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WACO, Texas – The Baylor women's basketball team announced its non-conference schedule for the 2022-23 season on Friday. The slate is highlighted by a home contest against Maryland, a trip to Estero, Fla., for the Gulf Coast Showcase and a matchup against Arizona in Dallas in December.
The Baylor volleyball squad is set to finish out the preseason with an exhibition match against Texas A&M on Saturday with a 4 p.m. start time in the Ferrell Center and is free admission.
Baylor running backs have "a lot of talent, high ceilings."
The beginning of the fall semester is finally here! I cannot wait for the first day of class on Monday.
Champions' TriBUne is a special feature through Baylor Athletics that gives you the student-athlete's perspective and the chance for them to share their own story. Lauren Harrison, a fifth-year senior from Stone Mountain, Ga., is a two-time All-Big 12 first-team and AVCA All-American Honorable Mention pick after earning All-ACC honors in 2019 at North Carolina. After graduating last December with a degree in journalism and minor in business administration, Lauren is currently working on a master's in Journalism, Advertising and New Media. Picked second in the Big 12 preseason poll, Baylor Volleyball will open with an exhibition match against Texas A&M at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Ferrell Center
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball head coach Mitch Thompson announced Thursday the addition of director of player development Brian Furlong to his staff.
WACO, Texas – Baylor football junior Siaki Ika has been named to the 2022 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Watch List, as announced Thursday by the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame.
The Baylor volleyball squad closed out its annual Green & Gold match with a Green Team win on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
Ryan McGuyre has completed his 2022 Baylor volleyball staff with the addition of Nicole O'Banon as director of operations and Conner Payne as volunteer assistant coach.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 17, 2022) – A research team led by Baylor University chemists has taken a groundbreaking step forward in eliminating the exclusion of individuals with blindness from chemistry education and experiences by using lithophane – an old-fashioned art form – and 3D printing to turn scientific data into tactile graphics that glow with video-like resolution, enabling universal visualization of the same piece of data by both blind and sighted individuals.
WACO, Texas (August, 2022) – Forest Kim, Ph.D., director of the Robbins MBA Healthcare Program, part of the Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership within Baylor University’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business and clinical associate professor of economics, was recently appointed board chair of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare and Management Education (CAHME). With his appointment, he becomes the first Asian American to serve as chair of CAHME.
Baylor volleyball will host its first of two preseason matches on Wednesday with the Green and Gold game at 6 p.m. in the Ferrell Center. The intrasquad match is free to the public.
WACO, Texas – Former Baylor baseball player Shea Langeliers was called up by the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball has added Shannon Vivoda for the 2022-23 season, head coach Glenn Moore announced Tuesday.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor soccer was picked to finish seventh in the 2022 Big 12 Soccer Preseason Poll, released Tuesday by the conference office.
Baylor has key holes to fill in a secondary that lost Jalen Pitre, JT Woods and Kalon Barnes.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor soccer's Kayley Ables was named to the 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 soccer team, announced Monday by the conference office.
Bears fight through the heat in Saturday scrimmage at McLane Stadium.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 14, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on muscle memory, the impact of phishing tests on employee trust and how Baylor sports chaplains invest in their sports and their students.
ESPN has revealed the TV selections for Baylor volleyball's 2022 season, announced Friday.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 11, 2022) – As Baylor University prepares for the Fall 2022 semester, the campus community of students, faculty and staff will notice some changes to streets and parking lots around campus because of construction and during Move-in but also will enjoy some major progress on I-35 construction.
Yes, it's August, but this is certainly the most wonderful time of the year! We can feel the excitement and enthusiasm building for two seminal events next week in the lives of Baylor students: Move-in and Welcome Week.
Forty-five Baylor student-athletes were names to the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, announced by the conference Thursday afternoon.
WACO, Texas – Baylor football sophomore Blake Shapen has been named to the 2022 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list, as announced Tuesday at the annual Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce and SPORTyler East Texas Kick-off Luncheon.
