Rice Baseball This Week, April 27 - May 3
Tuesday – Rice 6, Lamar 5 Box l Recap: Rice l Lamar l Roost
Saturday (1 pm CT) – vs. UAB Game Notes: Rice l UAB l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sat (45 min after Gm 1) – vs. UAB Game Notes: Rice l UAB l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (1:05 pm CT) – vs. UAB Game Notes: Rice l UAB l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, April 27 - May 3
Monday (5:30 pm CT) – NCAA W Tennis Selection Show Watch Party
Monday-Wednesday – American M Golf Championship, Sarasota
Thursday – W/M Track at Cameron Burrell Invite, Houston
Sat (11 am CT) – Rice vs. TCU, NCAA W Tennis Championship, Baton Rouge
Saturday – W/M Track at Alumni Muster, College Station
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, April 27 - May 3
Monday (12 pm CT) – Kinder Institute Luncheon 2026
Monday (4 pm CT) – Kural Lecture: Death and the Meaning of Life
Monday (5 pm CT) – Spring 2026 D2K Showcase
Monday (5 pm CT) – Washington DC l Douglas Brinkley Lecture
Wednesday (9 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: David Allen
Wednesday (11 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Owls in Motion
Wednesday (5:30 pm CT) – Baker Event: Saudia Arabia and World Soccer
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Friday-Sunday – Houston Palestine Film Festival
Friday (6 pm CT) – Boston l Floral Design Workshop
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Shepherd School Events This Week, April 20-26
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
John Doe Lawsuit:
Houston jury awards ex-Rice football player $1.3 million in anti-male bias case (Chronicle)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Parker Smith (1-1, 6.48) allowed 4 earned runs in 5 innings for a no-decision for Hi-A Asheville.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
American Conference Baseball:
Midseason Roundup: April 17 (The Roost)
Other Sports News
American Conference:
Yesterday, the American Conference announced the winners of the three 2026 Leadership and Engagement Committee awards. Rice Athletics Hall of Famer Wanna Hadnott won the Commissioner’s Annual Trailblazer Award. Also, Deputy AD for External Operations at Tulane Jana Woodson won the Marlon Dechausay Unity Award for a Staff Member. Previously, she was associate AD for marketing at Rice.
American Conference Honors Hadnott (RIce Owls)
American Conference Announces 2026 Awards (AC News)
Other News
OEDK Event:
Rice students showcase bold engineering solutions (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Stan Williams ’74 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who teaches at Texas A&M. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place next Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road). Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Anne Eldredge, Mike Ross, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Bob Toone, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Ted Richard, Arthur Gottschalk, Melinda Clark, Andy Williams, Clarke Anderson, Richard Zansitis, Paul Reese, Sallie Schwall, James Walker, Ben Mayberry, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Susan Zimmerman, Chris Kohnhorst, Boyd Harrison, Brian Lattimer and Guy Rollins!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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