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MANHATTAN, Kan. – The No. 8/8 Baylor Lady Bears face Kansas Stae Sunday at 1 p.m. on the road on ESPN+.
WACO, Texas – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis (8-1) cruised to a pair of victories Saturday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center, defeating Oklahoma 4-1 and UT Tyler 7-0.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's Queen Egbo earned a spot as a finalist Friday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Lisa Leslie Award. The honor recognizes the top center in women's college basketball.
Trinity Oliver (women's basketball), Elena Reyna (soccer), Ben Conacher (men's track & field) and Rob Saulin have been selected as the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) January Champions of the Month.
WACO, Texas – No. 9 Baylor equestrian (0-1) opens its Big 12 slate against No. 7 TCU (3-0) on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.
WACO, Texas – Two Baylor men's basketball games have been postponed due to the Big 12 Conference men's basketball interruption guidelines, head coach Scott Drew announced Thursday.
Even if the school never wins another Heisman Trophy, "Baylor is always, forever, in this fraternity," said 2011 winner Robert Griffin III.
WACO, Texas – After playing a conference-only schedule in the fall, Baylor soccer returns to the pitch to face a spring slate that features a slew of Power 5 opponents.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's NaLyssa Smith earned a spot as a finalist Thursday for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Katrina McClain Award. The honor recognizes the top power forward in women's college basketball.
WACO, Texas – No. 4 Baylor men's tennis (6-1) will play three matches this weekend - a doubleheader at home on Friday against Oklahoma and UT Tyler and the ITA Kick-Off Weekend championship match vs No. 9 Texas A&M on Sunday in Dallas.
As we all continue navigating what remains a difficult and stressful time for our country and Baylor University — amid the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing political and social justice tensions — I am reminded of the following passage in Hebrews: “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together (even virtually, due to COVID-19), as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2021) – Baylor University has announced the establishment of a partnership with Africa New Life Ministries, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon, creating the Baylor Africa New Life Initiative. The agreement formalizes a partnership, led by Baylor’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, that seeks to address and resolve systemic poverty through research and sustained engagement with the communities served in the Republic of Rwanda by Africa New Life Ministries.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 4, 2021) — In celebration of artistic creativity, spirituality and storytelling, the 2021 Waco Family & Faith International Film Festival will screen 65 national and international films Feb. 4-7.
?Since the Baylor women's golf team has yet to line up against many teams outside of the Big 12 and regionally, it's hard to know exactly how good this team is.
WACO, Texas – Baylor equestrian junior Madaline Callaway was named the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) Reining Rider of the Month for January, as announced Wednesday by the organization.
Aaliyah Miller earned her second-career Big 12 Women's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honor, and KC Lightfoot set the league record with his sixth-career Big 12 Men's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week award, the conference office announced Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – The No. 8/8 Baylor Lady Bears face Kansas Thursday at 7 p.m. in Waco on ESPN+.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 3, 2021) - As severe weather season begins, Baylor University will join 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, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5.
WACO, Texas – Originally scheduled for Saturday, No. 6 Baylor men's tennis' doubleheader against No. 23 Oklahoma and UT Tyler has been moved to Friday, Feb. 5.
WACO, Texas – Due to the precautions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following local and state ordinances, Baylor announced on Tuesday that equestrian home meets will not be open to the general public.
?In 18 years as an assistant soccer coach at Notre Dame, Dawn Greathouse Siergiej has been a part of 16 championships, including winning NCAA titles in 2004 and 2010.
WACO, Texas – The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Monday the Late Season Top 20 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's, and Baylor junior forward NaLyssa Smith joined 19 other college standouts.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guard Jared Butler has been named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 watch list, as selected by a panel of national college basketball experts and announced Monday afternoon on ESPNU.
WACO, Texas – Due to the precautions taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Baylor announced on Monday that it will not sell season or single-game tickets for the 2021 softball season at Getterman Stadium in compliance with local and state guidelines to provide the safest environment for the student-athletes, coaches and staffs.
