Trivia Answer:
Brad Lardon is one of just four golfers in Texas history to win the Texas State Open in consecutive years (1995-96).  Also, Jack Burke Jr (1967) and Mitchell Meissner (2020) won it once.  (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

On October 1, Brad will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.  Read more.

Way to go, Ann Bixby (2), Bob Toone (2), Melinda Clark (2), Bev Schorre (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Steve Lukingbeal, Jim Woodruff, Art Gottschalk (2), Kirwin Drouet (2), Paul Dishman, George Wagner (2), Roger Parthasarathy, Ted Richard (2), Bill Allison (2), Paul Reese (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Richard Avant (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Betty Bixby (2), James Walker (2), Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Joe Graves (2), Mike Rogers (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2) and Mike Ross (2)!

Next trivia querstion tomorrow!

Trivia Question:
Name the Rice golfer who is one of just four golfers in Texas history to win the Texas State Open in consecutive years.  For a bonus point, name the Rice golfer who has won the Texas State Open once.  Email your answer(s) here.

Trivia Answer:
Jessica Kuster ’14 is the only four-time recipient of the Hackerman Award (for Team MVP) in Rice women’s basketball history.  On October 1, she will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.  Read more.  (Thanks, Joe Graves!) 

Way to go, James Walker, Bill Allison, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Ted Richard, Bob Toone, Ann Bixby, Steve Gilliland, Bev Schorre, Sallie Schwall, Rick Sheridan, Richard Avant, Bill Cousins, Art Gottschalk, Roger Parthasarathy, Greg Williams, Paul Reese, George Wagner, Betty Bixby, Clarke Anderson, Bob Reinhold, Bryant Wilkinson, Mike Ross, Joe Graves and Melinda Clark! 

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Trivia Question:
Name the only four-time recipient of the Hackerman Award (for Team MVP) in Rice women’s basketball history.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Larry Izzo was the undrafted free agent out of Rice whose 200 career games in the NFL are the most for any Owl player.  On October 1, he will be inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.  Read more.  (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Russell Henderson, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Dan Hyde, Scott Wise, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, Chris Kohnhorst, Bill Allison, Steve Gilliland, Matt Moake, Rick Sheridan, Ann Bixby, Mark Scheevel, Walt Greenberg, Art Gottschalk, Richard Avant, Ben Mayberry, Vicki Bretthauer, Kirwin Drouet, Roger Parthsarathy, Paul Reese, Greg Williams, Nancy Burch, Ted Richard, James Walker, George Wagner, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Bryant Wilkinson, Alex Johnson, Danny Brennan, Bill Cousins, Sallie Schwall, Bev Schorre, Clarke Anderson, Mike Ross, Al Laverty, Mike Rogers, Elizabeth Gillis, Melinda Clark, Joe Graves and Peter Fasullo!

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Trivia Question:
Name the undrafted free agent out of Rice whose 200 career games in the NFL are the most for any Owl player.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
The answers are Drake Greenwood (Rice) and Stone Simmons (Mississippi State) who were teammates at The Kinkaid School, graduating in 2017 and 2019, respectively.  In fact, Stone considered Drake to be a mentor to him.  Read more. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Bob Toone (2), Melinda Clark (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Ann Bixby (2), Bev Schorre (2), Paul Reese (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Roger Parthasarathy (2), James Walker (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Ted Richard (2), Betty Bixby (2), Mike Ross (2), Joe Graves (2), Mike Rogers (2), Bryant Wilkinson (2) and Richard Avant (2)!

By the way, I unfortunately provided a bad link for my email address for answering the trivia question yesterday.  If you were not able to answer due to the bad link, please email me and I will give you credit.  Sorry.   

Trivia Leaderboard on Saturday and next trivia question next Tuesday!

Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice and Mississippi State pitchers who were high school teammates.  One point for each one.  Email your answer(s) here.

Trivia Answer:
This year, UT head baseball coach David Pierce is competing in Omaha for the sixth time, either as a head coach or an assistant coach.  He participated four times as an assistant coach with Rice, first when the Owls won the national championship in 2003 and then in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  Also, he participated in the 2018 College World Series as UT head baseball coach.  (Thanks, Mike Ross and Joe Graves!)

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Kim Koehn, Ted Richard, Tommy Clanton, Bryant Wilkinson, Dan Hyde, Scott Wise, Matt Moake, Walt Greenberg, Guy Rollins, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Paul Reese, Charles Maynard, Cecil Drummond, Roger Parthasarathy, Tommy Reckling, Jim Woodruff, Bill Cousins, Paul Dishman, George Wagner, Kirwin Drouet, Mike Rogers, Bob Reinhold, Clarke Anderson, Greg Williams, James Walker, Richard Avant, Betty Bixby, Peter Fasullo, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross and Joe Graves!  

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Trivia Question:
One of the eight head coaches competing in Omaha this year is making his 6th appearance at the CWS, either as a head coach (2 times) or an assistant coach (4 times).  Name him.  Email your answer here.

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Roger Parthasarathy for the guest trivia question!

Tim Tawa, the brother of Rice football player Casey Tawa, homered for Stanford in the opening game of the College World Series on Saturday.  (Thanks, Joe Graves!)

Way to go, Russell Henderson, Bob Toone, Clarke Anderson, Ann Bixby, Richard Avant, James Walker, George Wagner, Bill Allison, Paul Reese, Mike Ross, Joe Graves, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Ted Richard, Bryant Wilkinson, Mike Rogers, Bev Schorre, Melinda Clark and Sallie Schwall! 

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Guest Trivia Question:
One of the players who hit a homer in the College World Series over the weekend is the brother of a current Rice football player.  Name the current Rice football player.  Email your answer here.