March 25, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Current freshman hurdler and sprinter Max Bacon is the great grandson of the legendary Eddie Dyer Sr., a three-sport athlete at Rice for baseball, football and track.  Click here for the Rice History Corner by Melissa Kean blog entry dated June 24, 2019 about him.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

March 20, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Rachel Shoemaker, the sister of freshman distance runner Amelia Shoemaker, was a four-year member of the Rice track and field team (2019-23).  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

March 17, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice head coach whose daughter, a Rice alum, is also a head coach in the same sport at another NCAA school.  For a bonus point, name the school.  Email your answer(s) here.

March 13, 2026

Trivia Answer:
In 2017, Rice head coach Jim Bevan was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame and into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame (Adams State).  Earlier this week, he announced his retirement after four decades at Rice.  Read more.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

March 12, 2026

Trivia Question:
First, Frank Jones and Don Schaffer also correctly answered Tuesday’s trivia question!

Name the current Rice head coach who was inducted into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame and into his alma mater’s Hall of Fame in the same year.  Email your answer here.

March 11, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Norman Hackerman served as president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1967-70 and then president of Rice from 1970-1985. (Thanks, Art Gottschalk, Scott Hochberg, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross and Boyd Harrison!)

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