Rice Baseball This Week, June 9-15
Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, December 15-21
Wednesday (11:15 am CT) – M Basketball vs. Southwestern Christian TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball at Grambling State
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Owl Club Holiday Social, Saint Arnold Brewing Register
Saturday – Swimming at Florida Atlantic Fun Meet, Boca Raton FL
Saturday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Houston Christian TV: ESPN+
Saturday (8 pm CT) – M Basketball at Pepperdine TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, December 15-21
Until December 20 – Moody Center: Bio Morphe
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: How to Take Bold Action
Tuesday (11 am CT) – Baker Event: Chemical Recylcing
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Portland l Holiday Party
Friday (7 pm CT) – The Projectionists' Reel
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, December 15-21
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Owls look to cap season with Armed Forces Bowl victory (Rice News)
Professional Baseball News
Anthony Rendon:
Source: Angels, Anthony Rendon in talks to buy out final year of deal (ESPN)
Trei Cruz:
Last week, Trei Cruz was added to Detroit’s 40-man roster which will lead to a Spring Training invitation for the upcoming season. Read more.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
First Pitch Dinner to Honor Lehmann (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Basketball:
Women Host HCU for Non-Conference Finale (Rice Owls)
Men Close Non-Conference Play at Pepperdine (Rice Owls)
Rice Swimming:
Rice to Compete at FAU Fun Invite to Close 2025 (Rice Owls)
Other News
Brent Christensen '98:
On Thursday, the US Senate confirmed career diplomat Brent Christensen as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh. Read more.
A Lovett College Christmas Party:
A 50-year Rice tradition (Rice News)
Dr Eberhard Lehnardt (1936-2025):
On December 15, Dr Eberhard Lehnardt passed away. Born in Germany, he earned a BA from the University of Utah in 1966 and a PhD in German from Rice in 1979. He enjoyed a career as a professor at Clarion University in Pennsylvania and at Utah Valley University. Also, despite Parkinson’s disease, he was admitted to the University of Utah medical school at the age of 85. “As a true Renaissance man, he was a lover of life, an adventurer, a uniquely brilliant thinker, an innovator, a teacher, and an enthusiastic connoisseur of Nutella and jam.” Click here for the Deseret News obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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