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!

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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.   

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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!  

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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.

Trivia Answer:
In fact, Stanford head coach David Esquer is making his fifth trip to the College World Series this week.  He has been as a Stanford player in 1985 (backup shortstop) and 1987 (starting shortstop when the Cardinal won the national championship), as a Stanford assistant in 1995 and as the Cal head coach in 2011.  (Thanks, Joe Graves, Paul Reese and Mike Ross!)

Way to go, Bob Toone, Bill Allison, Ann Bixby, Paul Reese, George Wagner, Art Gottschalk, Roger Parthsarathy, Dan Hyde, Mike Ross, Ted Richard, Richard Avant, Clark Anderson, James Walker, Bob Reinhold, Mike Rogers, Chris Kohnhorst, Betty Bixby, Sallie Schwall, Joe Graves, Melinda Clark, Kirwin Drouet and Bev Schorre! 

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Trivia Question:
One of the head coaches in this year’s College World Series field is competing in Omaha for the fourth time, after winning a national championship as a player in the 1980s and participating as an assistant coach in the 1990s for one school, and then participating as a head coach for another school in the 2010s.  Name him.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
In fact, there are two sets of fathers and sons who competed in the Super Regionals last weekend, the father as a head coach of one team and the son as a player on another team. One set was Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco and his son Drew, an infielder/outfielder for LSU.  The other set was Notre Dame head coach Link Jarrett and his son JT, an infielder for NC State.   Of the four, only JT has advanced to the College World Series in Omaha. (Thanks, Joe Graves!)

Interestingly, the second baseman for Coach Bianco’s Ole Miss team was Peyton Chatagnier, the grandson of Brian Powers ’74. (Thanks, Jeff Ross!)  

Way to go, Bev Schorre (3), Ted Richard (3), Art Gottschalk (3), Ann Bixby (3), Bob Toone (3), Bill Allison (3), Roger Parthasarathy (3), Bryant Wilkinson (3), Dick Fuqua (3), Dan Hyde (3), Clarke Anderson (3), James Walker (3), Richard Avant (3), Paul Reese (3), George Wagner (3), Mike Ross (3), Bob Reinhold (3), Sallie Schwall (3), Betty Bixby (3), Mike Rogers (3), Joe Graves (3), Melinda Clark (3) and Guy Rollins (3)!  

Next trivia question tomorrow!