June 29, 2021
D1Baseball Americans:
Player Of The Year Kevin Kopps Leads D1Baseball All-Americans D1Baseball.com)
June 29, 2021
College Athletics:
D1 Council recommends D1 Board adopt name, likeness and image policy (NCAA.com)
NCAA Panel: College players may make money off their fame (New York Times)
June 29, 2021
Jacob Robinson:
Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’ (Rice News)
Glasscock School:
This year, for the first time, the Glasscock School is offering a Summer Session featuring a selection of pre-recorded, on-demand courses. Read more and/or register here.
Rice History Corner:
Click here for Melissa Kean’s latest blog entry entitled “We felt like a platter of stewed potatoes, 1962”.
June 29, 2021
Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice and Mississippi State pitchers who were high school teammates. One point for each one. Email your answer(s) here.
June 28, 2021
Owls in Summer Ball:
June update (The Roost)
June 28, 2021
Owls in MLB:
MLB Owls Update (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
JT Chargois (1-0, 2.53) allowed a run (earned) in .2 innings in game 1 for the Mariners and Tyler Duffey (0-2, 3.68) pitched a scoreless inning for the Twins. Jordan Stephens (0-0, 3.38) pitched a scoreless inning for the save for AAA Columbus, Glenn Otto (4-3, 3.96) was the losing pitcher for AA Somerset and Ricky Salinas (2-2, 4.30) was the losing pitcher for AA Chattanooga.
Ford Proctor (.168) scored the winning run in the top of the 10th for AA Montgomery and Trei Cruz (.164) hit a 2-run double in game 1 and singled in game 2 for Hi-A West Michigan.
Complete Owls stats are here.
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OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
2021 MLB/MiLB Daily Stats: 6/27/21
| BATTING | TEAM | LEAGUE | AB | R | H | BI | W | K | AVE | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Holt | TEX | MLB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 | |
| Anthony Rendon | LAA | MLB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .228 | |
| Tristan Gray | TB | AAA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 | |
| Ford Proctor | TB | AA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .168 | |
| Trei Cruz | DET | Hi-A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .156 | Gm 1; 2B (4) |
| Trei Cruz | DET | Hi-A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .164 | Gm 2 |
| PITCHING | TEAM | LEAGUE | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | ERA | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JT Chargois | SEA | MLB | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.53 | Gm 1 |
| Tyler Duffey | MIN | MLB | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.68 | |
| Jordan Stephens | CLE | AAA | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | S (3) |
| Glenn Otto | NYY | AA | 5.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3.96 | L (4-3) |
| Ricky Salinas | CIN | AA | 4.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.30 | L (2-2) |
June 28, 2021
PGA Tour Latinoamerica (Thanks, Bob Reinhold!):
Yesterday, Mitchell Meissner finished T8 at -12 and Michael Buttacavoli T30 at -5 at the Banco del Pacifico Open in Quito, Ecuador on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.
June 28, 2021
Erminie Chapman (1932-2021):
On June 23, Erminie Chapman passed away. Born in Arkansas, she earned a BA in English from Rice in 1954 where she met and married David Chapman who earned a BS in Architecture from Rice in 1953. In addition to raising a family of one son and five daughters, she was very active in the community. Also, "her passions were tennis, travel, and entertaining”. She is predeceased by, among others, David (they were married for 64 years) and their son Paul ’75 who passed away in 2017. Click here for the Chronicle obituary.
William Robin (Northwestern '10):
William Robin, a close family friend, is a regular contributor to the New York Times. Yesterday, the Times published his obituary of Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021), the politically committed composer and pianist.
June 27, 2021
PGA Tour Latinoamerica (Thanks, Bob Reinhold!):
After round 3 yesterday, Mitchell Meissner is T3 at -11 and Michael Buttacavoli is T46 at -2 at the Banco del Pacifico Open in Quito, Ecuador on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.