RICE UPDATE

Monday, May 4, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10

Monday – WAAB Golf Classic

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10

Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Carole Robin  
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold ’70 Lecture: Barry Eichengreen
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2026 Laureates Awards Dinner
Friday-Saturday – Commencement Ceremonies

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

College Baseball This Week, April 27 - May 3

Rice Baseball This Week, April 27 - May 3
Tuesday – Rice 6, Lamar 5  Box l Recap: Rice l Lamar l Roost   
Saturday (DH1) – Rice 16, UAB 9  Box l Recap: Rice l UAB l Roost 
Saturday (DH2) – Rice 12, UAB 2  Box l Recap: Rice l UAB l Roost
Sunday – Rice 10, UAB 3  Box l Recap: Rice l UAB l Roost

Football News

April 28, 2026

John Doe Lawsuit:
Houston jury awards ex-Rice football player $1.3 million in anti-male bias case (Chronicle)

Professional Baseball News

May 4, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Hayden Durke (2-1, 6.35) allowed 1 unearned run in 1 inning in relief for the loss in game 2 for AA Amarillo, Roel Garcia (0-0, 11.17) allowed 3 earned runs in 1 inning in relief for AA Montgomery, Justin Long (2-2, 15.00) allowed 3 earned runs in .2 inning in relief for Hi-A Rome and Garrett Stratton (0-0, 2.92) pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings in relief for Hi-A Brooklyn. 

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

April 20, 2026

American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)

Other Sports News

May 4, 2026

Rice Track:
Weekend Recap: Women l Men (Rice Owls)

Other News

May 4, 2026

The Lemons RaceCar:
Rice engineering students turn $300 car into dystopian endurance racer (Rice News)

Daniel Candler (1936-2026):
On April 29, Dan Candler passed away.  A native Texan, he earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice (BA in 1958) and from Carnegie Mellon (PhD in 1966).  He enjoyed a career with Marathon Oil and he loved bridge, tennis, dogs and traveling (including attending the Kentucky Derby over 50 times).  He is survived by, among others, his wife Betsy (they were married in 1966).  Click here for The Courier obituary.

Rice Trivia

May 1, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Stan Williams ’74 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M.  The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Anne Eldredge, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Bob Toone, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Ted Richard, Arthur Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Andy Williams, Clarke Anderson, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Sallie Schwall, James Walker, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Susan Zimmerman, Chris Kohnhorst, Boyd Harrison, Brian Lattimer and Guy Rollins!

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Rice Update by Alan Shelby
A condensed version of the Update is available by email
Corrections, comments and updates welcome

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 29-20 (AC: 11-10)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern (DH1) W, 7-6
2/13 Northwestern (DH2) W, 3-2
2/15 Northwestern L, 17-6
2/17  Louisiana L, 3-0
2/18  Purdue W, 5-2
2/20 USC L, 5-0
2/21 USC L, 4-1
2/22 USC L, 4-2
2/24 HCU L, 11-8
2/27 Harvard W, 11-7
2/28 Harvard W, 2-1
3/01 Harvard W, 9-0
3/04 Lamar W, 4-1
3/06 Abilene Christian W, 5-4
3/07 Abilene Christian W, 8-6
3/08 Abilene Christian L, 4-1
3/10 Houston L, 13-1
3/13 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
3/13 Grand Canyon W, 16-5
3/14 Grand Canyon W, 13-2
3/15 Saint Mary's L, 11-8
3/17 UTRGV W, 7-3
3/20 USF W, 5-4
3/21 USF L, 2-0
3/22 USF L, 7-2
3/25 HCU W, 10-7
3/27 FL Atlantic L, 6-2
3/28 FL Atlantic W, 5-2
3/29 FL Atlantic W, 8-1
3/31 UTRGV W, 6-4
4/02 UTSA W, 3-2
4/03 UTSA L, 8-0
4/04 UTSA L, 13-0
4/07 Texas A&M-CC W, 18-4
4/10 Charlotte W, 7-5
4/11 Charlotte W, 6-2
4/12 Charlotte W, 3-2
4/15 Sam Houston W, 5-3
4/17 Memphis L, 4-1
4/18 Memphis L, 10-6
4/19 Memphis L, 6-5
4/21 Houston L, 4-3
4/24 Wichita St L, 5-1
4/25 Wichita St W, 3-2
4/26 Wichita St L, 13-3
4/28 Lamar W, 6-5
5/02 UAB (DH1) W, 16-9
5/02 UAB (DH2) W, 12-2
5/03 UAB W, 10-3
5/08 East Carolina 5:05 pm
5/09 East Carolina 3:05 pm
5/10 East Carolina 12:05 pm
5/12 Houston 6:30 pm
5/14 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/15 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/16 Tulane 1:05 pm
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
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5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series