Rice Baseball This Week, February 14-20
Tuesday – Rice 6, UTRGV 4 Box l Recap: Rice l UTRGV l Roost
Thursday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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Friday (6:35 pm CT) – UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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Saturday (1:05 pm CT) – UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
Wednesday-Saturday – W/M Track at Texas Relays
Friday (1:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. TCU
Friday (2 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. South Florida
Friday (5 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. Tulsa
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Texas A&M
Sunday (11 am CT) – M Tennis vs. Memphis
Sunday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. FIU
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
Tuesday (12:15 pm CT) – CAAAS Artist Talk: McArthur Freeman
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Scientia Knowledge Under Fire Event
Wendesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Matty Hemming
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Bay Area: Spurs vs. Warriors Game and Meetup
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Moody Project Wall
Friday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Tony Yeboah
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Hilary Matfess
Friday (1 pm CT) – Beer Bike Virtual Exhibit
Friday (1:30 pm CT) – Latin American Studies: Anibal Perez-Linan
Friday (4 pm CT) – Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar Award Lecture
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.429) singled for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.222) went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run and 2 RBI for AAA Toledo.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Rice Track:
Van der Westhuizen Named American Field Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Hampton Named American Field Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Other News
Ope Amosu, MBA '14:
Ope Amosu has been named a 2026 James Beard Award finalist in the category Best Chef Texas. His restaurant ChopNBlok started as a pop-up before becoming a vendor at Post Houston food hall in 2021 and now has a standalone brick-and-mortar location at 507 Westheimer in Montrose since October 2024. Read more.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Edgar Odell Lovett earned his B.A. at Bethany College in 1890 at age 19. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Andy Williams, Bob Toone, Art Gottschalk, Kirkwood Johnston, Ann Bixby, Scott Wise, Martha Proctor Gano, Kathleen Boyd, Richard Zansitis, John Montana, Susan Zimmerman, Anne Eldredge, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Lynda Crist, Charles Maynard, Paul Reese, Guy Rollins, Clarke Anderson, James Walker, Elizabeth Gillis, Brian Lattimer, Nancy Bailey, Russell Henderson, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Walt Greenberg, Betty Bixby, Steve Brown, Ben Mayberry, Boyd Harrison, Melinda Clark, Ty Buthod, Arthur Rogers, Mike Ross and Sallie Schwall!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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