Rice Baseball This Week, March 31 - April 6
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – at SHS Game Notes: Rice l SHS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Jackson Blank (0-4, 8.27) and RHP Connor Mondey (0-0, 0.00)
Wed (6:30 pm CT) – vs. UTRGV Game Notes: Rice l UTRGV l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – at Tulane Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (6:30 pm CT) – at Tulane Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1 pm CT) – at Tulane Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 31 - April 6
Thursday (TBD) – Soccer at HCU
Friday-Saturday – W/M Track at Tom Tellez Alumni Invite, Houston
Friday (11 am CT) – #71 M Tennis vs. Charlotte
Friday (12 pm CT) – #42 W Tennis at South Florida
Friday-Saturday – M Tennis Alumni Reunion Weekend Register
Saturday (12 pm CT) – No. 42 W Tennis at No. 46 Florida International
Sunday (11 am CT) – #71 M Tennis vs. UTSA
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 31 - April 6
Until May 10 – Moody Center: Breath(e)
Mon (12 pm CT) – BioSciences Vanzant Lecture Series: Fernanda Valdovinos
Monday (7 pm CT) – CAAAS and BRIDGE Event: Ruja Benjamin
Tuesday-Thursday – Jewish Esotericism in the Information Age Conference
Tuesday (1:30 pm CT) – Earth Month Kick-Off Festival
Tue (3 pm CT) – Baker Event: The US-India Trade and Investment Relationship
Tue (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: David Mansouri and Gillian Anderson
Wednesday – 24-Hour Challenge
Wed (6:15 pm) – Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar Award: Dr Tariq Modood
Thu-Sat – “The UFO and the Impossible” Archives of the Impossible 202 Wait List
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Debunking Startup Myths
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Reading Religion Salon: Dr Tariq Modood
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Traveling Owls Destination Debut
Friday-Sunday – Rice Architecture Symposium: Art in Context
Friday (12 pm) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Bayo Holsey
Saturday (9 am) – The Alumni Tent at Beer Bike
Saturday (6 pm) – Moody Center: The Chapel in the Hive
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm) – Rice Village Farmer's Market
Sunday (7:30 pm) – Bay Area l Warriors vs Rockets Game Wait List
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 31 - April 6
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Coach Abell discusses installment of new option offense (SBNation)
Professional Baseball News
MLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.400) walked and singled for the Marlins.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Gary Seastrunk (1952-2025):
On February 27, Gary Seastrunk, the father of Diego Seastrunk, passed away “after a brief but hard fought battle with cancer”. A native Texan, he attended Texas Southern University. “From a young age, Gary had a passion for music and sports”. He is survived by, among others, his wife of forty-seven years Elsa. Click here for the obituary.
Other Sports News
Victor Lopez Classic:
Owls shine (Rice News)
Other News
Barbara Spence (1943-2025):
On March 21, Barbara Spence passed away. Born in Louisiana, she earned a BA in Education and History from Rice in 1965 where she met her future husband George ‘62. In addition to raising two children, she was “an accomplished and published historian, a paralegal par excellence at Baker Botts, and an active and contributing member of her church” as well as a master cook. She is survived by, among others, George (they were married for fifty-nine years). Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the 2025 ARA Laureates Award recipient who was a four-year Rice letterwinner. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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