College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, July 6, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Tuesday (5:45 pm CT) – Washington DC l Night at the Nationals Game
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michaela Thomas
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Jane Harper
Thursday (10 am CT) – Baker Event: The State of Negotiations of the USMCA
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – DFW l Astros vs Rangers
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 6 - 12
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
American Conference Football:
2026 QB Tiers (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.205) hit 2 sacrifice flies for AAA Toledo.
Roel Garcia (1-1, 7.36) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for AA Montgomery.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Owls in Summer Ball:
After 7 games, Zachary Daigre is batting .313 with 3 walks, 5 runs and 1 RBI for the Springfield Drifters in the West Coast League.
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Click here for the 2026-27 W Basketball roster.
Other News
Frank Fisher, Jr (1931-2026):
On June 23, Frank Fisher Jr passed away. In 1961, he joined the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice where he taught for many years and was named Professor Emeritus in 2002. He was preceded in death by, among others, his wife Pat.
Obituary (Houston Chronicle)
Pioneers of Sustainability (Rice News, circa 2025)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Incoming Rice Board of Trustee member Dr Barbara Jenkins Gibbs ‘73 is married to David Gibbs ’70, ‘71, a former walk-on Rice basketball player who received the Distinguished R Award from Rice Athletics in 2013. Read more.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Jeff Ross, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Kathleen Boyd, John Montana, Andy Williams, Clay Hoster, Steve Gilliland, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Ted Richard, James Walker, Russell Henderson, Lynda Crist, Walt Greenberg, Ben Mayberry, Guy Rollins, Sallie Schwall, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, Chris Kohnhorst, Kirkwood Johnston, Jimmy Disch, Steve Lukingbeal, Martha Proctor Gano, Clarke Anderson, Amy Sutton, Nancy Burch, Brian Lattimer, Mike Ross, Michelle Hicks, Boyd Harrison, Dick Fuqua, Melinda Clark, Greg Mathews, Scott Wise and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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