College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – John Boles Book Signing, Brazos Bookstore
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Lily Zheng
Friday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Wellness at the Moody Series
Saturday (1 pm CT – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Shepherd School Events This Week, June 22-28
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
RIce Football:
Episode 227: 2026 Rice Opponent Preview: North Texas (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
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: Mason Ashlock (on June 21).
Other Sports News
NCAA:
NCAA Approves Five-Year Eligibility Rules (The Roost)
Rice W Track:
Van der Westhuizen, Christensen Earn USTFCCCA Regional Honors (Rice Owls)
Maria Riddlesprigger '14:
On Monday, the Miami Heat landed franchise icon Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster trade. He is married to former Rice volleyball player Mariah Riddlesprigger ’14 and they have four children. Read more.
Other News
Fulbright Scholarships:
Four Rice graduates earn Fulbright scholarships (Rice News)
Dan Friedkin, MBA '92:
Billionaire looking into Houston, Austin for potential NHL Team (Chronicle)
FIFA World Cup 2026:
Rice alumni power operations behind the scenes (RIce News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Jose Cruz ‘04 is one of seven Los Angeles Dodgers in history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game. He accomplished the feat on September 7, 2005 against San Francisco. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
As reported, Jose’s son Trei Cruz ’21 was called up by Detroit last Friday, creating a third- generation MLB family. Click here for a wonderful story (subscriber content) in The Athletic about the Cruz family.
Way to go, Betty Bixby, Ty Buthod, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Clarke Anderson, Scott Kloesel, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Scott Wise, Steve Lukingbeal, Art Gottschalk, Matt Blank, James Walker, Paul Reese, Andy Williams, Arthur Rogers, Guy Rollins, Greg Williams, Russell Henderson, Chris Kohnorst, Susan Zimmerman, Ted Richard, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, Anne Eldredge, Sallie Schwall and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome