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Baylor University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades announced Tuesday the return of Baylor alum Kevin Goll as Athletics Chief Strategy Officer/Senior Associate AD. He will join the Baylor Athletics department on April 19.
WACO, Texas – The No. 10-ranked Baylor women's tennis team will head to Fort Worth Wednesday to face TCU at 3 p.m. at the Friedman Tennis Center. The Bears (19-3, 6-1) will be in search of their 20th win of the season, which would give the program its first 20-win season since 2017.
IRVING, Texas – No. 11 Baylor volleyball had nine players named to the 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 Team, as announced by the conference office Tuesday morning.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Baylor volleyball picked up four 2020 Division I Southwest All-Region awards on Tuesday, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
WACO, Texas (April 13, 2021) — With President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, citizens nationwide received a second round of stimulus checks in the form of $1,400 per person and an additional $1,400 per dependent.
WACO, Texas (April 13, 2021) – Baylor University’s Career Center reports a surprising increase in job placement of graduating Baylor University students in the spring of 2020 compared to spring 2019, despite an anticipated decrease due to the effect of COVID-19.
Head coach Dave Aranda wants the three guys up front to be the lead dogs for a Baylor defense that's going into its second year with coordinator Ron Roberts.
WACO, Texas – Baylor will start a seven-game road trip with a midweek matchup at Sam Houston on Tuesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas.
WACO, Texas – No. 3 Baylor men's tennis plays host to Midwestern State Tuesday evening at the Hurd Tennis Center for a 6 p.m. match in Waco.
Baylor University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades announced Monday the addition of Jill Van Zee as Senior Associate Athletics Director and Athletics Chief of Staff. Van Zee will join the Baylor Athletics department on April 19 after nearly six years on campus in Human Resources.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor senior midfielder Ally Henderson was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. This marks the second weekly honor of Henderson's career and the 49th weekly award for BU.
WACO, Texas — The National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) today announced its 2021 National Championship field and final national rankings with Baylor coming in as the No. 2 seed in the tournament with a rematch against No. 3 Oregon on Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m. CT inside the Ferrell Center.
WACO, Texas (April 12, 2021) – Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Linda Plank, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, who has served since last summer as Interim Dean of Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, has been selected to serve as Dean in an official capacity, effective May 1.
WACO, Texas (April 12, 2021) — Managers should listen more, be empathetic and be sure they give feedback — even if they cannot solve a problem immediately, according to a Baylor University study that focused on workplace communication during the pandemic.
WACO, Texas (April 12, 2021) – Baylor University’s Armstrong Browning Library and Museum will present its annual Browning Day lecture virtually at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 16, featuring Joshua King, Ph.D., associate professor of English and The Margarett Root Brown Chair in Robert Browning and Victorian Studies at Baylor.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball was unable to complete the series sweep as West Virginia took the 8-4 win on Sunday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (21-11, 3-6 Big 12) led early before the Mountaineers (12-14, 4-5 Big 12) came back to secure the victory.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The No. 10-ranked Baylor women's tennis team beat Kansas 4-3, Sunday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The Bears improved to 19-3 on the season and 6-1 in Big 12 Conference play.
WACO, Texas (April 11, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on Baylor men’s basketball and the NCAA Championship women’s role in the church, food insecurity and racial diversity in congregations.
WACO, Texas — The No. 3-ranked Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team took a 287.430-283.885 victory over rival the No. 2 Oregon on Saturday night in the Ferrell Center. The Bears (4-1) earned their highest overall score of the season and avenged their earlier loss to the Ducks (2-2) in March.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball clinched its first Big 12 series since May 4, 2019 with its 7-4 win over West Virginia on Saturday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (21-10, 3-5 Big 12) took the lead from the fourth inning and never gave it up to the Mountaineers (11-14, 3-5 Big 12) to earn the win.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The No. 10-ranked Baylor women's tennis team beat Kansas State, 5-2, Saturday at Mike Goss Stadium. The Bears improved to 18-3 on the season and 5-1 in Big 12 Conference play.
WACO, Texas – After being down 3-0 through the first four innings, Baylor baseball made its way back and completed the 6-3 come-from-behind victory on Friday night at the Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (20-10, 2-5 Big 12) trailed the Mountaineers (11-13, 3-4 Big 12) until the eighth inning where they scored five runs to secure the win.
Bayley Humphrey (acrobatics & tumbling), Taylor Moon (soccer), Dillon Doyle (football) and Jonah White (football) have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) March Champions of the Month.
WACO, Texas – No. 3 Baylor men's tennis hosts its final doubleheader of the season on Saturday with matches against Abilene Christian and No. 19 Texas Tech set for 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT, respectively, at the Hurd Tennis Center.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor equestrian collected a league-leading 30 Academic All-Big 12 selections, as announced by the conference office on Friday.
