2022 Rice Baseball
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Jersey Number 15
Jack Riedel
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Memorial
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024: Led the Owls in slugging (.574), total bases (128), runs (46), and home runs (career-high 17) and was second with the first three triples of his career… 17 homers were the most by an Owl since Anthony Rendon hit 26 in 2010 and tied for the conference lead and fell one shy of reaching the Owls’ single-season top 10 (Mark Quinn with 18 in 1995)…. Ranked fifth in the AAC in slugging and total bases, tied for fifth with three triples in all games, and led the AAC with three triples in conference games… Led the team with a .500 average at the AAC tournament (5x10), including a two-homer game vs. UAB to lead Rice to its first win in the AAC championship with a 9-0 win… Made 48 starts at shortstop after making no starts there in his first two years at Rice… One of two Owls (Treyton Rank) who started every game in 2024… 59 starts were the most by an Owl since 2019… Third on the team with a .304 average at home (38x125) with 10 homers and 23 RBI... Hit .295 in his career at Reckling (91x309) and scored 62 runs in 81 games at home… Led the Owls with a .331 average in day games and hit 13 of his 17 homers in the daytime.
2023: Blistered opposing pitching at a .379 clip over the final 23 games (33x87) to raise his average from .202 on 4/14 to .290 (second on the team) … Led the team with 13 doubles and tied for the team lead with 58 hits on the season and with a .341 average and .538 slugging percentage in C-USA games … Tied for eighth in the conference with nine doubles along with Aaron Smigelski … Hit in a career-best 16 straight from 4/15-5/13, the longest streak by an Owl since Braden Comeaux had a 16-game streak in 2018… Drove in 23 runs in his last 23 games, including a career and team-best six vs. Houston on 5/10 to finish third on the team ... Slammed a pair of homers vs. DBU on 4/29 (the first measured by StatCast at 454 feet) and then vs. Houston on 5/1 ... Hit .298 and night (28x94) and .283 during the day (30x106), .292 at Reckling Park (33x113) and .287 on the road (25x87) … Collected a career-high four hits (5 AB) and scored three runs at Middle Tennessee on 4/22… Named to the All-Silver Glove team as the wild card selection
2022: Appeared in 46 games, including 40 starts divided between third (20 starts), second (14) and first (6)… Hit .269 on the season and was third on the team with a .284 average in C-USA action… In the Opening Night lineup at second base and picked up his first hit as an Owl the following night… Tied for second on the team with four, three-hit games… First three-hit effort came in the opening game of the Silver Glove Series against Houston on 3/11 including his first home run… Went on to hit .273 in the three games and was named to the All Silver-Glove team at the end of year… Put together a nine-game hitting streak from 3/27 to 4/12, including four consecutive multi-hit games from 4/3-4/9… Slugged the Owls’ first pinch hit homer since 2018 and the first at home since 2011 to start a two-out rally vs. Middle Tennessee on 5/14 to force the game into extra innings.
Prior to Rice- Transferred to Rice after one season at North Carolina… Saw action in eight games for the Tar Heels, including a start in the season-opener vs. James Madison on 2/19… Ripped a double in his first collegiate at-bat and added a single later in the game… Appeared in four additional games (three starts)… Was hitting .340 with three home runs, in 11 games before his senior season in high school was canceled by the pandemic… Hit .286 with three home runs, 23 runs, 31 RBIs, 11 stolen bases, and a .470 on-base percentage in 2019… Joins his former Memorial teammates Ben Dukes, Jared Plank, and Tom Vincent, at Rice… Participated in the Houston All-Star Game and the Area Code Game… Selected as part of Team Texas… played travel baseball for the Texas Twelve.
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2022, 2023
- All-Silver Glove Series Team 2022, 2023
2024: Led the Owls in slugging (.574), total bases (128), runs (46), and home runs (career-high 17) and was second with the first three triples of his career… 17 homers were the most by an Owl since Anthony Rendon hit 26 in 2010 and tied for the conference lead and fell one shy of reaching the Owls’ single-season top 10 (Mark Quinn with 18 in 1995)…. Ranked fifth in the AAC in slugging and total bases, tied for fifth with three triples in all games, and led the AAC with three triples in conference games… Led the team with a .500 average at the AAC tournament (5x10), including a two-homer game vs. UAB to lead Rice to its first win in the AAC championship with a 9-0 win… Made 48 starts at shortstop after making no starts there in his first two years at Rice… One of two Owls (Treyton Rank) who started every game in 2024… 59 starts were the most by an Owl since 2019… Third on the team with a .304 average at home (38x125) with 10 homers and 23 RBI... Hit .295 in his career at Reckling (91x309) and scored 62 runs in 81 games at home… Led the Owls with a .331 average in day games and hit 13 of his 17 homers in the daytime.
2023: Blistered opposing pitching at a .379 clip over the final 23 games (33x87) to raise his average from .202 on 4/14 to .290 (second on the team) … Led the team with 13 doubles and tied for the team lead with 58 hits on the season and with a .341 average and .538 slugging percentage in C-USA games … Tied for eighth in the conference with nine doubles along with Aaron Smigelski … Hit in a career-best 16 straight from 4/15-5/13, the longest streak by an Owl since Braden Comeaux had a 16-game streak in 2018… Drove in 23 runs in his last 23 games, including a career and team-best six vs. Houston on 5/10 to finish third on the team ... Slammed a pair of homers vs. DBU on 4/29 (the first measured by StatCast at 454 feet) and then vs. Houston on 5/1 ... Hit .298 and night (28x94) and .283 during the day (30x106), .292 at Reckling Park (33x113) and .287 on the road (25x87) … Collected a career-high four hits (5 AB) and scored three runs at Middle Tennessee on 4/22… Named to the All-Silver Glove team as the wild card selection
2022: Appeared in 46 games, including 40 starts divided between third (20 starts), second (14) and first (6)… Hit .269 on the season and was third on the team with a .284 average in C-USA action… In the Opening Night lineup at second base and picked up his first hit as an Owl the following night… Tied for second on the team with four, three-hit games… First three-hit effort came in the opening game of the Silver Glove Series against Houston on 3/11 including his first home run… Went on to hit .273 in the three games and was named to the All Silver-Glove team at the end of year… Put together a nine-game hitting streak from 3/27 to 4/12, including four consecutive multi-hit games from 4/3-4/9… Slugged the Owls’ first pinch hit homer since 2018 and the first at home since 2011 to start a two-out rally vs. Middle Tennessee on 5/14 to force the game into extra innings.
Prior to Rice- Transferred to Rice after one season at North Carolina… Saw action in eight games for the Tar Heels, including a start in the season-opener vs. James Madison on 2/19… Ripped a double in his first collegiate at-bat and added a single later in the game… Appeared in four additional games (three starts)… Was hitting .340 with three home runs, in 11 games before his senior season in high school was canceled by the pandemic… Hit .286 with three home runs, 23 runs, 31 RBIs, 11 stolen bases, and a .470 on-base percentage in 2019… Joins his former Memorial teammates Ben Dukes, Jared Plank, and Tom Vincent, at Rice… Participated in the Houston All-Star Game and the Area Code Game… Selected as part of Team Texas… played travel baseball for the Texas Twelve.
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
