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IRVING, Texas – Tickets for the 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship in Kansas City are on sale beginning at Noon CT on Friday, February 26. The Championship is being contested in Kansas City for the 12th time and will be held at Municipal Auditorium from March 11-14.
WACO, Texas – The No. 15-ranked Baylor women's tennis team took the doubles point and five of six singles matches Thursday at the Hurd Tennis Center and the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center for a 6-1 win over Tyler Junior College.
(This is the 15th in a series of features on Baylor Athletics' 25 for 25, which honors Baylor's top 25 athletes in the 25-year history of the Big 12 Conference (1996-21). Selected by a panel of Baylor experts, the final list was picked from a pool of over 100 candidates that came from all 19 intercollegiate sports that the school offers. Over the next couple of months, two honorees per week will be released and will also be featured during game broadcasts on the Baylor Sports Network from Learfield IMG College.)
WACO, Texas – Two Baylor equestrian meets have been postponed due to the Big 12 Conference equestrian interruption guidelines, head coach Casie Maxwell announced on Thursday.
ATLANTA – For the second-straight season, Baylor is the nation's only team with two Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semifinalists, as announced Thursday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
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Returning to Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center for the fourth time this season, Baylor track & field will compete at the 2021 Big 12 Indoor Championship Friday and Saturday.
ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Baylor baseball team is set to play in the second annual Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, beginning on Friday night at 6 p.m. against Texas A&M (2-3). The Bears (1-2) will also take on No. 17 Auburn (5-0) on Saturday at 12 p.m. and Oklahoma (2-2) for a non-conference matchup on Sunday at 5 p.m. to close out the event.
The challenges of last week’s Winter Storm Uri placed a tremendous burden on our state, city and campus. Loss of power and water, property damages because of burst pipes, families bunkering down in warming shelters and interruptions to the food supply chain added to the collective traumas we continue to endure as a community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 25, 2021) – Ahead of the public release of the full, independent report of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations by the end of March, Baylor University will hold three "Baylor Conversation Series" events on March 2, March 9 and March 16.
During a winning streak in baseball, you don't dare change socks, much less make any significant adjustments to the lineup.
WACO, Texas – No. 2 Baylor men's tennis wraps up its three-match homestand with a midweek tilt against UT Arlington on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced a revised men's basketball schedule for all league teams on Tuesday, resulting in the addition of three games to Baylor's schedule during the week of March 1-7 and the removal of the WVU home game on Feb. 25. This week's Tuesday home game against Iowa State and Saturday game on the road at Kansas are unaffected.
WACO, Texas – 2021 Baylor women's basketball signee and Bentonville High School (Ark.) standout Maryam Dauda earned a selection to the 2021 McDonald's All-American team, announced Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – The No. 7/7 Baylor Lady Bears face Oklahoma State Wednesday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+ at the Ferrell Center.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baylor senior guard MaCio Teague has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, as announced Tuesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
When Scott Drew signed Johnathan Motley out of Houston North Shore High School, he saw the raw potential in a 6-8, 200-pound forward who was the 83rd-ranked player in the country by 247sports.com.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's DIDi Richards was among 10 student-athletes put on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist List by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas – No. 18 Baylor softball added a doubleheader at Louisiana to take place Thursday, March 4 at 4 p.m.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2021) – Baylor University today announced the recipients of the 2021 Baylor Alumni Awards, which honor individuals who embody the distinctive mission of the University and celebrate their remarkable achievements.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2020) – Baylor University and Compassion International announced today the “Christian Collective for Social Innovation” (CCSI), another exciting initiative in their partnership to bring about global human flourishing for children and families in poverty.
EDINBURG, Texas – Baylor baseball dropped the series finale to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 7-4 on Monday at UTRGV Stadium in Edinburg, Texas. The Bears (1-2) fell behind early and could not complete the comeback against the Vaqueros (2-1).
