College Baseball This Week, June 8-14
Friday (June 12) – Sunday/Monday (June 21/22) – College World Series
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Soccer vs. Texas A&M ESPN+
Friday (6 pm CT) – Volleyball at Texas (EXH)
Saturday (6 pm CT) – Soccer at Navy
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, August 10-16
Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Wednesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Marcia Dawood
Wed (11:30 am CT) – Baker Event: Civic Scientist Lecture with Angela McLean
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Rice Alumni August Virtual Book Club: John Williams
Saturday (12 pm CT) – New York l Welcome to the NeighborHOOT
Sunday – O-Week Move-In Day
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market
Sunday (10 am CT) – Boston l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Dallas-Fort Worth l Welcome to the NeighboorHOOT
Shepherd School Events This Week, August 10-16
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Episode 234: 2026 Rice Opponent Preview: Tulsa (The Roost)
Professional Baseball News
Garrett Stratton:
Garrett Stratton Continues To Thrive In 2026 (Mets Minors)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.188) went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run for AAA Toledo.
Justin Long (2-3, 8.37) allowed 2 earned runs in 1.2 innings in relief for Hi-A Rome.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Trey Dooley and RF Tobias Motley are transferring from Rice to Southern Illinois and Tennessee Wesleyan, respectively.
Other Sports News
Rice Soccer:
Owls Host Texas A&M to Open 2026 Season (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Edmonds Announces 2026-27 Non-Conference Schedule (Rice Owls)
Other News
Garden Oaks Theatre (Thanks, Michelle Leigh Smith '79!):
Phoebe and Bobby Tudor ’82 have donated half-a-million dollars towards saving the Garden Oaks Theatre. Directors Wes Anderson (son of the late Texas Anderson ‘81/’85) and Richard Linklater (the uncle of former Rice pitcher Jackson Parthasarathy ’19) are also involved in the fundraising cause. Read more.
Rice Global Paris Summer Program:
Literature meets medicine on the streets of Paris (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
One-year Rice football letterman Ben Westcott (1996) and three-year Rice football letterman Brian Patterson (1981-82-83) are 2026 Distinguished Owl Club Awards honorees. “An Evening for Rice’s Honour” will take place Wednesday, September 30 at the River Oaks Country Club. Read more and/or register here. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Kirkwood Johnston (2), Beverly Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), John Montana (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Ted Richard (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Andy Williams (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Betty Bixby (2), James Walker (2), Ann Bixby (2), Paul Reese (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Susan Zimmerman, Bob Toone (2), Greg Williams, Boyd Harrison (2), Melinda Clark (2) and Mike Ross (2)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome