College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, September 18, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Mon-Wed – M Golf at M Golf at Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Frisco TX Golf Channel
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. #5 SMU, Fort Worth
Thursday (7 pm CT) – Soccer at #23 Memphis ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – W Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational, Greenville SC
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball at #13 TCU
Sat-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Cary NC
Sat-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Tulsa OK
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. Western Michigan Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l WM
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Monday (10 am) – Baker Event: Voting Issues Facing the 2026 Midterm Elections
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Sven Kranz
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Vivian Ho
Monday (7 pm) – Learning to Code Using AI with Joe Warren
Tuesday-Thursday – AI in Health Conference
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: The State of US Financial Markets
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l A Reception wiht President Reginald DesRoches
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – FoFL Annual Membership Celebration and Dinner
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Robin Derby
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Using AI Effectively with Tawfik Jarjour ‘12
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston l Andy DiRaddo and Art Gottschalk
Thursday – Water Nexus Conference 2026
Thursday (1 pm CT) – History in the Dungeon: Andrew Apter
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Ann Johnson, “Soul II Sole”
Friday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Synthetic Biology
Fri (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk: Frances Roberts-Gregory
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (5 pm CT) – LA l Portland Fire vs LA Sparks Pregame Social and Game
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 14-20
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Rice returns home to host Western Michigan (Rice News)
Broncos Continue Non-Conference Play at Rice (Western Michigan Athletics)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: September 16 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.261) went 1-for-3 with 2 runs and 2 walks for AAA Toledo.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Owls Fall in Conference Opener at Memphis (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Drop Match to No. 5 SMU (Rice Owls)
Rice W Golf:
Owls Begin Inaugural Season (Rice Owls)
Owls to tee off in inaugural tournament today (The Rice Thresher)
Mitchel Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner is T100 at +2 at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, OH on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Kairi Mano '27:
Rice senior returns to Japan to capture baseball on world stage (Rice News)
Owl-Liance:
Owl-Liance program connects Rice employees through well-being (Rice News)
Flock Cameras:
Owls doubt Flock (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Rice football players James Casey (Tight Ends/Run Game Coordinator) and Justin Hill (Running Backs) are on the coaching staff of the Cincinnati Bengals. In 2011, James graduated from Rice with a quadruple major (Economics, Business, Managerial Studies, Sport Management). Also, in 2011, Justin graduated from Rice with a major in Sociology. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
On Sunday, the Texans host the Bengals at Reliant Stadium.
Way to go, Ted Richard (2), Ann Bixby (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Martha Proctor Gano (2), Art Gottschalk, John Montana (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Bob Toone (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Andy Williams (2), Steve Gilliland, Randy Schaffer, Bill Eiland, Steve Lukingbeal, Harvin Moore, Walt Greenberg, Betty Bixby (2), Kirwin Drouet (2), Paul Reese (2), Russell Henderson (2), Mike Ross (2), Vicki Bretthauer, James Walker (2), Guy Rollins (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Steve Brown (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), David Gano, Melinda Clark (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Richard Avant and Ben Mayberry!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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