BarryRice

• Barry Rice Photo Gallery

• 2006 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
• 2006 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
• 2007 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
• 2007 first-team All-Conference USA
• 2007 first-team NSCAA All-Region
• 2008 CollegeSoccerNews.com National Team of the Week (9/22/08)
• 2008 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
• 2008 first-team All-Conference USA
• 2008 second-team CollegeSoccerNews.com All-America
• 2008 third-team Top Drawer Soccer All-America
• 2008 NSCAA All-Region

2008
Argubaly the best player in program history, the top talent in the conference and one of the top defenders in the country … Served as the leader of the UK club for the third consecutive year, earning co-captain honors before the season … Supremely athletic, Rice became the first player in school history to win C-USA Defensive Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons … Was a first-team All-Conference USA selection … Became just the third All-America selection in program annals, earning third-team honors from Top Drawer Soccer and second-team accolades from CollegeSoccerNews.com … Is a force in the air, necessitating the keeping of a new stat by the UK soccer staff, tracking of “Contested Barry Rice Headers Won/Lost” per game … Rice won a staggering 189-of-218 contested header attempts on the season, an 87-percent clip … Had the best defensive game of the season in a scoreless draw against Memphis, winning 32-of-36 contested header attempts in the regular-season finale … Did not lose a contested header attempt until the seventh game of the season … Started all 21 games, logging 1989 minutes, third-best on the team … Finished with two goals and one assist, firing a team-high 33 shots, with 14 on goal … With UK possessing a more threatening offensive attack in 2008, Rice did not need to carry the goal scoring load as he did in 2007, scoring seven goals … After being subbed out of the first two games of the year – both blowouts – Rice did not sub out of the game the rest of the season, going 19 straight games of playing every second … Got his first assist of the season in the opener against UCA … Got first goal of the year in a free kick opportunity against Michigan … Notched the game-winning goal in the semifinals of the C-USA Championship against UCF, heading the goal that sent UK to the championship game … Tied for sixth in UK career history with six game-winning goals.

2007
Led team in minutes played (1642), goals (seven), points (15) and game-winning goals (three) … Started 18 games, firing 22 shots and 11 shots on goal … Six of seven goals came off headers, with the other goal coming off a free kick vs. Marshall … Athletic defender, Rice got second goal of career and first of the season vs. UNC Asheville … Tallied single goals vs. Michigan State, UAB, Memphis and UCF … Had a two-goal, one-assist game vs. Marshall, finishing with five assists.

2006
Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team … One of just two Wildcats to start all 21 games … Logged 1758 total minutes, which ranked second on the team … Played every minute of 10 games … Played mostly on the back line while seeing some action at midfield … Scored one goal and assisted on five more … Lone goal was game winner as he cracked shot from 20 yards out against UCF … Tied school record and became just fourth player in school history to record three assists in a game when he did so against Georgetown College … Assisted on game winner against Belmont and game-tying goal in overtime loss to Michigan … Fired 13 shots, five on goal … Named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team after helping UK to championship match.

Pre-College
Played four years for Mike McLaughlin at St. Ignatius … Led team to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior … Named NSCAA All-American and Cuyahoga Player of the Year after anchoring a defense that allowed only eight goals en route to perfect 23-0 season …Earned first-team All-State and first-team All-Greater Cleveland honors as a senior … Despite playing defense, tallied five goals and six assists in senior year … Chose Kentucky over Michigan, Akron and Notre Dame.

Personal
Full name is Barry LaShawn Rice, Jr. … Son of Barry Rice Sr. and Karen Jack … Has one younger brother, Joshua (14) and three younger sisters, Liz (14), Heather (12) and Emma (7) … Favorite professional club team is FC Barcelona … Born on Sept. 23, 1987 in Euclid, Ohio.

Rice in the Record Books
Assists (game): t1st – 3 vs. Georgetown College (9/6/06)
Game-Winning Goals (career): t6th – 6