College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Monday, September 14, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Mon-Wed – M Golf at M Golf at Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Frisco TX Golf Channel
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball at #8 SMU
Thursday (7 pm CT) – Soccer at #23 Memphis ESPN+
Friday-Sunday – W Golf at Lady Paladin Invitational, Greenville SC
Friday (6:30 pm CT) – Volleyball at #11 TCU
Sat-Sun – W Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Cary NC
Sat-Sun – M Tennis at ITA Women’s All-American Championships, Tulsa OK
Sat (6 pm CT) – Football vs. Western Michigan Radio l ESPN+ l GN: Rice l WM
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, September 14-20
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Monday (10 am) – Baker Event: Voting Issues Facing the 2026 Midterm Elections
Monday (12 pm) – Vanzant Lecture Series: Dr Sven Kranz
Monday (12:30 pm) – SRUW l Seminar with Vivian Ho
Monday (7 pm) – Learning to Code Using AI with Joe Warren
Tuesday-Thursday – AI in Health Conference
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: The State of US Financial Markets
Tuesday (6 pm CT) – Austin l A Reception wiht President Reginald DesRoches
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – FoFL Annual Membership Celebration and Dinner
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Robin Derby
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Using AI Effectively with Tawfik Jarjour ‘12
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play That Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Houston l Andy DiRaddo and Art Gottschalk
Thursday – Water Nexus Conference 2026
Thursday (1 pm CT) – History in the Dungeon: Andrew Apter
Thursday (4 pm CT) – Ann Johnson, “Soul II Sole”
Friday (9 am CT) – Baker Event: Synthetic Biology
Fri (12 pm CT) – Rice Anthropology Brown Bag Talk: Frances Roberts-Gregory
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (5 pm CT) – LA l Portland Fire vs LA Sparks Pregame Social and Game
Shepherd School Events This Week, September 14-20
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 238: Rice Football gets the brunt of the Irish (The Roost)
American Conference Football:
Week 2 Roundup (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.266) walked for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.257) doubled, walked and scored for AAA Toledo and Tristan Gray (.225) walked for AAA St Paul.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Pierce Adds 11 to Roster (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Take Down No. 15 Creighton (Rice Owls)
Rice M Golf:
Owls Open 2026 Fall Season at Jackson T Stephens Classic (Rice Owls)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Yesterday, Mitchell Meissner finished T35 at -11 at the Simmons Bank Open in Franklin, TN on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Klaas Tadema (1940-2026):
On September 1, Klaas Tadema passed away. Born in Brazil, he attended Rice (class of 1961). He spent thirty years teaching math, primarily in Houston ISD. Also, he was a man of many interests and was active in his church. He is predeceased by, among others, his wife Dorothy (they were married for fifty-three years when she passed away in 2021). Click here for the obituary.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice football Assistant Offensive Line coach Clay Davie is the son of former Notre Dame football Head Coach Bob Davie (1997-2001). Tomorrow afternoon, the #3 Irish football team hosts the Owls in South Bend.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Arthur Gottschalk, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Ty Buthod, Andy Williams, Ted Richard, Anne Eldredge, Martha Proctor Gano, John Montana, Bob Toone, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Kirkwood Johnston, Sallie Schwall, Paul Reese, Brian Lattimer, Betty Bixby, Susan Zimmerman, Boyd Harrison, James Walker, Guy Rollins, Chris Kohnhorst, Melinda Clark, Steve Brown and Dan Hyde!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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