RICE UPDATE
Monday, April 13, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 13-19
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Mossy Oak Intercollegiate, West Point MS
Monday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. UAB
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Bryan Clay Invite, Azusa CA
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Beach Invite, Long Beach CA
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Tennis at American Championship, Tulsa
Thursday-Saturday – W/M Track at Tom Tellez Invite, Houston
Friday (5 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 13-19
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Field Trip to Rice Library Service Center
Monday (6 pm CT) – CSWGS Martel Lecture: Robin Wall Kemmerer
Tuesday (5 pm CT) – Rice360 Global Health Seminar
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: The Genius of Taylor Swift
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (8 pm CT) – Seattle l Omar Syed
Thursday-Sunday – ARUBA Weekend
Thursday (4:30 pm CT) – 2026 Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
Thursday (8 pm CT) – Bay Area l Omar Syed
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Elizabeth Brannon
Friday (4 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series: He Bian
Saturday (3 pm CT) – Moody Center: New Art / New Music Spring 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 13-19
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Gabe Taylor (Thanks, Phil Garon '68):
Gabe Taylor stirs memories of older brother in DC (ESPN)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.273) hit a 3-run homer (off Max Scherzer) and Dane Myers (.300) hit a pinch-hit single and scored for the Reds. Trei Cruz (.157) walked and scored for AAA Toledo.
Roel Garcia (0-0, 34.71) allowed 5 earned runs in .2 innings for AA Montgomery.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Mossy Oak Intercollegiate:
Preview (RIce Owls)
Rice W Tennis:
Owls Close Regular Season at Home (Rice Owls)
Other News
Kinder Institute:
Study: Where are all the students in the Houston Region? (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Brown College won the first women’s Beer Bike Race in 1972. Beer Bike takes place tomorrow.
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, Clarke Anderson, Andy Williams, Ted Richard, John Montana, Mike Ross, Martha Proctor Gano, Anne Eldredge, Arthur Rogers, Guy Rollins, Paul Reese, Art Gottschalk, Richard Zansitis, Ben Mayberry, Sallie Schwall, Greg Williams, Brian Lattimer, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark and James Walker!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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