Rice Baseball This Week, May 18-24
Wednesday-Sunday – American Baseball Championship, Clearwater
Thursday (12 pm CT) – #3 Rice vs. TBD
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 18-24
Monday-Wednesday – M Golf at NCAA Athens Regional
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 18-24
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Venezuela, Iran, and the Middle East
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Hong Kong l Reception with Rice VP Stephen Bayer
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Bianca Mabute-Louie
Thursday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: What FEMA’s new maps mean for Houston
Thursday (10 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Liz Tran
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 18-24
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Chris Boswell:
Boswell Signs Record Extension (ESPN)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.236) singled for the Twins.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Houston Baseball:
Houston Announces Leadership Change (UH News)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce Caitlin Nolan-Ayeni as Associate Head Coach (Rice Owls)
Other News
Boniuk Institute:
Houston faith leaders unite around shared challenges (Rice News)
Rice Business:
Jue-Rajasingh named to national 40-under-40 list (Rice News)
Mama Cat:
Rice’s celebrity cat snatched in accidental ‘cat-napping’ drama (Chronicle)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name a current Rice head coach who has been part of conference championships in the Southwest Conference, WAC, C-USA and American Conference. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome