Rice Baseball This Week, May 11-17
Tuesday – Houston 14, Rice 3 Box l Recap: Rice l UH l Roost
Thursday – Rice 12, Tulane 0 Box l Recap: Rice l TUL
Friday – Rice 10, Tulane 6 Box l Recap: Rice l TUL
Saturday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Tulane Game Notes: Rice l TUL l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk (4-4, 2.75) and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17
Thursday-Saturday – American Outdoor W/M Track Championships, Denton
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: John Coleman
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni May Virtual Book Club: Sara Nisha Adams
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Shanghai l Meet and Greet with Yvonne Romero
Thursday-Friday – Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets
Thu (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Protracted Displacement in the MENA Region
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – DC l Comedy Show with Matthew Broussard ‘10
Saturday (1 pm CT) – LA l LACMA Tour with Claire E Spadafora, PhD ‘19
Saturday (11 pm CT) – Singapore l Brunch with Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (2 pm CT) – DFW l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Chris Boswell:
Boswell Signs Record Extension (ESPN)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On Thursday, AA Amarillo transferred Hayden Durke to the Development List.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.237) hit a pinch-hit double and scored for the Reds.
Parker Smith (2-2, 6.89) allowed 1 unearned run in 6 innings for the win for AA Asheville.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Final Regular Season Week Roundup (The Roost)
Other Sports News
RIce Athletics:
Owls Remain Strong in NCAA APR Data (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +1 and missed the cut at the Colonial Life Charity Classic in Elgin SC on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Ignite Fund:
Rice nears goal of $20M faculty matching fund (Rice News)
Qimiao Si:
Rice professor awarded Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice graduate Tom Vincent ’25 is currently on the Tulane baseball roster. The Owls are hosting the Green Wave to a three game set at Reckling Park, beginning last night. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Mike Ross, Betty Bixby, Bob Toone, James Walker, Melinda Clark, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, Jimmy Disch, Ted Richard, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, John Montana, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Paul Reese, Anne Eldredge, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Guy Rollins, Walt Greenberg, Susan Zimmerman, Boyd Harrison, Brian Lattimer, Chris Kohnhorst and Greg Williams!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome