March 8, 2022
Trivia Question:
Who holds the Rice M Basketball single-season record for three-pointers? Email your answer here.
Trivia Question:
Who holds the Rice M Basketball single-season record for three-pointers? Email your answer here.
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Harvard baseball player Hunter Baldwin is the son of three-year Rice baseball letterman Kenny Baldwin (1977-78-79). Click here to watch Hunter’s highlight-reel full-layout diving catch in left-center that sealed Harvard baseball’s first win in 719 days last Friday night. (Thanks, Mike Ross and James Walker!)
Trivia Question:
Name the current member of the Harvard baseball team whose father was a three-year Rice baseball letterman. Email your answer here.
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In 2003, Owl Jeff Niemann won a national championship in baseball and his sister Emily won a national championship in women’s basketball with Baylor in 2005.
Today, the Owls host the Bears in women's tennis and baseball.
Trivia Question:
Name the former Owl who won a national championship in one sport and whose sister won a national championship in another sport with a different university two years later. For a bonus point, name the different university. Email your answer here.
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Former Rice baseball player Bradley Gneiting started five consecutive opening days for the Owls from 2017-2021. After Rice, Bradley took a job with Weaver Accounting in Fort Worth and he is currently experiencing his first busy season doing audit work. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Name the former Rice baseball player who started five consecutive opening days for the Owls within the last ten years. Email your answer here.
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In his Owls career, pitcher Roel Garcia has played for head coaches Wayne Graham, Matt Bragga and Jose Cruz Jr. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Since 1953, name the Rice baseball player who has played for three different Rice baseball head coaches. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Chuck Pool for the guest trivia question!
Former Owl baseball players Philip Barzilla, Jose Cruz Jr and Lance Pendleton also played baseball for a Houston-area high school team and for the Houston Astros (at the Major League level). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Guest Trivia Question:
Name three former Owl baseball players who also played baseball for a Houston-area high school team and for the Houston Astros (at the Major League level). One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
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In 1975, Mickey Reichenbach, the father of two-year Rice baseball letterman Clay Reichenbach '06 (2004-05), won the College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award while helping lead Texas to a national championship in Omaha. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
This weekend, the Longhorns host a three-game set against the Owls at Disch-Falk Stadium in Austin to open the college baseball season.