Rice Baseball This Week, February 14-20
Tuesday – Rice 6, UTRGV 4 Box l Recap: Rice l UTRGV l Roost
Thursday – Rice 3, UTRGV 2 (10) Box l Recap: Rice l UTSA
Friday – UTSA 8, Rice 0 Box l Recap: Rice l UTSA
Saturday (12:05 pm CT) – UTSA Game Notes: Rice l UTSA l LS l Radio l ESPN+
Probables: TBA and TBA
RICE UPDATE
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Selected Rice Athletics Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
Wednesday-Saturday – W/M Track at Texas Relays
Friday (1:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. TCU
Friday (2 pm CT) – W Tennis vs. South Florida
Friday (5 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. Tulsa
Friday (5:30 pm CT) – Volleyball vs. Texas A&M
Saturday (1 pm CT) – M Tennis vs. #64 Memphis
Sunday (11 am CT) – W Tennis vs. FIU
Selected Rice Non-Athletics Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
Tuesday (12:15 pm CT) – CAAAS Artist Talk: McArthur Freeman
Tuesday (4 pm CT) – Scientia Knowledge Under Fire Event
Wendesday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Matty Hemming
Wednesday (5 pm CT) – Bay Area: Spurs vs. Warriors Game and Meetup
Wednesday (6 pm CT) – Recent Alumni Run Club
Thursday (11:30 am CT) – Boniuk Institute: Reading Religion Salon
Thursday (6 pm CT) – Moody Center: Opening Reception for Moody Project Wall
Friday (12 pm CT) – CAAAS Speaker Series: Dr Tony Yeboah
Friday (12 pm CT) – Hudspeth Lecture Series: Hilary Matfess
Friday (1 pm CT) – Beer Bike Virtual Exhibit
Friday (1:30 pm CT) – Latin American Studies: Anibal Perez-Linan
Friday (4 pm CT) – Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar Award Lecture
Shepherd School Events This Week, March 30 - April 5
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
Player Moves:
On April 1, Garrett Stratton was assigned from A St. Lucie to Hi-A Brooklyn.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.364) hit his first career MLB grand slam as well as walked and had a sacrifice fly for the Twins. Trei Cruz (.227) hit a RBI single for AAA Toledo.
In a battle of Owls, starter Parker Smith (0-1, 9.00) was the losing pitcher for Hi-A Asheville and Justin Long (1-0, 6.75) was the winning pitcher in relief for Hi-A Rome. Hayden Durke (0-0, 0.00) pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings in relief for AA Amarillo.
Complete Owls stats are here.
College Baseball News
Rice Baseball:
After Texas State, Webb finds new home at Rice (San Marcos Daily Record)
Other News
Voluntary Separation Incentive Program:
Rice applauds 150-plus employee’s service, impact (Rice News)
Rice Trivia
Trivia Answer:
Michael Maher ’75, ’79, ‘80 is the 2026 ARA Laureates Award recipient who enjoyed a thirty-four year career at Exxon Mobil. The 2026 ARA Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road). Click here for a list of the 2026 Laureates Awards Honorees. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
Way to go, Ted Richard, Andy Williams, Anne Eldedge, Bev Schorre, Bryant Wilkinson, Bob Toone, Kirkwood Johnston, Arthur Gottschalk, John Montana, Martha Proctor Gano, Ann Bixby, Arthur Rogers, Clarke Anderson, Steve Lukingbeal, Paul Reese, Walt Greenberg, Chris Kohnhorst, Greg Williams, Betty Bixby, Melinda Clark, Boyd Harrison, Mike Ross, James Walker and Brian Lattimer!
Next trivia question next Tuesday!
Rice Update by Alan Shelby
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