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Name the former Rice football head coach who attended Brown University.  Email your answer here.

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Wade Townsend was twice selected as the eighth overall pick of the Major League Draft, by Baltimore in 2004 and Tampa Bay in 2005.  Jeff Blackinton earned a PhD in Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!):

Rice to Honor 2003 College World Series Champions on Mach 24-25 (Rice Owls)

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Name the member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who was twice selected as a first-round Major League Draft pick.  For a bonus point, name another member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who earned a PhD in Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Former four-year Rice letterwinners Donald Bowers ’91 (Football, 1987-91) and Scott Wise ’71 (Baseball, 1968-71) will receive a 2023 Laureates Award on May 4.  Click here for more information and registration and here to meet the 2023 Laureates Honorees.

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Name two former four-year Rice letterwinners who will receive a 2023 Laureates Award on May 4. One point for each.  Email your answer(s) here.

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Philip Humber, Jeff Niemann and Wade Townsend, three members of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team, were selected #3, #4 and #8 in the first round of the 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft.  Interestingly, 3-4-8 are the first three numbers of Rice’s phone number.  (Thanks, Kim Koehn and Mike Ross!) 

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Name the three members of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who were selected in the first round of the 2004 MLB First-Year Player Draft.  One point for each.  Email your answer here.

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During the Shriners College Classic last weekend, the Rice baseball team faced former Owl Drew Woodcox on Friday.  At the end of last season, he transferred back to Texas Tech.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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During the Shriners College Classic last weekend, the Rice baseball team faced a former Owl in one of the games.  Name him.  Email your answer here.

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Steven Herce, a member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team, is a past ARA Builder’s Award recipient (2009). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

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Name the member of the 2003 National Championship Baseball team who is a past ARA Builder’s Award recipient.  Email your answer here.

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Last month on February 11, Quincy Olivari set a new Rice career 3-point mark (230) at FIU. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)