College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Independence Day, July 4, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT – Online Cooking Class - Fourth of July Celebration
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 29 - July 5
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
2026 Preseason Honors Roundup (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.211) singled and walked for AAA Toledo.
Parker Smith (4-3, 5.81) allowed 2 earned runs in 5.2 innings for the win for Hi-A Asheville.
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
Brad Lardon '88:
After round 2 yesterday, Brad Lardon was at +7 and missed the cut at the 2026 US Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus Ohio. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Ruth Simmons:
Simmons honors sister's legacy (Rice News)
Lance Haines (1971-2026):
On June 20, Lance Haines passed away. “He was in treatment for kidney cancer for the last two and a half years of his life.” In 1993, he graduated from Rice (Baker College) magna cum laude with a BA in Spanish and a BS in Electrical Engineering. In 1995, he earned a MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He spent the last seventeen years of his career with Schneider Electric, most recently as Chief Technology Office of Microgrids. Also, he loved to travel, taking his first trip at the age of six weeks. And, he was active in his church.
“He is remembered as an unfailingly hopeful, level-headed man of God, abounding in energy, humor, intelligence, and a positive attitude.” He is survived by, among others, his wife Christina. Click here for the obituary.
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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