WACO, Texas – No. 3 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling is back in the Ferrell Center this weekend for its final regular season meet of the season when it takes on rival No. 2 Oregon on Saturday night at 7 p.m. The Bears (3-1) will look to avenge its earlier 281.365-280.660 loss this season to the Ducks (2-1) on March 6 in Eugene.
WACO, Texas (April 9, 2021) – Baylor University will host Alumni Week April 12-17, providing numerous opportunities for Baylor Alumni to reconnect with their alma mater and fellow Baylor graduates from across the country and support their University.
In what might be Baylor football's most wide-open quarterback competition since 2008, Shawn Bell is making it just that – a competition.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf is back in action for the first time in more than three weeks when the Bears head to Bryan, Texas, to compete in the Aggie Invitational. The three-day, 54-hole tournament begins Friday on the par-72, 7,227-yard course at Traditions Golf Club.
WACO, Texas – For his work on and off the field, fifth-year senior Andy Thomas was one of 30 student-athletes selected as candidates for the 2021 Senior CLASS Award, it was announced on Thursday.
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. Sidney Holman-Mansell, a junior pitcher for the Baylor softball team, is 6-1 with a 3.51 ERA, 50 strikeouts and a .183 opponent's batting average. An elementary education major from Belton, Texas, Sidney is in her third season at Baylor after starting her career at ACU. She married her best friend, Peyton Mansell, in June 2019 and earned Academic All-Big 12 first-team last spring.
WACO, Texas – Baylor is back in Big 12 play when it hosts West Virginia this weekend for a three-game series at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (19-10, 1-5 Big 12), who are on a six-game win streak and the Mountaineers (11-12, 3-3 Big 12) will play a nationally-televised game on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. Game two will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday and game three will start at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor swept this week's National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) awards as Kam Kitchens earned Athlete of the Week, Emily Tobin was Specialist of the Week and Riley Chimwala was voted the Freshman of the Week for the second-straight week.
WACO, Texas – When Baylor and K-State play in women's tennis Thursday it will mark the end of a 12-day layoff for the No. 10-ranked Bears. The Wildcats (7-7, 2-3) will host Baylor (17-3, 4-1) at 3 p.m. at Mike Goss Tennis Stadium in Big 12 match play.
IRVING, Texas – In addition to four All-Big 12 first-team honors, Baylor volleyball junior Shanel Bramschreiber highlighted the 2020 Big 12 postseason awards as Libero of the Year in Thursday morning's announcement from the conference office.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball announced that it will travel to Huntsville, Texas on Tuesday, April 13 to play Sam Houston in a midweek matchup. The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. CT at Don Sanders Stadium.
What an exciting week this has been for the Baylor Family! Congratulations to men’s basketball coach Scott Drew, his staff and our student-athletes for winning the national championship over Gonzaga Monday night in Indianapolis.
WACO, Texas – In accordance with Big 12 Conference softball game interruption guidelines, the three-game series against No. 1 Oklahoma has been postponed.
WACO, Texas – After falling behind 6-1 in the first two innings, Baylor baseball clawed its way back and completed the 7-6 come-from-behind victory, on Tuesday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (19-10) used a two-out RBI-double from second-year freshman Tre Richardson in the eighth to split the season series with the Mavericks (12-16).
Bringing back the first NCAA men's basketball national championship in Texas in 55 years, Scott Drew was grinning ear to ear as he walked off the airplane Tuesday afternoon carrying the trophy that his Bears (28-2) captured the night before with a dominant 86-70 win over top-ranked Gonzaga (31-1) in the final at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The 2021 Men's Basketball National Champions will be celebrated with full fanfare in a parade through downtown Waco. The Bears will join Baylor University, the City of Waco, the Waco Chamber of Commerce and the Baylor Bear Foundation in celebration on Tuesday, April 13.
WACO, Texas – Baylor head women's tennis coach Joey Scrivano announced the signing of Alina Shcherbinina for the fall of 2021, Tuesday. Shcherbinina, a Moscow, Russia native, is the second of the Baylor signing class of 2021.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor equestrian's Rachael Davis and Savannah Hemby have been named Big 12 Riders of the Month for March, as announced Tuesday morning by the conference office.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior power forward NaLyssa Smith added a fifth All-America nod when she was named as a member of the five-person John. R. Wooden Award All-American team.
WACO, Texas (April 6, 2021) – Ryan A. McManamay, Ph.D., assistant professor of environmental science at Baylor University, is among the recipients of the Sustainability Science Award announced today by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball's midweek doubleheader against ACU has been postponed due to the Big 12 Conference softball interruption guidelines.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball is ready for another midweek contest when it hosts UT Arlington on Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (18-10) has an impressive 17-5 record against non-conference opponents, including a 4-1 mark in midweeks with its only loss coming on March 23 against the Mavericks (12-15) in 11 innings (4-3) in Arlington.
