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Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Monday – M Tennis at HotelPlanner UTR, GRBTC
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tarleton State ESPN+
Thursday (7:30 pm CT) – Soccer at Texas State
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. McNeese State ESPN+
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. HCU Radio l TV: ESPN+ l Game Notes: Rice l HCU
Sunday (11 am CT) – Soccer at Florida State
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Illinois ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 31- September 6
Tuesday (5 9m CT) – Rice360 Global Health Care Technologies Seminar: Steve Xu
Wed (8:30 am) – Baker Town Hall: Expanding the TX Electric Transmission Network
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jim Ferrell
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Bianca Murillo
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wed (5 pm CT) – Center for Environmental Studies Lecture: Dr Timothy Morton
Thurs (3 pm CT) – Baker Event: Understanding/Preventing Childhood Violence
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 31- September 6
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
HCU presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Coach Abell says opener will provide answers for Owls (Houston Chronicle)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.252) went 4-for-5 with a double and 3 runs for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.230) went 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk and a run for AAA St Paul.
Garrett Stratton (1-4, 1.57) allowed 1 unearned run in 1 inning in relief for the save for AA Binghamton.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Rice Set for Home Opener Against Tartleton State (Rice Owls)
Rice Soccer:
Owls focused on growth as regular season kicks off (The RIce Thresher)
Other News
Best in Class:
Niche ranks Rice among nation's best (Rice News)
Akane Sano:
Rice’s Akane Sano named to inaugural class of Chief of Naval Research Fellows (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Paul DePodesta, the father of Rice baseball fall roster freshman member Evan DePodesta, has worked for both the Cleveland Indians baseball team and the Cleveland Browns football team. Presently, he is President – Baseball Operations for the Colorado Rockies. Read more. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ted Richard, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Anne Eldredge, Clarke Anderson, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Andy Williams, Matt Blank, James Walker, Boyd Harrison, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross, Melinda Clark and Sallie Schwall!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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