RICE UPDATE

Monday, May 11, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17

Thursday-Saturday – American Outdoor W/M Track Championships, Denton 

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 11-17

Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: John Coleman 
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni May Virtual Book Club: Sara Nisha Adams
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Shanghai l Meet and Greet with Yvonne Romero 
Thursday-Friday – Rice Strategy Symposium on Emerging Markets
Thu (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Protracted Displacement in the MENA Region
Thursday (6:30 pm CT) – DC l Comedy Show with Matthew Broussard ‘10
Saturday (1 pm CT) – LA l LACMA Tour with Claire E Spadafora, PhD ‘19
Saturday (11 pm CT) – Singapore l Brunch with Reginald DesRoches
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (2 pm CT) – DFW l Volun-CHEERS

Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

College Baseball This Week, May 4-10

Rice Baseball This Week, May 4-10
Friday – Rice 10, ECU 5  Box l Recap: Rice l ECU l Roost
Saturday – Rice 5, ECU 3  Box l Recap: Rice l ECU l Roost
Sunday – ECU 3, Rice 0  Box l Reap: Rice l ECU l Roost  

Football News

Mary 11, 2026

Greg Gatlin '03:
For Mother’s Day yesterday, the Chronicle featured former defensive back and pitmaster Greg Gatlin and his mother Mary Gatlin.

Professional Baseball News

May 11, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Roel Garcia (0-0, 12.34) allowed 4 earned runs in 2 innings in relief for AA Montgomery, Justin Long (2-2, 13.11) pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief for HI-A Rome and Garrett Stratton (0-0, 5.40) allowed 2 earned runs in 1.2 innings in relief for a blown save for Hi-A Brooklyn.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

May 5, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Davis Earns American Player of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)

American Conference Baseball:
Early May Roundup (The Roost)

Other Sports News

May 9, 2026

Rice Volleyball:
Owls Announce 2026 Schedule (Rice Owls)

Other News

May 11, 2026

Community Bridges:
Kinder Institute program gives Rice students hands-on experience (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

May 8, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Rice commencement speakers Annise Parker ’78 and Bill White were consecutive Houston mayors.  Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Andy Williams (2), Russell Henderson (2), Ann Eldredge (2), John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Ted Richard (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Bob Toone, Betty Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Guy Rollins (2), Jeff Ross (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Greg Williams (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark (2), Ann Bixby (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Mike Ross (2), James Walker (2), Dan Hyde (2) and Richard Avant (2)!

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

2026 Schedule and Results

Overall: 31-21 (AC: 13-11)

Date  Opponent  Time
2/13 Northwestern (DH1) W, 7-6
2/13 Northwestern (DH2) W, 3-2
2/15 Northwestern L, 17-6
2/17  Louisiana L, 3-0
2/18  Purdue W, 5-2
2/20 USC L, 5-0
2/21 USC L, 4-1
2/22 USC L, 4-2
2/24 HCU L, 11-8
2/27 Harvard W, 11-7
2/28 Harvard W, 2-1
3/01 Harvard W, 9-0
3/04 Lamar W, 4-1
3/06 Abilene Christian W, 5-4
3/07 Abilene Christian W, 8-6
3/08 Abilene Christian L, 4-1
3/10 Houston L, 13-1
3/13 Saint Mary's W, 6-5
3/13 Grand Canyon W, 16-5
3/14 Grand Canyon W, 13-2
3/15 Saint Mary's L, 11-8
3/17 UTRGV W, 7-3
3/20 USF W, 5-4
3/21 USF L, 2-0
3/22 USF L, 7-2
3/25 HCU W, 10-7
3/27 FL Atlantic L, 6-2
3/28 FL Atlantic W, 5-2
3/29 FL Atlantic W, 8-1
3/31 UTRGV W, 6-4
4/02 UTSA W, 3-2
4/03 UTSA L, 8-0
4/04 UTSA L, 13-0
4/07 Texas A&M-CC W, 18-4
4/10 Charlotte W, 7-5
4/11 Charlotte W, 6-2
4/12 Charlotte W, 3-2
4/15 Sam Houston W, 5-3
4/17 Memphis L, 4-1
4/18 Memphis L, 10-6
4/19 Memphis L, 6-5
4/21 Houston L, 4-3
4/24 Wichita St L, 5-1
4/25 Wichita St W, 3-2
4/26 Wichita St L, 13-3
4/28 Lamar W, 6-5
5/02 UAB (DH1) W, 16-9
5/02 UAB (DH2) W, 12-2
5/03 UAB W, 10-3
5/08 East Carolina W, 10-5
5/09 East Carolina W, 5-3
5/10 East Carolina L, 3-0
5/12 Houston 6:30 pm
5/14 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/15 Tulane 6:35 pm
5/16 Tulane 1:05 pm
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
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5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series