Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 1974 Rice Volleyball team who became an attorney and is married to a Rice Emeriti Faculty member.  For a bonus point, name him.  Email your answer(s) here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Walt Greenberg for the guest trivia question!

Two-time Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner Debbie Turner Kochevar, who played volleyball and basketball and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rice in 1978, was Dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts from 2006 until 2018. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the member of the 1974 Rice Volleyball team who twice won the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award and became Dean of a School of Veterinary Medicine.  For a bonus point, name the School.  Email your answer(s) here. 

Trivia Answer:
Upcoming Distinguished Owl Club Award honoree Jen Rigg Kneale ‘02 played basketball for Rice and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Jones Graduate School of Business.  On October 11, she will be one of six individuals to receive the Award at the 19th “Evening For Rice’s Honour” at the River Oaks Country Club.  Read more.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the upcoming (on October 11) Distinguished Owl Club Award honoree who played basketball for Rice and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Jones Graduate School of Business.  Email your answer here. 

Trivia Answer:
The one and only Melissa Kean holds a BA from Iowa State, a Master’s Degree from Creighton, another Master’s degree from Rice, a PhD from Rice and a JD from Iowa.  On Sunday, Rice Volleyball hosts Creighton at Tudor Fieldhouse. 

Trivia Question:
Who holds a BA from Iowa State, a Master’s Degree from Creighton, another Master’s degree from Rice, a PhD from Rice and a JD from Iowa? Email your answer here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Nancy Shelby (Brown '73) for the guest trivia question!

Mary Chapin Carpenter (Brown ’81) appeared at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as an entertainer in 1993, 1995 and 1997.  Today, Rice Volleyball hosts Brown at Tudor Fieldhouse.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Brown University graduate who has appeared at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as an entertainer three times.  Email your answer here. 

Trivia Question:
Former Rice football player Tommy Clanton ‘73 became a Rice team doctor as well as one of the team doctors for the Houston Texans and Houston Rockets and an assistant team doctor for the US Ski and Snowboard Team. (Thanks, Mike Ross, David Ownby, Tim Moriarty and Dale Spence!)

Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice football player who became a Rice team doctor as well as one of the team doctors for the Houston Texans and Houston Rockets and an assistant team doctor for the US Ski and Snowboard Team.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Child actor Ron Howard attended USC and won two Academy Awards in 2002 and a National Medal of Arts in 2003.  Tomorrow, USC Football hosts Rice at LA Memorial Coliseum.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)