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Current Rice Board of Trustee Jeremy Thigpen '97 was a four-year Rice football letterman (1993-94-95-96). In 1994, he was part of the football team that upset the University of Texas at Rice Stadium on national television. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the current member of the Rice Board of Trustees who was a four-year Rice football letterman. Email your answer here.
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Mario Carmona ’18 qualified for the 2021 US Open. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the last Rice golfer to qualify for the US Open. Email your answer here.
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Four-year Rice swimming letterwinner Jada Sanders ‘01 (1998-2001) is married to UTSA head baseball coach Pat Hallmark ‘02. The Roadrunners are presently hosting the Owls to a three-game baseball set in San Antonio. (Thanks, Walt Greenberg, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the four-year Rice letterwinner (1998-2001) whose husband is a NCAA Division I head baseball coach. Email your answer here.
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First, thanks to Dan Hyde for the guest trivia question!
As the first alternate, four-year Rice golf letterman Michael Whitehead ’11 replaced Tiger Woods in the 2011 US Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda MD. This year, he has qualified for the final stage of the US Open during a local qualifying event at Lakeside Country Club.
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Name the former Rice golfer who replaced Tiger Woods to play in the US Open. Email your answer here.
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Rice psychology professor Mikki Hebl, who has run a marathon in every state, delivered a Rice commencement speech in 2005. Read more. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Who has run a marathon in every state and delivered a Rice commencement speech? Email your answer here.
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Former New York Knicks basketball player Bill Bradley delivered the Rice commencement speech in 1995. Rice’s 112th commencement celebration will take place Friday-Saturday. Read more. (Thanks, Randy Block!)
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Name the New York Knicks basketball player who delivered a Rice commencement speech. Email your answer here.