RICE UPDATE
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, December 16-22
Monday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Alcorn State Radio l TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (1 pm CT) – W Basketball at No. 17 Georgia Tech Radio
Thursday (11:15 am CT) – M Basketball vs. UNT-Dallas Radio l TV: ESPN+
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Owl Club Holiday Special, McIntyre's Downtown RSVP
Sunday (2 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. Prairie View A&M Radio l TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, December 16-22
Unrtil Dec 31 – Fondren Library: 50 years of Rice Design Alliance
Until Dec 21 – Moody Center: Do Ho Suh: In Process
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Italian Space Day
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Altanta l Presidential Visit
Shepherd School Events This Week, December 16-22
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Transfer Portal:
Per 247Sports, Tyson Flowers, who entered the transfer portal on December 12, committed to Virginia Tech yesterday. Click here for the list.
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Yesterday, the Pirates claimed INF Tristan Gray off waivers from the Athletics.
College Baseball News
AAC Baseball:
East Carolina Voted as AAC Preseason Favorite (AAC)
Coaches Tab Hickson for All-AAC Honors (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Chris Del Conte (Thanks, Vicki Bretthauer '79!):
Bringing the Longhorns Back (Dallas News)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Closes Non-Conference Slate against Prairie View A&M (Rice Owls)
Other News
Paul Padley:
Rice vice president for IT to take on new role (Rice News)
Peck Drennan (1934-2024):
On December 9, Peck Drennan passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA (1956) and a BS (1957) in Architecture from Rice. He enjoyed a career in architecture (including designing an island resort for the prime minister of Fiji) in Houston, Boston MA, San Rafael CA and Columbia SC. He is survived by, among others, his wife of fifteen years, Rebecca. Click here for The State obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Eleven-time Pro Bowler Jason Witten is the father of 2024 Rice football early signee CJ Witten. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ann Eldredge, Bill Allison, Ann Bixby, David Ownby, Jeff Ross, Jill Clausen, Scott Wise, Paul Reese, Andy Williams, Kirkwood Johnston, Guy Rollins, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Mike Ross, James Walker, Walt Greenberg, Betty Bixby, Ted Richard, Russell Henderson, Sallie Schwall, Brian Lattimer, Melinda Clark, Arthur Rogers, Kirwin Drouet and Bob Reinhold!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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