College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: World Cup Celebration
Friday (7:30 pm CT) – Salt Lake City l The Utah Symphony Under the Stars
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Summer Jam 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Minnesota l New Student Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 13 - 19
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 231: 2026 Rice Opponent Preview: Temple (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.248) walked for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.199) singled and scored in game 1 and doubled in game 2 for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (1-1, 1.38) pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings in relief for AA Binghamton and Parker Smith (4-4, 6.07) was the losing pitcher for Hi-A Asheville.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), RF Mason Ashlock is transferring from Rice to Incarnate Word.
Other Sports News
Washington W Basketball:
Last month, Tasha Brown, previously an assistant coach at UCLA (where she won the national championship last season), joined Head Coach Tina Langley at the University of Washington as an Associate Coach specializing in Peak Performance. She spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Rice on Head Coach Tina Langley’s staff. Read more.
Other News
The Paris Summer Program:
Rice physiology students trace science to its source (Rice News)
Frank Fisher (1931-2026)
Remembering pioneering Rice environmental scientist and beloved mentor (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Andy Pettitte, the father of former Rice pitcher Josh Pettitte, was a three-time MLB All-Star (1996, 2001 and 2010). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Mike Ross, Tania Min, Kirkwood Johnston, Ted Richard, Steve Lukingbeal, Anne Eldredge, Roger Parthasarathy, James Walker, Randy Schaffer, Guy Jackson, Jill Clausen, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Nancy Bailey, Paul Reese, Ty Buthod, Art Gottschalk, Walt Greenberg, Tom Stallings, Ann Bixby, Scott Wise, Clarke Anderson, Joe Quoyeser, David Gano, George Wagner, Betty Bixby, Kyle Wendel, Dawn Herrington, Russell Henderson, Brian Lattimer, Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark, Guy Rollins and John Montana!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome