Rice Athletics sponsors 14 sports and seeks to be the institution of choice for elite student-athletes who become champions at Rice and beyond. Rice’s student-athletes have won 26 conference team championships across 11 sports over the past nine years and are consistent participants in NCAA post-season competition. Regularly ranking among the top 10 in FBS graduation rates, the department consistently achieves a career placement rate of over 90%. The assistant director will serve an integral role in the implementation of comprehensive donor relations and stewardship program that appropriately 1) engages prospective donors to Rice Athletics through the planning, implementation, and staffing of assigned athletics development and letter winner events involving senior administrators, coaches,