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:
UTSA presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
David Aardsma:
This week’s guest on the MLBPA “Stitch x Stitch” podcast is David Aardsma who discusses the twists and turns of life as an MLB reliever and more. Listen here.
MLB Playoffs:
Yesterday, the White Sox swept the Astros in the AL Wild Card Series, 2-0. Next up, the White Sox and the Guardians play in the best-of-five AL Division Series starting Saturday, October 3. Paul Janish is the Director of Player Development for the White Sox.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Basketball:
2026-27 American Conference Schedule: Women l Men
Rice Volleyball:
Volleyball mirrors last year (The Rice Thresher)
Annika Porteous '27:
Rice’s endurance and Ironman culture led senior to 70.3 World Championship (The Rice Thresher)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Compliance Solutions Championship in Osawwo OK on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Gateway Project:
Proposed Greenbriar Residences planned for west side of campus (The Rice Thresher)
Best in Class:
Rice continues rise in global university rankings (Rice News)
Amos Rapoport (1929-2026):
On September 29, Amos Rapoport passed away. Born in Poland, his family passed the war years in Shanghai and then they moved to Australia. He earned a Bachelor in Architecture from Melbourne University in 1955 and a Master of Architecture from Rice in 1957. From 1972 until his retirement in 2001 he taught Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “He, along with several colleagues, developed a new field, Environmental Behavior Studies (EBS), that focused on multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the built environment”. In retirement, he enjoyed traveling the world. He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Dorothy. Click here for the obituary.
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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