College Baseball This Week, June 1-7
Friday (June 5) – Monday (June 8) – Super Regionals
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 1-7
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Mon-Fri – IWA Leading Edger Conference: Resilient Water in a Changing World
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Martin Reeves
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Science Cafe
Friday (5 pm CT) – Houston l Happy Hour at the Museum of Fine Arts
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 25-31
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 226: Rice Opponent Preview: ECU (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.262) singled and doubled for the Twins. Trei Cruz (.209) walked twice and scored for AAA Toledo.
Parker Smith (3-3, 6.80) allowed 4 runs (2 earned) in 6 innings for the win for Hi-A Asheville and Garrett Stratton (3-0, 3.16) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for the win for AA Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), the following Owl has also entered the transfer portal: Cole Green (on June 5).
Other Sports News
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 2 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was +2 and missed the cut at the BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, South Carolina on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Rice Real Estate Company:
Per a Houston Business Journal article (subscriber content) and the Rice website, after two years as head of Rice Real Estate Company, Ken Jett is no longer serving as the company’s president. Presently, he is being shown as a special advisor and Don Dennis is being shown as the interim director.
Rice Village:
Istanbul Grill closing after 27 years (Houston Chronicle)
Keith David:
On Thursday, accomplished actor, voiceover legend and Rice parent (of daughter Maelee) Keith David was honored with the 2,847th star in the Motion Pictures category on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Owl David Aardsma was part of the ESPN broadcast team for the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. He covered the Regional site in Eugene, Oregon.
Way to go, Mike Ross (2), Ted Richard (2), Bob Toone (2), Andy Williams (2), John Montana (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Hal Gosnell, Guy Rollins (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Paul Reese (2), James Walker (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Betty Bixby (2), Ann Bixby (2), Russell Henderson (2), Melinda Clark (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Kevin Gass (2) and Arthur Rogers (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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