Rice Baseball This Week, May 12-18
Thursday (6 pm CT) – at UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (6 pm CT) – at UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (1 pm CT) – at UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 12-18
Monday-Wednesday – NCAA Golf Bremerton Regional
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Houston Coaches Caravan RSVP
Thursday-Saturday - AAC W/M Track Championships
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 12-18
Monday (11:45 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy Perspectives
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Mindmasters
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: US and International Assistance Post-USAID
Tuesday – London l A Reception with President Reggie DesRoches
Wednesday (7 am CT) – Houston l May Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Melissa Sevigny
Thursday (5 pm CT) - Baker Event: The US and the Middle East: What's Next?
Saturday (11 am CT) – Mexico City l Coffee Social
Saturday (6:30 pm CT) – Tampa l Alumni Dinner
Sat (7:30 pm CT) – Houston l Rice Alumni Night at 4th Wall Theatre Company
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (11:30 am CT) – DFW l Astros vs. Rangers at the Ballpark
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Miami l Social
Sunday (3 pm CT) – Houston l Intercollegiate Trivia
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 12-18
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
2025 NFL Draft:
Graham Walker sparks interest at Panthers rookie minicamp (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On Tuesday, the Marlins placed Dane Myers on the 10-day injured list retroactive to May 11 (Right oblique strain).
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Justin Long (1-0, 0.00) pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings in relief for the win for A Augusta.
Tristan Gray (.286) went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for AAA Charlotte and Trei Cruz (.322) went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and a walk for AA Erie.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
AAC Champion UTSA prepares to host David Pierce-coached Owls (The JB REplay)
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
Rice Athletics celebrates Night of Flight (Rice Owls)
Rice Tennis:
Women Earn Three CSC Academic All-District Distinctions (Rice Owls)
Men Earn Four CSC Academic All-District Distinctions (Rice Owls)
Other News
Pulitzer Prizes:
Two Rice scholars earn Pulitzer Prizes (Rice News)
Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer (1931-2025):
On April 8, Francita Ulmer passed away. A native Houstonian and a descendant of the original three hundred settlers through Stephen F Austin grants, she earned a BA in History from Wellesley in 1953 and attended graduate school at Rice (class of 1958). She was very active in the community in organizations including the Harris County Historical Commission, the Garden Club of Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts and Camp Allen (founded in 1921 on land donated by her great grandmother) as well as she was committed to her church. She is predeceased by, among others, her first husband Philip Carleton Koelsch (they were married from 1959 until his death in 1993) and her second husband James Ulmer (they were married from 2000 until his death in 2024). Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Dan Hyde for the guest trivia question!
As the first alternate, four-year Rice golf letterman Michael Whitehead ’11 replaced Tiger Woods in the 2011 US Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda MD. This year, he has qualified for the final stage of the US Open during a local qualifying event at Lakeside Country Club.
Also, this season he has served as the new Director of Player Development for the Rice golf team. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Art Gottschalk, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Kirkwood Johnston, Betty Bixby, James Walker, John Montana, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Jeff Ross, Matt Moake, Ann Eldredge, Brian Lattimer, Greg Williams, Susan Zimmerman, Tom Stallings, David Ownby, Sallie Schwall, Paul Reese, Martha Proctor Gano, Arthur Rogers, Chris Kohnhorst, Bob Reinhold, Guy Rollins, Melinda Clark and Mike Ross!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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