College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
No events
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 6 - 12
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Tuesday (5:45 pm CT) – Washington DC l Night at the Nationals Game
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Michaela Thomas
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni Virtual Book Club: Jane Harper
Thursday (10 am CT) – Baker Event: The State of Negotiations of the USMCA
Sunday (12:30 pm CT) – DFW l Astros vs Rangers
Shepherd School Events This Week, July 6 - 12
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
American Conference Football:
2026 QB Tiers (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.201) walked for AAA Toledo.
Garrett Stratton (0-1, 1.86) pitched a scoreless inning in relief for AA Binghamton.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Owls in Summer Ball:
After 7 games, Zachary Daigre is batting .313 with 3 walks, 5 runs and 1 RBI for the Springfield Drifters in the West Coast League.
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Click here for the 2026 Rice Soccer roster.
Other News
Amy Dittmar:
Rice Provost Participates in Borgo Dialogues in the Vatican (Rice News)
Priya Armour '26:
Owl Edge Works for Priya Armour (Rice News)
Barry Kaplan (1944-2026):
On May 31, Barry Kaplan passed away. Born in Montana and raised in Dallas, he earned a BA in Fine Arts from Rice (Baker College) in 1970, a MA in Art & Art History from Yale in 1973 and a JD from NYU in 1982. A “distinguished attorney and accomplished art historian”, he “lived a life defined by intellectual curiosity, culture, and adventure”. And, he was a world traveler. He is survived by, among others, his wife Virginia. Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Owl baseball players selected to play in a MLB All-Star game are Lance Berkman (2001, 02, 04, 06, 08, 11), Norm Charlton (1992), Brock Holt (2015) and Anthony Rendon (2019). (Thanks, Clarke Anderson, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre (4), Bryant Wilkinson (4), Kirkwood Johnston (3), James Walker (4), Ted Richard (4), Anne Eldredge (4), Martha Proctor Gano (4), John Montana (4), Randy Schaffer (2), Scott Wise (3), Joe Quoyeser (3), Mary Jane Kinnebrew (4), Bob Toone (4), Arthur Rogers (3), Ben Mayberry (3), Jimmy Walts (2), Scott Kloesel (4), Paul Reese (4), Ann Bixby (4), Walt Greenberg (3), Andy Williams (4), Clarke Anderson (4), Arthur Gottschalk (4), Kyle Wendel, Chris Kohnhorst (4), Nancy Bailey (2), Josh Schaffer (4), David Gano (3), Betty Bixby (4), Greg Williams (4), Sallie Schwall (4), Boyd Harrison (4), Nancy Burch (4), Mike Ross (4), Guy Rollins (3), Robert Gilmer (3), Russell Henderson (4), Steve Lukingbeal (3), Ty Buthod (4), Melinda Clark (4), Brian Lattimer (4) and Brian Ford (4)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome