Trivia Question:
Name the former head coach of the Houston Rockets who attended Yale.  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Niamh Collins is a freshman on the Rice Women’s Track team.  Both her parents are former Rice student-athletes.  Her mother Alexis (Smith) Collins ’99 was a four-year track letterwinner (1995-96-97-98) and her father Robert Collins ’00 was a four-year tennis letterwinner (1996-98-99-00).    (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross and Jimmy Walts!)

Trivia Question:
Name the current member of the Rice Women’s Track team whose both parents were Rice four-year letterwinners.  Email your answer here.

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American author Kurt Vonnegut, who attended the University of Tennessee, delivered the Rice commencement address in 1998. Tomorrow, the Owls and the Vols play in the Astros Foundation Classic at Daikin Park.  (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the American author who attended the University of Tennessee and delivered a commencement address at Rice in the 1990s.  Email your answer here.

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I am throwing out yesterday’s trivia question because I mis-phrased it.  I meant to ask who holds the Rice soccer career record for games started (not played)?  The answer is Bella Killgore who was recently promoted to assistant coach.  Read more.

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Trivia Question:
Who holds the Rice soccer career record for games played?  Email your answer here.

Trivia Answer:
Javier Vasquez, the father of Rice baseball player Javier Vasquez, was a major league pitcher and threw a shutout inning in the 2004 MLB All-Star game.  The family is from Ponce, Puerto Rico where Rice will open their 2025 baseball season vs. Villanova on Friday at the Puerto Rico Challenge.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the member of the Rice baseball team whose father was a major league pitcher and threw a shutout inning in a MLB All-Star game.  Email your answer here.

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OJ Brigance ’92 is the only football player in history to win a Grey Cup (Stallions, 1995) and a Super Bowl (Ravens, 2001) with teams based out of the same city (Baltimore). He was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 and he was honored with an ARA Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Trivia Question:
Name the only football player in history to win a Super Bowl and Grey Cup with teams based out of the same city. Email your answer here.

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Graham Walker, the half-brother of Kansas City Chief QB Patrick Mahomes, was on the Rice Football 2024 roster.  On Sunday, Patrick and the Chiefs will face the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.