College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Friday, August 21, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Soccer at HCU
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball at UH
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Fan Fest
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Lamar ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday-Saturday – O-Week
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jared Lindzon
Thursday (7:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy, Technology and Grid Resilience
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 17-23
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 235: 2026 Rice Football Offense Preview (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: August 19 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.256) walked, scored and committed his first error of the season for the Reds. Read more. Trei Cruz (.228) went 1-for-3 with 2 walks and 2 runs for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.172) homered twice in game 1 and walked in game 2 for AAA St Paul.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Blaine Brown undergoes elbow surgery (GoVOLS247)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Owls Play to Draw at HCU (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T55 at -4 at the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City MO on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Smalley-Curl Institute:
Smalley-Curl hosts 40th annual colloquium (Rice News)
Civic Scientist Lecture Series:
UK’s top science adviser discusses the role of science advice in government (Rice News)
The Reverand James Abernathey (1935-2026):
On August 15, the Reverend James Abernathey passed away. Born in Kansas, he attended Rice (class of 1957) and earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from UT in 1958. After working in the engineering field for several years, he earned a Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in 1970, was ordained as an Episcopal priest and served faithfully for many years. Later in life, he earned a Master of Liberal Arts from Rice in 2016. He is predeceased by, among others, his wife JoAnn Jamison. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Renée Elise Goldsberry originated the role of Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton”, winning the 2016 Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical. Her mother, Betty Sanders, an industrial psychologist, earned her doctorate from Rice in 1984. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
On January 23, Renée Elise Goldsberry will perform at Rice. Read more.
Way to go, Andy Williams, Mike Ross, Paul Reese, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Ted Richard, Anne Eldredge, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Nancy Bailey, Randy Schaffer, Arthur Rogers, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Brian Lattimer, Michelle Cash, Boyd Harrison, Chris Kohnhorst, Art Gottschalk, Susan Zimmerman, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Larry Nettles, James Walker and Clarke Anderson!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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