After leading the Bradley baseball team to a key series win versus Missouri State to finish the 2022 regular season, senior catcher Keaton Rice was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on Monday.
During the three-game series, Rice hit .571 (8-of-14) with six runs scored and seven RBI. The senior recorded multiple hits in all three games, connecting on one home run and three doubles. Rice was especially strong in a doubleheader sweep on Friday that clinched a top-four seed in the MVC Tournament for BU, going 6-for-10 with four RBI in the opener and three in the finale.