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Bears welcome five newcomers, including two Division I transfers.
WACO, Texas – No. 7 Baylor equestrian (0-0) is set to open its 2022-23 season on the road at No. 10 South Carolina (2-0) and No. 5 Georgia (0-0) this week.
Adding eight newcomers, including four transfers, Nicki Collen has a second-year roster of 13 players.
The 13th-ranked Baylor volleyball program is hitting the road to take on the Iowa State Cyclones (8-6, 0-1) at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
Allie Sczech of the No. 13-ranked Baylor team has earned her first weekly accolade, named the Big 12 Conference's Rookie of the Week on Sept. 27.
Baylor has picked off Oklahoma State QB 10 times in four previous meetings.
NORMAN, Okla. – Silje Ohma tied a school record with a 65 to lead Baylor women's golf to a fifth-place finish at the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club Monday.
Baylor hosts Cowboys on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor football sixth-year senior linebacker Bryson Jackson has been named the Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday.
WACO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference released the regular season league schedule on Monday morning, completing Baylor's 30-game slate for the 2022-23 season.
Bears have strong showing at first test of 2022-23
WACO, Texas (Sept. 26, 2022) - If you have ever struggled to interpret medical instructions or became exasperated trying to navigate a health care or insurance system, you already know that finding, understanding and using information and services to help make health-related decisions is critical for your health, wellness and quality of life.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 26, 2022) – Baptist scholars recently gathered at Oxford University for the 2022 Baptist Scholars International Roundtable (BSIR), hosted by the Baylor University Graduate School, to promote Baptist scholarship among faculty around the world.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 26, 2022) –Smartphone users will be disappointed if they expect their devices and social media to fill their need for purpose and meaning. In fact, it will probably do the opposite, researchers at Baylor and Campbell Universities found in a recently published study.
Dillon Doyle scores third-career touchdown in Bears' road win over Iowa State.
NORMAN, Okla. – Baylor women's golf climbed to fifth place on Sunday following the second round of the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Baylor men's tennis team wrapped up the last day of the UTSA Fall Invitational on Sunday afternoon.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 25, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the brain nets of dolphins and whales, the significant role of research administrators in helping elevate Baylor’s research enterprise and prayers in public settings.
Two ranked teams meet at McLane on Saturday
Liubov Kostenko, Brooke Thompson move to semifinals
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's golf finished tied for sixth after the opening round of the Schooner Fall Classic Saturday at Belmar Golf Club.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – On a busy Saturday in Baylor Athletics, the Baylor men's tennis team wrapped up the second day of the UTSA Invitational, winning one doubles bracket and sending two players into the singles final rounds.
Bears knock off Iowa State with two defensive takeaways, Shapen's big passing day.
Barañano and Kostenko set for Round of 16 Matches on Saturday
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis wrapped up the first day of play in the UTSA Invitational going 4-0 in singles play and 3-1 in doubles.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's basketball revealed its 2023 Big 12 Conference schedule on Friday, completing the 31-game 2022-23 schedule for the two-time defending Big 12 champions.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2022) – Baylor University is celebrating National Research Administrator Day today by recognizing the team effort that supports researchers across campus and helped Baylor attain Research 1 designation – three years earlier than expected – among the nation’s top R1 universities.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 23, 2022) – Belle Voce, the celebrated women’s chamber choir in the Baylor University School of Music, will present a Bella Voce Alumni Weekend Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.
Baylor's duo tops SMU's pair on opening day of ITA Texas Regionals
National Research Administrator Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 25 across the country, but we’ve adopted it as our own at Baylor over the past few years.
Doak Field is almost sheepish about it now, but growing up in Burnet he dreamed of wearing the burnt orange and playing football at the University of Texas.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis players Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Marko Miladinovic, Ethan Muza, Christopher Frantzen and Justin Braverman head to Alamo City to participate in the UTSA Fall Invitational this Friday through Sunday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's golf opens the 2022-23 season on Saturday morning in the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club.
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. Marissa Gray, a senior from Carrollton, Texas, missed the two previous seasons with a knee injury. As a freshman in 2019, she appeared in all 19 matches and started 10 as a defender, tallying one assist and her first career goal against Iowa State. Selected to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll four times, Marissa is majoring in kinesiology pre-physical therapy and plans to go through physical therapy school. Baylor soccer (2-4-2) opens Big 12 play against Oklahoma (5-2-2) at 7 p.m. Friday at Betty Lou Mays Field in the Bears' "GO GOLD" game
The No. 14 Baylor volleyball program thwarted TCU's comeback on Wednesday night in the Ferrell Center, taking the 3-1 win to open Big 12 play.
