Rice Athletics

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard’s podcast enters a new decade with the first edition of 2020. After Joe and JP Heath catch up on many of the milestones and achievements since our last edition, the focus turns to the new Owl Club board as new Owl Club President Gary Chiles talks about the efforts of the newly created board to support the Vision For Victory (11:50). As always, the podcast wraps up by answering questions submitted from Owl fans (21:44). If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard continues his fifth season of podcasts by welcoming a familiar face to so many at Rice as his special guest. Shu Muthyala, currently Rice’s Associate AD / Annual Giving, has been an innovative presence in Rice Athletics since he arrived in 2012 and he shares both the story of his path to Rice and what drew him to join the Owl Club team (9:48). As always, the podcast opens with a review of current topics with host J.P. Heath and wraps up the episode by answering questions submitted from Owl fans (20:07). If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard opens his fifth season of podcasts by welcoming Rice Dr. Bridget Gorman, Dean of Undergraduates (11:08) who reflects on her first year in the position and the value of athletics to the overall collegiate experience. He also reflects on the brief summer respite and the exciting start to the 2019 fall athletics campaign before wrapping up this episode by answering questions submitted from Owl fans (20:14). If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard wraps up this third season of podcasts by welcoming Rice volleyball coach Genny Volpe (11:10) to discuss her team's goals for 2019, the excitement of hosting the C-USA Championship in 2019 and the challenge of defending their C-USA title in addition to their upcoming trip to Italy. He also reflects on the latest news surrounding Rice Athletics in addition to his experiences as part of the NCAA Baseball Committee before wrapping up this episode by answering questions submitted from Owl fans (20:00). If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard’s returns for a special podcast to dive into the details of the newly-released Vision for Victory strategic plan for Rice Athletics. If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!

Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard’s latest podcast of 2019 features JP Abercrumbie, the Owls Assistant AD for Student Athlete Development (11:00) in addition to an opening segment reflecting on an exciting last three months on South Main. If you’d like to submit a question or suggest an guest for a future episode, email us at riceathletics@rice.edu. Thanks for listening and GO OWLS!