WACO, Texas – The five-time NCATA champion Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team announced its 2021 schedule on Monday. The Bears are under the direction of seventh-year head coach Felecia Mulkey and the schedule features three home contests and two away meets.
When Goose McGlaun got her student teaching assignment in the fall and saw that she was at Castleman Creek Elementary in the Midway school district, the Baylor softball player cringed at the thought.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guard Davion Mitchell has been honored as Big 12 Conference co-Player of the Week, as announced Monday the league office.
WACO, Texas – First-year point guard and Baylor senior DiDi Richards earned a spot as a Top 10 candidate for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Coaches Association 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award, announced Monday.
WACO, Texas – No. 6 Baylor volleyball released its spring schedule for the resumption of the 2020 season, as announced Monday by sixth-year head coach Ryan McGuyre.
WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2021) – Baylor University today announced Sue Mayborn of Temple, Texas, as the recipient of the 2021 Baylor University Founders Medal.
WACO, Texas – Baylor's No. 1 nationally-ranked women's golf team opens its spring season Monday and Tuesday at the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas.
WACO, Texas – The No. 20-ranked Baylor women's tennis team improved to 6-1 on the season with a 6-1 win over SMU Sunday at the Hurd Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on worsening mental health of college students during the pandemic, affordable car insurance, women leaders in public relations, breaking down racial myths and Baylor's pioneering medical humanities program.
For the second time in three weeks, KC Lightfoot set the indoor collegiate record in the pole vault Saturday to highlight Baylor track & field's final day at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis at the Sports Performance Center.
Even with a 46-player roster that has the locker room busting at its seams, sixth-year Baylor baseball coach Steve Rodriguez is trying to make his team as flexible as possible.
WACO, Texas – The No. 20-ranked Baylor women's tennis team will play host to SMU Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Hurd Tennis Center. The Bears are 5-1 on the season and the Mustangs are 4-2 entering into the match.
AMES, Iowa – The No. 9/8 Baylor Lady Bears face Iowa State Sunday at 3 p.m. in Ames, Iowa on ESPN2.
Four Baylor track & field student athletes recorded wins Friday to highlight day one at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis at the Sports Performance Center.
WACO, Texas – The previously postponed Baylor men's tennis match against Texas A&M, part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, has been rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 7, at SMU Tennis Complex in Dallas, as announced Friday by the ITA.
WACO, Texas – The No. 20-ranked Baylor women's tennis team took a 7-0 win over Abilene Christian Friday at the Hurd Tennis Center. The shutout marks the fourth of the season for the Bears.
Eric Mateos has had his share of breaks in a career that began 10 years ago as a student coach at Southwest Baptist, an NCAA Division II school in Bolivar, Mo., where he had been a team captain and the Bearcats' starting center.
WACO, Texas – No. 9 Baylor equestrian (0-0) will open its 2021 campaign with a road meet at No. 7 Texas A&M (1-2) Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Hildebrand Equine Complex.
WACO, Texas – After opening the season ranked No. 15, Baylor men's tennis (5-0) made the jump to No. 6 in the latest Oracle/ITA team rankings and will be promptly met with a pair of top-five opponents this weekend.
It’s “birthday season” here on campus this week!
WACO, Texas – Friday will mark the first time in nearly 20 years that Baylor and Abilene Christian have met in women's tennis, but the Bears and Wildcats will end the hiatus at Noon at Baylor's Hurd Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball has added a game against UT San Antonio on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Baylor Ballpark, head coach Steve Rodriguez announced on Thursday. The Bears previously had Prairie View A&M scheduled for March 16, but will move that game to Wednesday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m.
(This is the seventh part 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 (Jan. 28, 2021) – An organization that projects an ethical face but whose managers fail to respond to internal ethical situations sends mixed messages to its employees, which can lead to a lack of employees’ moral courage and an increase in unethical behavior, according to a study led by a Baylor University researcher.
DALLAS, Texas (Jan. 28, 2021) – Around 120 senior-level, second-semester nursing students and assigned faculty with Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON) have volunteered to help administer the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine at the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District vaccination clinic beginning today and every Thursday through Feb. 18 at the Waco Convention Center.
