RICE UPDATE

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 13 - 19

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Thursday (5:30 pm CT) – Online Cooking Class: World Cup Celebration
Friday (7:30 pm CT) – Salt Lake City l The Utah Symphony Under the Stars
Saturday (12 pm CT) – Moody Center: Summer Jam 2026
Sunday (9 am - 1 pm CT) – Rice Village Farmers Market  
Sunday (4 pm CT) – Minnesota l New Student Social

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 13 - 19

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

July 14, 2026

Rice Football:
2026 Rice Football Season Preview Live (The Roost)

Professional Baseball News

July 15, 2026

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
No Owls in action.

College Baseball News

July 14, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), P Matt Zatopek is transferring from Rice to George Washington.

Other Sports News

July 15, 2026

Rice Golf:
Rising junior Daniel Zou is transferring from Rice to Stanford.  Read more.

Brad Lardon '88:
On July 6-7, Brad Lardon won the 2026 Sun Country PGA Senior Professional Championship in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Leaderboard here.

Other News

July 15, 2026

Baker Institute:
Uncertainty and the future of North American trade discussed (Rice News)

South Texas Jewish Archives:
Local students uncover Galveston's Jewish history (Rice News)

Penny Bell (1939-2026):
On May 27, Penny Bell passed away.  A native Houstonian, she received a BA in English from Rice in 1961 and a MA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1975.  She was a high school English teacher from 1961 to 1979.  After earning a JD from South Texas College of Law in 1983, she practiced law until 2000.  And, she and her late husband Alan founded San Jacinto Energy production Corporation.  Also, she was active in the community and at her church.  She is predeceased by Alan (they were married for forty-seven years).  Click here for the obituary.

Rice Trivia

July 15, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Jose Cruz, the father of former Rice baseball players Enrique Cruz and Jose Cruz, Jr, was selected to the MLB All-Star game twice (1980 and 1985).

Way to go, Ted Richard, Mike Ross, Andy Williams, John Montana, Arthur Rogers, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Anne Eldredge, Al Laverty, Steve Gilliland, Bob Toone, Nancy Bailey, Susan Zimmerman, Paul Reese, Walt Greenberg, Ty Buthod, Art Gottschalk, Joe Quoyeser, Kirkwood Johnston, Scott Wise, Ann Bixby, Ben Mayberry, David Gano, James Walker, Russell Henderson, Betty Bixby, Greg Williams, Vicki Bretthauer, Guy Rollins, Clarke Anderson, Martha Proctor Gano, Boyd Harrison, Danny Brennan, Melinda Clark, Sallie Schwall and Brian Ford!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

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