Rice Baseball This Week, February 14-20
Wed (6:30 pm CT) – at HCU Game Notes: Rice l HCU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (2:05 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (12 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 23-29
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Valspar Collegiate Invitational, West Palm Beach FL
Wednesday (5:45 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Programming
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Rice Soccer vs. HCU friendly
Thursday-Saturday – Victor Lopez Classic
Friday (10 am CT) – M Tennis at Charlotte
Friday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at UC San Diego
Saturday (TBA) – M Tennis vs. UTSA, Charlotte
Saturday (TBA) – Volleyball at F.A.S.T. College Tournament
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at University of San Diego, San Diego
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture with Dr Samuel Brown
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture: Prabhakar Raghavan
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Tom Stallings
Wednesday (8 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Leo Costello
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Duncan Yoon
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Rice Business: Houston Impact Series
Thursday-Saturday (8 pm CT) – Hello Hamlet Tickets
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Black Houston Symposium
Thursday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: The Review of USMCA 2026
Tthursday (11pa CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Rebecca Bloom
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (1 pm CT) – Chris Suh
Thursday (3 pm CT) – How to thrive outside academic: Danny Olivas
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Rice Business: Owl Have You Know: Anthea Yang
Friday (2 pm CT) – 2026 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhibition
Friday (5 pm CT) – Screening: Fresh Kill
Friday (6 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Daughter of the Light
Saturday (12 pm CT) – NYC l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Boston l Oyster Shucking Class
Saturday (1 pm CT) – ENRON
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Privilege
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Denver l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 23-29
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
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
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Valspar Collegiate Invitational:
Day Two Recap (Rice Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Bakaityte Named American Women’s Tennis Player of the Week (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Owls' record-breaking season concludes in Kansas (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
Zachary Bell:
New tool shines light on hidden protein mystery (Rice News)
Rice Table Tennis Club:
Rice advances to third consecutive National Championship (Rice News)
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Current freshman hurdler and sprinter Max Bacon is the great grandson of the legendary Eddie Dyer Sr., a three-sport athlete at Rice for baseball, football and track. Click here for the Rice History Corner by Melissa Kean blog entry dated June 24, 2019 about him. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Ann Eldredge, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Russell Henderson, Guy Rollins, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Clarke Anderson, James Walker, Martha Proctor Gano, Greg Williams, Mike Ross and Brian Lattimer!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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