Paul Burka '63:
Paul Burka dies at 80 (Texas Tribune)
Remembering Paul Burka, the heart and soul of Texas Monthly (Texas Monthly)

GEM Fellows:

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the only coach to win both a NCAA Division I men’s national championship and a National Basketball Association (NBA) title.  Email your answer here.

RIce Football:
C-USA's best kept secret (The Roost)

Glenn Otto:
Tonight at 7:05 pm CT, Glenn Otto (4-8, 5.20) is the probable starting pitcher for the Rangers against the Athletics at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.218) went 4-for-5 with 2 runs and a RBI for AAA Durham, Ford Proctor (.250) walked twice and scored for AAA Sacramento and Trei Cruz (.224) hit a RBI single for Hi-A West Michigan.

OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL

2021 MONTHLY STATS CALENDAR

2021 MLB/MiLB Daily Stats: 5/1/21

William Joplin (1936-2022):
On August 1, Bill Joplin passed away.  A native Houstonian, he attended his first Rice football game in 1946 when the Owls upset Bobby Layne and the Longhorns, 18-13.  After graduating from St Thomas High School in 1954, he started at Rice and then earned an engineering degree from UT.  After military service, he and his older brother Jack formed a business fabricating and leasing portable natural gas compressors which they sold in 1996.  Also, he was an avid low handicap golfer.

Rice Golf:
Kirchdorfer Set for 122nd US Amateur (Rice Owls)

Brad Lardon '88:

Rice Football:
Offense Highlights First Scrimmage of Fall (Rice Owls)
Offense, defense deliver big plays in first scrimmage (Houston Chronicle)

MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Tristan Gray (.209) hit a league leading 2-run homer and a RBI single and walked for AAA Durham.

Complete Owls stats are here.

OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL

2021 MONTHLY STATS CALENDAR

2021 MLB/MiLB Daily Stats: 5/1/21