Austin Baseball Alumni
Brian Rike
Class of 2004
Rike to Rockies

2011
Rike is currently with the
"AA" affiliate of Colorado Rockies




Modesto Nuts

Roster

4/20/2009

Brian attended Louisiana Tech during his off season and has just finished up Spring
Training in Tucson, AZ. He has been assigned to the Modesto Nuts in Modesto, CA…
the Colorado Rockies Advanced “A” minor league affiliate.

6/2/2008

 

After Spring Training, Brian was assigned to the Colorado Rockies Single “A” affiliate,
the Asheville Tourists, in Asheville, NC – part of the South Atlantic League.
The Tourists are currently in first place in the SAL for this half of the season and Brian has
been selected for the All Star Team which will play in Greensboro, NC during the annual
All Star Break. (View article -click here)




2009 Roster - 2009 Bio
Height / Weight:
6-02 / 200
Position:
OF
Birthdate:
12/13/1985

   
1/9/2008
Brian played his first minor league season for the TriCity Dust Devils (A) in Washington state and his first minor-league baseball cards have just been released and are starting to show up around town and on e-bay. He’s back in college (at Louisiana Tech) between seasons and will leave for Spring Training in Arizona next spring.
 
 
   
1/8/2008
 
Brian’s 2007 Season Stats
Player
avg
gp-gs
ab
r
h
2b
3b
hr
rbi
tb
slg%
bb
hbp
so
gdp
ob%
sf
sh
sb-att
Rike, Brian, LTU
.346
59-59
217
74
75
14
2
20
66
153
.705
42
14
35
3
.471
5
0
16-18

   
8/23/2007
Louisiana Tech star is second round draftee of
Colorado Rockies

2007 Colorado Draft Picks
Rike to the Rockies
   
7/20/2007
For Brian Rike, three years make a huge difference. In 2004, he graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School with hopes of continuing his baseball career at the next level. Few colleges recruited him. But one, Louisiana Tech University, invited him on as a walk-on and he accepted. It helped that there was a built-in "Tech connection" with Brian. His parents, Andy and Liz Rike, attended the school in Ruston. A year later, he earned a scholarship. And now, Brian Rike is playing for the professional ranks. The junior outfielder for the LaTech Bulldogs was chosen by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the annual major league 2007 draft.
   
6/18/2007
Rike previously earned second team honors by Baseball America and Louisville Slugger and
was selected in the second round by the Colorado Rockies in this year’s draft.
He hit 20 home runs and drove in 66 RBI while scoring 74 runs.
   
6/9/2007
According to Tech records, that's the earliest any player in the program's history has been chosen, the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year being the 72nd overall player taken.
   
6/9/2007
Brian Rike selected in MBL Draft (view article-click here) 
   
4/20/2007
Brian Rike, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound junior, leads Louisiana Tech's murderers' row
with 19 home runs in 43 games and is batting .350 with a .779 slugging percentage
and 58 runs batted in. (View article- click here)


LA Tech
Height / Weight:
6-02 / 200
Position:
OF/P
Birthdate:
12/13/1985

2006:
Hit .322 appearing in 51 games, starting 47…had a career-high four RBIs against Lamar on March 14…hit 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs…had a career-day against Nevada on April 8, hitting 4-for-5 with a run, three RBIs, a triple and home run…had a 3-for-4 game with three runs and RBIs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on April 18…played for the Liberal Beejays in the Jayhawk League during the summer…batted .370 with five homers…named team MVP and First Team All-Jayhawk.

2005: Started 20 games and played in 42…finished with 12 hits and three RBI’s…finished with two doubles…hit his only April 1 against Nevada…stole one base March 8 against Mississippi State…finished with 48 put outs, two assists and only one error.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 2004 … played first base and outfield … hit .350 during his high school PERSONAL:
Born, December 13, 1985 in Plano, Texas … son of Andy and Liz Rike … has one sister … age, 19.

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