Trivia Question:
Tomorrow, Rice plays North Carolina A&T in the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Championship in Omaha. Name the first North Carolina A&T alumnus to be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Email your answer here.
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Rice volleyball letterwinner Shelby Livingstone is on the Baylor Volleyball coaching staff while she works toward earning a Master of Divinity with a concentration in sports ministry at Baylor’s Truett Seminary. The Bears are the 12th seed in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament beginning next week. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)
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Trivia Question:
First, Paul Dishman also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!
The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament begins next week. Name the Owl letterwinner who is on the coaching staff of one of the top 16 seeds. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!
Jackie Burke Jr, the 1956 winner, is the oldest living Masters champion. He attended Rice in 1941 but left to join the Marine Corps during World War II. Read more. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Bob Reinhold!)
Way to go, Bev Schorre, Bob Toone, Bryant Wilkinson, John Montana, Jim Woodruff, Ted Richard, Steve Gilliland, Art Gottschalk, Martha Proctor Gano, Steve Lukingbeal, Clarke Anderson, Richard Avant, Lynda Crist, Ann Bixby, Scott Wise, Kirkwood Johnston, George Wagner, Steve Brown, Kevin Ancell, Matt Moake, Paul Reese, Tommy Reckling, Kirwin Drouet, James Walker, Sallie Schwall, Larry Nettles, Guy Rollins, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Peter Fasullo, Melinda Clark, Joe Durrenberger, Joe Graves and Rick Sheridan!
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Guest Trivia Question:
The Masters Tournament is set to take place this Thursday through Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. Name the oldest living Masters champion. Email your answer here.
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Lucas Luetge (for the Mariners on 08 June 2012, 1/3 inning pitched) and Tony Cingrani (for the Dodgers on 04 May 2018, 1 inning pitched) are the two Owls who have pitched in one of the fourteen combined no-hitters in major league history. Luetge was a one-year letterman (2008) and Cingrani was a two-year letterman (2010-11). (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ted Richard (2), Ann Bixby (2), George Dethlefsen (2), Bev Schorre (2), Bob Toone (2), Martha Proctor Gano (2), Bryant Wilkinson, Richard Avant (2), Clarke Anderson (2), Art Gottschalk (2), Scott Wise, John Montana (2), Walt Greenberg (2), Paul Reese (2), Steve Lukingbeal, Joe Graves (2), Jim Woodruff, Betty Bixby (2), Dan Hyde (2), Rick Sheridan (2), James Walker (2), Bob Reinhold (2), Chris Kohnhorst (2), Melinda Clark (2), Mike Rogers (2), Sallie Schwall (2), Peter Fasullo (2) and Mike Ross (2)!
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Trivia Question:
Name the two Owls who have pitched in one of the fourteen combined no-hitters in major league history. One point for each. Email your answer here.
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Former Rice men’s basketball player Drew Peterson advanced to the Elite Eight of this year’s NCAA Tournament with USC. Last night, they lost to Gonzaga, 85-66, who advanced to the Final Four. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Bryant Wilkinson, George Wagner, Geoffrey Hutson, Lee Bryant, Clarke Anderson, Ted Richard, Richard Avant, Martha Proctor Gano, Steve Gilliland, John Montana, Ann Bixby, James Walker, Bev Schorre, Randy Schaffer, Walt Greenberg, Mary Jane Kinnebrew, Paul Reese, Chris Kohnhorst, Nancy Burch, Betty Bixby, Joe Graves, Bob Reinhold, Greg Williams, Hal Gosnell, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross, Gene Walker, Sallie Schwall, Bob Toone and Michael Inselmann!
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Trivia Question:
Name a former Rice men's basketball player who advanced to the Elite Eight of this year’s NCAA Tournament. Email your answer here.
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Paul Mills, who was video coordinator on Coach Willis Wilson’s 2002-03 Rice basketball staff, has incredibly coached his Oral Roberts’ men’s basketball team, a no. 15 seed, into the Sweet 16 of the NCCA Tournament this weekend. Read more. (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)
Of retiring Coach Wilson, Coach Mills tweeted on Wednesday: “Willis Wilson is one of the FINEST men I know. He gave me my first opportunity at the D1 level. He’s a PHENOMENAL coach. His care for players, integrity, & genuine investment in so many has inspired me. He was a National Coach of the Year (2014) AND a coach who changed my life!”
Way to go, Clarke Anderson, Bob Toone, Russell Henderson, Art Gottschalk, Ann Bixby, Martha Proctor Gano, Paul Reese, Kirwin Drouet, Walt Greenberg, James Walker, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Guy Rollins, Mike Ross, Ty Buthod, Joe Graves, Sallie Schwall, Bev Schorre, Ted Richard, Melinda Clark, Bryant Wilkinson, Richard Avant, George Wagner, Steve Brown and Kyle Frazer!
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Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice basketball staff member (video coordinator) who, as head coach, has led his men’s basketball team into the Sweet 16 of the NCCA Tournament this weekend. Email your answer here.
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In 2012, Rice pitcher Scott Lonergan ’07 married All-American UT volleyball star Michelle Moriarty. They presently reside in Southlake where they are raising three future “Dragons”.
Michelle is the daughter of former Owl head cheerleader Debbie Harmon Moriarty ’76 (who also played volleyball for Coach Jimmy Disch) and former Owl basketball player and team captain Tim Moriarty ’75. One of her sisters, Jennifer ’98, swam for Rice and is married to Justin Hyland ’95 who was a walk on for a year on the football team. (Her other two sisters, Kiki and Courtney, graduated from Pepperdine and Texas A&M, respectively.) Click here for a RUBPA 2013 interview with Debbie. (Thanks, Clark Anderson, Jimmy Disch, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)
Way to go, Ann Bixby, Jimmy Disch, Clarke Anderson, Susan Zimmerman, Bryan Guido Hassin, Tim Moriarty, Paul Reese, Steve Brown, Mike Ross, Betty Bixby, Peter Fasullo, Bob Reinhold, James Walker, Joe Graves and Bryant Wilkinson!
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