RICE UPDATE

Friday, July 3, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 29 - July 5

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT – Online Cooking Class - Fourth of July Celebration

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 29 - July 5

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

July 1, 2026

RIce Football:
The G5 Hive website deep dives Rice 2026 football with the Roost’s Matthew Bartlett here.

Professional Baseball News

July 3, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard:
Trei Cruz (.210) walked for AAA Toledo.

Garrett Stratton (0-1, 2.70) retired the only batter he faced for AA Binghamton.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

July 3, 2026

Owls in Summer Ball:
After 14 games, Kutter-Gage Webb is batting .362 with 1 double, 2 homers, 13 walks, 21 runs and 7 RBI for the SLO Blues in the California Collegiate League.

Other Sports News

July 3, 2026

Brad Lardon '88:
After round 1 yesterday, Brad Lardon was T58 at +3 at the 2026 US Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in Columbus Ohio. Leaderboard here.

Other News

July 3, 2026

Texas Brain Economy Summit:
Rice faculty co-lead Nature Medicine commission (Rice News)

AJ Shin '26:
Rice senior named among inaugural class of Lafayette Fellows (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

July 3, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Incoming Rice Board of Trustee member Dr Barbara Jenkins Gibbs ‘73 is married to David Gibbs ’70, ‘71, a former walk-on Rice basketball player who received the Distinguished R Award from Rice Athletics in 2013.  Read more.

Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Jeff Ross, Art Gottschalk, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Kathleen Boyd, John Montana, Andy Williams, Clay Hoster, Steve Gilliland, Arthur Rogers, Anne Eldredge, Ted Richard, James Walker, Russell Henderson, Lynda Crist, Walt Greenberg, Ben Mayberry, Guy Rollins, Sallie Schwall, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, Chris Kohnhorst, Kirkwood Johnston, Jimmy Disch, Steve Lukingbeal, Martha Proctor Gano, Clarke Anderson, Amy Sutton, Nancy Burch, Brian Lattimer, Mike Ross, Michelle Hicks, Boyd Harrison, Dick Fuqua, Melinda Clark, Greg Mathews, Scott Wise and Dan Hyde!

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 35-24 (AC: 16-11)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern (DH1) W, 7-6
2/13 Northwestern (DH2) W, 3-2
2/15 Northwestern L, 17-6
2/17  Louisiana L, 3-0
2/18  Purdue W, 5-2
2/20 USC L, 5-0
2/21 USC L, 4-1
2/22 USC L, 4-2
2/24 HCU L, 11-8
2/27 Harvard W, 11-7
2/28 Harvard W, 2-1
3/01 Harvard W, 9-0
3/04 Lamar W, 4-1
3/06 Abilene Christian W, 5-4
3/07 Abilene Christian W, 8-6
3/08 Abilene Christian L, 4-1
3/10 Houston L, 13-1
3/13 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
3/13 Grand Canyon W, 16-5
3/14 Grand Canyon W, 13-2
3/15 Saint Mary's L, 11-8
3/17 UTRGV W, 7-3
3/20 USF W, 5-4
3/21 USF L, 2-0
3/22 USF L, 7-2
3/25 HCU W, 10-7
3/27 FL Atlantic L, 6-2
3/28 FL Atlantic W, 5-2
3/29 FL Atlantic W, 8-1
3/31 UTRGV W, 6-4
4/02 UTSA W, 3-2
4/03 UTSA L, 8-0
4/04 UTSA L, 13-0
4/07 Texas A&M-CC W, 18-4
4/10 Charlotte W, 7-5
4/11 Charlotte W, 6-2
4/12 Charlotte W, 3-2
4/15 Sam Houston W, 5-3
4/17 Memphis L, 4-1
4/18 Memphis L, 10-6
4/19 Memphis L, 6-5
4/21 Houston L, 4-3
4/24 Wichita St L, 5-1
4/25 Wichita St W, 3-2
4/26 Wichita St L, 13-3
4/28 Lamar W, 6-5
5/02 UAB (DH1) W, 16-9
5/02 UAB (DH2) W, 12-2
5/03 UAB W, 10-3
5/08 East Carolina W, 10-5
5/09 East Carolina W, 5-3
5/10 East Carolina L, 3-0
5/12 Houston L, 14-3
5/14 Tulane W, 12-0
5/15 Tulane W, 10-6
5/16 Tulane W, 6-5
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
5/19    
5/20    
5/21 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series