Rice Baseball This Week, March 16-22
Tuesday – Rice 7, UTRGV 3 Box l Recap: Rice l UTRGV l Roost
Friday (5:35 pm CT) – at USF Game Notes: Rice l USF l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP Tanner Wiggins (0-0, 2.37) and LHP Edwin Alicea (5-0, 3.49)
Saturday (1:05 pm CT) – at USF Game Notes: Rice l USF l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: Ryland Urbanczyk (1-1, 2.75) and Michael Senay (3-0, 0.87)
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at USF Game Notes: Rice l USF l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ethan Sanders and TBA
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Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 16-22
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at All-American Intercollegiate, Humble
Wednesday-Saturday – NCAA W Swimming Championships, Atlanta
Thursday – W/M Track at Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invite, Houston
Thursday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Louisiana Tech, WBIT
Friday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Tulsa
Saturday – W/M Track at TSU Relays
Sunday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Louisiana Tech
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Tennis at Tulane
Sunday (5:30 pm CT) – W Basketball at Kansas, WBIT
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture with Stephen Bayer
Tuesday (11 am CT) – Baker Event: Chief Justice John Roberts
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Rice Business: The Future of Talent in the Intelligence Age
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Recent Alumni Social
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Houston l Alumni Social
Friday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: Brazil Summit 2026
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 16-22
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
The NCAA has started posting RPI rankings here. Through Sunday (March 8), Rice’s RPI ranking was 91.
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
John DeWitt: ‘Working smarter, not harder’ (Rice News)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Defeat Louisiana Tech (Rice Owls)
Rice Tops LA Tech in WBIT First Round (The Roost)
Kirk Baptiste Spring Break Invite:
Recap: Women l Men
Rice W Tennis:
Rice Hosts Tulsa, LA Tech in Weekend Slate (Rice Owls)
Other News
Richard Tapia:
Houston’s $1.3B Ship Channel Bridge is now getting a new name (Chronicle)
Black Houston Symposium, March 26-27:
Event to explore sports as cultural force (Rice Owls)
Michael Calhoun:
In January, Michael Calhoun passed away from a rare high-grade brain cancer (glioblastoma) and a resulting infection. A native Houstonian, he earned a BS (2003) and a MS (2006) in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Rice. He met his future wife Amy (2024) during their first year at Rice. He enjoyed a career with HP and Apple. Also, “his inventiveness as a home chef mirrored his inventiveness as an engineer”. He is survived by, among others, Amy. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rachel Shoemaker, the sister of freshman distance runner Amelia Shoemaker, was a four-year member of the Rice track and field team (2019-23). (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, John Montana, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Clarke Anderson, Russell Henderson, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ann Eldredge, Martha Proctor Gano, Melinda Clark, Paul Reese, Larry Nettles, Chris Kohnhorst, Arthur Rogers, Guy Rollins, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Mike Ross, Sallie Schwall, James Walker, Brian Lattimer and Boyd Harrison!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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