Trivia Question:
Name a former White House press secretary who was a campus-wide Beer Bike Coordinator at Rice.  Email your answer here.

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Through his wife Natalye Appel ‘80/’82, 2022 Laureates Award honoree John Casbarian ‘69/’72 is related to Mark Appel, former first overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft. 

The 2022 Laureates Awards Celebration will take place at 6 pm on Saturday, May 7 at The Revaire (7122 Old Katy Road).  Click here for more information and registration and to meet the 2022 Laureates Honorees.

Trivia Question:
Name the 2022 Laureates Award honoree who is related by marriage to a former first overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft.  Email your answer here.

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Texas A&M graduates Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett are members of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.  Last night, the Aggies defeated the Owls, 15-8, at Reckling Park.

Trivia Question:
Name two singer-songwriters with Texas A&M degrees who are members of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, one inducted in 2012 and the other in 2019.  One point for each. Email your answer here.

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On Wednesday night, Rice defeated Sam Houston, 13-5, at Reckling Park. Richard Linklater, the uncle of former Owl pitcher Jackson Parthasarathy, played baseball for the Bearkats in 1980.  Interestingly, he played his senior year of high school baseball at Bellaire where he was teammates with Mike Fox (Rick hit 2 hole and Mike hit cleanup!)  (Thanks, Mike Fox!)

Trivia Question:
Last night, Rice defeated Sam Houston, 13-5, at Reckling Park.  Name the former Rice pitcher whose uncle played baseball for the Bearkats in 1980.  Email your answer here.

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Former Houston Oilers head coach Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips graduated from Stephen F Austin in 1949.  (Thanks, Bill Cousins!)

Last night, the Owls defeated the Lumberjacks, 19-3, at Reckling Park.

Trivia Question:
Name the Houston Oilers head coach who graduated from Stephen F Austin. Email your answer here.

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Henry John Deutschendorf Jr, known professionally as John Denver, studied architecture at Texas Tech and won an Emmy and two Grammys.  Interestingly, his father, Henry John Deutschendorf Sr, was a famous Air Force pilot who set several world speed records including one in a B-58 Hustler.  (Thanks, Guy Rollins and Mike Ross!)

This weekend, the Owls host the Red Raiders in a three-game set at Reckling Park.

Trivia Question:
Who studied architecture at Texas Tech and won an Emmy and two Grammys?  Email your answer here.

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With 90 as of last Thursday, Carl Pierre became the Rice M Basketball single-season record holder for three-pointers made.  Interestingly, Egor Koulechov set the single-season record for three-pointers attempted with 234 in 2016.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

Today, the Rice basketball teams begin play at the C-USA Tournaments in Frisco.