College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, August 14, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas (EXH)
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at Navy
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Marcia Dawood
Wed (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Civic Scientist Lecture with Angela McLean
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni August Virtual Book Club: John Williams
Saturday (12 pm CT) – New York l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday – O-Week Move-In Day
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (10 am CT) – Boston l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Dallas-Fort Worth l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 10-16
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Jackson Named to Wuerffel and Hornung Watch Lists (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Yesterday, Detroit recalled Trei Cruz from AAA Toledo.
Brock Holt:
On Monday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 18, the 24th annual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon will be held at Fenway Park. Joining the broadcast will be Jimmy Fund Co-Chair Brock Holt. Read more.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.255) singled and walked twice for the Reds.
Roel Garcia (2-1, 7.30) allowed 1 earned run in 2.1 innings in relief for AA Montgomery and Garrett Stratton (1-4, 2.05) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for AA Binghamton.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Trey Dooley and RF Tobias Motley are transferring from Rice to Southern Illinois and Tennessee Wesleyan, respectively.
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Weekend passes for Rice Invitational I, September 4-6, are on sale now here.
Rice Basketball:
Basketball Season Tickets Now on Sale (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T148 at +4 at the Albertsons Boise Open on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Cary Jensen, PhD '87:
Rice alumnus earns international honor for decades of software innovation (Rice News)
Scope:
Rice launches new science communication center (Rice News)
Lilie's Summer Venture Studio Preview Day:
Rice studio startups take center stage (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice admitted 2,984 applicants to the incoming class of 2030 as of the March 25 regular decision announcements. Read more. O-Week starts Sunday.
Way to go, Ted Richard, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Clarke Anderson, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Paul Reese, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Sallie Schwall, Greg Williams, Boyd Harrison, Susan Zimmerman, Brian Lattimer, James Walker, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark and Chris Kohnhorst!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome