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WACO, Texas – The No. 11-ranked Baylor Women's Tennis team had to use every ounce of mojo available in a thrilling comeback victory over No. 32 Oklahoma Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center. The Bears remained undefeated in Big 12 play with a 4-3 win and needed the final three matches in their favor; Baylor delivered with three nail-biting three-set victories to secure the match.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After MaCio Teague and the Baylor Bears got comfortable in the spacious confines of Lucas Oil Stadium, they looked like a team that could be playing there for much higher stakes in a few weeks.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The No. 5/6 Baylor Lady Bears face No. 15 seed Jackson State Sunday at 3 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on ABC at 3 p.m. at the Alamodome.
WACO, Texas – No. 3 Baylor men's tennis hosts Louisiana and Dallas Baptist on Saturday at the Hurd Tennis Center, with first serves scheduled for noon and 6 p.m., respectively.
Whether he is playing "The Villain," "Glue Guy" or even "Baby Rico," Mark Vital does all the dirty work, things that don't always show up in the boxscore.
Coming off a historic end to the indoor season, Baylor track & field transitions to the outdoor season with the UTSA Invitational Saturday at Park West Athletics Complex in San Antonio.
Tiffany Townsend (2008-11) Was 17-Time All-American Sprinter
Since I became a university president, I rarely have the opportunity to assign homework. But as we prepare for the release of the report from the Commission on Historic Campus Representations on Tuesday, I strongly encourage you to watch all three of the Baylor Conversation Series events: “Perspectives on Our History.” These distinguished panels provide context about slavery in the United States, in Texas and among Texas Baptists during the time of Baylor’s founding in the mid-1800s.
When Kevin Curtis looks at Dave Aranda, he sees the same guy he met 20 years ago when the Baylor head football coach was a 24-year-old defensive graduate assistant at Texas Tech.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's No. 8-ranked women's golf team returns to action Friday in the Mountain View Collegiate. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be played on a par-72, 6,350-yard course at The Preserve at Saddlebrook.
WACO, Texas – Coming into conference play with a 10-game win streak, the Baylor baseball team will play its first Big 12 games since 2019 when it hosts No. 10 Texas for three games beginning on Friday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark. Game two of the series is set for 3 p.m. and the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball guards Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell have been named to All-America Teams by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the NABC announced Thursday.
WACO, Texas – The No. 11-ranked Baylor women's tennis team continues Big 12 play Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center vs. No. 32 Oklahoma at Noon. Baylor (14-2, 2-0) hosts the Sooners (8-2) in the third league contest of the season for the Bears and the Big 12 opener for OU.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball continued their win streak with a run-rule 12-2 win in seven innings over Prairie View A&M at Baylor Ballpark on Wednesday night. The Bears (12-4) have now won 10-straight games following their victory over the Panthers (2-11).
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball 18th-year head coach Scott Drew was announced as a finalist for a pair of National Coach of the Year awards on Wednesday.
Baylor Athletics announced today an increase in capacity at outdoor venues for the remainder of spring sport competition, allowing attendance up to 50 percent.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf first-year assistant coach Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen has been selected to serve as an assistant coach for the International Team in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup, as announced Wednesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
WACO, Texas – No. 6 Baylor volleyball's senior setter Hannah Sedwick has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week following her 45-assist performance at Texas State, as announced by the organization on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – The Associated Press announced its NCAA Women's Basketball All-America teams Wednesday, and Baylor junior power forward NaLyssa Smith was a first-team selection.
WACO, Texas (March 17, 2021) — A research team that includes a Baylor University scholar on race and religion will help establish Churches that THRIVE for Racial Justice, a national effort to help congregations confront structures of racism in their communities. Lilly Endowment Inc. is funding the project with a $1 million grant to Davidson College, which will coordinate the project.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball now has its longest win streak since 2018 after its 10-8 victory over UT-San Antonio at Baylor Ballpark on Tuesday. The Bears (11-4) have won nine-straight games following the win over the Roadrunners (5-7).
NEW YORK – A school-record three Baylor men's basketball players were named to the Associated Press All-America teams, as announced Tuesday by the AP.
Odyssey Sims is one of the most prolific scorers and best passers in the history of the Baylor Lady Bear basketball program and unquestionably the best on-ball defender . . . although DiDi Richards is certainly making her case for at least being in that discussion.
WACO, Texas – Following just its third loss of the season, No. 2 Baylor men's tennis is back in action Wednesday at the Hurd Tennis Center for a matchup with No. 16 Arizona at 6 p.m. CT in Waco.
IRVING, Texas – No. 10 Baylor equestrian has earned the No. 4 seed at the upcoming Big 12 Equestrian Championship, as announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball's Aliyah Binford was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, announced Tuesday by the conference office.
WACO, Texas (March 16, 2021) — Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary has announced the official launch of the Faith & Sports Institute (FSI), a distinctive center for the comprehensive study and practice of sports and Christianity. The announcement follows 10 years of progress in developing leaders in sports ministry.
WACO, Texas (March 16, 2021) – Baylor University joined nearly 40 institutions in launching the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity, announced Friday by the Taskforce member institutions.
WACO, Texas (March 16, 2021) - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to shift I-35 northbound mainlanes south of BUS 77 to the newly reconstructed lanes from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 17. The traffic shift was originally scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, March 16.
The No. 6/6 ranked Baylor women's basketball team was selected as a No. 2 seed for the program's 19th appearance in the NCAA Tournament Monday night. The Lady Bears (25-2) capped another solid season with their 12th Big 12 Regular Season Championship and an 11th Big 12 Championship Sunday. They were rewarded and will face No. 15 seed Jackson State, Sunday at 3 p.m. on ABC, in San Antonio at the Alamodome.
WACO, Texas – Riding an eight-game win streak, the Baylor baseball team will look to remain hot against UTSA on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CT and then versus Prairie View A&M on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.
WACO, Texas (March 15, 2021) - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to shift I-35 northbound mainlanes south of BUS 77 to the newly reconstructed lanes by the Baylor campus from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 16.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf returns to action in the George Hannon Invitational, which runs Monday and Tuesday at UT Golf Club in Austin, Texas.
Waco, Texas - Baylor men's basketball has been awarded an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed for the first time in program history. The Bears were the top seed in the South Region in the 2021 NCAA Tournament bracket announced Sunday on CBS.
WACO, Texas – The Baylor baseball team extended its win streak to eight games and completed the sweep after shutting out Xavier, 10-0, on Sunday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (10-4) swept their second-consecutive weekend series with today's victory over the Musketeers (3-7).
WACO, Texas – The No. 12-ranked Baylor women's tennis team swept West Virginia, 7-0, Sunday to move to 2-0 in Big 12 Conference play at the Hurd Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas (March 14, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the empowerment of women, a new technology used by Baylor to determine wait times and capacity in buildings, financial tips for investors during economic uncertainty and Truett Seminary’s new educational offerings and outreach efforts.
For the first time in school history, Baylor track & field had three National Champions at the same NCAA meet as KC Lightfoot, Ackera Nugent and Aaliyah Miller took home gold medals at the NCAA Indoor Championships Saturday at the Randal Tyson Track Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
WACO, Texas – With a seven-run explosion in the seventh inning, Baylor secured its seventh-consecutive win after defeating Xavier 11-4 on Saturday at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears (9-4) have secured the series win over the Musketeers (3-6) and will go for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The No. 6/6 Baylor Lady Bears face No. 17/20 West Virginia Sunday at Noon in the Big 12 Championship Final at the Municipal Auditorium on ESPN2.
WACO, Texas – The No. 12-ranked Baylor women's tennis team continues Big 12 play Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center vs. West Virginia at 11:30 a.m. Baylor (13-2, 1-0) hosts the Mountaineers (3-1, 0-1) in the second league contest of the season for each team.
WACO, Texas – Thanks to a four-run eighth inning, Baylor baseball defeated Xavier at Baylor Ballpark on Friday night. The Bears (8-4) defeated the Musketeers (3-5) in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
Tuesdi Tidwell earned All-America status in the pole vault, while Ackera Nugent and Aaliyah Miller punched tickets to finals for Baylor track & field Friday at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, Avery Anderson III added 20 and No. 12 Oklahoma State was nearly perfect from the foul line down the stretch in beating second-ranked Baylor 83-74 on Friday night in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The No. 6/6 Baylor Lady Bears face Texas Saturday at Noon in the Big 12 Championship Semifinals at the Municipal Auditorium
WACO, Texas – The No. 12-ranked Baylor women's tennis team started off the Big 12 Conference season on the right foot with a 7-0 victory over No. 42 Iowa State (8-3, 0-1) Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
Sitting out as a redshirt, Aaliyah Miller wasn't even there in Albuquerque, N.M., last March when the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships were canceled because of COVID-19. But, she still called it "devastating."
