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First, thanks to George Webb for the guest trivia question!
Former Rice catcher and current UTSA Head Baseball Coach Pat Hallmark threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Monday, July 7 game between the Astros and Cleveland Guardians at Daikin Park.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, Chris Kohnhorst also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question.!
Name the Rice alum who threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Monday, July 7 game between the Astros and Cleveland Guardians at Daikin Park. Email your answer here.
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Michael Amey III is the freshman member of the current Rice football roster whose great uncle is former heavyweight world boxing champion George Foreman.
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Name the freshman member of the current Rice football roster whose great uncle is former heavyweight world boxing champion George Foreman. Email your answer here.
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On Friday, October 24, Jimmy Disch will receive the Honorary R at the 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He is the son of the late Dorothy Seaman Disch who earned a BA from Rice in 1926 and a MA from Wellesley College in 1927. Read more. (Thanks, David Ownby and Mike Ross!)
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Name the honoree at the upcoming 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame dinner on Friday, October 24 whose mother mother earned a BA from Rice and a MA from Wellesley College. Email your answer here.
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Last week, Liam McNelley, a freshman forward from UConn, was drafted 29th overall in the first round in the 2025 NBA Draft by Charlotte, via a trade with Phoenix. He is the son of Ashley Elsey, a two-year Rice basketball letterwinner (1995-96). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Name the player selected in the first round of last week’s NBA Draft whose mother was a two-year Rice basketball letterwinner. For a bonus point, name the mother. Email your answer(s) here.
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2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Mike Wilks ’01 won the 2001 Bob Quin Award. Also, he won an NBA title as a player with San Antonio in 2005 and won another NBA title as an assistant coach with Oklahoma City on Sunday night.
The 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Friday, October 24. Read more.
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Name the 2025 Rice Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who won the Bob Quin Award. Email your answer here.