Scott Powers

At Rice University, Scott Powers is an Assistant Professor of Sport Analytics and of Statistics, as well as the Director of the Hutchinson Leadership Initiative in Sport Analytics. After completing his PhD in Statistics at Stanford University, Scott served as Director of Quantitative Analysis for the Los Angeles Dodgers and as Assistant General Manager for the Houston Astros, winning a World Series ring with each team. Scott played club volleyball at UNC-Chapel Hill, UChicago, and Stanford, and he coached for one season at Mountain View Volleyball Club during grad school. He has published two research papers on volleyball analytics in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: "A linear model for estimating optimal service error fraction in volleyball" (https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2014-0087) and "Estimating individual contributions to team success in women’s college volleyball" (https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2024-0038). You can learn more about Scott's research