Rice Baseball This Week, April 13-19
Wednesday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. SHS Game Notes: Rice l SHS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ty Baker (0-0, 2.77) and RHP Zach Alarid (0-1, 11.05)
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Memphis Game Notes: Rice l MEM l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Baseball Tailgate and Crawfish Boil
Sat (2:05 pm CT) – vs. Memphis Game Notes: Rice l MEM l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Memphis Game Notes: Rice l MEM l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
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Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 13-19
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Mossy Oak Intercollegiate, West Point MS
Monday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. UAB
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa CA
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Beach Invite, Long Beach CA
Thursday-Saturday – W Tennis at American Championship, GRBTC
Thursday-Saturday – M Tennis at American Championship, Tulsa
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Tom Tellez Invite, Houston
Friday (5 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 13-19
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Field Trip to Rice Library Service Center
Monday (6 pm CT) – CSWGS Martel Lecture: Robin Wall Kemmerer
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Rice360 Global Health Seminar
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: The Genius of Taylor Swift
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (8 pm CT) – Seattle l Omar Syed
Thursday-Sunday – ARUBA Weekend
Thursday (4:30 pm CT) – 2026 Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
Thursday (8 pm CT) – Bay Area l Omar Syed
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Elizabeth Brannon
Friday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: He Bian
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Moody Center: New Art / New Music Spring 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 13-19
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Gabe Taylor (Thanks, Phil Garon '68):
Gabe Taylor stirs memories of older brother in DC (ESPN)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.269) singled and scored for the Twins and Dane Myers (.261) walked for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.170) hit a RBI single and a sacrifice fly and walked for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (0-0, 3.86) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for a save for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Stacking Wins (The Roost)
College Baseball:
What is the Best College Baseball Stadium? Vote now! (USA Today)
Other Sports News
March Madness:
How Rice Ran the NCAA South Regional (The Rice Thresher)
Mossy Oak Intercollegiate:
Boandl Ties for FIfth (Rice Owls)
Rice Track:
Johannesdottir Named American Track Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Greaves Named American Field Athlete of the Week (Rice Owls)
Other News
Artemis II:
Rice research helps power safe return of Orion capsule (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Sunday marked the 38th anniversary of the greatest prank in Rice’s history on April 12, 1988. The only Rice student (out of 10 plus one alumnus) caught by campus police for turning around Willy’s Statue was Patrick Dyson ‘88, the son of Professor Emeritus Derek Dyson. Read more. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Clarke Anderson, Mike Ross, Arthur Gottschalk, Ty Buthod, Richard Avant, Andy Williams, Matt Moake, Bob Toone, Arthur Rogers, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Anne Eldredge, George Wagner, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Amy Sutton, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Brian Lattimer, Boyd Harrison, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Greg Williams, Ben Mayberry, Guy Rollins, Melinda Clark, Sallie Schwall and James Walker!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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