College Baseball This Week, June 1-7
Friday (June 5) – Monday (June 8) – Super Regionals
RICE UPDATE
Friday, June 5, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Mon-Fri – IWA Leading Edger Conference: Resilient Water in a Changing World
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Martin Reeves
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Science Cafe
Friday (5 pm CT) – Houston l Happy Hour at the Museum of Fine Arts
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 25-31
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Bert Emanuel '94:
Former Rice star quarterback lands as softball coach at HCU (HCU News)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Roel Garcia (0-0, 7.71) pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief for AA Montgomery.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), the following Owls have also entered the transfer portal: Marco Fuentes (on June 2) and DC Brown (on June 3).
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Edmonds Agrees to Contract Extension (Rice Owls)
Breaking down the Lindsay Edmonds extension (The Roost)
Rice M Basketball:
Former Rice basketball guard Jordan Williams has elected to transfer to the University of Maryland to play football as a linebacker. Read more.
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T114 at +2 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, South Carolina on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
ARA Board:
7 selected to join ARA board (Rice News)
Rice Business:
Rodriguez celebrates 10 years at university and new role (Rice News)
Lawrence Westerlund (1942-2026):
On May 27, Larry Westerlund passed away. Born in Wisconsin, he earned a BA in Physics in 1964 and a PhD in Space Physics & Astronomy in 1968 from Rice (Baker College). He enjoyed “a distinguished career as a space scientist in the communications satellite industry”. Also, he was a lifelong sailor. “He will be remembered for his quiet strength, gentle smile, steady presence, and deep love for those closest to him.” He is survived by, among others, his wife of sixty-one years, Beverly. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Owl David Aardsma was part of the ESPN broadcast team for the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. He covered the Regional site in Eugene, Oregon.
Way to go, Mike Ross (2), Ted Richard (2), Bob Toone (2), Andy Williams (2), John Montana (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Hal Gosnell, Guy Rollins (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Paul Reese (2), James Walker (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Betty Bixby (2), Ann Bixby (2), Russell Henderson (2), Melinda Clark (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Kevin Gass (2) and Arthur Rogers (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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