WACO, Texas – Baylor soccer opens the 2022-23 Baylor Athletics competition calendar with a pair of preseason exhibitions this weekend. After hosting LSU on Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7 p.m., the Bears travel to San Antonio to face UTSA on Sunday at 7 p.m.
Baylor University today announced a gift from Katie and Jimmy Garrison of Boerne, Texas, to support the Give Light Campaign and provide support for the capital priorities of Baylor Athletics within the campaign. Baylor will recognize the couple's philanthropic support through the naming of the Dimmitt Garrison Family Berm within McLane Stadium and the Dimmitt Garrison Family Lobby within the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf has released its schedule for the upcoming 2022-23 season, announced Wednesday by head coach Mike McGraw.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 10, 2022) – Baylor University today announced a gift from Katie and Jimmy Garrison of Boerne, Texas, to support the Give Light Campaign and provide support for the capital priorities of Baylor Athletics within the campaign. Baylor will recognize the couple’s philanthropic support through the naming of the Dimmitt Garrison Family Berm within McLane Stadium and the Dimmitt Garrison Family Lobby within the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 10, 2022) – On the morning of Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, the Baylor University Department of Public Safety (BUDPS) will host its second joint active threat training exercise in partnership with the Waco Fire Department, American Medical Response, Air Evac, AirLift, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Hillcrest and other University, City of Waco and McLennan County partners.
WACO, Texas – Ahead of his 20th season, Baylor men's basketball coach Scott Drew announced the Bears' 2022-23 non-conference schedule Tuesday. The 13-game schedule includes eight games at the Ferrell Center, one road contest and four neutral-site games.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis head coach Michael Woodson announced the appointment of Nich Ochran to volunteer assistant coach on Monday. Ochran served as a team manager for four years during his six years enrolled at the university in undergraduate and graduate studies.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 5, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on data from the Baylor Religion Survey that shows how childhood religiosity predicts a variety of positive outcomes, what leads to public trust in top universities and the return of the iEngage Summer Civics Institute at Baylor that helps middle school students make a difference in their schools, neighborhoods and communities.
You may have seen the exciting news from earlier this week that Baylor University has been recognized as one of the nation’s top-10 Most Trusted Universities, according to global research firm Morning Consult.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's basketball was selected to participate in the 2022 Gulf Coast Showcase, Nov. 25-27, at Hertz Arena in Estero, Fla.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 4, 2022) – Baylor University will join City of Waco and McLennan County partners, in cooperation with the Waco/McLennan County Office of Emergency Management, to conduct a regular test of outdoor tornado sirens, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5.
WACO, Texas – Baylor track and field has added Florida transfer Jackie Addy for the 2022-2023 season, distance coach David Barnett announced on Wednesday. A native of Atlanta, Ga., she prepped at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School before her stop in Gainesville, Fla.
WACO, Texas – Baylor track and field head coach Michael Ford announced two changes to the program's staff on Wednesday, with the addition of Abbie Fredrick as an assistant coach and the promotion of Stacey Smith to associate head coach.
WACO, Texas – Baylor cross country released its seven-meet schedule for the 2022 season on Wednesday morning.
Single-game tickets for the 2022 Baylor football season at McLane Stadium are on-sale to the public, the Baylor University Athletics department announced Wednesday.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 3, 2022) – Baylor University was named among the nation’s top 10 Most Trusted Universities, according to global research firm Morning Consult as part of its Most Trusted Brands project, the definitive measure of brand trust across industries, including the most trusted brands in higher education.
Mitch Thompson may have left Baylor 10 years ago, but he never got too far away – 6.9 miles to be exact. That's the distance from Baylor Ballpark to Bosque River Ballpark, where he spent the last nine years as MCC's head baseball coach.
Baylor Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs Jovan Overshown announced several recent promotions and senior-level additions to the Baylor Athletics external team on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor football offensive lineman Connor Galvin was named to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, as previously announced by the organization in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Houston.
WACO, Texas –Baylor men's tennis signed Luc Koenig to the 2022 signing class, head coach Michael Woodson announced on Tuesday. Koenig comes to America from Durban, South Africa.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball head coach Mitch Thompson announced Tuesday the addition of director of baseball operations Darin Thomas to his staff.
WACO, Texas – Baylor track and field added South Dakota transfer Demar Francis for the 2022-2023 season, head coach Michael Ford announced on Tuesday. He makes his way to Waco from Saint Thomas, Jamaica and Excelsior High School.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 2, 2022) – Baylor University President Linda A. Livingstone, Ph.D., was elected today as board chair of the NCAA Board of Governors, which met on Tuesday for the first time in its new iteration. Madeleine McKenna, former volleyball student-athlete at California University of Pennsylvania, was elected as the student-athlete voting member.
The excitement of the new athletic season is here, and fans can get an early glimpse into the new rosters as Baylor Athletics hosts its annual Meet the Bears event Saturday Aug. 27 at McLane Stadium from 2 to 4 p.m. CT.
Alvin Ebosele (football), Richard Reese (football), Dree Edwards (women's basketball) and Marissa Gray (soccer) have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) July Champions of the Month.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's and men's basketball will participate in the second annual Pac-12 US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Dallas, the Pac-12 announced on Monday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior defensive tackle Siaki Ika landed on the Bednarik Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. The Chuck Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 1, 2022) – Returning to the Baylor University campus for the first time since 2019, nearly 100 rising middle school students will attend Baylor’s nationally recognized iEngage Summer Civics Institute Aug. 1-5.
WACO, Texas (July 31, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the psychological factors that influence vaccine beliefs, the history and meaning of the American flag and how can a chemistry lab be made accessible so students with blindness can pursue their love of science and build a career.
WACO, Texas (July 29, 2022) – For the first time since summer 2019, the Baylor University Board of Regents held its annual summer retreat off campus, this time in San Antonio, the nation’s seventh largest city. The Board welcomed five new Regents to their first official meeting and – with no items on the agenda requiring Board action – focused its discussion on effective governance, Baptist history and looking ahead to the fall semester.
Greetings from San Antonio, where we are celebrating Baylor Board of Regents Days as declared by an official city proclamation. This week is the quarterly meeting of the Board, as we welcome several new Regents for their first official meeting and look toward the start of the fall semester.
Baylor's Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades, IV announced today a record-breaking fundraising year for the department, as it reports $21.9 million in total annual giving at the close of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
WACO, Texas – Baylor senior Ben Sims was named to the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy watch list, released by the All Sports Association in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Thursday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor track and field added sprinter Ricquan Graham for the 2022-2023 season on Wednesday, head coach Michael Ford announced. He makes his way to Waco from Kingston, Jamaica, and the Wolmer's Trust High School for Boys.
WACO, Texas – Baylor athletics has partnered with Opendorse to form the Baylor Bears NIL Marketplace, which will launch one week from today on Wednesday, August 3.
WACO, Texas – Baylor senior Johnny Keefer is ranked 17th in the preseason Velocity Global PGA Tour University rankings, as announced on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor was one of 113 Division I baseball programs to receive the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, as announced Wednesday by the organization.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's tennis signed Danielle Tuhten for the 2022-23 season, head coach Joey Scrivano announced on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor senior punter Issac Power earned a spot on the Ray Guy Award preseason watch list for a second-straight year, as announced Wednesday by the Augusta Sports Council.
WACO, Texas (July 21, 2022) – Drought may have led to an increase in civil conflict followed by political collapse in Mayapan, the ancient capital of the Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula, in the 13th and 14th centuries, according to a study published in Nature Communications that includes contributions by a Baylor University archaeologist.
