Rice Baseball This Week, April 20-26
Tuesday – UH 4, Rice 3 Box l Recap: Rice l UH l Roost
Friday – Wichita State 5, Rice 1 Box l Recap: Rice l WS
Saturday (2:05 pm CT) – at Wichita St Game Notes: Rice l WS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – at Wichita St Game Notes: Rice l WS l LS l Radio l ESPN+
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RICE UPDATE
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 20-26
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Night of Flight
Saturday – W/M Track at J Fred Duckett Invite
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 20-26
Monday (4 pm CT) – Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture: Pietro Perona
Monday (5 pm CT) – 2026 Sports Analytics Research Showcase
Monday (5 pm CT) – Baker Event: John Yoo
Tuesday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Safeguarding Health Care
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – University Awards Ceremony and Reception 2026
Wednesday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Annual Sustainability Summit
Wednesday (9 am CT) – An Earth Day Eco Crawl
Wednesday (9 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Candace Doby
Thursday (12 pm CT) – Brown Bag with Webb Keane
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – DFW l Arboretum Cool Thursday Concerts
Friday-Saturday – Conference in Honor of George Sher
Friday (9 am CT) – Rice360 Global Healthcare Technologies Design Competition
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Seattle l Alumni Wine Tasting
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Miami l Alumni Social
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Mariachi FREE annual concert
Saturday (5:30 pm CT) – Austin l Houston Dynamo vs Austin FC
Saturday (8 pm CT) – Albuquerque l Alumni Social
Sunday (3 pm CT) – Mariachi FREE annual concert
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Bay Area l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 20-26
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Spring Football Notebook (Yahoo Sports)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
Jack Ben-Shoshan has signed to play for the Lake Country DockHounds in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, a member of the American Association of Professional Baseball. The season starts on May 15.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.267) singled for the Twins and Dane Myers (.265) went 1-for-3 with 2 runs and 2 walks for the Reds.
Hayden Durke (1-0, 8.64) pitched 1 inning in relief for the win for AA Amarillo, Roel Garcia (0-0, 10.57) pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in relief for AA Montgomery, Parker Smith (1-1, 6.30) allowed 6 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings for a no-decision for Hi-A Asheville and Garrett Stratton (0-0, 2.79) allowed 1 unearned run in 2 innings for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)
Other News
Kraft Hall:
Kraft Hall comes alive with ideas (Rice News)
Senior Spotlight 2026:
Alex Cantin (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
David M Eagleman ’93 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Stanford. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road). Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Art Gottschalk, Bob Toone, Scott Wise, Kirkwood Johnston, Ted Richard, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Arthur Rogers, Kathleen Boyd, Anne Eldredge, Sallie Schwall, Mike Ross, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Andy Williams, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Ben Mayberry, Brian Lattimer, Boyd Harrison, Larry Nettles, Melinda Clark, Clarke Anderson, Ann Bixby and James Walker!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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