Rice Baseball This Week, June 9-15
Friday (June 13) – Monday (June 23) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, January 12-18
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. UAB TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball at UTSA TV: ESPN+
Saturday-Sunday – M Tennis at UTR Series
Saturday (2 pm CT) – W Basketball at North Texas
Sunday (1 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. Lamar
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, January 12-18
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr. Yifan Cheng
Monday (4:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: US Policy in the Middle East: Ted Deutch
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Dept of Religion Lecture: Daniel Pratt-Morris Chapman
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni January Virtual Book Club: Charlie English
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinOWL Learning: Elizabeth Borelli
Thursday (5 pm CT) – NYC l Brains in a Bar with Dr Eric Doctor '10
Thursday (6 pm CT) – FOFL: Books that Shaped My World with Patricia Reiff
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2025-26 Visint Artisit Lecture Series: Laura Owens
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Michael A Bailey
Friday (6 pm CT) – Chicago l Omar Syed
Saturday (9 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Holiday Party
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Bay Area l Holiday Party
Shepherd School Events This Week, January 5-11
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
The Roost’s 2025 Season Superlatives (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Anthony Rendon:
Rendon's Angels tenure comes to end with restructured contract (source) (MLB.com)
College Baseball News
D1Baseball Preseason Top 25:
In its preseason Top 25 poll released this week, top ranked by D1Baseball were UCLA (#1), LSU (#2), Texas (#3), Mississippi State (#4) and Georgia Tech (#5).
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Rice Opens Road Stretch at North Texas (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Open 2026 Dual Season at Home (Rice Owls)
Other News
First Day of Classes:
Students fuel up with Rice president (Rice News)
Master's in Digital Health:
Rice now offering a new master's degree (Rice News)
Cooper Mackin (1933-2026):
On January 2, Cooper Mackin passed away. Born in Alabama, he earned a BA from Troy State in 1956, a MA from Tulane in 1958 and a PhD from Rice in 1962, all in English. He was a long-time faculty member at the University of New Orleans (1963-1997) including serving as Chancellor. Also, he was active in his church. He is survived by, among others, his wife of forty years, the Rev Marry Ruetten Mackin. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Coach Todd Graham was the first Rice head football coach to reach a bowl game in his initial season, taking the Owls to the New Orleans Bowl in 2006. “Then he left.”
Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Nancy Bailey (2), Tre Fischer (2), Andy Williams (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (2), Art Gottschalk (3), Paul Reese (3), Vicki Bretthauer (2), Mike Ross (3), John Montana (3), Bob Toone (3), Ann Bixby (3), Grungy (3), Anne Eldredge (3), Steve Gilliland (3), Randy Schaffer (2), Dan Hyde (3), Arthur Rogers (3), Russell Henderson (3), Josh Schaffer (3), Guy Rollins (3), Ty Buthod (3), Jeff Ross (3), Joe Quoyeser (2), David Gano (2), Ben Mayberry (3), Betty Bixby (3), Chris Kohnhorst (3), Bill Eiland, Martha Proctor Gano (3), Melinda Clark (3), James Walker (3), Richard Zansitis (3), Nancy Burch (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Ted Richard (3), Greg Williams (3), Walt Greenberg (2), Bob Reinhold (3), Larry Nettles (2), Kirwin Drouet (3), Jimmy Walts (3), David Ownby (3), Brian Lattimer! and Brian Ford (3)!
Final trivia leaderboards tomorrow.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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