1 Leon Byrd

	Class: Freshman
	Hometown: Cypress
	High School: Cy Ranch H.S.

	Height / Weight: 5-7 / 170
	Position: of/if
	Birthdate: 02/27/1994
	Experience: HS
	B/T: S/R

05/23/2013

Baseball Team Defeats UCF 5-1 Thursday Night At C-USA Championship

Owls 2-0 in Pod Play; Must Beat Memphis Saturday At 11 AM To Get In Championship Final

05/19/2013

Owls No. 1 Seed In C-USA Championship This Week

Rice Meets UAB Wednesday at 7 PM

05/18/2013

Owls Win 18th-Straight Conference Baseball Championship With Sweep of Marshall

Rice Clinches No. 1 Seed of Upcoming C-USA Tournament; Post School Record 11th Shutout

05/14/2013

Baseball Team Tops Texas State Tuesday Night 5-4

Lemond Notches 12th Save To Tie Rice Single Season School Record

05/09/2013

Owls Host Memphis Friday Night In TV Game

Key C-USA Series This Weekend at Reckling Park

03/04/2013

Rice Texas A&M Photo Gallery

Rice faced Texas A&M at Minute Maid Park on March 2

02/19/2013

Rice-Stanford Game 2

Stanford edged Rice 3-2 on February 16, 2013

Wayne Graham said - "Leon has excellent chance to start as a freshman because of his offensive and defensive skills. He's a good switch-hitter with good speed and a good arm."

High School - A 2012 graduate of Cypress Ranch High School, just west of Houston... Selected in the 25th round of the major league draft by the New York Mets after an outstanding prep career... Helped lead Cy Ranch to the 5A state championship and a 34-8 record as a senior... First team all-state honoree by Texas High School Coaches Association and Texas Sports Writers... First team all-Greater Houston selection by the Houston Chronicle... Named first team Rawlings all-region... Batted .420 with a .566 on-base average, scored 37 runs, stole 20 bases and drove in 22 runs to lead the Mustangs to the 2012 state title... Selected to play in the Texas High School Coaches Association 5A all-star game (south team), as well as the 5A Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association all-star game (north team)... Four-year varsity letterman and three-time all-District 17-5A honoree under head coach John Pope, a 1988-89 Rice baseball letterman... Joined fellow Owl signees Hunter Kopycinski, Kevin McCanna and Beau Rathjen as teammates at the 2011 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif.

Personal - Full name: Leon Andre Byrd, Jr. Born: February 27, 1994, in Houston. Parents: Leon and Lisa Byrd of Cypress, Tex. (two sisters). Father was a baseball letterman at Jackson State. College: Brown