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Name the 2022 Laureates Award honoree whose son was a member of the Rice baseball team that won the national championship in 2003.  Email your answer here. 

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First, thanks to Chip Bruce for the guest trivia question!

The late FAU head softball coach Joan Joyce struck out Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams in front of 17,000 people.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Hall of Famer Joan Joyce Has Passed Away (FAU News)

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Last weekend, Rice baseball hosted FAU at Reckling Park.  Name the late FAU head coach who struck out Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams in front of 17,000 people.  Email your answer here. 

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This weekend, Carl Pierre has been selected to participate in the Men’s College 3-Point Championship as part of the Final Four in New Orleans.  Name the triple major from Rice who is a previous winner of a College 3-Point Championship. Email your answer here. 

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Former White House press secretary Josh Earnest ’97 was a campus-wide Beer Bike Coordinator as a senior at Rice.  The 65th Annual Beer Bike will take place on Saturday.

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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.

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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.

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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!)