College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, August 21, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Soccer at HCU
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball at UH (EXH)
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Fan Fest
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Lamar ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday-Saturday – O-Week
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jared Lindzon
Thursday (7:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy, Technology and Grid Resilience
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 17-23
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 235: 2026 Rice Football Offense Preview (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.257) singled and walked for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.231) singled twice for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.194) singled and homered for AAA St Paul.
Garrett Stratton (1-4, 1.71) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the save for AA Binghamton. He has not allowed a run in 7 straight outings. Justin Long (2-3, 7.47) pitched 3 scoreless innings in relief for the save for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Blaine Brown undergoes elbow surgery (GoVOLS247)
Other Sports News
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T62 at -8 and made the cut at the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City MO on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Operations, Finance and Support:
OF&S closes out summer with fellowship and fun (Rice News)
Behavioral Medicine and Health Resilience Program:
Rice offers new undergraduate major (Rice News)
Andrea Bajani:
Sometimes the right decision is never to talk to your parents again (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Renée Elise Goldsberry originated the role of Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton”, winning the 2016 Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical. Her mother, Betty Sanders, an industrial psychologist, earned her doctorate from Rice in 1984. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
On January 23, Renée Elise Goldsberry will perform at Rice. Read more.
Way to go, Andy Williams, Mike Ross, Paul Reese, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Ted Richard, Anne Eldredge, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Nancy Bailey, Randy Schaffer, Arthur Rogers, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Brian Lattimer, Michelle Cash, Boyd Harrison, Chris Kohnhorst, Art Gottschalk, Susan Zimmerman, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Larry Nettles, James Walker and Clarke Anderson!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome