College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, June 29, 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
American Conference Football:
Returning Production Lags Again (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), RF Zachary Gingrich is transferring from Texas State to Rice.
Other Sports News
Brad Lardon '88:
On Thursday, Rice Athletics Hall of Famer Brad Lardon set to begin play at the 2026 US Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus Ohio.
Other News
Michael McGettigan (1947-2026):
On June 3, Michael McGettigan passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA in Political Science from Rice (Will Rice) in 1969 and a JD from UVA in 1973. He enjoyed a career “as a skilled attorney of national prominence” in Washington DC and Virginia Also, he was a “longstanding subscriber and supporter of Piedmont Fox Hounds”. But “his family was his greatest joy” and he is survived by, among others, his wife Lee. Click here for the Washington Post obituary.
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross and Andy Williams for the guest trivia question!
Two former Rice baseball players have hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game playing for two different MLB teams, Jose Cruz Jr for Toronto and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Lance Berkman for Houston and Saint Louis. (Thanks, John Montana!)
Way to go, Betty Bixby (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Ted Richard (2), Kirkwood Johnston (2), Bob Toone (2), Randy Schaffer (2), Steve Lukingbeal, John Montana (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Ann Bixby (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Jimmy Disch (2), Guy Rollins (2), Greg Williams (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), James Walker (2), David Gano (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Art Gottschalk, Russell Henderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Ben Mayberry (2), Melinda Clark (2) and Jimmy Walts (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome