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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.
As we shared via Baylor Alert earlier today, due to winter weather conditions, we closed our Waco campus at 2 p.m. through all-day tomorrow. Classes for the rest of today and tomorrow will shift to remote instruction. Please take every precaution and be safe as you travel around campus and home today.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 11, 2021) – Baylor University announced today that fundraising for the Trailblazer Scholars Program has surpassed $2 million since the program’s creation in July 2020, pairing with the University’s commitment of $5 million to establish the program.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 11, 2021) - Due to winter weather conditions, the Baylor University Waco campus will close at 2 p.m. today through all-day Friday, Feb. 12. Classes held at 2 p.m. and later today and all-day Friday will shift to remote instruction.
WACO, Texas – For the third consecutive year, Baylor baseball fifth-year senior catcher Andy Thomas was named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award (BBCSA) Watch List, the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation announced Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – Due to expected inclement weather in Lafayette, La., No. 18 Baylor softball's weekend at the Louisiana Classic has been pushed back a day. Instead of playing Friday and Saturday, the Lady Bears will now play Saturday and Sunday.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 10, 2021) - Due to potential icy conditions, the Baylor University Waco campus will delay officially opening until 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. In-person classes will begin at 9:30 a.m. There is no impact to online classes, which will continue as scheduled.
(This is the 10th 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 - The Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team, winners of five-consecutive National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) National Championships, have been voted No. 1 in the association's preseason top 10 for the sixth-straight season, following a vote of the 26 head coaches around the country.
WACO, Texas – The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday the Midseason Team for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy, and Baylor junior forward NaLyssa Smith joined 24 other college standouts.
LUBBOCK, Texas – The No. 7/8 Baylor Lady Bears face Texas Tech Wednesday at 6 p.m. on the road on ESPN+.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2021) — “A Long, Long Way Film Series” sponsored by Baylor University and Washington National Cathedral annually will be fully online this spring and open to all Baylor faculty, staff and students, rather than a few undergraduates who usually attend the annual event in Washington, D.C.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 9, 2021) - More than 120 students have entered projects in the virtual 2021 Heart of Texas Regional History Fair, which will be held online Feb. 15-19. Students representing 18 Central Texas schools have registered 75 projects in various categories.
WACO, Texas – Three Baylor men's basketball games have been postponed due to the Big 12 Conference men's basketball interruption guidelines, the Big 12 Conference office announced Monday.
WACO, Texas – Due to the precautions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Baylor announced on Monday that capacity at Baylor Ballpark is restricted to a total allotment of 1,250 fans (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 (Feb. 8, 2021) – With its vision to enhance Baylor-Waco partnerships, Baylor University's Office of External Affairs has launched the Solid Gold Neighbor Research Fellows Program, a comprehensive community-based participatory research grant program connecting graduate students with local nonprofits.
<p>WACO, Texas (Feb. 8, 2021) - A session of the Women's World Day of Prayer, "Life! Standing Together Unified in Hope," will take place virtually via Zoom at 10:15 a.m. CST Friday, Feb. 12. Individuals from Texas and beyond are welcome to participate.</p>
DALLAS – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis (9-1) battled to a 4-1 win over No. 9 Texas A&M (2-1) Sunday at the SMU Tennis Complex to punch its ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Baylor won its third-straight match with a 5-2 win over Texas A&M at the Mitchell Tennis Center, Sunday. The No. 20-ranked Bears took the doubles point and picked up four wins on the singles court to improve to 7-1 on the season.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 17 points and No. 8 Baylor beat Kansas State 64-52 on Sunday.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 7, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on grief and "attachment objects," reading the Psalms to help heal COVID's harm to mental and behavioral health, GameStop and brick-and-mortar burdens, the pandemic's effect on small businesses and how Black composers shaped the sound of American classical music.
With ties against a pair of top-15 teams in the fall, coach Paul Jobson said Baylor soccer (3-3-3) did "enough to keep ourselves in the conversation" for a spot in this spring's scaled-down 48-team NCAA tournament.
Ranked third at the end of the fall with a Big 12 runner-up finish, Baylor volleyball could have got a ticket to the NCAA tournament without playing a single match this spring.
WACO, Texas – Despite just 90 miles separating Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center and Texas A&M's Mitchell Tennis Center, the two programs will face each other Sunday for the first time since 2017. The No. 20-ranked Bears head to College Station, Texas, to face the Aggies at 1 p.m.