Miller grows from 195-pound high school safety to 230-pound inside linebacker at Baylor.
Barañano, Dimitrov, Kostenko, Thompson to compete
The No. 14 Baylor volleyball program is ready to kick off Big 12 Conference play with TCU at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in the Ferrell Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian has been ranked as the preseason No. 7 team in the country by the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), as announced Tuesday afternoon.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2022) – Ten Baylor University faculty members have been selected by Provost Nancy Brickhouse, Ph.D., to serve as 2022-2023 Baylor Fellows for their excellence in teaching and desire to advance Baylor’s commitment to transformational education.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2022) – The Department of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation within Baylor University’s nationally ranked Hankamer School of Business has been recognized as No. 4 in the world and tops in Texas for research productivity by the TCU Global University Entrepreneurship Research Productivity Rankings from the Neely School of Business at TCU.
AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 20, 2022) – The best hour of the week – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is in the second year of its highly lauded Dr Pepper Hour Tour, delivering sweet treats and Baylor swag to high school students across the country. The four-week fall tour is focused on Texas while the eight-week spring tour will include stops in Texas, Arizona and California.
Bears facing a much different Iowa State team without Brock Purdy and Breece Hall.
Freshman RB exploded for 156 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries
WACO, Texas – Baylor women's basketball and the Tip-Off Club are hosting the annual Welcome Back Dinner at the Ferrell Center on October 11. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the event itself begins at 6:30.
Bears to face Cyclones on Saturday at 11 a.m.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 14, 2022) – A record number of nearly 150 employers from across the country will be on the Baylor University campus for Career Day to recruit students for internships and full-time positions post-graduation from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation.
OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – Baylor men's golf improved its score for a second-straight round to collect a tie for eighth on Sunday at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis finished the first weekend of fall play on Sunday, falling in both matches played in Dallas and one in Milwaukee.
Bears to face Cyclones in Ames on Saturday at 11 a.m.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on American Christians’ reaction to the death of Queen Elizabeth, the economic impact of a possible U.S. railroad strike and how apps that sell discounted food could help food-insecure people.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis finished its second day of fall play split between Milwaukee and Dallas on Saturday, recording five singles wins among the four student-athletes.
OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – For the second-straight week, Baylor men's golf used a strong second round to rise up the leaderboard into a tie for eighth at 15-over 575 on Saturday.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Baylor cross country wrapped up its second meet of the season at Texas Tech on Saturday morning. Ryan Hodge and Cate Urbani lead the Bears in their respective races.
The No. 14-ranked Baylor volleyball program pulled out a three-set sweep over Sam Houston to start the second day of the Baylor Classic, then swept to close it out against McNeese.
Bears need to start faster than they did last week against BYU, when they didn't score until late in the second quarter.
WACO, Texas – Four Baylor men's tennis student-athletes wrapped up the first day of fall play on Friday at the Hilltop Fall Invite in Dallas and the Milwaukee Tennis Classic in Wisconsin.
OLYMPIA FIELDS, ILL. – Baylor men's golf finished 13th following round one of the Fighting Illini Invitational on Friday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball head coach Glenn Moore announced the program's fall schedule of events on Friday, including five exhibitions, two intrasquad scrimmages and the annual Green & Gold World Series.
WACO, Texas – Baylor cross country is set to compete in its second meet of the season in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday morning. The men's 8k begins at 8:15 a.m. and will be followed by the women's 6k.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane had to feel like they were seeing double in Thursday's opening day of the Baylor Classic.
This has been a week of big news for the University, so let’s get right to the headlines!
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis opens the 2022 fall season this weekend at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic and Hilltop Invitational, beginning on Friday.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian is set to host its annual Green & Gold Scrimmage on Friday, Sept. 16, at the Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco.
Olympia Fields, Ill. – Baylor men's golf will resume its 2022 fall slate at the Fighting Illini Invitational, beginning Friday at Olympia Fields Country Club.
