February 18, 2021
Rice Baseball:
2021 Baseball: More Vets, More Players, More Innings (The Rice Thresher)
2021 Season Preview (The Roost)
2021 Individual Leaders
| STAT | PLAYER | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| AVG | Braden Comeaux | .346 |
| OBP | Braden Comeaux | .419 |
| BB | Guy Garibay | 22 |
| HR | Cade Edwards | 9 |
| RBI | Bradley Gneiting | 37 |
| R | Cade Edwards | 43 |
| SB | Will Karp | 13 |
| W | Mitchell Holcomb | 6 |
| SV | Guy Garibay | 4 |
| IP | Blake Brogdon | 71.0 |
| ERA | Brandon Deskins | 3.88 |
Overall Statistics Qualified Leaders Through 5/16/21
2021 Weekly Rankings
| WK | BA | CB | D1 | NCBWA | RPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 2/22 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 3/01 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 3/08 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 3/15 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 3/22 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 3/29 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 241 |
| 4/05 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 240 |
| 4/12 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 236 |
| 4/19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 200 |
| 4/26 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 205 |
| 5/03 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 206 |
| 5/10 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 196 |
| 5/17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 180 |
| 5/24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 174 |
| 5/31 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 179 |
| 6/07 | NR | NR | NR | NR | |
| 7/05 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
February 18, 2021
Kirsten Siebach:
Today, NASA’s next Mars rover Perseverance is scheduled to land on the planet. Rice’s Martial geologist Kirsten Siebach is one of the mission specialists selected to operate the rover.
Haotian Wang:
Haotian Wang named Sloan Research Fellow (Rice News)
Rice Public Art:
'Power Flower' blooms as Bowdoin's debut work (Rice News)
February 18, 2021
Trivia Question:
Sixty-six years ago this week, a Rice Owl became the first and only basketball player in school history with a 30/30 game, recording 32 points and a record 30 rebounds in a 80-68 win over Baylor. Name the player. Email your answer here.
February 17, 2021
Moody Center:
Moody Center celebrates Rothko Chapel's 50th anniversary (Rice News)
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean's latest blog entry entitled "I Could Have Saved Myself A Lot of Trouble".
February 17, 2021
Rice Volleyball:
Owls Defeat Southern Miss for Fourth Straight Win (Rice Owls)
Rice Athletes of the Week:
Killgore Named C-USA Soccer GK of the Week (Rice Owls)
Mulkey Selected Co-C-USA Player of the Week (Rice Owls)
February 15, 2021
Matt Canterino:
Yesterday, TwinsDaily.com ranked RHP Matt Canterino as the top 9th prospect in the Minnesota organization. (Last year, they ranked his as the top 15th prospect.) Read more.
February 15, 2021
Rice Football:
Owls to hire Marques Tuiasosopo as offensive coordinator (The Roost)
February 15, 2021
Moody Center:
Moody Center shows a half-century of Rothko’s influence (Rice News)
Kirsten Siebach:
On Thursday, NASA’s next Mars rover Perseverance is scheduled to land on the planet. Rice’s Martial geologist Kirsten Siebach is one of the mission specialists selected to operate the rover.
Dan Schomer (1937-2021):
On February 5, Dan Schomer passed away. Born in Oklahoma, he graduated from Rice in 1959 with a double major in Accounting and Economics. After military service, he enjoyed a career in accounting, retiring twice. Also, he had a lifelong passion for playing bridge. He is survived by, among others, his brother, Don Schomer MD, who earned a MBA from Rice in 2000. Click here for the obituary.