Rice University Athletics
2025 Baseball Roster
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Cole Green
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Indian Trail, North Carolina
- High School:
- Sun Valley
Honors
- 2026 All-Silver Glove team
2026: Set career highs across the board and led the Owls in hits (65) and doubles (13), at bats (224) and starts (58), tied for first in stolen bases (9), and ranked second in total bases (101)… Made 41 starts at third, 15 in center, and one in left… Hit in every spot in the lineup but the sixth spot, with his most frequent assignment as the leadoff hitter (26 games)… Second on the team with a .353 average at home, along with 10 of his 13 doubles and five of his seven home runs, and is a career .316 hitter at Reckling Park (54x171) … Three of his seven homers gave the Owls the lead, including a pair of late-inning long balls on the road to lead the Owls to wins… Drilled a solo homer in the top of the eighth at HCU on 3/25 to break a 4-4 tie after the Huskies had scored four in the bottom of the seventh to draw even… Smashed a two-out, three-run homer in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie and give Rice a 5-3 series-clinching win at East Carolina on 5/9, the Owls' first series win in Greenville since 2013… Posted a career-best, seven-game hitting streak from 3/25-4/3, hitting .414 (12x29) as the Owls went 5-2 during his streak… Top conference series came vs. FAU (.545), Tulane (.462), and UTSA (.444).
2025; Tied for second on the team with five homers and fifth with 20 RBI while making 27 starts… Became a valuable run producer down the stretch after moving in as the starter at third over the final month of the season... Drove in 12 runs while making 14 consecutive starts to close out the season, including three home runs. Made his debut with a start at third vs. Virginia in the final game of the Puerto Rico Baseball Challenge in Ponce, Puerto Rico on 2/16… Collected his first career hit and RBI with a double in a pinch-hitting role vs. Sam Houston on 2/19… Posted his first multi-hit game on 3/2 by going 2x3, including his first career home run vs. Texas A&M and Daikin Park in the final game of the Astros Foundation College Classic… Drove in a season-best four vs. Charlotte on 5/3.. Slammed a two-run homer in the second to give Rice a 3-2 lead and then was credited with a two-run sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to tie the game 5-5 as the Owls went on to win 7-6 and clinch the series vs. the 49ers… Followed those four RBI with eight over a six-game stretch from 5/7-16… Homered with one out in the bottom of the 12th vs. Wichita State on 5/9 to answer a Shocker run in the top of the inning and set the stage for Treyton Rank’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the 13th… Stole six bases without being caught…. Hit .293 in 16 night games, with four of his five home runs.
Prior to Rice: Southern Carolina Conference Player of the Year as a senior under coach Nathan Wheatley at Sun Valley HS (Monroe, NC) after hitting .420 with eight homers and 26 RBI while also stealing 18 bases in 24 games… Was 1-0 with four saves and 1.75 ERA as a reliever as a senior… Hit .336 with 19 homers, 21 doubles, 69 RBI and 38 stolen bases in his career.
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