Bears to participate in the $15K Lubbock event, starting Monday
WACO, Texas (Sept. 15, 2022) – Baylor University announced today the appointment of Aaron Wright, Ph.D., as the inaugural James R. Schofield Endowed Chair in Biomedical Studies. Wright comes to Baylor from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, and will provide interdisciplinary research and leadership from within the Department of Biology.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 15, 2022) – The Keston Center for Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame will present a panel discussion on “Afghanistan: The Next Chapter” at 3 p.m. CT on Friday, Sept. 16.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 15, 2022) The Executive Committee of the Baylor Law Alumni Association has selected Michael P. Heiskell (J.D. ’74) as the 2022 Baylor Lawyer of the Year.
Bears will miss Dillon Doyle's voice in the first half of Saturday's game against Texas State.
Coming off five-straight sweeps, the 14th-ranked Baylor volleyball team will host the Baylor Classic on Thursday and Friday in the Ferrell Center, welcoming McNeese, Sam Houston and Tulsa for the two-day tournament.
More than 20 years later, Jake Baskin humbly admits that his biggest contribution to Baylor baseball was "staying out of the way in our apartment" when future first-round draft pick Jason Jennings was making his way to the ballpark.
McKenzie Wilson (softball), Allie Sczech (volleyball), Johnny Keefer (men's golf) and Laurenz Colbert (men's track and field) have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) September Champions of the Month.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 14, 2022) – Baylor University announced its official fall enrollment today, including an overall enrollment that topped 20,000.
The No. 14-ranked Baylor volleyball team swept North Texas on Tuesday night in the Ferrell Center, 25-6, 25-22, 25-20.
Baylor volleyball freshman setter Averi Carlson has earned her second Big 12 Rookie of the Week honor, announced Tuesday by the conference.
The latest round of NIL gear has arrived. The Baylor Bookstore is working with University partners to bring custom NIL apparel opportunities for football student-athletes to life, with additional options coming soon. Fans can now purchase name and number t-shirts or "shirseys" to rep and support members of the Baylor Football team.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2022) – National Daughter’s Day is Sept. 25, an oft-overlooked holiday that actually has been around since 1932 to honor the daughters in our lives. But much like the holiday, adult daughters themselves are often unnoticed for the important role they play in the lives of their parents. Allison M. Alford, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of business communication at Baylor University, researches adult daughters and their “invisible labor” in maintaining the unity of a family.
HOUSTON, Texas (Sept. 13, 2022) – The best hour of the week – Baylor University’s Dr Pepper Hour – is entering its second year of its highly lauded Dr Pepper Hour Tour, delivering sweet treats and Baylor swag to high school students across the country. The four-week fall tour is focused on Texas while the eight-week spring tour will include stops in Texas, Arizona and California.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2022) – Ten extraordinary women and their histories will be introduced by 10 Baylor faculty members during the seventh annual Boundary Breaking Women’s Panel, sponsored by Baylor’s Women’s and Gender Studies program.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2022) – Baylor University was deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of Judge Ken Starr. Starr served as Baylor’s 14th President from 2010 to 2016, adding the title of Chancellor in 2013.
The No. 14-ranked Baylor volleyball program is ready for a Tuesday night matchup with North Texas in the Ferrell Center, with first serve set for 6 p.m.
It's hard to simulate an environment like the one Baylor played in Saturday night in Provo, Utah.
INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – Baylor men's golf tied for sixth at the season-opening Gopher Invitational Monday at Windsong Farm Golf Club.
Baylor hosts Texas State on Saturday
Baylor will face Iowa State on either ESPN2 or ESPNU
WACO, Texas (Sept. 12, 2022) – Baylor University’s transformational undergraduate academic programs and experiences were the major highlights in the latest Best Colleges rankings for 2023 released today by U.S. News & World Report.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 12, 2022) – For the 11th time, Baylor University has attained elite Honor Roll status as a 2022 Great College to Work For, according to a new survey by The Great Colleges to Work For program.
INDEPENDENCE, Minn. – Baylor men's golf climbed eight spots into a tie for sixth place following the opening two rounds of the Gopher Invitational Sunday at Windsong Farm Golf Club.
Spokane, Wash. – Baylor Soccer's Sunday afternoon match at Gonzaga has been canceled due to unhealthy air quality in the Spokane, Wash. area due to surrounding forest fires.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 11, 2022) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on voters’ perception of the level of democracy in their state, local theater production coming into the fall riding the momentum and energy of successful summer shows and importance of water data and how it can impact behavior.