IRVING, Texas – Baylor baseball second-year freshman Jared McKenzie was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after his stellar performance at the plate yesterday, the conference office announced on Monday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baylor junior guard Jared Butler has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award, as announced Monday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
WACO, Texas – No. 18 Baylor softball will open its home slate against UT Arlington at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. This is the rescheduled contest between the two teams as they were originally slated to face off on Feb. 17, but inclement weather forced a postponement.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 22, 2021) – The inaugural ARC (Athletics, Race, Christianity) Talks, hosted by the Faith & Sports Institute, Baylor Athletics and the Black Church Studies Program at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.
WACO, Texas – No. 2 Baylor men's tennis (13-2) took care of Trinity (3-5) in two matches on Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center, winning all 14 points in a pair of 7-0 victories.
EDINBURG, Texas – After 347 days since the 2020 season was canceled, Baylor baseball got back in action on Sunday with two games at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Bears (1-1) dominated the first contest with a 12-7 victory and went up 8-0 in the fifth inning of the second game, before eventually falling to the Vaqueros (1-1) 9-8 at UTRGV Stadium.
SEATTLE, Wash. – For the second-straight day the No. 15-ranked Baylor women's tennis team was tested until the final match, and the Bears repeated their success with a 4-3 win over Washington at the Huskies' Nordstrom Tennis Center, Sunday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf returns to action with the Border Olympics, which begin Monday at Laredo (Texas) Country Club. The two-day, 54-hole tournament will be played on a par-72, 7,375-yard course.
WACO, Texas – Kevin Curtis has been named cornerbacks coach at Baylor, head coach Dave Aranda announced Sunday. A five-year NFL and 13-year coaching veteran, Curtis has spent the last three seasons as cornerbacks coach at SMU.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's No. 1 nationally-ranked women's golf team returns to action at the ICON Invitational, which tees off Monday at Golf Club of Houston.
SEATTLE, Wash. – Livia Kraus was tied 3-3 with Washington State's Pang Jittakoat in the third set of the deciding match Saturday, before taking the final three games to help No. 15-ranked Baylor edge Washington State, 4-3, at UW's Nordstrom Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – After a few schedule changes, Baylor baseball officially announced that it will head to Edinburg, Texas this weekend to play three games against the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at UTRGV Stadium. The Bears and Vaqueros will start with a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The last game of the series will start at 1 p.m. on Monday.
WACO, Texas – No. 2 Baylor men's tennis is back at home on Sunday for two matches against Trinity set for 2 and 5:30 p.m. CT at the Hurd Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis interim head coach Michael Woodson announced the following schedule updates on Saturday:
NORMAN, Okla. – The No. 7/8 Baylor Lady Bears face Oklahoma Sunday at 1 p.m. on Fox Sports Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center.
WACO, Texas – Saturday's originally scheduled meet between No. 6 Baylor equestrian and No. 2 Oklahoma State has been moved to Friday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. CT at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.
WACO, Texas – After suffering a slew of weather-related cancellations, No. 18 Baylor softball will finally begin its 2021 campaign at the Cowgirl Classic in Lake Charles, La.
WACO, Texas – The No. 15-ranked Baylor women's tennis team will travel to Seattle, Wash. Friday to play Washington State Saturday at 3 p.m. CT and will follow with a match Sunday vs. Washington at 3 p.m.
WACO, Texas – Baylor head coach Scott Drew has been named as one of 15 coaches on the Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year late season watch list, as announced Friday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2021) - At its quarterly meeting held virtually, the Baylor University Board of Regents officially accepted the final report of the Commission on Historic Campus Representations, passing a resolution that expressed its gratitude to the 26 members of the Commission and sets a path forward for the University Administration to develop an action plan of the Commission's recommendations for Board consideration.
At 18, just out of Keller High School, Shea Langeliers didn't feel like he was ready to be on his own "for five or six months out of the year, away from family."
