Rice Owls Athlecics
Rice Owls Athlecics
Rice Owls Athlecics
Thursday, May 15
at Tulane
New Orleans, La.
6:00 PM
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Friday, May 16
at Tulane
New Orleans, La.
1:00 PM
TV: CBS College Sports (CBSC)
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at Tulane
New Orleans, La.
7:00 PM
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Wednesday, May 21
at C-USA Teams
New Orleans, La.
TBA

Thursday, May 22
at C-USA Teams
New Orleans, La.
TBA

Friday, May 23
at C-USA Teams
New Orleans, La.
TBA

Saturday, May 24
at C-USA Teams
New Orleans, La.
TBA

Sunday, May 25
at C-USA Teams
New Orleans, La.
TBA

Friday, May 30
at TBD
TBD
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Saturday, May 31
at TBD
TBD
TBA

 

  Mike Ojala

Mike Ojala

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Kingwood

High School:
Kingwood H.S.

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 185

Position:
p

Experience:
1L

B/T:
R/R

Diligent worker with respect for the game... Great competitor with good stuff.

Wayne Graham said -- "Mike has got a possibility to start or relieve. He had a decent fall and we think he's talented. He's a good three-pitch pitcher."

RICE
2007:
Showed improvement over the course of his first full season of Division I baseball... One of the few rookie arms on the Owls' postseason travel squad... Went 2-0 with a 4.38 ERA... Pitched 12.1 innings in nine appearances, all out of the bullpen... Each of his last seven appearances (covering the months of March, April, May and June) was on the road or at a neutral site... Last home appearance at Reckling Park was on Feb. 25 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Last outing was at East Carolina in the finale of the Conference USA Tournament... Winning pitcher in the championship game, firing a career-long 2.2 scoreless innings at tourney host ECU with two strikeouts... Also threw an inning against Memphis in the C-USA semifinal win over Memphis to send the Owls to the championship finale... Earned both of his career wins and maintained a 3.00 ERA in 6.0 total innings at East Carolina's Clark-LeClair Stadium... Defeated East Carolina when the Pirates were ranked 22nd in the nation... Threw matching 1.1 innings of hitless relief at C-USA foes Southern Miss and UAB... Faced 45 batters and held the opponents to a .244 average... Played in the Texas Collegiate League (Denton) in the summer of 2007.

HIGH SCHOOL
2006 graduate of Kingwood High School... Two-year starter and letterman for the Mustangs under coach David Denny... Helped lead team to victory at the 2005 5A state championship... Junior year made all-state, first team all-district, and allgreater Houston... Made second team all-district during senior year... Posted career stats of 18-5 with a 2.0 ERA.

PERSONAL Full Name: Michael David Ojala. Born: Aug. 24, 1987 in Houston. Parents: David and Barbara Ojala, Kingwood (three brothers and two sisters). Father played professional golf and was on the PGA Senior Tour and European Senior Tour. Sister, Jane Hilburn, was a varsity golfer at the University of Arkansas (1995-98). Major: economics. College: Martel.

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