Henrietta Rash (1932-2022):
As reported, on May 9, Henrietta Rash passed away at home as she wanted, in no pain and with her daughter and husband Mike Rash beside her, after battling Terminal Kidney Disease for several years. Born in New Orleans, she enjoyed a long career with Shell Oil. Henrietta and Mike were long-time avid Rice Athletics fans, most principally for baseball, women’s basketball and volleyball, as well as College World Series season ticketholders.
Trivia Answer:
Twenty years ago this week, Rice swept LSU in a Super Regional at Reckling Park with back-to-back complete game shutouts thrown by Steven Herce and Justin Crowder. For the series, the two Owls pitchers limited the Tigers to a .136 batting average and struck out 16 batters. (Thanks, Mike Ross and Jim Woodward!)
Rice Volleyball:
Lennon Awarded Jim Castaneda Postgraduate Scholarship (Rice Owls)
PGA Tour LatinoAmerica:
After day 1, Mitchell Meissner is T6 at -6 at the Fortox Colombia Classic in Bucaramanga Colombia on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.
UIL High School Playoffs:
Tomorrow at 4 pm, Ridge Point faces Southlake Carroll in the semi-finals of the Class 6A high school state baseball tournament at Dell Diamond. The Panthers head coach is three-year Rice baseball letterman Clinton Welch (1981-82-83) who is assisted by four-year Rice baseball letterman Donald Allen (1989-90-91-92). Read more.
Glenn Otto:
Tomorrow at 7:10 pm CT, Glenn Otto (4-2, 4.24) is the probable starting pitcher for the Rangers against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
Owls in MLB:
Update: June 8 (The Roost)
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Ford Proctor (.204) went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for AAA Durham.
| BATTING | TEAM | LEAGUE | AB | R | H | BI | W | K | AVE | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Holt | TEX | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | x |
| Anthony Rendon | LAA | MLB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | x |
| PITCHING | TEAM | LEAGUE | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | ERA | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Duffey | MIN | MLB | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | x |
| Lucas Luetge | NYY | MLB | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | x |
RIce Swimming:
Owls Add Seven For Upcoming Season (Rice Owls)
PGA Tour Latinamerica:
Today, Mitchell Meissner is set to begin play at the Fortox Colombia Classic in Bucaramanga Colombia on the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica.
Trivia Question:
Twenty years ago this week, Rice swept LSU in a Super Regional at Reckling Park. Name the two winning Owls pitchers. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Lucas Luetge (2-2, 5.14) pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings in relief for the win for the Yankees.
Complete Owls stats are here.