RICE UPDATE

Friday, July 31, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 27 - August 2

Monday-Saturday – Genuine Cup

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 27 - August 2

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Baker Event: Statistical Review of World Energy
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Build an Owl: A Virtual Rice Family Experience  
Saturday (4 pm CT) – San Diego l New Student Social
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm – Rice Village Farmers Market

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 27 - August 2

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 31, 2026

Rice Football:
Jackson Nominated for AFCA Good Works Team (Rice Owls)

Professional Baseball News

July 31, 2026

Player Moves:
On Wednesday, Minnesota recalled Tristan Gray from AAA St Paul.

Owls in MLB:
Update: July 29 (The Roost)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.276) went 2-for-4 for the Reds.  Trei Cruz (.221) went 3-for-5 with a double and a run for AAA Toledo.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

July 30, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), 3B Cole Green is transferring from Rice to Wake Forest.

Other Sports News

July 31, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T23 at -5 at the Utah Championship in Ogden on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.

Other News

July 31, 2026

Humans to Mars and Moon Summit:
The H2M2 Summit is held at Rice (Rice News)

Tanika Raychaudhuri:
How Asian Americans develop political identities (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

July 31, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Bo Carter for the guest trivia question!

Kermit Beahan ‘40 attended Rice on a football scholarship and was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress who dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 10, 1945.  Read more.  (Thanks, Russell Henderson, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Betty Bixby, Ann Bixby, Russell Henderson, Andy Williams, Ted Richard, Charlie Vaughters, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Bob Toone, Matt Moake, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Paul Reese, Clarke Anderson, Steve Gilliland, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Kirwin Drouet, Guy Rollins, Steve Brown, Gloria Tarpley, James Walker, Susan Zimmerman, Melinda Clark and Brian Lattimer! 

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