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: TBA and TBA
Saturday (3:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
Sunday (12:05 pm CT) – at ECU Game Notes: Rice l ECU l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Wednesday, May 6, 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
John Doe Lawsuit:
Houston jury awards ex-Rice football player $1.3 million in anti-male bias case (Chronicle)
Professional Baseball News
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Dane Myers (.267) walked for the Reds.
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
Dr Lesa Tran (Thanks, Mike Ross '70/'74!):
The best brownie recipe, according to science (Popular Science)
Fondren Fellows Program:
Rice students uncover Houston's hidden histories (RIce News)
Deborah Nelson-Campbell:
Nelson-Campbell was heart of Rice French studies (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was the Rice commencement speaker in 2018. Commencement ceremonies take place this weekend. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2), Ted Richard (2), Betty Bixby (2), Andy Williams (2), Bob Toone (2), Kirkwood Johnston, Scott Wise (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Anne Eldredge (2), Arthur Rogers (2), John Montana (2), Susan Zimmerman (2), Kirwin Drouet (2), Greg Williams (2), Paul Reese (2), Guy Rollins (2), Gloria Tarpley, Walt Greenberg, Russell Henderson, Ann Bixby (2), Matt Moake (2), Richard Zansitis (2), Tom Slallings, Chris Kohnhorst (2), Paul Dishman (2), Larry Nettles (2), Amy Sutton, Clarke Anderson (2), Mike Ross (2), Boyd Harrison (2), Melinda Clark (2), Brian Lattimer (2), Ben Mayberry, James Walker (2) and Sallie Schwall (2)!
Next trivia question tomorrow!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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