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LSU pitcher Paul Skenes (2023) and LSU first baseman Eddy Furniss (1998) won the Dick Howser Trophy. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Today, #3 LSU hosts #14 Rice in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Baton Rouge.
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Name the two LSU Tigers who have won the Dick Howser Trophy, awarded annually to the national college baseball player of the year. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
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On March 10, Wes Anderson, the son of ARA Meritorious Service Award honoree and Rice baseball fan Texas Anderson '81/'85, won an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Name the ARA Meritorious Service Award honoree whose son won an Academy Award earlier this month. Email your answer here.
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Jimmy Disch is a 2024 ARA Meritorious Service Award honoree whose mother Dorothy Ethel Seaman graduated from Rice in 1926 and whose two children also earned Rice degrees, Christi a BA in 2007 and Scott a Masters in 2008. And his uncle Ben Melton graduated from Rice in 1925. Read more.
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First, my apologies to Steve Brown who also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the 2024 ARA Laureates Award recipient whose mother graduated from Rice and whose two children also have Rice degrees. Email you answer here.
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Sam Houston is the only American to be elected governor of two different States (Tennessee in 1827 and Texas in 1859). The Sam Houston Memorial Museum is part of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Last night, Owls baseball defeated the Bearkats, 7-3, at Reckling Park. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)
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Name the only American to be elected governor of two different States. Email your answer here.
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Condoleezza Rice, who earned a master’s degree from Notre Dame in 1975, was the first female African-American to serve as US Secretary of State. Yesterday, she was on campus to speak at a Baker Institute event. And, this weekend, the Owls open the 2024 baseball season with a weekend series against the Fighting Irish. (Thanks, Walt Greenberg and Mike Ross!)
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Name the first female African-American to serve as US Secretary of State. Email your answer here.
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OJ Brigance ’92 is the only football player in history to win a Grey Cup (Stallions, 1995) and a Super Bowl (Ravens, 2001) with teams based out of the same city (Baltimore). He was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 and he was honored with an ARA Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the only football player in history to win a Super Bowl and Grey Cup with teams based out of the same city. Email your answer here.