Seven games into her collegiate career, Trinity Oliver suffered a devastating ACL tear that she "had no idea how to overcome."
WACO, Texas (March 12, 2021) – Baylor University senior biology major Emily Schultz of Plano, Texas, is among 16 recipients of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship in mathematics, science and engineering, announced today by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States.
As a former college basketball student-athlete, March Madness is my favorite time of the year. And all of us who fling the green and gold afar should be extra excited this year as our Big 12 Champion men’s AND women’s basketball teams begin play in their respective conference tournaments.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The No. 6/6 Baylor Lady Bears face TCU Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals at the Municipal Auditorium
WACO, Texas – No. 6 Baylor volleyball's Friday match at North Texas has been canceled. The match will not be rescheduled.
Now in his fifth year as an assistant coach at Texas Wesleyan University, after a nine-year major league baseball career, former Baylor All-American Kelly Shoppach relishes the chance to "share my stories, share my experiences, with these young men that I want to have those same experiences and stories that they get to share."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MaCio Teague scored 24 points, Davion Mitchell added 23 and second-ranked Baylor held on to beat Kansas State 74-68 on Thursday and avoid what would have been one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Big 12 Tournament.
WACO, Texas – Baylor will continue its homestand with a three-game series against Xavier beginning on Friday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark. The second game of the series will start at 3 p.m. on Saturday, with the series finale coming on Sunday at 1 p.m.
WACO, Texas – The No. 12-ranked Baylor women's tennis team opens Big 12 play Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center vs. Iowa State at Noon. Baylor (12-2) hosts the Cyclones (8-2) in the league opener for both teams.
WACO, Texas – Baylor guards MaCio Teague and Jared Butler have been named to NCAA March Madness All-America teams, as announced Thursday on NCAA.com.
Sheltered in place and scattered across the country during last year's COVID shutdown, Baylor basketball players struggled to find an open gym or a place to work out.
Not Davion Mitchell.
WACO, Texas (March 11, 2021) – The Waco Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation awarded medals to 75 students from 16 Central Texas schools for their winning projects in the 2021 Heart of Texas Regional History Fair held virtually Feb. 15-19. Award winners were announced on Feb. 24.
Nine Baylor track & field student-athletes will compete for national honors at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
WACO, Texas – No. 2 Baylor men's tennis is heading to College Station for a midweek contest at No. 12 Texas A&M on Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball announced that it will host Xavier for three-games this weekend at Baylor Ballpark, beginning on Friday, March 12. BU was previously scheduled to travel to Baton Rouge, La., for a Saturday doubleheader against UTSA and No. 15 LSU.
WACO, Texas – The Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year lived up to the hype, and Wednesday, Baylor's NaLyssa Smith added the Big 12 Player of the Year award to her trophy case. The league office announced the 2021 Big 12 Postseason Awards with Smith taking home the top individual honor, and four others from the regular-season champion, No. 6-ranked Lady Bears were honored.
WACO, Texas – No. 9 Baylor equestrian (1-3, 1-2) will round out its regular season with a three-meet slate over the next four days.
BAYLOR at ARIZONA STATE / LOPES UP CLASSIC
Daniel Sepulveda came close to never playing college football. Think about that one for just a minute.
When Edward Jones II got into the college ranks five years ago as Director of High School Relations and Player Development at the University of Houston, his master plan was to be a position coach within five years and head coach by the time he was 40.
WACO, Texas – Fifth-year senior catcher Andy Thomas named to the official watch list for the 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Greater Wichita Sports Association announced on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guard Jared Butler has been named Associated Press Big 12 Player of the Year, becoming the first player in program history to win the Big 12's top individual honor, the AP announced Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guards Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell have been named to Sporting News All-America teams, the publication announced Tuesday.
Mark Vital (men's basketball), Chase Wehsener (baseball), Sarah Andrews (women's basketball) and Hannah Karg (women's golf) have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) February Champions of the Month.
WACO, Texas (March 9, 2021) – Baylor University today announced a $1.5 million gift from the Prichard Family Foundation and Ella Wall Prichard, B.A. '63, of Corpus Christi, to establish an endowed faculty position that will further the research and work of the nationally renowned Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, as well as scholarship in the areas of Black worship, preaching and studies.
By Jerry Hill