2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Rice, Rodney

Jersey Number 1
Rodney Rice
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- Clinton, Md.
- High School:
- DeMatha Catholic
- Prev School:
- Maryland
Bio
2024-25: Played in all 36 games, including 32 starts, for the University of Maryland … was the third-leading scorer on a team that made it to the Sweet Sixteen … averaged 13.8 points and 2.2 rebounds per game … shot at 43.4 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from beyond the arc … contributed 12 points and four rebounds in the Sweet Sixteen game against the eventual champions of Florida (March 27) … had six games this season where he posted 20+ points … scored in double-digits in 26 games last season, including a 26-point performance against Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (March 14) and a 28-point performance against Mount Saint Mary’s (Nov. 8) to kick off the year.
2023-24: Did not compete at Virginia Tech during the year
2022-23: Battled through an injury-riddled season to compete in eight games at Virginia Tech … dropped in a season-high 17 points vs. NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament … scored double figures three times … averaged 20.1 minutes per game, logging a season-high 29 at Syracuse in his Tech debut … made multiple three-pointers in three games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at DeMatha where he played one season … All-Met First Team selection in 2021-22 after leading the Stags in scoring … averaged 18.5 points per game across a three-year career at DeMatha … rated as the 63rd-best prospect in the 2022 class on 247Sports … tabbed the third-best player in the state of Maryland and the 10th-best combo guard nationally, according to 247Sports … four-star recruit ranked 45th overall, third in Maryland and eighth at his position by ESPN.
Personal: Born November 21, 2002 in Takoma, Maryland … son of Rodney and Olga Rice … has two siblings, Jasmine and Jenai … dad played at Richmond and led the Spiders to the Sweet 16 of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
2023-24: Did not compete at Virginia Tech during the year
2022-23: Battled through an injury-riddled season to compete in eight games at Virginia Tech … dropped in a season-high 17 points vs. NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament … scored double figures three times … averaged 20.1 minutes per game, logging a season-high 29 at Syracuse in his Tech debut … made multiple three-pointers in three games.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at DeMatha where he played one season … All-Met First Team selection in 2021-22 after leading the Stags in scoring … averaged 18.5 points per game across a three-year career at DeMatha … rated as the 63rd-best prospect in the 2022 class on 247Sports … tabbed the third-best player in the state of Maryland and the 10th-best combo guard nationally, according to 247Sports … four-star recruit ranked 45th overall, third in Maryland and eighth at his position by ESPN.
Personal: Born November 21, 2002 in Takoma, Maryland … son of Rodney and Olga Rice … has two siblings, Jasmine and Jenai … dad played at Richmond and led the Spiders to the Sweet 16 of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
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