Hello! My name is Lou, and I am a Junior at Rice University, studying Statistics, Sport Analytics, and Mathematics. I’m originally from Memphis, TN, where I graduated from Memphis University School in 2023. At Rice, I am fortunate enough to work as a research assistant in Professor Scott Powers’ Lab at Rice University where I focus on projects in sport analytics. Additionally, I help lead a 13-person engineering team which helps build internal scouting and data tools for Rice Athletics.
In addition to traditional sports, I also am interested in applications of data science to esports, where I have built gg-pyparser, a Python package which parses Liquipedia esports data for easy use, and am currently working on a Counter-Strike 2 project for my major Capstone.
Outside of data science, I enjoy gardening, playing soccer, and technical theater.
Education
Rice University | Houston, TX
Statistics, Sport Analytics, and Mathematics | August 2023 - May 2027
Experience
Oklahoma City Thunder | Remote | Incoming Basketball Analytics Intern
Fall 2026
Cincinnati Reds | Cincinnati, OH | Incoming Baseball Analytics Trainee
Summer 2026
Rice Athletics | Houston, TX | Student Technical Projects Co-Lead
August 2025 - Present
Rice University | Houston, TX | Research Assistant
August 2024 - Present | PI: Scott Powers
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | Undergraduate Researcher
June 2025 - July 2025 | Mentors: Karim Kassam, Quang Nguyen
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | Research Assistant
June 2024 - July 2024 | PI: Gang Wu