Rice just celebrated its first Wayne Graham Day on Friday, celebrating the coach who lifted the school's baseball program to national prominence. The street leading to Reckling Park was renamed Wayne Graham Way after the man who led Rice to seven College World Series trips and a national title in 2023.

HOUSTON - Rice University has announced that its baseball team is "parting ways" with head coach José Cruz Jr. According to a statement from the university, Vice President and Athletics Director Tommy McCelland said Rice is "making a change in leadership of its baseball program" and "parting ways" with its head coach.