RICE UPDATE

Friday, June 26, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, June 22-28

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (6:30 pm CT) – John Boles Book Signing, Brazos Bookstore
Thursday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Lily Zheng 
Friday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Wellness at the Moody Series
Saturday (1 pm CT – Moody Center: Art Lab: Felted Charms 

Shepherd School Events This Week, June 22-28

A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.

Baseball This Week, June 8-14

College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series

Football News

June 26, 2026

Rice Football:
Jackson Named to DCTFB All-Texas Preseason Team (Rice Owls)

Professional Baseball News

June 26, 2026

Owls in MLB:
Update: June 25 (The Roost)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Trei Cruz (.214) scored for AAA Toledo.

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

June 26, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Preston Sullivan is transferring from UH to Rice.

Other Sports News

June 26, 2026

Rice Track:
Six Women Named CSC Academic All-District (Rice Owls)
Four Men Named CSC Academic All-District (Rice Owls)

Mitchell Meissner '18:
After round 1 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner was T96 at -2 at the Memorial Health Championship in Springfield IL on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.  

Other News

June 26, 2026

Rice Global Paris Center:
AI crashed a Paris wine tasting and that was the point (Rice News)

Moody Center:
Moody Center announces 'Radient Geometries' (Rice News)

Ope Amosu, MBA '14:
This month, the Houston Business Journal reported that ChopNBlok is planning to open its third location in a new mixed-use development in Memorial City.  Ope Amosu’s restaurant started as a pop-up before becoming a vendor at Post Houston food hall in 2021 and then opened a standalone brick-and-mortar location at 507 Westheimer in Montrose.

Rice Trivia

June 25, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross and Andy Williams for the guest trivia question!

Two former Rice baseball players have hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game playing for two different MLB teams, Jose Cruz Jr for Toronto and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Lance Berkman for Houston and Saint Louis. (Thanks, John Montana!) 

Way to go, Betty Bixby (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Ted Richard (2), Kirkwood Johnston (2), Bob Toone (2), Randy Schaffer (2), Steve Lukingbeal, John Montana (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Ann Bixby (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Jimmy Disch (2), Guy Rollins (2), Greg Williams (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), James Walker (2), David Gano (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Art Gottschalk, Russell Henderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Ben Mayberry (2), Melinda Clark (2) and Jimmy Walts (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: 35-24 (AC: 16-11)

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 L, 14-3
5/14 Tulane W, 12-0
5/15 Tulane W, 10-6
5/16 Tulane W, 6-5
     
5/19-24 AC Championship
5/19    
5/20    
5/21 Wichita St W, 5-4
5/22 East Carolina L, 4-3
5/22 UAB L, 9-6
5/23    
5/24    
     
5/29-6/1 Regionals  
     
6/5-8 Super Regionals  
     
6/12-22 College World Series