College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 27 - August 2
Monday-Saturday – Genuine Cup
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 27 - August 2
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Baker Event: Statistical Review of World Energy
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Build an Owl: A Virtual Rice Family Experience
Saturday (4 pm CT) – San Diego l New Student Social
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 27 - August 2
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Five Owls Honored by Athlon (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.267) went 2-for-4 in game 1 and 1-for-2 with a walk and a run in game 2 for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.212) walked for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.217) singled for AAA St Paul.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Owls in Summer Ball:
On Sunday, Brayden Sharp pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod Baseball League, lowering his season ERA to 2.70. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Rice to Host the Rice Invitational (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 last Friday, Mitchell Meissner was even par and missed the cut at the Evan Scholars Invitational in Glenview, Illinois on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Geniune Cup:
Missing soccer player found safe in Illinois (Houston Chronicle)
Readiness:
Rice receives nearly $20M NSF award for AI-powered materials laboratory (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Brian Ford for the guest trivia question!
Anthony Rendon is one of only seventeen MLB players in the Modern Era (since 1900) to have knocked in at least ten runs in a single game. On April 30, 2017, he joined the exclusive club by going 6-for-6 with 3 homers and 10 RBI as the Washington Nationals routed the New York Mets, 23-5. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, George Dethlefsen, Scott Kloesel, Ben Mayberry, Ty Buthod, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ann Bixby, Steve Gilliland, Betty Bixby, James Walker, John Montana, Andy Williams, Walt Greenberg, Jill Clausen, George Wagner, Kirwin Drouet, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Kirkwood Johnston, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Josh Schaffer, Art Gottschalk, Greg Williams, Clarke Anderson, Boyd Harrison, Larry Nettles, Randy Schaffer, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark, Dan Hyde, Brian Lattimer, JP Heath, Scott Wise, Kevin Gass and Roger Parthasarathy!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome