RICE UPDATE

Friday, February 13, 2026

Rice Baseball This Week, February 9-15
Friday (2:30 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern  GN: Rice l NULS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
   Probables: LHP Brayden Sharp and RHP Sam Hliboki
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern  GN: Rice l NULSRadio l TV: ESPN+
   Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk and RHP Garrett Shearer
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. Northwestern  GN: Rice l NULSRadio l TV: ESPN+
   Probables: LHP Anthony Diaz and RHP Matt Kouser 

Professional Baseball News

Tristan Gray:
On November 18, 2025, Tampa Bay traded Tristan Gray to Boston.  Yesterday, Boston traded him to Minnesota.  Read more.

College Baseball News

College Baseball:
Opening Weekend Guide (Baseball America)

Bracketology:
Field of 64 Projections: Preseason Edition (D1Baseball.com)

Other Sports News

Rice W Tennis:
Owls Remain Undefeated against UTSA (Rice Owls)

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

Rice W Basketball:
Rice Hosts Wichita State for Play4Kay Game (Rice Owls)

Other News

Virani School:
Virani School launches new marketing concentration (Rice News)

Spanish Village:
Beloved Houston restaurant to return (Houston Chronicle)

Grant Grueneich (1942-2026):
On January 28, Grant Grueneich passed away.  Born in California, he earned a BA (’64) and a BS (’65) in Electrical Engineering from Rice.  After military service, he worked for thirty-seven years for CenterPoint Energy and HLP.  Also, he enjoyed many hobbies including photography, music, fishing and building electronics.  He is survived by, among others, his wife of fifty-eight years, Nada.  Click here for the obituary.

Rice Trivia

Trivia Answer:
Northwestern graduate Saul Bellow ‘37 won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1976, Humboldt’s Gift), the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Medal of Arts.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

This weekend, the Rice baseball team hosts the Wildcats in a three-game set at Reckling Park.

Way to go, Ted Richard, Ann Bixby, John Montana, Anne Eldredge, Bob Toone, Andy Williams, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Russell Henderson, Art Gottschalk, Chris Kohnhorst, Guy Rollins, Ty Buthod, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Paul Reese, Kirwin Drouet, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Susan Zimmerman, Jeff Ross, Martha Proctor Gano, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Dan Hyde, Peter Fasullo, Sallie Schwall, Richard Zansitis, Mike RossJames WalkerLarry Nettles and Brian Lattimer!

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

Overall: x-x (AC: x-x)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern 2:30 pm
2/13 Northwestern 6:30 pm
2/15 Northwestern 1:05 pm
2/17  Louisiana 6:35 pm
2/18  Purdue 6:35 pm
2/20 USC 8:35 pm
2/21 USC 4:05 pm
2/22 USC 3:05 pm
2/24 HCU 6:35 pm
2/27 Harvard 6:35 pm
2/28 Harvard 4:05 pm
3/01 Harvard 12:05 pm
3/04 Lamar 6 pm
3/06 Abilene Christian 6:05 pm
3/07 Abilene Christian 3:05 pm
3/08 Abilene Christian 1:05 pm
3/10 Houston 6:30 pm
3/13 Saint Mary's 2 pm
3/13 Grand Canyon 7 pm
3/14 Grand Canyon 7 pm
3/15 Saint Mary's 12 pm
3/17 UTRGV 6:35 pm
3/20 USF 5:35 pm
3/21 USF 1:05 pm
3/22 USF 12:05 pm
3/25 HCU 6:30 pm
3/27 FL Atlantic 6:35 pm
3/28 FL Atlantic 2:05 pm
3/29 FL Atlantic 1:05 pm
3/31 UTRGV 6:35 pm
4/02 UTSA 6:35 pm
4/03 UTSA 6:35 pm
4/04 UTSA 1:05 pm
4/07 Texas A&M-CC 6:35 pm
4/10 Charlotte 5:05 pm
4/11 Charlotte 3:05 pm
4/12 Charlotte 12:05 pm
4/15 Sam Houston 6:35 pm
4/17 Memphis 6:35 pm
4/18 Memphis 2:05 pm
4/19 Memphis 1:05 pm
4/21 Houston 6:35 pm
4/24 Wichita St 6:05 pm
4/25 Wichita St 2:05 pm
4/26 Wichita St 1:05 pm
4/28 Lamar 6:35 pm
5/01 UAB 6:35 pm
5/02 UAB  
5/03 UAB 1:05 pm
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
     
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