May 12, 2021
Owls in the NFL:
Click here for The Roost’s updated picture of where each Rice Football alum is playing in 2021.
Owls in the NFL:
Click here for The Roost’s updated picture of where each Rice Football alum is playing in 2021.
Rice Soccer:
Five Owls Earn All-Region Honors (RIce Owls)
RIce M Tennis:
Russell and Sarkar Named All C-USA For Third Time (Rice Owls)
McClure Meissner (Thanks, Derek Sholl!):
Mitchell Meissner‘s younger brother McClure (SMU '21) has been awarded the 2021 Byron Nelson Award. He will receive an exemption to play in the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. Read more.
No Owls in action.
Christian Covington:
Chargers Agree to Terms with Christian Covington (NFL.com)
Player Moves:
Tristan Gray and Kevin McCanna were placed on the 7-day injured list on May 6 and May 7, respectively.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
No Owls in action.
"Dream Big":
Editorial: Rice’s growth provides it a chance to spur broader prosperity (Houston Chronicle)
Glenn Youngkin '90:
Virginia Republicans nominate Glenn Youngkin for governor (NBC News)
Rice Architecture:
Rice student wins Edible Planter Box Design Competition (Rice News)
Winners Announced for RDA Houston Design Research Grant 2021 (RDA)
Stanislav Sazykin:
Rice physicist dies at 49 (RIce News)
Trivia Question:
Name the University of Houston Law Center graduate who will receive an ARA Meritorious Service Award next month. Email your answer here
Rice Baseball:
Owls bounce UAB, win first C-USA series (The Roost)
Joe Anne Berwick (1923-2021):
On May 5, Joe Anne Berwick passed away. A native Houstonian, she graduated from Rice in 1944. She enjoyed a forty-year career at Shell Oil, retiring in 1984. Also, “she had a great love for animals and music”. She volunteered at the Houston Zoo and she was an ardent supporter of the Shepherd School, creating the Joe Anne Berwick ’44 Endowed Scholarship in Music. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.