Rice Baseball This Week, June 9-15
Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, January 12, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, January 12-18
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. UAB TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball at UTSA TV: ESPN+
Saturday-Sunday – M Tennis at UTR Series
Saturday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball at North Texas
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, January 12-18
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr. Yifan Cheng
Monday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: US Policy in the Middle East: Ted Deutch
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Dept of Religion Lecture: Daniel Pratt-Morris Chapman
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni January Virtual Book Club: Charlie English
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinOWL Learning: Elizabeth Borelli
Thursday (5 pm CT) – NYC l Brains in a Bar with Dr Eric Doctor '10
Thursday (6 pm CT) – FOFL: Books that Shaped My World with Patricia Reiff
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2025-26 Visint Artisit Lecture Series: Laura Owens
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Michael A Bailey
Friday (6 pm CT) – Chicago l Omar Syed
Saturday (9 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Holiday Party
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Bay Area l Holiday Party
Shepherd School Events This Week, January 5-11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Transfer Portal:
Wide Receiver Drayden Dickmann has reportedly committed to Wake Forest out of the transfer portal.
NFL Playoffs:
In the wild card round yesterday, Luke McCaffrey’s brother Christian caught two TD passes to help lead San Francisco to a 23-19 win over Philadelphia. And a shout out to 49er offensive coordinator Klay Kubiak, the nephew of Coach Pierce, for suggesting calling the first TD pass.
Professional Baseball News
Anthony Rendon:
Rendon's Angels tenure comes to end with restructured contract (source) (MLB.com)
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Alumni Game Highlights Fan Fest '26 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice M Basketball:
Rice Drops Heartbreaker to Charlotte (Rice Owls)
Rice Comes Up Short vs Charlotte (The Roost)
Rice M Tennis:
Rice Secures First Win of 2026 (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 was suspended yesterday due to darkness, Mitchell Meissner was T38 at -5 at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantic Paradise Island on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Rice Business:
Summit Point Leadership LLC, an all-veteran ownership team which launched through Rice Business, has acquired the business of LDR Leadership LLC, a nationwide leadership, management and supervisory training firm. Read more.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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