Player Moves (Thanks, Michelle Hicks!):
Yesterday, the Rays traded C/INF Ford Proctor to the Giants for RHP Jeremy Walker.  Read more.

2022 First-Year MLB Player Draft:
Yesterday was the signing deadline.  Per MLB.com, Roel Garcia, who was selected in the fourteenth round (434th overall) by Tampa Bay, has agreed to terms with the Rays. 

Paul Padley:
Padley named vice president for IT, chief information officer (Rice News)

Bryan Denny:
Rice researchers aim to help caring for loved ones with dementia (Rice News)

Rice W Track:
Hammer thrower Tara Simpson-Sullivan aspires to inspire (Athletics Weekly)

Trivia Question:
Name the member of the class of 1927 who attended Rice without a high school degree and then dropped out at 18 years old after inheriting much of the family estate following his father’s death.  Email your answer here. 

Rice Football:
Doheny Named New Football Head Athletic Trainer (Rice Owls)

Chris Boswell:
Steelers signing kicker to four-year, $20 million contract extension (NFL.com)