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Name the last University of Houston Cougars pitcher to win a World Series game as a starter.  Email your answer here. 

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Dicky Maegle holds the Rice football single-game rushing record with 265 yards set during the 1954 Cotton Bowl as Rice defeated Alabama, 28-6.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

Last Saturday, Gael Ochoa came just 6 yards short off the record when he ran for 259 yards in his first collegiate start as FAU defeated Rice, 51-49. 

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First, RIck Ngo (2) also correctly answered last Thursday's trivia question!

Name the Owl who holds the Rice football single-game rushing record in school history.  For a bonus point, name the game in which he set the record.  Email your answer here. 

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First, thanks to Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!

Anthony Rendon won a World Series ring as a player with the Nationals in 2019 and Brock Holt won a World Series ring as a player with the Red Sox in 2018.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the last Owl baseball player who won a World Series ring as a player. For a bonus point, name the Owl baseball player who won a World Series ring as a player the year before. Email your answer here.

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Former Second Baptist Church head baseball coach Lance Berkman won a World Series championship with the Cardinals and former Second Baptist Church assistant baseball coach Andy Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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Name the former head baseball coach at Second Baptist Church in Houston who has won a World Series championship.  For a bonus point, name the former assistant baseball coach at Second Baptist Church in Houston who has won five World Series championships.  Email your answer here. 

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The late Ralph O’Connor was born in Pasadena, California in 1926, graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1951 where he was a member of the football and basketball teams during his freshman and sophomore years and received an Association of Rice Alumni Gold Medal in 1987.  He passed away on December 30, 2018.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

This weekend, Rice Men’s Tennis is set to host the Ralph O’Connor Tennis Invitational at the George R Brown Tennis Center.

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Name the native Californian who graduated from Johns Hopkins where he was a member of the football and basketball teams during his freshman and sophomore years and was honored as a Gold Medal recipient by the Association of Rice Alumni.  Email your answer here. 

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Peter Huff, who earned a BA (’59) and a BS (’60) from Rice and a MBA from Harvard (’62), was one of the original organizers of Beer Bike.  In 2009, the Peter and Nancy Huff House on the Rice campus was named after him and his wife. Read more.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

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Name one of the original organizers of Beer Bike who has degrees from Rice and a MBA from Harvard and has a building on the Rice campus named after him and his wife.  Email your answer here.