Rice Baseball This Week, June 9-15
Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, December 8-14
Friday (11:15 am CT) – W Basketball vs. UT Arlington TV: ESPN+
Saturday – Swimming at CSCAA Open Water Championship, Sarasota FL
Saturday (2 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Arkansas State TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, December 8-14
Until December 20 – Moody Center: Bio Morphe
Monday (12 pm CT) – Singapore l Holiday Party
Monday (9:30 am CT) – Baker Event: 25 Years After Bush v Gore
Monday (3:30 pm CT) – Los Posadas, Huff House
Monday (6 pm CT) – Rice Science Cafe
Monday (7 pm CT) – NYC l Holiday Party Sold Out
Wednesday – Tokyo l Holiday Party
Wednesday (3 pm CT) – Wellness Wednesday
Wed (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Dec Virtual Book Club: William Kent Krueger
Thursday – Paris l Holiday Party
Thursday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Holiday Party
Friday (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Of the Soil
Friday (7 pm CT) – Denver l Holiday Party
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Moody Center: Of the Soil
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Boca Raton l Holiday Party
Saturday (5:45 pm CT) – Houston l Zoo Night Under the Lights
Shepherd School Events This Week, December 8-14
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Awe Named to All-Texas Second Team (Rice Owls)
Going Bowling:
Enter Now: The Roost's Bowl Challenge (The Roost)
Owls in NFL:
Week 14 Roundup (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Anthony Rendon:
Source: Angels, Anthony Rendon in talks to buy out final year of deal (ESPN)
Trei Cruz:
Last week, Trei Cruz was added to Detroit’s 40-man roster which will lead to a Spring Training invitation for the upcoming season. Read more.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
'26 Season Tickets Expand Seating Options (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Furious Rally Leads Rice to 77-76 Victory over ARK State (Rice Owls)
Nick Anderson explodes late to lift Rice past ARK State (The Roost)
Rice Swimming:
Rice Wins Third Straight CSCAA Open Water Championship (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18 (Thanks, Mike Ross '70/'74!):
After round 3, Mitchell Meissner is T17 at -7 in the Final Stage of the PGA Tour’s Q-School. Of the field of 170+, only the top 5 will earn PGA Tour cards. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Atomic America:
Rice students explore human legacy of nuclear age (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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