2003 Rice Owls baseball team


The 2003 Rice Owls baseball team represented Rice University in the 2003 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Owls played their home games at Reckling Park. The team was coached by Wayne Graham in his 12th season at Rice.
The Owls won 30 consecutive games to open the season 33–1 and won the Western Athletic Conference championship. Rice went on to win the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship series. It was the first national title that Rice had ever won in a team sport in the school's 91-year history.

Schedule

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Awards and honors

;Dane Bubela
;Enrique Cruz
;Austin Davis
  • All-WAC First Team
;Philip Humber
;Paul Janish
  • All-WAC Second Team
;Jeff Jorgensen
  • All-WAC First Team
;Chris Kolkhorst
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team
  • All-WAC First Team
;Jeff Niemann
  • All-America First Team
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team
  • WAC Pitcher of the Year
;Justin Ruchti
  • All-WAC Second Team
;Vincent Sinisi
  • All-WAC First Team
;Wade Townsend
  • All-America First Team
  • All-WAC First Team

Owls in the 2003 MLB draft

The following members of the Rice Owls baseball program were drafted in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft.