College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, Oct 26 - Nov 1
Monday-Wednesday – Baseball at Blue-Gray World Series
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Eastern New Mexico EXH
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Tulane ESPN+
Thursday-Sunday – W Tennis at HEB Invitational, Waco
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at SMU Invitational, Dallas
Friday (12:30 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Charlotte ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Baylor Invitational
Friday (7 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. South Florida ESPN+
Saturday – American Conference M/W XC Championships, New Orleans
Saturday-Sunday – M Golf at Steelwood Collegiate Invitational, Loxley AL
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week Oct 26 - Nov 1
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 31 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr Marc Hansel
Mon (12:30 pm CT) – SRUW Seminar with Kathleen Canning LOCATION CHANGE: SRUW will be meeting (in person) at the Anderson-Clarke Center, Rm 115
Monday (4 pm CT) – Baker Event: The Future of US FIscal Policy
Monday (6 pm CT) – Jahi: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Pinn
Tuesday (1 pm CT) - Baker Event: Roberto Carlos
Tuesday (1:30 pm CT) – London l Alumni Social
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: International Rescue Committee
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – Haunted History: Old Haunts & Hidden Stories at Rice
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Eric George
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Scott Solomon: Becoming Martian
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Vanzant Seminar Lecture: Dr James Rothman
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – “Revolution’s Daughter” Film Screening and Happy Hour
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Humanities NOW: The Impossible Will Be Televised
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Austin l Brains in a Bar: Dean Luay Nakhleh
Thursday (6 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Friday (9 am CT) – Michelle McCoy: Mongol Empire (1206-1368)
Friday (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk with Julie Livingston
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Baker Event: Dr Maria Repnikova
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Story of the Big Boys
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema l Buddy
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, Oct 26 - Nov 1
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Owls in NFL:
Week 7 Roundup (RIce Owls)
FAU 51, Rice 49:
Backup QB runs to records in FAU loss (The Rice Thresher)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Set for Busy Week at Home (Rice Owls)
Owls lose at home (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Swimming:
Swimming suffers dual meet loss against Arkansas (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Intramurals:
President's Cup Preview (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
Lifelong University:
Rice, Belmont Village introduce program at 33 senior living communities (Rice News)
Robbin Hodgkins (1948-2026):
On October 3, Robb Hodgkins passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA in Architecture (’71) and a Bachelor in Architecture (’73) from Rice (Baker) where he met his future wife Anita Sazin Hodgkins (’71). He enjoyed a career working for several Houston-based architectural companies for nearly fifty years. Also, he “had a love of fast cars, music, dancing, photography, art, and new technologies”. He “will always be remembered for his radiant smile, bear hugs, sense of humor, and his tireless devotion to his family”. He is survived by, among others, Anita. Click here for the obituary.
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Dicky Maegle holds the Rice football single-game rushing record with 265 yards set during the 1954 Cotton Bowl as Rice defeated Alabama, 28-6. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Last Saturday, Gael Ochoa came just 6 yards short off the record when he ran for 259 yards in his first collegiate start as FAU defeated Rice, 51-49.
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Andy Williams (2), Ann Bixby (2), Grungy (2), Bob Toone (2), John Montana (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Randy Schaffer (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Tom Stallings, Clarke Anderson (2), Nancy Burch (2), Paul Reese (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Guy Rollins (2), Ted Richard (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Steve Gilliland (2), Jimmy Walts (2), Betty Bixby (2), Scott Hochberg (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Danny Brennan (2), James Walker (2), Ben Mayberry (2), George Wagner (2), Kyle Wendel (2), Larry Nettles (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Melinda Clark (2), Mike Ross (2) and Steve Brown (2)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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