Trivia Answer:
UCLA (10) was the college baseball program with the most draft picks in the 2021 First-Year 2021 MLB Player Draft.  Arkansas was second most with 9 picks.  Read more.  (Thanks, Joe Graves and Mike Ross!)

The head coach of UCLA baseball is John Savage.  Rice baseball fan Debi Kaplan is his first cousin.

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bill Allison, Bob Toone, Martin Kaplan, John Montana, Walt Greenberg, Guy Rollins, Paul Reese, James Walker, Bob Reinhold, Betty Bixby, Bryant Wilkinson, Bev Schorre, Richard Avant, Mike Ross, Joe Graves and Melinda Clark! 

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Trivia Question:
Name the college baseball program with the most draft picks in the 2021 First-Year 2021 MLB Player Draft.  Email your answer here.

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

“Big Bill” Henry, the 1945 Bob Quin Award winner, led Rice Basketball to shared SWC titles in 1942-43 and 1943-44 and won it outright with a 12-0 conference record and a 20-1 full season in 1944-45.  Also, he was student association president in 1945.  He was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970.  (Thanks, Joe Graves, Mike Ross and James Walker!) 

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bill Allison, Bob Toone, Martha Proctor Gano, Art Gottschalk, John Montana, Roger Parthasarathy, Richard Avant, Paul Reese, Russell Henderson, Greg Williams, Nancy Burch, Bob Reinhold, James Walker, Ted Richard, Joe Graves, Betty Bixby, Sallie Schwall, Clarke Anderson, Bryant Wilkinson, Bev Schorre, Mike Rogers, Melinda Clark and Mike Ross!) 

Next trivia question next Tuesday!

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the Bob Quin Award winner who led Rice Basketball to two shared SWC titles and won it outright with a 12-0 conference record and a 20-1 full season.  Email your answer here.

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.   

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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.