College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, July 10, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Tuesday (5:45 pm CT) – Washington DC l Night at the Nationals Game
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michaela Thomas
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Jane Harper
Thursday (10 am CT) – Baker Event: The State of Negotiations of the USMCA
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – DFW l Astros vs Rangers
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 6 - 12
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
American Conference Football:
2026 QB Tiers (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: July 9 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.228) hit a RBI single for the Twins. Trei Cruz (.202) hit a RBI single and scored for AAA Toledo.
Justin Long (2-3, 7.86) pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Rivers Kurland is transferring from Florida to Rice.
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Owls Part of Multi-Conference Scheduling Alliance (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
When round 1 play was suspended due to darkness yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T6 at -6 at the Blue Championship in Berthoud, Colorado on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Jeff Abbott '85:
This week, Jeff Abbott released his twenty-third novel, January and July. It features a Rice connection with July Whitlock, a rookie bodyguard who is a former Rice football player. Read more and purchase links here.
Saint Arnold Brewing (Thanks, Michelle Leigh Smith '79!)
The 2026 edition of the Saint Arnold Downtown Houston Pub Crawl is “ready and waiting for you” tomorrow. Read more.
Rebecca Monroy (1965-2026):
On July 4, Rebecca Monroy passed away. A native Texan, she earned a BA in Legal Studies and Psychology from Rice in 1987 where she met her future husband Roy Shelley ’89. After receiving a JD from UH Law in 1990, she enjoyed a thirteen year legal career with Collins and Lacy in Columbia, South Carolina. However, her favorite role was being a mom to three children. She was “a beautiful, kind, generous person with a sharp mind, a sophisticated sense of humor, and a quiet (usually) insistence on truth, honor, and helping others”. She is survived by, among others, Roy. Click here for her unique obituary.
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Clarke Anderson for the guest trivia question!
Former Rice football captain Eddie Dyer managed the 1947 NL All-Star team and former Rice baseball player Danny Lehmann was a coach for the 2025 NL All-Star team alongside Dave Roberts. (Thanks, Mike Ross and Bev Schorre!)
Way to go, Kirkwood Johnston, Mike Ross (2), Ted Richard (2), John Montana (2), Andy Williams, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Bob Toone (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Hal Gosnell, Ann Bixby (2), Guy Jackson, Walt Greenberg, Boyd Harrison (2) Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Don Schaffer, Art Gottschalk (2), Paul Reese (2), Guy Rollins, Kevin Gass (2), Betty Bixby (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Sallie Schwall (2), James Walker (2), Greg Williams (2), Chris Kohnhorst, Brian Lattimer (2) and Melinda Clark, and Dan Hyde (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome