RICE UPDATE
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17
Thursday-Saturday – American Outdoor W/M Track Championships, Denton
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: John Coleman
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni May Virtual Book Club: Sara Nisha Adams
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Shanghai l Meet and Greet with Yvonne Romero
Thursday-Friday – Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets
Thu (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Protracted Displacement in the MENA Region
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – DC l Comedy Show with Matthew Broussard ‘10
Saturday (1 pm CT) – LA l LACMA Tour with Claire E Spadafora, PhD ‘19
Saturday (11 pm CT) – Singapore l Brunch with Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (2 pm CT) – DFW l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Chris Boswell:
Boswell Signs Record Extension (ESPN)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.232) walked for the Twins and Dane Myers (.238) homered for the Reds.
Roel Garcia (0-0, 11.57) allowed 1 earned run in 1.1 innings in relief for AA Montgomery and Garrett Stratton (0-0, 4.58) pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings in relief for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Final Regular Season Week Roundup (The Roost)
Other Sports News
RIce Athletics:
Owls Remain Strong in NCAA APR Data (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +1 and missed the cut at the Colonial Life Charity Classic in Elgin SC on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Texas Innovation Awards:
Hochberg, Stepp Honored (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice graduate Tom Vincent ’25 is currently on the Tulane baseball roster. The Owls are hosting the Green Wave to a three game set at Reckling Park, beginning last night. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Mike Ross, Betty Bixby, Bob Toone, James Walker, Melinda Clark, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, Jimmy Disch, Ted Richard, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, John Montana, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Paul Reese, Anne Eldredge, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Guy Rollins, Walt Greenberg, Susan Zimmerman, Boyd Harrison, Brian Lattimer, Chris Kohnhorst and Greg Williams!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome