2024 Baseball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 8
Christian Salazar
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Cy Ranch
Honors at Rice
2024: Made his 2024 debut vs. Houston as a pinch hitter and was hit by a pitch and stole second… Also appeared against Incarnate Word.
2023: Played in 30 games and made 17 starts in his freshman year … Made eight starts in left, five in center, and four in right … Came into games six times as a pinch runner and four times each as a defensive replacement and pinch hitter … Came around to score three times as a pinch runner … Made his starting debut vs. Sam Houston on 2/28 and was hitless in his first 13 at-bats before collecting a pair of hits vs. Texas A&M at the Shriners Classic and followed that up with a pair of doubles for his first career extra-base hits vs. TCU the next game at Minute Maid Park … Slugged his first career home run vs. DBU on 4/29.
Prior to Rice: All District 16-6A selection as a senior for coach Corey Cephus, hitting better than.400 in district games and finished the year with a .340 career average, .945 OPS and .481 on-base percentage while driving in 23 runs… Mustangs ended the season 22-13 and reached the second round of the 6A state playoffs.

Hanszen College
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, 2023
2024: Made his 2024 debut vs. Houston as a pinch hitter and was hit by a pitch and stole second… Also appeared against Incarnate Word.
2023: Played in 30 games and made 17 starts in his freshman year … Made eight starts in left, five in center, and four in right … Came into games six times as a pinch runner and four times each as a defensive replacement and pinch hitter … Came around to score three times as a pinch runner … Made his starting debut vs. Sam Houston on 2/28 and was hitless in his first 13 at-bats before collecting a pair of hits vs. Texas A&M at the Shriners Classic and followed that up with a pair of doubles for his first career extra-base hits vs. TCU the next game at Minute Maid Park … Slugged his first career home run vs. DBU on 4/29.
Prior to Rice: All District 16-6A selection as a senior for coach Corey Cephus, hitting better than.400 in district games and finished the year with a .340 career average, .945 OPS and .481 on-base percentage while driving in 23 runs… Mustangs ended the season 22-13 and reached the second round of the 6A state playoffs.

Hanszen College
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
VB: Rice-Texas Postgame Presser
Saturday, December 04
VB: Rice-San Diego Postgame Presser
Thursday, December 02