Rice Baseball This Week, February 14-20
Wed (6:30 pm CT) – at HCU Game Notes: Rice l HCU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (2:05 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (12 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 23-29
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Valspar Collegiate Invitational, West Palm Beach FL
Wednesday (5:45 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Programming
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Rice Soccer vs. HCU friendly
Thursday-Saturday (8 pm CT) – Hello Hamlet Tickets
Thursday-Saturday – Victor Lopez Classic
Friday (10 am CT) – M Tennis at Charlotte
Friday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at UC San Diego
Saturday (TBA) – M Tennis vs. UTSA, Charlotte
Saturday (TBA) – Volleyball at F.A.S.T. College Tournament
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at University of San Diego, San Diego
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture with Dr Samuel Brown
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture: Prabhakar Raghavan
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Tom Stallings
Wednesday (8 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Leo Costello
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Duncan Yoon
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Rice Business: Houston Impact Series
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Black Houston Symposium
Thursday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: The Review of USMCA 2026
Tthursday (11pa CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Rebecca Bloom
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (1 pm CT) – Chris Suh
Thursday (3 pm CT) – How to thrive outside academic: Danny Olivas
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Rice Business: Owl Have You Know: Anthea Yang
Friday (2 pm CT) – 2026 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhibition
Friday (5 pm CT) – Screening: Fresh Kill
Friday (6 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Daughter of the Light
Saturday (12 pm CT) – NYC l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Boston l Oyster Shucking Class
Saturday (1 pm CT) – ENRON
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Privilege
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Denver l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 23-29
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Valspar Collegiate Invitational:
Day One Recap (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Rice to Host Lonestar Challenge (Rice Owls)
Other News
Shepherd School:
Miguel Harth-Bedoya makes triumphant return to North Texas (Houston Chronicle)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the current freshman member of the Rice track and field team whose great grandfather was a three-sport athlete at Rice for baseball, football and track. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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