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On Friday, October 24, Jimmy Disch will receive the Honorary R at the 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He is the son of the late Dorothy Seaman Disch who earned a BA from Rice in 1926 and a MA from Wellesley College in 1927. Read more. (Thanks, David Ownby and Mike Ross!)
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Name the honoree at the upcoming 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame dinner on Friday, October 24 whose mother mother earned a BA from Rice and a MA from Wellesley College. Email your answer here.
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Last week, Liam McNelley, a freshman forward from UConn, was drafted 29th overall in the first round in the 2025 NBA Draft by Charlotte, via a trade with Phoenix. He is the son of Ashley Elsey, a two-year Rice basketball letterwinner (1995-96). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Name the player selected in the first round of last week’s NBA Draft whose mother was a two-year Rice basketball letterwinner. For a bonus point, name the mother. Email your answer(s) here.
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2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Mike Wilks ’01 won the 2001 Bob Quin Award. Also, he won an NBA title as a player with San Antonio in 2005 and won another NBA title as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City on Sunday night.
The 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Friday, October 24. Read more.
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Name the 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who won the Bob Quin Award. Email your answer here.
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In 2002, Rice swept LSU in the super regionals at Reckling Park with Steven Herce winning the first game with a 6-0 shutout and Justin Crowder following up with a 3-0 shutout in game 2. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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In 2002, Rice swept LSU in the super regionals at Reckling Park. Name the two winning pitchers for the Owls. One point for each. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer - Correction:
Brothers Nathan and Ty Hodge, the sons of 1988 Rice baseball letterman Kevin Hodge, were on the roster of Super Regional team UTSA (not Texas State) over the weekend. (Thanks, David Ownby and Mike Ross!)
Next trivia question June 24!
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Brothers Nathan and Ty Hodge, the sons of 1988 Rice baseball letterman Kevin Hodge, were on the roster of Super Regional team UTSA over the weekend. (Thanks, David Ownby and Mike Ross!)
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Name the two brothers who were on the roster of a Super Regional team over the weekend whose father was a one-year Rice baseball letterman. One point for each brother. Email your answer(s) here.
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USC is the college baseball program with the most College World Series titles (12). (Thanks, Mike Ross and Susan Zimmerman!)