Baseball
Arendas, DC
DC Arendas
- Title:
- Director of Player Development
- Email:
- dc.arendas@rice.edu
DC Arendas is in his third season with the Owls and his second as an assistant coach. He was promoted to assistant coach in January of 2024 after joining the staff in February of 2023 as Director of Player Development.
In his first season on the field with the Owls, Rice led the AAC and was ranked second nationally after conference tournaments with 61 double plays, the most by Rice since the Owls turned 69 in 64 games in 2013. One year earlier, Rice ranked 199th nationally with 33 double plays.
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he was a three-year starter and team captain, Arendas moved to Houston in 2018 to marry his wife, Elizabeth, and began working as a private baseball instructor and youth coach. He played one year of professional baseball in the Angels organization in 2019, splitting time between Burlington (Midwest League) and Inland Empire (California League) and was named Midwest League Player of the Week (May 6-12).
After his release from the Angels during the 2020 COVID shutdown of the minors, he founded and established the Houston Baseball Initiative, which champions the mission of supporting, developing, and training young athletes, regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds.
In addition to his contributions to the Owls in 2023, Arendas initiated Rice Academy—a developmental program aimed at providing exemplary training to the youth baseball community in Houston by connecting the Rice players and staff to the local community.
He was ranked as the 10th-best high school prospect in the state as a senior by Perfect Game USA and was a three-time All-State selection before signing with South Carolina. He was a three-year starter for the Gamecocks, playing second, short, and third, and set the school single-season fielding record for second basemen. He was an All-NCAA Regional selection as a sophomore in 2014 and again as a senior in 2016 as he captained USC to an SEC East title and a berth in the Super Regionals. He was also a campus leader for Gamecocks 4 Christ, a gospel-based curriculum and team development program.
After graduating from South Carolina in 2016 with a degree in Sports Management, he interned with the Carolina Panthers in 2016 and was a member of the New England Patriots Equipment staff in 2017.
Arendas and wife Elizabeth are the parents of a daughter, Emersyn Grace.
In his first season on the field with the Owls, Rice led the AAC and was ranked second nationally after conference tournaments with 61 double plays, the most by Rice since the Owls turned 69 in 64 games in 2013. One year earlier, Rice ranked 199th nationally with 33 double plays.
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he was a three-year starter and team captain, Arendas moved to Houston in 2018 to marry his wife, Elizabeth, and began working as a private baseball instructor and youth coach. He played one year of professional baseball in the Angels organization in 2019, splitting time between Burlington (Midwest League) and Inland Empire (California League) and was named Midwest League Player of the Week (May 6-12).
After his release from the Angels during the 2020 COVID shutdown of the minors, he founded and established the Houston Baseball Initiative, which champions the mission of supporting, developing, and training young athletes, regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds.
In addition to his contributions to the Owls in 2023, Arendas initiated Rice Academy—a developmental program aimed at providing exemplary training to the youth baseball community in Houston by connecting the Rice players and staff to the local community.
He was ranked as the 10th-best high school prospect in the state as a senior by Perfect Game USA and was a three-time All-State selection before signing with South Carolina. He was a three-year starter for the Gamecocks, playing second, short, and third, and set the school single-season fielding record for second basemen. He was an All-NCAA Regional selection as a sophomore in 2014 and again as a senior in 2016 as he captained USC to an SEC East title and a berth in the Super Regionals. He was also a campus leader for Gamecocks 4 Christ, a gospel-based curriculum and team development program.
After graduating from South Carolina in 2016 with a degree in Sports Management, he interned with the Carolina Panthers in 2016 and was a member of the New England Patriots Equipment staff in 2017.
Arendas and wife Elizabeth are the parents of a daughter, Emersyn Grace.
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
