College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Soccer at HCU
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball at UH
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Fan Fest
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Lamar ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday-Saturday – O-Week
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jared Lindzon
Thursday (7:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy, Technology and Grid Resilience
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 17-23
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 235: 2026 Rice Football Offense Preview (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.260) singled for the Reds. Tristan Gray (.160) walked for AAA St Paul.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Blaine Brown undergoes elbow surgery (GoVOLS247)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Owls earn opening weekly conference honors (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Weekend passes for Rice Invitational II, September 11-13, are on sale now here.
Other News
Renee Elise Goldsberry:
Tony winner and ‘Hamilton’ star to perform at Rice Jan. 23 (Rice News)
ENRICH:
Hall Frankel to lead Rice’s collaborative health initiatives (Rice News)
Baker Institute:
Baker Institute fall calendar (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bev Schorre for the guest trivia question!
In fact, four Rice football lettermen have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated: Earl Cooper, Darryl Grant, Tobin Rote and Frank Ryan. Also, Rice baseball letterman Anthony Rendon and Rice track letterman Fred Hansen have appeared on the SI cover: (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Andy Williams (3), Bob Toone (3), John Montana (3), Kirkwood Johnston, Arthur Rogers (3), Paul Reese (3), Nancy Bailey, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Susan Zimmerman (3), Ann Bixby (3), Clarke Anderson (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Anne Eldredge (3), Al Laverty, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Russell Henderson (3), Jimmy Walts, Joe Quoyeser (2), James Walker (3), Boyd Harrison (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Ted Richard (3), Guy Rollins (3), Betty Bixby (3), Jimmy Disch, Nancy Burch (3), Paul Dishman (2), Mike Ross (3), Brian Lattimer (3) and Melinda Clark (3)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome