Rice Baseball This Week, February 23 - March 1
Tuesday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. HCU Game Notes: Rice l HCU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP Jeremiah Arnett (2-0, 1.08) and LHP Jacob Cyr (0-1, 9.82)
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sat (4:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sun (12:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – W Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. South Florida TV: ESPN+
Thursday-Saturday – Swimming at Aggie Last Chance Meet, College Station
Friday-Saturday – American W/M Indoor Track Championships, Birmingham AL
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Sam Houston
Saturday (1 pm CT) – W Basketball at East Carolina TV: ESPN+
Sunday-Tuesday – M Golf at Cabo Collegiate
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Jaime Gonzalez
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with Jim Bevan
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – The History Kalb Lecture: Nancy Tomes
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Briefing Live
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – DFW l An Evening of Stories with Portia Hopkins
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Kelly Fox
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Dr Natanya Duncan
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – NYC l Texas Independence Day Social
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Engineering Dean Luay Nakhleh
Friday-Sunday – Rice Theatre: Sunday in the Park with George
Saturday (6 pm CT) – San Diego l Rice Alumni Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Ravena l Spring Fling 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 23- March 1
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Madison Joins Owls as Cornerbacks Coach (Rice Owls)
Rice Hires Tevin Madison as Corners Coach (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Christian Hallmark (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
Yesterday, former Rice batboy and current UTSA centerfielder Christian Hallmark was named American Player of the Week. He is the son of Jada ’01 and Patrick Hallmark ’98. Read more.
Other Sports News
Rice W Basketball:
Adams Named American Player of the Week (Rice Owls)
Other News
'The World At Play':
Conference turned soccer into space for connection, conversation, care (Rice News)
Civic Science Lecture Series:
Scott Solomon: Can humans become Martians? (Rice News)
Tom Swift (1934-2026):
On February 1, Tom Scott passed away. A fifth-generation Texan, he earned a BA in Chemistry from Rice in 1955 and a LLB from UT Austin in 1958. He enjoyed a legal career in private practice in West Texas including serving as president of the Petroleum Club in Midland in 2003-04. Also, he was avid runner, cyclist and swimmer and was active in the community. “He was loyal and could be counted on to come to the aid of his friends.” He is survived by, among others, his wife of sixty-seven years, Laura. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice basketball player who transferred from Duke. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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