College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas (EXH)
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at Navy
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Marcia Dawood
Wed (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Civic Scientist Lecture with Angela McLean
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni August Virtual Book Club: John Williams
Saturday (12 pm CT) – New York l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday – O-Week Move-In Day
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (10 am CT) – Boston l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Dallas-Fort Worth l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 10-16
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Abell Announces 2026 Team Captains (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: August 12 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Trey Dooley and RF Tobias Motley are transferring from Rice to Southern Illinois and Tennessee Wesleyan, respectively.
Other Sports News
Rice Athletics:
Fan Fest Returns on August 22 (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Rice Heads to Navy Tonight (Rice Owls)
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Hires Mike Jones as Assistant Coach (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +1 and missed the cut at the Albertsons Boise Open on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Rice Researchers:
A new way to beat jet lag? (Rice News)
Kathleen Ortiz '26:
Kathleen Ortiz is a breaking news intern with the Houston Chronicle. She earned a BA in Sport Management and Social Policy Analysis from Rice in 2026 and also served as editor-in-chief of the Rice Thresher.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice admitted 2,984 applicants to the incoming class of 2030 as of the March 25 regular decision announcements. Read more. O-Week starts Sunday.
Way to go, Ted Richard, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Clarke Anderson, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Paul Reese, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Sallie Schwall, Greg Williams, Boyd Harrison, Susan Zimmerman, Brian Lattimer, James Walker, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark and Chris Kohnhorst!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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