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Baylor softball's senior first baseman Goose McGlaun was named as one of 30 candidates among NCAA softball student-athletes to be considered for the 2021 Senior CLASS Award, recognizing excellence both on and off the field.
WACO, Texas – Senior closer Luke Boyd was named a National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Preseason First Team All-American, the organization announced on Thursday.
This has certainly been a week like no other I can recall with record-setting cold and snow for the second time in a year – in Waco! Nearly half of homes in and around our city are without power, both from lines that have fallen and rolling outages to ensure the stability of the state’s power grid.
Following a pair of record-setting performances in Lubbock and Ames, respectively, KC Lightfoot and Aaliyah Miller have swept the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards, the conference office announced Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – Due to weather conditions, Baylor baseball has canceled its season-opening series against Jacksonville State.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis senior Charlie Broom picked up another honor on Wednesday as he was named to the 2021 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team.
WACO, Texas – The ITA Top 25 had the Baylor women's tennis moving up into a tie for the No. 15 ranking, and the Bears announced Wednesday an alteration in their weekend schedule due to inclement weather.
WACO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced that Baylor's women's basketball contest at Oklahoma will move from Saturday to Sunday at 1 p.m.
WACO, Texas – Due to inclement weather, Saturday's Baylor equestrian meet against Oklahoma State has been postponed.
WACO, Texas – Due to inclement weather, the Getterman Classic set to take place at Getterman Stadium this weekend has been canceled. No. 18 Baylor softball was scheduled to host Northwestern State, No. 21 Missouri and Prairie View A&M.
WACO, Texas – Friday's season-opening meet for No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has been postponed. Additional information will be released when available.
?In his four years at Baylor, Bayano Kamani says he "never talked." He was more the silent, lead-by-example type.
?Mostly, he let his feet do his talking, winning NCAA titles in the 400-meter hurdles in 1999 and 2001 and earning a total of 12 All-America honors and nine Big 12 championships.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball will resume its schedule with a matchup against Iowa State on Tuesday, Feb. 23, following six consecutive postponed games due to the Big 12 Conference men's basketball interruption guidelines.
IRVING, Texas – After a dominant weekend at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, Baylor men's tennis senior Charlie Broom was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon.
IRVING, Texas - Due to inclement weather, the West Virginia at Baylor women's basketball game scheduled for Wednesday, February 17 has been postponed. Additional information will be released when available.
With their two older sons already in the family business – namely, football – Bill and Eileen Polian held out hope that their youngest would take a different path and become a lawyer.
WACO, Texas – Due to the rescheduled men's basketball game at the Ferrell Center, Baylor volleyball has moved its spring-opening match against North Texas to Friday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. CT.
WACO, Texas – Due to the precautions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Baylor announced on Monday that capacity at the Ferrell Center for home acrobatics and tumbling meets will be limited to 25 percent. This action will ensure compliance with local and state guidelines and aims to provide the safest environment for the student-athletes, coaches, staffs and spectators.
WACO, Texas – The previously-postponed Baylor men's basketball home game against West Virginia has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25, the Big 12 Conference office announced Monday.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis put up a great fight but ultimately fell to No. 2 North Carolina 4-1 in the championship of the 2021 ITA National Team Indoor Championship Sunday night in Champaign, Ill.
WACO, Texas – Due to inclement weather, No. 18 Baylor softball's season opener against UT Arlington scheduled for Wednesday at Getterman Stadium has been postponed. The game will be made up at a later date.
WACO, Texas - The No. 7/9 ranked Baylor women's basketball team will host Texas today at 4 p.m. as scheduled in the Ferrell Center. Due to inclement weather, fan attendance may be limited with conditions being evaluated on an ongoing basis. A final decision on attendance is expected at Noon. Please check back to BaylorBears.com for updates along with the women's basketball program's social media outlets at @BaylorWBB. Ticket holders will be updated directly via email from the Baylor Bear Foundation.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2021) - Due to the forecast of winter precipitation in Waco beginning this afternoon, Baylor University will move to remote instruction/telework on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Students, faculty and staff should be prepared to continue remote instruction/telework through Wednesday if conditions continue to deteriorate. The University will provide another update on Monday afternoon.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, developing a technological edge against human trafficking, Black History Month, the concept of walking 10,000 steps per day, benefits of hypnotherapy and the impact of research experiences for students.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis (11-1) collected another sweep victory at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship on Saturday, this time in the semifinals over host team Illinois (2-1) 4-0.
KC Lightfoot cleared the coveted six-meter bar in the pole vault, and Aaliyah Miller broke her own school record in the 800 meters on a historic final day Saturday at both the Texas Tech Shootout and Iowa State Classic.
WACO, Texas – The No. 7/9 Baylor Lady Bears face Texas Sunday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 at the Ferrell Center.
Howard Fields III finished as the runner-up in the men's 400 meters to highlight day one for Baylor Track & Field at the Texas Tech Shootout.
WACO, Texas – The No. 17-ranked Baylor women's tennis team dominated in a 6-1 win over North Texas Friday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. The win improved the Bears to 8-1 on the season, and the Mean Green dropped to 1-3 on the year.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis (10-1) eased past No. 5 Texas (7-2) Friday evening with a 4-0 sweep in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
WACO, Texas – Due to expected inclement weather conditions, Baylor equestrian's neutral site meet against Fresno State, hosted by TCU, has been postponed.
It is with great sadness that I share with you the news that one of our dedicated Aramark team members recently lost his life in a battle with COVID-19. We grieve with the family of Mr. Soto and with our Aramark family who so wonderfully add to the beauty of our campus and support our students, faculty and staff. Please join me in praying for the Soto family during this difficult time, and commit with me to do everything we can to protect one another against COVID-19. Our fight against this terrible virus is not yet over.
Jason Jennings had arguably the greatest debut in Major League Baseball history, tossing a five-hit shutout and going 3-for-4 with a ninth-inning homer in the Colorado Rockies' 10-0 win over the New York Mets on Aug. 23, 2001.
Baylor junior KC Lightfoot has been named to the initial The Bowerman Watch List for the 2021 season, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday.
WACO, Texas – No. 4-ranked and fourth-seeded Baylor men's tennis will compete for the eighth-consecutive season in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship this weekend at the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Ill.
WACO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference announced nine adjustments to the league schedule Thursday, including two reschedules for prior postponements for Baylor women's basketball. The Lady Bears will play host to K-State, Saturday, February 27, and will head to Kansas for their regular-season finale, Saturday, March 6.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guards Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler have been named to the Midseason Team for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Thursday.
Baylor track & field will travel to both the Texas Tech Shootout and Iowa State Classic Friday and Saturday for the Bears' final tune-ups before the Big 12 Championship meet in two weeks.
Baylor's 2021 football schedule, featuring seven home games at McLane Stadium for only the second time, was announced Thursday by the Big 12 Conference.
WACO, Texas – Due to funeral service arrangements for the passing of UT Rio Grande Valley basketball coach Lew Hill, Baylor and UTRGV have agreed to move the previously scheduled midweek game on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. to Monday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark.
WACO, Texas – The No. 17-ranked Baylor women's tennis team will play host to North Texas Friday at Noon at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center. The Bears are 7-1 on the season and the Mean Green is 1-2 entering into the match.
Charlie Broom, a grad transfer from Hertfordshire, England, who is working on a master's in sports pedagogy, was a three-time All-Ivy League selection at Dartmouth and qualified in singles and doubles for the 2019 NCAA Championship. Consistently at No. 5 singles in Baylor's lineup, Charlie had a straight-set win to help fourth-ranked Baylor (9-1) knock off No. 9 Texas A&M, 4-1, and earn a spot in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Champaign, Ill. The Bears will face No. 5 Texas in the opening round at 3:30 p.m. CST Friday.