College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, October 19 - 25
Monday – W Golf at Jim West Challenge, San Marcos
Monday-Wedmesdau – M Golf at Abilene Christian Intercollegiate, Granbury
Thu-Sun – W/M Tennis at American Individual Tennis Championships, GRBTC
Thu-Sun – W Tennis at JAE Foundation Invite, Fort Worth
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at South Florida ESPN+
Friday-Saturday – Swimming at Rice Invite
Friday-Sunday – M Tennis at Baylor Invitational
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at North Texas
Sat (11am CT) – Football at FAU Radio l ESPNU l Game Notes: Rice l FAU
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Baseball vs. McLennan CC EXH
Sunday (12 pm CT) – Volleyball at Florida Atlantic ESPN+
Sunday (1 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Tulsa ESPN+
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week October 19 - 25
Until December 19 – Moody Center: Radiant Geometries
Until October 24 – Sarofim Gallery: Off the Press/Off the Wall
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture: Dr Kelly Zamudio
Monday (12 pm CT) – Amplifying Asian American Voices: Dr Karen Siu
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Mohammad Darawshe
Tuesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Paul Ryan
Tuesday (6:30 pm CT) – The Creative Journey of Hong Lin Tsai ‘26
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – Denver l A Reception with President Reginald DesRoches
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Susan Robertson
Wednesday (4 pm CT) – Play that Funky Music, Woodson
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – REA l Engineer Your Career Panel
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – CSWGS Gray/Wawro Lecture – Siri Suh
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Angel Marti
Thursday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: Mexico Country Outlook 2027
Thursday (11 am CT) – "Save Sammy the OWL” Escape Room Challenge
Thursday (4:15 pm CT) – Engineers in the C-Suite: Leslie Duke
Thursday (6 pm CT) – RAM l DFW Social
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Platform
Friday (11:30 am CT) – Asian American Studies: Dr Lok Siu
Friday (12 pm CT) – Mars and the Search for Life: Kirsten Siebach
Friday (2:30 pm CT) – Transnational Asia Speaker Series l Lok Siu
Friday (5 pm CT) – RAINS & REA l Behind the Scenes Tour: Brockman Hall
Friday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: The Fall
Friday (9 pm CT) – Bay Area l Recent Alumni Social
Saturday (11 am CT) – Mexico City l Coffee Social
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Boston l San Jose Sharks vs Boston Bruins
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema l OBEX
Sunday (9 am CT) – Boca Raton l Rice vs FAU Soccer Pregame Social
Shepherd School Events This Week, October 19 - 25
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Tulsa 38, Rice 17:
Owls burrow in bottom of conference standings (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Football:
FAU presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Playoff Baseball:
Last night, the Brewers defeated the Dodgers, 6-4, to sweep the best-of-seven NL Championship Series, 4-0. Danny Lehmann is the Bench Coach for the Dodgers.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Reckling's Roost Upgraded to Club 37 (Rice Owls)
Other Sports News
Rice Swimming:
Archibald Earns Weekly Conference Honors (Rice Owls)
Abilene Christian Intercollegiate:
Day Two Recap (Rice Owls)
Rice Fencing Club:
Rice Fencing Club returns to SWIFA (The Rice Thresher)
Other News
Baker Institute:
Energy Summit examines energy security amid global change (Rice News)
Louis Eisenwine (1934-2026):
On September 15, Louis Eisenwine passed away. A native Texan, he earned a BA from Rice in 1957. After military service, he served as a FBI Special Agent from 1962 until 1985. Afterwards, he worked for the State of Texas Department of Human Services investigating welfare fraud until 2010. Also, he was a long-time member of the Catholic Church. “He was a hard-working and fiercely independent man who treasured his family and his many friends”.
Following the deaths of his first two wives, he married his sweetheart from 1961, Billie Porter Jones, in 2015. She survives him. Click here for the obituary.
The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday. You can check it out here.
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former Second Baptist Church head baseball coach Lance Berkman won a World Series championship with the Cardinals and former Second Baptist Church assistant baseball coach Andy Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Ted Richard (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Andy Williams (2), Matt Moake (2), Steve Lukingbeal (2), Scott Wise (2), Kirkwood Johnston (2), Ann Bixby (2), John Montana (2), Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Jeff Fleming (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Michelle Cash (2), Sandy Benak (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Russell Henderson (2), Ty Buthod (2), Amy Sutton, Joe Quoyeser (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Jill Clausen (2), Paul Reese (2), Guy Rollins (2), Bob Toone (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Randy Schaffer (2), Greg Mathews (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Dick Fuqua (2), Charlie Vaughters (2), Betty Bixby (2), Ben Mayberry (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Tommy Reckling (2), David Gano (2), Larry Nettles (2), Horst Paul, Rick Ngo (2), Mike Ross (2), Melinda Clark (2), Nancy Burch (2), Diane Jefferies (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Don Schaffer (2), Steve Brown (2), Nancy Bailey, Bill Eiland (2), James Walker (2) and Richard Avant (2)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome