College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Monday – M Tennis at HotelPlanner UTR, GRBTC
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tarleton State ESPN+
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – Soccer at Texas State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. McNeese State ESPN+
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. HCU Radio l TV: ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l HCU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at Florida State
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Illinois ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Tuesday (5 9m CT) – Rice360 Global Health Care Technologies Seminar: Steve Xu
Wed (8:30 am) – Baker Town Hall: Expanding the TX Electric Transmission Network
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jim Ferrell
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Center for Environmental Studies Lecture: Dr Timothy Morton
Thursday (3 pm CT) – Baker Event: Understanding and Preventing Childhood Violence
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 31- September 6
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
William & Mary Football:
Yesterday, William & Mary pulled off a stunning 13-point comeback in the final minute to defeat no. 8 Villanova, 35-32. Brian Mann is William & Mary’s Athletic Director. Previously, he was chief development officer and senior associate athletics director at Rice. Read more.
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.243) singled twice and walked for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.217) singled for AAA St Paul.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Rice Defeats Georgia State (Rice Owls)
Other News
Can Rice's Close-Knit Culture Survive?
Rice is transforming its campus as enrollment surges towards 9,500 (Houston Chronicle)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Mississippi State alum John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers. On Sunday, Owls volleyball plays the Bulldogs at the Jaguar Classic in Mobile AL.
Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Betty Bixby, Anne Eldredge, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, Steve Gilliland, John Montana, Randy Schaffer, Andy Williams, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Nancy Bailey, Clarke Anderson, Lynda Crist, Arthur Rogers, Walt Greenberg, Dan Hyde, Paul Reese, Jimmy Disch, Susan Zimmerman, Boyd Harrison, Bill Eiland, Chris Kohnhorst, James Walker, Kirwin Drouet, Vicki Bretthauer, Greg Mathews, Nancy Burch, Horst Paul, Greg Williams, Melinda Clark, Frank Jones, Mike Ross, Guy Rollins, Ted Richard, Richard Zansitis, Brian Lattimer, Russell Henderson, Larry Nettles and Gloria Tarpley!
Trivia Leaderboard tomorrow and next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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