College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT – Online Cooking Class - Fourth of July Celebration
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 29 - July 5
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
2026 Preseason Honors Roundup (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.207) walked for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (0-1, 2.08) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for AA Binghamton.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Owls in Summer Ball:
After 7 games, Zachary Daigre is batting .313 with 3 walks, 5 runs and 1 RBI for the Springfield Drifters in the West Coast League.
Other Sports News
Rice W Golf (Thanks, Mike Ross '70, '74!):
Amelie Phung won the Women's North Atlantic Amateur golf tournament, which was held July 1-3, 2026, at the Royce Brook Golf Club, Hillsborough Township, New Jersey.
Other News
Robert Ladner (144-2026):
On June 12, Bob Ladner passed away. A native Houstonian, he earned a BA in Chemistry from Rice (Baker College) in 1966 and a PhD in theoretical chemistry from Caltech in 1972. He enjoyed a career at Genex and Dyax. Also, he was active in the community and in his church. He is survived by, among others, his wife of almost fifty-four years, Jane. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Incoming Rice Board of Trustee member Dr Barbara Jenkins Gibbs ‘73 is married to David Gibbs ’70, ‘71, a former walk-on Rice basketball player who received the Distinguished R Award from Rice Athletics in 2013. Read more.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Jeff Ross, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Kathleen Boyd, John Montana, Andy Williams, Clay Hoster, Steve Gilliland, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Ted Richard, James Walker, Russell Henderson, Lynda Crist, Walt Greenberg, Ben Mayberry, Guy Rollins, Sallie Schwall, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, Chris Kohnhorst, Kirkwood Johnston, Jimmy Disch, Steve Lukingbeal, Martha Proctor Gano, Clarke Anderson, Amy Sutton, Nancy Burch, Brian Lattimer, Mike Ross, Michelle Hicks, Boyd Harrison, Dick Fuqua, Melinda Clark, Greg Mathews, Scott Wise and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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