College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 28 - October 4
Thursday-Sunday – M Tennis at Torreon MX College Invite
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at South Florida ESPN+
Friday (7 pm CT) – Soccer at UTSA ESPN+
Saturday-Sunday – W Golf at Blessing Collegiate Invitational, Fayetteville AR
Saturday (8 am CT) – WXC at SU Showdown, Georgetown TX
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. UTSA Radio l ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l UTSA
Sunday – M Golf at Trinity Forest Invitational, Dallas
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Volleyball at FAU ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 28-October 4
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 3 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Cory Evans
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Mark Jones
Tuesday (10 am) – Baker Event: The State of the USCMA
Tuesday (11 am) – ContinuOWL Learning: Neal Schore
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Rice 360 Global Health Technologies Seminar
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Aiding Autocrats
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness on the Mat: Owls on the Mat
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Oscar Tuazon / Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Be a Positive Pivoter: Wendy-Kay Logan
Friday-Sunday – Families Weekend
Friday-Sunday – Rice Theatre: Our Town
Friday (4:30 pm CT) – Research Relays: New Social Sciences Faculty (ll)
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 28 - October 4
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Rice and UTSA Open 2026 Conference Schedule (Rice Owls)
UTSA to Open Anerican Conference Play Today (UTSA Athletics)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Today, the White Sox and the Guardians begin play in the best-of-five AL Division Series. Paul Janish is the Director of Player Development for the White Sox.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Owls Release 56-game Schedule (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Rolls Past UTSA (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Open Road Trip with Loss (Rice Owls)
SU Showdown:
Owls Head Down to SU Showdown (Rice Owls)
Blessing Collegiate Invitational:
W Golf to Arkansas (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was even par and missed the cut at the Compliance Solutions Championship in Owasso, OK on the Korn Ferry tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
October 3, 2026:
Rice convenes leaders to address Texas water challenges (Rice News)
Austin City Limits:
3 turning points in ACL's 25 years (The Rice Thresher)
Dagobert Brito (1941-2026):
Rice remembers economist, teacher and mentor (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
2003 Rice National Champion Paul Janish is the former member of the Rice baseball staff who currently serves as Director of Player Development in the Chicago White Sox front office. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Yesterday, the Astros and White Sox began play in the best 2-of-3 AL Wild Card Series in Houston.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, John Montana, Paul Reese, Dawn Herrington, James Walker, Martha Proctor Gano, Ted Richard, Tom Stallings, Charlie Vaughters, Kim Koehn, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Randy Schaffer, Walt Greenberg, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Andy Williams, Guy Rollins, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Clarke Anderson, Mike Ross, Russell Henderson, Boyd Harrison, Dan Hyde, Brian Lattimer, Sallie Schwall, Chris Kohnhorst and Steve Brown!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome