College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, June 22, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – John Boles Book Signing, Brazos Bookstore
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Lily Zheng
Friday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Wellness at the Moody Series
Saturday (1 pm CT – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Shepherd School Events This Week, June 22-28
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 226: Rice Opponent Preview: ECU (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On June 16, Garrett Stratton was assigned from Hi-A Brooklyn to AA Binghamton.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Roel Garcia (1-1, 8.28) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for the win for AA Montgomery and Justin Long (2-3, 8.86) allowed 1 earned run in 1 inning in relief for the loss for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), the following Owl has also entered the transfer portal: Cole Green (on June 5).
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
Rice Athletics Launches “Rep The R” Campaign (Rice Owls)
Other News
Rice Board of Trustees:
Rice Board of Trustees welcomes 5 new members (Rice News)
Juneteenth Panel:
Looking back, looking forward (Rice News)
FIFA World Cup 2026:
Rice welcomes 10,000 for iconic Oranje Fanwalk (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former West Virginia Phi Beta Kappa quarterback Oliver Luck is married to Rice alum Kathy Wilson Luck ‘79. Interestingly, this weekend the Mountaineers are playing in the College World Series in Omaha for the first time in program history. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Larry Nettles and Andy Williams!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Richard Avant, Martha Proctor Gano, Andy Williams, Tom Stallings, Bob Toone, John Montana, Jimmy Disch, Randy Schaffer, Hal Gosnell, Anne Eldredge, Steve Gilliland, Nancy Bailey, Joe Quoyeser, Susan Zimmerman, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Guy Rollins, James Walker, Clarke Anderson, Harvin Moore, Steve Lukingbeal, Brian Lattimer, Russell Henderson, Walt Greenberg, David Gano, Chris Kohnhorst, Jeff Ross, Michelle Cash, Greg Williams, Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby, Nancy Burch, Larry Nettles, Art Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross, Boyd Harrison, Ty Buthod and Paul Dishman!
Next trivia question on Tuesday, June 23!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome