2021 Football Roster
Roster
Shea Baker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 311
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Round Rock, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Ridge
HONORS
- CoSIDA Academic All-District® 7 (2020, 2022)
- C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal, 2018
- C-USA Honor Roll, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Rice Honor Athlete 2020, 2022
- Rice Scholar-Athlete 2021
- C-USA All-Freshman, 2018
- All-Conference USA
- 2019 Coaches (honorable mention)
- 2020 Coaches (honorable mention)
- 2021 Phil Steele (fourth team) Coaches (honorable mention)
- 2022 Coaches (second team) Phil Steele (third team)
- George R. Brown Offensive Award (lineman) 2020,2021
- Co-Captain (2022)
2022
Set school career records with 54 starts and 55 consecutive games while matching the school record of 55 games played set by Gabe Baker from 2010-14... Shea Baker made 33 starts at center and 21 at guard in his career, dating back to making his debut with a start at center vs. Prairie View on 8/25/18. Played a career-high 890 snaps as senior and finished with 3,675 in his career. Topped 800 snaps three times in his career (865 in 2018, 849 in 2021 and 890 in 2022)... Enrolled in the online MBA program at Rice.
2021
Preseason all-conference first-team pick by Phil Steele and second-team by Athlon... Made his 42nd career start vs. LA Tech in the season finale, to lead the team... Returned to start at center for the first time since 2019 after Isaac Klarkowski was injured… Has made 24 career starts at center and 18 at guard... Lead the team with 849 snaps this year and is the active career leader with 2,785.
2020
Led the team with 358 snaps, the second time in three years he's led the team... Started all five games at right guard. Offensive Player of the Game for Rice for his performance in the Owls win over #15 Marshall… Did not allow a sack and was credited with 14 knockdowns... Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College preseason team... Athlon Sports All-Conference USA preseason team (4th team)
2019
Honorable mention All-Conference USA selection by league coaches…Steady performer on the offensive line who made eight starts at guard and three at center… Has started 24 of 25 games in his first two seasons, missing a start (but playing) vs. North Texas due to illness… Opened the season at guard and made seven starts before returning to center (13 starts in 2018) after Brian Chaffin was injured… Made three starts at center before missing the start vs. UNT and then returned to guard for the finale at UTEP… Named to the PFF C-USA Team of the Week for his performance vs. UTEP.
2018
C-USA All-Freshman selection by conference coaches...Opened the year at center and anchored the Owls offensive line in his first year of collegiate competition… Average game grade for the season was second only to senior OT Sam Pierce… Only allowed one sack in 13 games.
2017
Redshirted in his first year on campus and then enjoyed a solid spring working at center.
Cedar Ridge High School
Named to the Austin American Statesman's All-Decade team in 2019... Second-team All-State, All-CenTex, and two-time District 13-6A Offensive Lineman of the Year for coach Shawn Bell at Cedar Ridge as the Raiders captured the district and bi-district titles in his senior year, finishing with an 11-1 record before falling to eventual Region II champ Klein Collins... Did not allow a sack as a senior... District 13-6A Offensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore... A member of the National Honor Society and an honorable mention Academic All-State selection.
Personal
Full name: Shea Baker... Born: September 25 at Austin, Texas ... Parents: Brian and Stephanie Lendecky... (three brothers, two sisters)... Rice College: Sid Richardson.
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