a triple ... Played for the Chatham A’s in the Cape Cod League for manager Tom Holiday over the summer and shared the A’s Silver Slugger Award with Georgia Tech’s Jake DeLeo… Led the A’s in homers (5) and tied for the team lead with 19 RBI.
2022: Played in 55 games (54 starts) while establishing career-highs in all statistical categories… Led the Owls in runs (40), walks (32), sacrifice flies and multi-hit games (16) and tied for the team lead with 15 doubles and two four-hit games… He will head into the 2023 season having reached base in his last nine games… Collected a career-best four hits vs. SFA on 3/15 and matched it the next night vs. Sam Houston… Drove in a career-high five vs. SFA and followed with three the following night… Hit .339 and slugged .551 at Reckling Park (10 doubles, five homers) while collecting 31 of his 34 RBI... Home run at Charlotte on 5/7 was his first on the road since his career opening series against Louisiana in 2021... Had gone 113 at-bats on the road without a homer since connecting for the first of his career at Louisiana on 2/28/21… Named to the 2022 All-Silver Glove Series team after hitting .364 (4x11) in the three games vs. Houston.
2021: Versatile freshman who made 43 starts in the outfield (24 in right, 19 in center) and also led the team with four saves out of the bullpen… Third on the team with eight multi-RBI games and fourth with nine multi-hit games (both tops among returners)… Opened the year by hitting .313 with five homers in the first 19 games… Did not allow a run in his first three relief appearances and earned saves in three straight from 3/9-23 vs. HBU, Northern Illinois, and at Texas A&M (where he also had three hits)… Added three hits vs. Charlotte on 5/15 to match his season-high… First career win on the mound came in the second game at ODU on 4/17… Hit his first collegiate home run on the road at Louisiana on 2/28 and then hit his remaining five at Reckling Park, including consecutive games vs. UTSA on 2/26-27… Hit .667 (8x12) with a runner at third and less than two out… Made one start on the mound (5/2 vs. Southern Miss and closed his pitching year by working a season-high 7.2 innings in relief vs. Charlotte on 5/14.
Prior to Rice: runs scored while playing in just seven games in the abbreviated 2020 season… Posted a 2-0 record, 0.00 ERA, and 23 strikeouts in 14.0 innings on the mound… Fired a no-hitter against Seven Lakes H.S. (Katy) on March 10… Named a Rawlings-PerfectGame Preseason Second Team Texas Region All-High School Senior… Earned All-Greater Houston and All-Galveston County as a junior in 2019, hitting .430 with 22 RBI and 25 runs scored and adding a 7-2 mark, 1.02 ERA, and 80 strikeouts in 68.2 innings of work.

DAVID PIERCE INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, March 19
KHOU Ben Dukes
Saturday, May 04
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
Louisiana game one recap
Friday, March 01