Career Awards & Honors:
NCBWA HM All-Region DH (2023)
2x All-MIAA selection (2nd-team DH - 2023, Honorable Mention 1B - 2024)
MIAA Hitter of the Week - 4/8/24
2023 - Rice appeared in 58 games for the Lions getting the start in 56 as a corner infielder or designated hitter ... Finished the season with a .333 average, 216 at-bats, 66 runs scored, 72 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 45 RBIs, 28 walks, 18 HBPs, two sacrifice flys, four stolen bases in eight attempts, 117 putouts, four assists and helped turn 11 double plays ... Rice finished with a .546 slugging and .447 on-base percentage for a .993 OPS.
Prior to Southern - In 2022 Appeared in 15 games with six starts... hit .211 (4-for-19) with a double and three RBI... went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI at Southern (Feb. 23)... collected a pinch-hit knock at No. 1 Tennessee (April 19)... In 2021 Appeared in 16 games, making 10 starts primarily as the DH in his first season as a Tiger... hit .171 with three doubles and four RBI... go-ahead three-run double at South Carolina (4/9) to lead Mizzou's 7-2 comeback win... finished the series against the Gamecocks 3-for-9 with a pair of doubles and four RBI.
High School - Rice prepped at Willard High School in Willard, Mo. ... Ranked as Missouri’s Class of 2020 No. 2 third basemen, No. 19 overall prospect in the state per Perfect Game, Top-500 overall recruit nationally and No. 40 rated third basemen as well ... 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Second-Team Central Region ... 2019 Perfect Game Preseason High Honorable Mention Underclassmen All-American.
Person - Garrett is the son of Michelle and Jason Rice and is a marketing major at Southern.