WACO, Texas (July 28, 2022) – Baylor University announced today the hiring of J. Brian Jordon, Ph.D., to serve as the inaugural Kenneth and Celia Carlile Endowed Chair in Materials Science. Jordon brings an active and highly regarded research lab to Baylor from the University of Alabama, where he established a national reputation for research addressing issues of additive manufacturing, materials processing, welding and joining, performance and more in advanced materials.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf has inked University of South Florida transfer Luc Breuer to a Financial Aid Contract, head coach Mike McGraw announced Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor linebacker Dillion Doyle and defensive tackle Siaki Ika were named to the 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List for National Defensive Player of the Year, as announced Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America.
WACO, Texas – Baylor football offensive linemen Jacob Gall and Connor Galvin joined defensive lineman Siaki Ika on the Outland Trophy Watch List, announced Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America.
In less than one month, the Green and Gold will take to the field of competition. In an effort to further unify the Baylor Family, the Baylor Athletics department announced its "Go Gold" initiative for the upcoming athletic season. Fans are invited to visually unify in Gold throughout the year, creating an optical impact for opposing teams and fans alike.
WACO, Texas (July 24, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on postdoctoral researchers’ contributions to Baylor’s R1 recognition, addressing food access among SNAP participants and the installation of a wheelchair-accessible swing through a student-led collaboration and a local community.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball adds Shaylon Govan for the 2022-23 season, head coach Glenn Moore announced on Friday.
WACO, Texas – The Baylor men's tennis squad signed Martin Breysach to the 2022 class, head coach Michael Woodson announced on Friday. Breysach comes to Waco from Strasbourg, France.
WACO, Texas– Baylor senior tight end Ben Sims was named to the 2022 John Mackey Award watch list on Friday, as announced by The Friends of John Mackey on Friday.
WACO, Texas– Baylor senior center Jacob Gall was named to the Rimington Award Watch List, announced Friday morning by the Boomer Esiason Foundation.
With the record-breaking temperatures and drought conditions in the Waco area, many of you have asked how the Baylor campus is being impacted.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball will be one of four teams to play in the 2022 Continental Tire Main Event, which will be held Nov. 18-20 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golfer Johnny Keefer has been selected as the Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the year, as announced Thursday by the conference office.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's golf graduate Gurleen Kaur has been selected as the Big 12 Conference Women's Golf Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced Thursday by the conference office. She shared the honor with Texas Tech's Amy Taylor and Texas' Sara Kouskova.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball third-year sophomore outfielder Kyle Nevin and fourth-year junior Jack Pineda were each selected on the final day of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft Tuesday afternoon.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's tennis signed Vanda Vargova for the 2022-23 season, head coach Joey Scrivano announced on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas (July 21, 2022) – Baylor University announced a $1.5 million gift today from Tim and Sharalynn Fenn of Houston, establishing an endowed faculty chair position to attract, retain and support a visionary Christian leader who is focused on the growth and development of Materials Science and its associated fields.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball third-year sophomore outfielder Jared McKenzie was selected by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft Monday afternoon.
Baylor volleyball has earned the 2022 USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Monday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian released its 2022-23 schedule on Monday, as announced by sixth-year head coach Casie Maxwell.
WACO, Texas (July 18, 2022) – Baylor University bear Judge Joy Reynolds, known simply as “Joy,” beloved sister of Judge Sue “Lady” Sloan and a cherished member of the Baylor Family for 21 years, passed away peacefully today surrounded by her loving and dedicated caregivers, staff and veterinary team.
WACO, Texas (July 17, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on removing barriers to chemistry classes for students with blindness or low vision, how online shops mobilized to sell products featuring new space images and the powerful ways music can cross cultural boundaries.
WACO, Texas (July 15, 2022) – After a 2020 hiatus due to COVID and a 2021 program embedded in a local summer school, Baylor University’s Mathematics for Early Learners Academy (MELA), sponsored by the Baylor School of Education (SOE), has returned to the Baylor campus July 5-28 to host students ages 4 to 6 at the Mayborn Museum.
It's great to be back in Waco after some family vacation travel and spending yesterday at the Big 12 Football Media Days to officially introduce new Commissioner Brett Yormark on behalf of the conference's Board of Directors