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Jose Cruz ‘04 is one of seven Los Angeles Dodgers in history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game. He accomplished the feat on September 7, 2005 against San Francisco. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the former Rice baseball player who is one of seven Los Angeles Dodgers in history to have hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a single game. Email your answer here.
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Former West Virginia Phi Beta Kappa quarterback Oliver Luck is married to Rice alum Kathy Wilson Luck ‘79. Interestingly, this weekend the Mountaineers are playing in the College World Series in Omaha for the first time in program history. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Larry Nettles and Andy Williams!)
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Name the former West Virginia Phi Beta Kappa quarterback married to a Rice alum. Email your answer here.
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Former Owl David Aardsma was part of the ESPN broadcast team for the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. He covered the Regional site in Eugene, Oregon.
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Name the former Owl who was part of the ESPN broadcast team for the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. For a bonus point, name the Regional site he covered. Email your up to answer(s) here.
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Former Owls Blaine Brown (Tennessee) and Ben Royo (Texas A&M) played in the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. Neither advanced to the Super Regionals.
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Name the two former Owls who played in the Regionals of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament over the weekend. One point for each. For two bonus points, name the teams that they played for. Email your up to four answers here.
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Former Owl Mike Wilks won NBA championship rings in 2005 as a player with San Antonio and in 2025 as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City. The Western Conference finals series between the Spurs and the Thunder is tied 3-3, with decisive game 7 tomorrow. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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First, Kirkwood Johnston also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
Name the former Owl who won NBA championship rings with two teams involved in this year’s playoffs. Email your answer here.
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This week, Florida State will be hosting a NCAA Division I Baseball Regional for the 38th time in program history and Kansas will be hosting for the first time. Read more.
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Name the university that will be hosting a NCAA Division I Baseball Regional for the 38th time in program history this week. For a bonus point, name the university that will be hosting a NCAA Division I Baseball Regional for the first time in program history this week. Email your answer(s) here.