Rice Baseball This Week, May 4-10
Friday (5:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Tanner Wiggins (3-2, 4.34) and LHP Ryan Towers (5-3, 3.68)
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ethan Sanders (4-5, 3.82) and LHP Ethan Norby (5-2, 4.60)
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: RHP Ryland Urbanczyk (4-3, 2.86) and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Friday, May 8, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10
Monday – WAAB Golf Classic
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, May 4-10
Tuesday (11 am CT) – ContinuOWL Learning: Carole Robin
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Doyle Arnold ’70 Lecture: Barry Eichengreen
Thursday (6 pm CT) – 2026 Laureates Awards Dinner
Friday-Saturday – Commencement Ceremonies
Shepherd School Events This Week, May 4-10
A listing of Shepherd School events can be found here.
Football News
Rice Football:
Owls and Notre Dame Kick Off at 2:30 (Rice Owls)
Professional Baseball News
Owls in MLB:
Update: May 6 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.258) hit a RBI single for the Twins.
Garrett Stratton (0-0, 4.73) allowed 3 earned runs in 1 inning in relief for Hi-A Brooklyn.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
Davis Earns American Player of the Week Honors (Rice Owls)
American Conference Baseball:
Early May Roundup (The Roost)
Other Sports News
Rice M Track:
O’Connor Named to Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Rice Owls)
Rice M Golf:
Two Owls Earn American All-Conference Honors (Rice Owls)
Rice W Basketball:
Edmonds Announces Three New Additions (Rice Owls)
Owls Boost Roster with Trio of Transfers (The Roost)
Other News
Shared Equipment Authority:
Symposium celebrates silver anniversary (Rice News)
Superfund Research Authority:
Rice, BCM renew program (Rice News)
Kinder Houston Area Survey:
Survey reveals unexpected common ground (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Rice commencement speakers Annise Parker ’78 and Bill White were consecutive Houston mayors. Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Art Gottschalk (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Andy Williams (2), Russell Henderson (2), Ann Eldredge (2), John Montana (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Arthur Rogers (2), Ted Richard (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Bob Toone, Betty Bixby (2), Joe Quoyeser (2), Guy Rollins (2), Jeff Ross (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Paul Reese (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Greg Williams (2), Nancy Bailey (2), Larry Nettles (2), Ben Mayberry, Melinda Clark (2), Ann Bixby (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Mike Ross (2), James Walker (2), Dan Hyde (2) and Richard Avant (2)!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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Corrections, comments and updates welcome