College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 8-14
Wednesday-Saturday – NCAA Outdoor W Track Championships, Eugene
Wednesday-Saturday – NCAA Outdoor M Track Championships, Eugene
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 8-14
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Renessa Boley Layne
Wed (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: The Middle East and US Foreign Policy
Wed (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Michael Finkel
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Washington DC l Intern Reception and Panel
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Moody Center: Annual Pride Happy Hour
Friday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Wellness at the Moody Series
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Saturday (1 pm CT – Los Angeles l Rice Alumni Beach Day
Shepherd School Events This Week, June 8-14
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 226: Rice Opponent Preview: ECU (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.268) singled for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.235) singled, doubled and tripled for AAA Toledo.
Roel Garcia (0-0, 9.28) allowed 4 earned runs in 1.1 innings in relief in game 1 for AA Montgomery and Garrett Stratton (5-0, 2.93) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for the win for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), the following Owl has also entered the transfer portal: Cole Green (on June 5).
Other Sports News
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the OccuNet Classic in Amarillo on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
A Toast to the Toaster:
Lovett Memories Through the Years (Rice News)
Shepherd School:
Shepherd School announces 2026-27 Schedule (Rice News)
FIFA World Cup 2026:
Rice launches immersive virtual campus tour (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former West Virginia Phi Beta Kappa quarterback Oliver Luck is married to Rice alum Kathy Wilson Luck ‘79. Interestingly, this weekend the Mountaineers are playing in the College World Series in Omaha for the first time in program history. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Larry Nettles and Andy Williams!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Richard Avant, Martha Proctor Gano, Andy Williams, Tom Stallings, Bob Toone, John Montana, Jimmy Disch, Randy Schaffer, Hal Gosnell, Anne Eldredge, Steve Gilliland, Nancy Bailey, Joe Quoyeser, Susan Zimmerman, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Guy Rollins, James Walker, Clarke Anderson, Harvin Moore, Steve Lukingbeal, Brian Lattimer, Russell Henderson, Walt Greenberg, David Gano, Chris Kohnhorst, Jeff Ross, Michelle Cash, Greg Williams, Ann Bixby, Betty Bixby, Nancy Burch, Larry Nettles, Art Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross, Boyd Harrison, Ty Buthod and Paul Dishman!
Next trivia question on Tuesday, June 23!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome