Rice Baseball This Week, March 23-29
Wednesday – Rice 10, HCU 7 Box l Recap: Rice l HCU l Roost
Friday (6:35 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Saturday (2:05 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (12 pm CT) – vs. FAU Game Notes: Rice l FAU l LS l Radio l TV: ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 23-29
Monday-Tuesday – M Golf at Valspar Collegiate Invitational, West Palm Beach FL
Wednesday (5:45 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Programming
Wednesday (7 pm CT) – Abbi's College Cup: Rice Soccer vs. HCU friendly
Thursday-Saturday – Victor Lopez Classic
Friday (10 am CT) – M Tennis at Charlotte
Friday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at UC San Diego
Saturday (TBA) – M Tennis vs. UTSA, Charlotte
Saturday (TBA) – Volleyball at F.A.S.T. College Tournament
Saturday (11 am CT) – W Tennis at University of San Diego, San Diego
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 16-22
Monday (12 pm CT) – Vanzant Lecture with Dr Samuel Brown
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture: Prabhakar Raghavan
Tuesday (7 pm CT) – Brains in a Bar with Tom Stallings
Wednesday (8 am CT) – Wellness Wednesday: Leo Costello
Wednesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker: Duncan Yoon
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Rice Business: Houston Impact Series
Thursday-Saturday (8 pm CT) – Hello Hamlet Tickets
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Black Houston Symposium
Thursday (8 am CT) – Baker Event: The Review of USMCA 2026
Tthursday (11pa CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Rebecca Bloom
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (1 pm CT) – Chris Suh
Thursday (3 pm CT) – How to thrive outside academic: Danny Olivas
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – DFW l Grad Alumni Social
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Rice Business: Owl Have You Know: Anthea Yang
Friday (2 pm CT) – 2026 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhibition
Friday (5 pm CT) – Screening: Fresh Kill
Friday (6 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Daughter of the Light
Saturday (12 pm CT) – NYC l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (1 pm CT) – Boston l Oyster Shucking Class
Saturday (1 pm CT) – ENRON
Saturday (4 pm CT) – Los Angeles l Volun-CHEERS
Saturday (7 pm CT) – Rice Cinema: Privilege
Sunday (2 pm CT) – Denver l Volun-CHEERS
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 23-29
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
CJ Witten:
This week, Cooper Witten, CJ’s brother, committed to play for Oklahoma. Two months ago, their father Jason Witten joined the program as tight ends coach.
Professional Baseball News
Owls on Opening Day MLB Rosters:
The Owls making Opening Day MLB rosters today are Tristan Gray (Twins) and Dane Myers (Reds). (Yesterday, the Angels placed Anthony Rendon on the 60-day injured list-left hip labrum surgery.)
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other Sports News
Rice Cricket Club:
Cricket Club finds ‘camaraderie’ at championship (The Rice Thresher)
Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Club Car Championship in Savannah GA on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.
Other News
Baker Event:
Chief Justice Roberts visits Rice, addresses Supreme Court criticism (The Rice Thresher)
Rice Sport Analytics Team:
Rice students place first at annual baseball analytics competition (The Rice Thresher)
Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition:
Shepherd School alumni claim 3 of 6 top prizes (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Question:
Name the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who was won a Pulitzer Prize as well as four Grammy Awards. Email your answer here.
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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