College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Thursday (5 pm CT) – Soccer at HCU
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Volleyball at UH
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Fan Fest
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Lamar ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 17-23
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday-Saturday – O-Week
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Jared Lindzon
Thursday (7:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Energy, Technology and Grid Resilience
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 17-23
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 235: 2026 Rice Football Offense Preview (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Player Moves:
On Tuesday, Detroit sent Trei Cruz outright to AAA Toledo.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.260) hit a RBI single for the Reds.
Roel Garcia (2-1, 7.23) allowed 5 runs (1 earned) in 1.2 innings in relief for AA Montgomery and Garrett Stratton (1-4, 1.78) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief for AA Binghamton. He has not allowed a run in 6 straight outings.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Blaine Brown:
Blaine Brown undergoes elbow surgery (GoVOLS247)
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Owls Ready for Short Trip to HCU (Rice Owls)
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Earn Preseason Honors (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City MO on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Best in Class:
Rice earns top national marks in The Princeton Review’s Best Colleges for 2027 (Rice News)
Sean Terada Yang:
Rice pianist, doctoral student takes national stage with Performance Today (Rice News)
Thelma Jean Goodrich (1940-2026):
On Augus 13, Thelma Jean Goodrich passed away. A native Houstonian, she earned an undergraduate degree from SMU and a MA (’73) and a PhD (’74) in Behavioral Science from Rice. “She became a groundbreaking feminist family therapist, author, teacher, and mentor whose work helped shape the field of family therapy.” Also, she was deeply devoted to her family. She is survived by, among others, her husband Thomas Cole (they were married in 2007). Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
First, Greg Williams (3) also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the original Hamilton cast member whose mother earned her doctorate from Rice. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome