Rice Baseball This Week, May 4-10
Friday – Rice 10, ECU 5 Box l Recap: Rice l ECU
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ethan Sanders (4-5, 3.82) and LHP Ethan Norby (5-2, 4.60)
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk (4-3, 2.86) and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10
Monday – WAAB Golf Classic
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Carole Robin
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold ’70 Lecture: Barry Eichengreen
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2026 Laureates Awards Dinner
Friday-Saturday – Commencement Ceremonies
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Owls and Notre Dame Kick Off at 2:30 (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Hayden Durke (2-1, 6.08) allowed 1 earned run in 2 innings in relief for a blown save for AA Amarillo, Justin Long (2-2, 15.83) allowed 2 earned runs in .2 innings in relief for Hi-A Rome and Parker Smith (1-2, 8.44) allowed 9 runs (7 earned) in 1.2 innings for the loss for Hi-A Asheville.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Davis Earns American Player of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)
American Conference Baseball:
Early May Roundup (The Roost)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce 2026 Schedule (Rice Owls)
Other News
Beth Leaver:
Leaver appointed AVP for housing, dining and hospitality (Rice News)
Baker Institute:
President of Guyana visits Baker Institute (Rice News)
Senior Spotlight:
Boateng builds community and perspective (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice commencement speakers Annise Parker ’78 and Bill White were consecutive Houston mayors. Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Andy Williams (2), Russell Henderson (2), Ann Eldredge (2), John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Ted Richard (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Bob Toone, Betty Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Guy Rollins (2), Jeff Ross (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Greg Williams (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark (2), Ann Bixby (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Mike Ross (2), James Walker (2), Dan Hyde (2) and Richard Avant (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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