College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, August 31, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Monday – M Tennis at HotelPlanner UTR, GRBTC
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tarleton State ESPN+
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – Soccer at Texas State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. McNeese State ESPN+
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. HCU Radio l TV: ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l HCU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at Florida State
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Illinois ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Tuesday (5 9m CT) – Rice360 Global Health Care Technologies Seminar: Steve Xu
Wed (8:30 am) – Baker Town Hall: Expanding the TX Electric Transmission Network
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jim Ferrell
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wed (5 pm CT) – Center for Environmental Studies Lecture: Dr Timothy Morton
Thurs (3 pm CT) – Baker Event: Understanding/Preventing Childhood Violence
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 31- September 6
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Yesterday, NFL teams had to trim their roster from 90 players to 53 players. A preliminary list of Owls released includes DT Elijah Garcia by Carolina and QB Kyle Trask (grandson of Orville Trask ’56) by Carolina.
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.253) homered for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.243) hit a RBI single for AAA Toledo.
Justin Long (2-3, 8.01) allowed 4 earned runs in 1 inning in relief for Hi-A Rome and Parker Smith (5-7, 6.89) threw 5.2 scoreless innings for the win for Hi-A Asheville.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Cap Perfect Weekend win Win over Mississipi State (Rice Owls)
TCU Volleyball:
On Saturday, #2 Texas barely edged #18 TCU in Las Vegas (30-28, 25-23, 25-23). Defensively, Horned Frog libero Alice Volpe, Coach Volpe’s daughter, “was flying around the court, racking up 16 digs and a pair of assists”. Read more.
Yesterday, #18 TCU swept UNLV in Las Vegas (25-17, 25-16, 33-31). Alice had 14 digs. Read more.
Other News
Jeffrey Kripal:
Rice archive of the unexplained gets its own TV series (Rice News)
Jack Manning Jr:
On August 24, Jack Manning Jr passed away. He earned a BA from Rice in 1958 and a law degree from UT in 1961. After practicing law for various law firms, he joined Owens Corning as a Regional Manager in 1991. Also, he was very active in the community and in his church. He “loved his family, had a servant's heart, and was always the champion of the less fortunate”. He is survived by, among others, his wife of forty-three years Sue. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Mississippi State alum John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers. On Sunday, Owls volleyball plays the Bulldogs at the Jaguar Classic in Mobile AL.
Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Betty Bixby, Anne Eldredge, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, Steve Gilliland, John Montana, Randy Schaffer, Andy Williams, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Nancy Bailey, Clarke Anderson, Lynda Crist, Arthur Rogers, Walt Greenberg, Dan Hyde, Paul Reese, Jimmy Disch, Susan Zimmerman, Boyd Harrison, Bill Eiland, Chris Kohnhorst, James Walker, Kirwin Drouet, Vicki Bretthauer, Greg Mathews, Nancy Burch, Horst Paul, Greg Williams, Melinda Clark, Frank Jones, Mike Ross, Guy Rollins, Ted Richard, Richard Zansitis, Brian Lattimer, Russell Henderson, Larry Nettles and Gloria Tarpley!
Trivia Leaderboard tomorrow and next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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