College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas (EXH)
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at Navy
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Marcia Dawood
Wed (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Civic Scientist Lecture with Angela McLean
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni August Virtual Book Club: John Williams
Saturday (12 pm CT) – New York l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday – O-Week Move-In Day
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (10 am CT) – Boston l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Dallas-Fort Worth l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 10-16
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 234: 2026 Rice Opponent Preview: Tulsa (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.263) singled for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.223) singled twice and walked for AAA Toledo.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Grant Nicholson is transferring from Wake Forest to Rice.
Other Sports News
Mitchell Meissner '18:
When round 3 was suspended yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T61 at -3 at the Pinnacle Bank Championship in Omaha on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Tianjun Sun:
Rice researcher honored (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
In fact, there are 2 four-year Rice letterwinners who are 2026 Distinguished Owl Club Awards honorees, namely women’s tennis letter winner Elle Lewis Anderson (1997-98-99-2000) and men’s basketball letter winner Willis Wilson (1979-80-81-82). “An Evening for Rice’s Honour” will take place Wednesday, September 30 at the River Oaks Country Club. Read more and/or register here. (Thanks, Clarke Anderson, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Nancy Bailey, Ann Bixby, Anne Eldredge, Betty Bixby, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Walt Greenberg, Andy Williams, Kirkwood Johnston, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Gloria Tarpley, Art Gottschalk, Chris Kohnhorst, Melinda Clark, Greg Williams, Clarke Anderson, James Walker, Larry Nettles, Bob Toone and Mike Ross!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome