2023 Rice Baseball Roster
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Jersey Number 18
Ben Royo
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Corpus Christi,Texas
- High School:
- Veterans
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024: Hit .184 in 15 games (12 starts) with a homer and three RBI… Hit in three straight from 2/20-25, including a season-high two hits at Louisiana in the series opener… Slugged his first homer of the season at Wichita State on 3/29.
2023: Conference USA All-Freshman selection after leading the Owls with 13 homers which matched his head coach, Jose Cruz Jr., for the third most home runs by a freshman in school history … Home run total was the third nationally among freshmen shortstops at the end of the regular season … Second on the team with 40 RBI, the most by a Rice freshman since Ford Proctor had 41 in 2016 ... Homered in each game of the Silver Glove Series and was named to the all-series team … Slammed four long balls in six games vs. UTSA … Hit seven homers in C-USA games, the most for an Owl since Cade Edwards hit eight in 2021 ... Eight of his homers have come on the road. .. Did not homer in his first nine games and then hit 13 over 31 games before being shut out the last nine… slugged .655 over that stretch (78 bases in 119 at-bats) ... Hit his first career homer in the middle game of the UAB series ... Drilled his second homer of the year (and career) to start the Owls’ four-run rally at Texas A&M on 3/21 ... 4x8 and led the team with six RBI vs. HCU including a 3x4, 4 RBI effort on Saturday ... In the starting lineup at second base in the season-opener vs. Louisiana and made two additional starts at second before taking over at shortstop (45 starts).
Prior to Rice: All District 29-5A selection as a senior for coach Lee Yeager at Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial as the Eagles finished 22-10 and advanced to the third round of the state playoffs… Hit .430 with four homers in district play.
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll, 2023
- C-USA All-Freshman Team
- All Silver Glove Series 2023
2024: Hit .184 in 15 games (12 starts) with a homer and three RBI… Hit in three straight from 2/20-25, including a season-high two hits at Louisiana in the series opener… Slugged his first homer of the season at Wichita State on 3/29.
2023: Conference USA All-Freshman selection after leading the Owls with 13 homers which matched his head coach, Jose Cruz Jr., for the third most home runs by a freshman in school history … Home run total was the third nationally among freshmen shortstops at the end of the regular season … Second on the team with 40 RBI, the most by a Rice freshman since Ford Proctor had 41 in 2016 ... Homered in each game of the Silver Glove Series and was named to the all-series team … Slammed four long balls in six games vs. UTSA … Hit seven homers in C-USA games, the most for an Owl since Cade Edwards hit eight in 2021 ... Eight of his homers have come on the road. .. Did not homer in his first nine games and then hit 13 over 31 games before being shut out the last nine… slugged .655 over that stretch (78 bases in 119 at-bats) ... Hit his first career homer in the middle game of the UAB series ... Drilled his second homer of the year (and career) to start the Owls’ four-run rally at Texas A&M on 3/21 ... 4x8 and led the team with six RBI vs. HCU including a 3x4, 4 RBI effort on Saturday ... In the starting lineup at second base in the season-opener vs. Louisiana and made two additional starts at second before taking over at shortstop (45 starts).
Prior to Rice: All District 29-5A selection as a senior for coach Lee Yeager at Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial as the Eagles finished 22-10 and advanced to the third round of the state playoffs… Hit .430 with four homers in district play.
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
