Rice Baseball This Week, February 23 - March 1
Tuesday – HCU 11, Rice 8 (11) Box l Recap: Rice l HCU l Roost
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: LHP Brayden Sharp (1-1, 6.52) and RHP Gio Colasante (0-1, 9.00)
Sat (4:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: RHP R Urbanczyk (0-1, 1.69) and LHP L Alagheband (0-0, 5.40)
Sun (12:05 pm CT) – vs. Harvard Game Notes: Rice l HAR l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: : RHP Ethan Sanders (0-1, 3.07) and RHP Andrew Abler (0-0, 4.50)
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Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – W Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – M Basketball vs. South Florida TV: ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – American W/M Indoor Track Championships, Birmingham AL
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. Sam Houston
Saturday (1 pm CT) – W Basketball vs. Tulsa TV: ESPN+
Sunday-Tuesday – M Golf at Cabo Collegiate
Sunday (1 pm CT) – M Basketball at Temple TV: ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, February 23 - March 1
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Jaime Gonzalez
Monday (12 pm CT) – SRUW l Seminar with Jim Bevan
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – The History Kalb Lecture: Nancy Tomes
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Briefing Live
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – DFW l An Evening of Stories with Portia Hopkins
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Kelly Fox
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Dr Natanya Duncan
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – NYC l Texas Independence Day Social
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Engineering Dean Luay Nakhleh
Friday-Sunday – Rice Theatre: Sunday in the Park with George
Saturday (6 pm CT) – San Diego l Rice Alumni Social
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Moody Center: Ravena l Spring Fling 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, February 23- March 1
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Owls Open ’26 American Campaign at home with UTSA (Rice Owls)
2026 Schedule Announced (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Benjamin Rosengard:
One-year Rice baseball letterman Benjamin Rosengard (2002) is on the Team Israel roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
College Baseball News
Christian Hallmark (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
Yesterday, former Rice batboy and current UTSA centerfielder Christian Hallmark was named American Player of the Week. He is the son of Jada ’01 and Patrick Hallmark ’98. Read more.
Other Sports News
Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T39 at -3 at the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Bryan Guido Hassin '01:
DexMat sees interest in Galvorn surging (HBJ, Subscriber Content)
Mitch Ackal '00:
Two-year Rice baseball letterman Mitch Ackal (1999-2000) has joined Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP as a Partner in the Litigation Practice. Read more.
Student Association:
Over 100 students turn out for SA elections debate at Pub (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice presidents George Rupp (PhD ’72) and David Leebron (BA ‘76/JD ’79) earned Harvard degrees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Owls baseball team hosts the Crimson to a three-game set at Reckling Park.
Way to go, Bob Toone (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Ty Buthod (2), Elizabeth Gillis (2), Paul Reese (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Steve Gilliland, John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Ann Eldredge (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Andy Williams (2), Tania Min, Walt Greenberg (2), Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Ann Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Ted Richard (2), Scott Wise (2), Peter Fasullo (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Betty Bixby (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Steve Lukingbeal (2), Greg Williams (2), Mike Ross (2), Melinda Clark (2), James Walker (2), Susan Zimmerman, Jim Tucker (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry (2) and Dan Hyde (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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