Rice Baseball This Week, April 20-26
Tuesday – UH 4, Rice 3 Box l Recap: Rice l UH l Roost
Friday (6:05 pm CT) – at Wichita St Game Notes: Rice l WS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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Saturday (2:05 pm CT) – at Wichita St Game Notes: Rice l WS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – at Wichita St Game Notes: Rice l WS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 20-26
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Night of Flight
Saturday – W/M Track at J Fred Duckett Invite
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 20-26
Monday (4 pm CT) – Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture: Pietro Perona
Monday (5 pm CT) – 2026 Sports Analytics Research Showcase
Monday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: John Yoo
Tuesday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Safeguarding Health Care
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – University Awards Ceremony and Reception 2026
Wednesday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Annual Sustainability Summit
Wednesday (9 am CT) – An Earth Day Eco Crawl
Wednesday (9 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Candace Doby
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Brown Bag with Webb Keane
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – DFW l Arboretum Cool Thursday Concerts
Friday-Saturday – Conference in Honor of George Sher
Friday (9 am CT) – Rice360 Global Healthcare Technologies Design Competition
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Seattle l Alumni Wine Tasting
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Miami l Alumni Social
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Mariachi FREE annual concert
Saturday (5:30 pm CT) – Austin l Houston Dynamo vs Austin FC
Saturday (8 pm CT) – Albuquerque l Alumni Social
Sunday (3 pm CT) – Mariachi FREE annual concert
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Bay Area l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 20-26
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Spring Football Notebook (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On Monday, AAA Toledo placed Trei Cruz on the 7-day injured list.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.258) homered, walked 3 times and scored 4 runs "including one of the best slides in recent history" for the Reds.
Garrett Stratton (0-0, 3.52) allowed 1 earned run in 2 innings in relief for a hold for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
Rice adopts data-driven approach to reshaping athletics (The Rice Thresher)
Rice W Track:
Johannesdottir Named American Track Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Other News
Justin Schilke:
Schilke appointed next University Registrar (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Ed Biegert ’74, ’76, ‘77 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who spent more than forty years at Shell Oil. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road). Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Bob Toone, Art Gottschalk, Ann Bixby, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Ann Eldredge, Susan Zimmerman, Walt Greenberg, Arthur Rogers, Andy Williams, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Guy Rollins, Larry Nettles, Boyd Harrison, Greg Williams, Steve Lukingbeal, Melinda Clark, James Walker, Clarke Anderson, Brian Latttimer and Mike Ross!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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