WACO, Texas (April 5, 2021) – Baylor University again has joined universities and communities around the country to increase public awareness and prevention education about sexual assault and interpersonal violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
WACO, Texas – The Naismith Hall of Fame, in association with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, named Baylor junior power forward NaLyssa Smith the winner of the Katrina McClain Award, Sunday, as a part of the Hoophall Starting Five Awards.
WACO, Texas – Baylor volleyball has been selected as the No. 12-seed in the 2020-21 NCAA Championship and earned a first-round bye, as announced Sunday on ESPNU.
WACO, Texas (April 4, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the connection between attendance and racial diversity within a church, stress and COVID-19, faith leaders and public health, the legacy of the Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson and the "COVID slide" on adult literacy.
Several Baylor track & field student-athletes were victorious Saturday in the first home meet at Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium since 2019.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly two decades ago, Scott Drew decided to leave his comfort zone at tiny Valparaiso for the scandal-plagued basketball program at Baylor, explaining to his father that there was nowhere for the Bears to go but up.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball completed the sweep of North Carolina A&T on Saturday with a 7-3 win at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (18-10) outscored the Aggies (7-21), 25-3 in the four-game series.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior power forward NaLyssa Smith became the third Lady Bear to bring home the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Wade Trophy for the nation's top women's college basketball player, Saturday.
From as far back as he can remember, Alvin Brooks III and his dad have always hidden their emotions. Handshakes, maybe the occasional side hug.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball swept the doubleheader against North Carolina A&T on Friday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (17-10) first defeated the Aggies (7-20), 5-0 in seven innings, before winning 7-1 in the second game of the day.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian racked up 48 selections to the American Wood Fibers NCEA All-Academic Teams and APHA NCEA Academic Honor Roll, as announced Friday by the organization.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior power forward NaLyssa Smith picked up her third All-America award of the season when the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named her to its second team.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guard Davion Mitchell has swept three National Defensive Player of the Year awards, as announced Friday by the NABC, Atlanta Tipoff Club and College Insider.
About two weeks into her first year at Baylor, tired of coach Joey Scrivano's "crazy workouts," Zuzana Zemenova called home and said, "Mom, I don't think I can survive here."
Baylor track & field is set to compete in its first home meet since 2019 as the Bears host the Baylor Invitational Saturday at Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium.
WACO, Texas – Tyler Thomas' complete-game shutout helped Baylor to its 6-0 series-opening victory over North Carolina A&T on Thursday night at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (15-10) earned their fourth shutout of the year after keeping the Aggies (7-18) off the scoreboard.
MARSHALL, Texas — The No. 2-ranked Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team swept East Texas Baptist University 275.200-209.100 on Thursday in Marshall, Texas, taking every event in dominant fashion. The Bears (3-1) earned their first perfect 10's of the season in both the compulsory and acro events.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian's Madaline Callaway, Rachael Davis and Daisy Kaufman have been named 2021 NCEA All-Americans, as announced by the organization on Thursday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's Riley Chimwala was named the NCATA Freshman of the Week, the organization announced on Thursday. Chimwala is only the second Bear to win the weekly award this season, after Bayley Humphrey earned the honor on March 4.
WACO, Texas — The Bears are set to host the 2021 NCATA National Championships at the Ferrell Center from April 22-23 and tickets are now on sale for both sessions. All three meets will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
WACO, Texas (April 1, 2021) – Following a nationwide search, Baylor University Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., announced today that Sandeep Mazumder, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Economics at Wake Forest University, has been selected as The William E. Crenshaw Endowed Dean of Baylor's nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business. His appointment is effective July 1.
WACO, Texas (April 1, 2021) – During severe weather season, Baylor University has joined 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, at 10 a.m. on the first Friday of each month.
WACO, Texas – Fifth-ranked Baylor men's tennis continues its road stretch at Oklahoma State and Oklahoma this week for the start of Big 12 Conference play.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball is set for a four-game series against North Carolina A&T beginning on Thursday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. On Friday, the two sides will play a doubleheader with the seven-inning contest starting at 2 p.m., followed by a nine-inning game approximately 45 minutes after the conclusion of the first contest. The finale was moved up an hour to 12 p.m. on Saturday.
With this year's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament being played in San Antonio, the city she's called home for the last 15 years, Sophia Young couldn't help but think back to the Baylor Lady Bears' first national championship in 2005.
WACO, Texas - Baylor acrobatics and tumbling had 22 student-athletes named to the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team that was announced recently by the league office.
Coming off a win in his first outdoor meet of the season at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, KC Lightfoot has earned his first-career Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honor, the conference office announced Wednesday.
MARSHALL, Texas - Baylor acrobatics and tumbling hits the road again for its fourth meet of the season when it takes on East Texas Baptist University on Thursday, April 1 at 6 p.m. CT in Marshall, Texas.