RICE UPDATE

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, July 20 - 26

No events

Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, July 20 - 26

Until August 29 – Moody Center: Masako Miki: Shapeshifters, Sprites, and Spirits
Monday (12 pm CT) – Control What You Can: Career Strategy Panel
Monday (1 pm CT) – Traveling Owls l Travel Insurance Webinar
Saturday (2 pm CT) – Santa Fe l Rice Alumni and Community Reception
Sunday (7:30 pm CT) – Denver l Colorado Shakespeare's Festival "Twelfth Night"

Shepherd School Events This Week, July 20 - 26

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 20, 2026

Florida State Football:
Florida State is hiring Tom Herman as an assistant to head football coach Mike Norvell.  He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Rice football from 2007 to 2008.

Professional Baseball News

July 23, 2026

Owls in MLB:
Update: July 22 (The Roost)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.267) went 2-for-4 with a RBI for the Reds.  Tristan Gray (.143) walked and scored for AAA St Paul.

Roel Garcia (1-1, 7.52) allowed 3 earned runs in 3 innings in relief for AA Montgomery

Complete Owls stats are here.

College Baseball News

July 18, 2026

Rice Baseball:
Per the D1Baseball Transfer Tracker (subscriber content), RF Mason Ashlock is transferring from Rice to Incarnate Word.

Other Sports News

July 23, 2026

Mitchell Meissner '18:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Evan Scholars Invitational in Glenview, Illinois on the Korn Ferry Tour. Leaderboard here.

Other News

July 23, 2026

Moody Civic Immersion Program:
Rice's newest students get their hands dirty in Houston (Rice News)

LumiStrain:
Rice spinout company receives Small Business Innovation Research award (Rice News)

Rice Trivia

July 23, 2026

Guest Trivia Question:
First, Kyle Wendel also correctly answered Tuesday's guest trivia question!

Name a former Rice baseball player whose grandfather was selected to the MLB All-Star game five times.  Email your answer here.  

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