Apparently, the "Night of the Owl" is tonight if anyone is interested. Honoring our athletes used to be something that was well publicized and well-attended by students, alumni and fans...it used to be a significant event.

Apparently it is a secret ceremony tonight since it's probably too much effort to make it a significant event again. Hope I didn't reveal any secrets.

Rice athletics has been posting about it on Instagram since March 3rd. They have 8 posts on there including the nominees.

But it does seem like it is more for the athletics program and not alumni or others.

Nothing on riceowls.com though. I don’t use Instagram. I’m old. Twitter is about the only social media app I pay attention to.

Nice to read that Grace Forbes did win the Joyce Pounds Hardy award.

Night of the Owl Award Recipients
Joyce Pounds Hardy Award – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Bob Quin Award – Ikenna Enechukwu (football)
Best Moment Award – Arielle Hayon's 100m Butterfly win at The American Championship (swimming)
Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Stancliff-Sass "R" Association Scholarship – Alyssa Balandran (women's track and field)
Clanton/Winston Medical School Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
The Leland Winston, MD Courage & Diligence Award – Zoe Spitz (swimming)
Head Coach of the Year – Genny Volpe (volleyball)
Assistant Coach of the Year – Brek Christensen (track and field)
Male Newcomer of the Year – Mekhi Mason (men's basketball)
Female Newcomer of the Year – Ella Dyson (swimming)
Margie E. Sass (Female) Scholar Athlete – Haley Allen (women's track and field)
Dr. Hubert E. Bray (Male) Scholar Athlete – Daniel Cohen (men's track and field)

https://riceowls.com/news/2023/4/24/gene...-owls.aspx

(04-24-2023 09:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Night of the Owl Award Recipients
Joyce Pounds Hardy Award – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Bob Quin Award – Ikenna Enechukwu (football)
Best Moment Award – Arielle Hayon's 100m Butterfly win at The American Championship (swimming)
Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Stancliff-Sass "R" Association Scholarship – Alyssa Balandran (women's track and field)
Clanton/Winston Medical School Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
The Leland Winston, MD Courage & Diligence Award – Zoe Spitz (swimming)
Head Coach of the Year – Genny Volpe (volleyball)
Assistant Coach of the Year – Brek Christensen (track and field)
Male Newcomer of the Year – Mekhi Mason (men's basketball)
Female Newcomer of the Year – Ella Dyson (swimming)
Margie E. Sass (Female) Scholar Athlete – Haley Allen (women's track and field)
Dr. Hubert E. Bray (Male) Scholar Athlete – Daniel Cohen (men's track and field)

https://riceowls.com/news/2023/4/24/gene...-owls.aspx

My only quibble would be with the male and female newcomers of the year. I would have given it to Darcy Harris (volleyball) and Ben Royo (baseball).

(04-24-2023 09:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Night of the Owl Award Recipients
Joyce Pounds Hardy Award – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Bob Quin Award – Ikenna Enechukwu (football)
Best Moment Award – Arielle Hayon's 100m Butterfly win at The American Championship (swimming)
Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
Stancliff-Sass "R" Association Scholarship – Alyssa Balandran (women's track and field)
Clanton/Winston Medical School Scholarship – Grace Forbes (women's track and field)
The Leland Winston, MD Courage & Diligence Award – Zoe Spitz (swimming)
Head Coach of the Year – Genny Volpe (volleyball)
Assistant Coach of the Year – Brek Christensen (track and field)
Male Newcomer of the Year – Mekhi Mason (men's basketball)
Female Newcomer of the Year – Ella Dyson (swimming)
Margie E. Sass (Female) Scholar Athlete – Haley Allen (women's track and field)
Dr. Hubert E. Bray (Male) Scholar Athlete – Daniel Cohen (men's track and field)

https://riceowls.com/news/2023/4/24/gene...-owls.aspx

No female winner of the Dr. Hubert E. Bray Scholar Athlete award?
If I'd known this was tonight, I could have gotten Dr. Bray's framed portrait to them before the ceremony.
Oh well...

(04-24-2023 04:22 PM)Houston Owl 2 Wrote:  Apparently, the "Night of the Owl" is tonight if anyone is interested. Honoring our athletes used to be something that was well publicized and well-attended by students, alumni and fans...it used to be a significant event.

Apparently it is a secret ceremony tonight since it's probably too much effort to make it a significant event again. Hope I didn't reveal any secrets.

Can anyone on the inside tell us where the double-super-secret location of the ceremony was?

Sorry yall, I misspoke earlier. It was actually the riceathletes Instagram account that had all the information.

There was a social at Reckling Park followed by the award show at Stude Concert Hall.


https://www.instagram.com/riceathletes/

I actually decided to show up and see the proceedings...it was a great event..well planned, well attended by athletes and well executed...it was obviously determined that this was to be an event only for the athletes and while I would like to see alumni and fans included, it was an exceptional evening.

I went to a few, never won anything.

So my hat is off to those who did win. Congratulations to the very deserving winners.