WACO, Texas – Closer Luke Boyd, outfielder Jared McKenzie and catcher Andy Thomas were all tabbed to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the conference announced on Wednesday. The three BU selections tied for second-most by a team in the conference.
WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball and head coach Steve Rodriguez completed the 2021 schedule with the announcement of 24 non-conference games on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – No. 18 Baylor softball released its full slate for the 2021 season, including 26 home games at Getterman Stadium, announced Wednesday morning by 21st-year head coach Glenn Moore.
Baylor track & field will compete in its third meet in as many weeks as the Bears head to Lubbock, Texas, for the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis Friday and Saturday at the Sports Performance Center.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2021) - A Baylor University professor and a former student have received a National Science Foundation grant to address technological challenges that face law enforcement as they try to break up illicit networks and rescue individuals caught up in human trade.
Baylor football's bold claim of being Wide Receiver U. gained some legitimacy in 2015 when fourth-year junior Corey Coleman became the program's first winner of the Biletnikoff Award that recognizes the nation's outstanding receiver.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baylor men's basketball senior guard MaCio Teague has been selected as one of the top 10 candidates for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, as announced Tuesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
WACO, Texas – Baylor softball will open the season as the No. 18 team in the country in the 2021 ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Preseason Poll, announced Tuesday by the national organization.
WACO, Texas – The reigning National Defensive Player of the Year in women's college basketball was once again selected to a short list. Baylor's DIDi Richards was among 15 student-athletes put on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Tuesday.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2021) – Baylor University's online graduate program that leads to a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree continues to move up in the latest U.S. News 2021 Best Online Programs rankings released today.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 26, 2021) - The Department of Multicultural Affairs at Baylor University will host this year's signature celebration of <i>The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Celebration Through Word and Song</i> online from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. The celebration will remain available for viewing on the Multicultural Affairs website.
WACO, Texas – Baylor junior guard Jared Butler was honored with a trio of weekly awards on Monday after leading the Bears to wins against No. 9 Kansas and at Oklahoma State.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baylor men's basketball junior guard Jared Butler has been selected as one of the top 10 candidates for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award, as announced Monday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
WACO, Texas – The No. 9/9 Baylor Lady Bears face TCU Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Waco on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
AUSTIN, Texas – Audrey Boch-Collins and Angelina Shakhraichuk teamed up for a 6-1 win on the No. 3 doubles court to start No. 23 Baylor off on the right foot, but then No. 3-ranked Texas took over. The Longhorns advanced to the ITA Indoor National Championships with a 4-0 win over the Bears Sunday at the Texas Tennis Center.
WACO, Texas – Baylor men's golf opens its spring season Monday at the Rice Intercollegiate, a single-day, 36-hole event at Houston's Westwood Golf Club.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Due to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services mandate to pause all athletic activities in all sports, the Baylor men's tennis match vs. Texas A&M will not be played on Sunday in Ann Arbor.
WACO, Texas (Jan. 24, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on COVID-19 testing, including a new testing lab and research facility at Baylor, MLK Day of Service, key research on the global childhood obesity crisis and using technology to combat human trafficking.
KC Lightfoot set a meet and facility record in the pole vault, and Ackera Nugent blazed to the No. 2 time in the country in the women's 60-meter hurdles to highlight the performances for Baylor track & field Saturday at the Aggie Invitational.
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Jared Butler scored 22 points and No. 2 Baylor rallied from a halftime deficit to beat undermanned Oklahoma State 81-66 on Saturday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 15 Baylor men's tennis (5-0) upset the No. 4-ranked team in the nation on Saturday, sweeping Michigan (0-1) on their home courts 4-0 in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
AUSTIN, Texas – Mel Krywoj took the match-clinching victory over No. 37-ranked Ilze Hattingh to help No. 23 Baylor (4-0) down No. 20 Arizona State (1-1), 4-2, Saturday at the Texas Tennis Center. The Bears won four singles matches to take their first victory over a Top 25 team since April 27, 2018.
WACO, Texas – Dave Aranda has filled multiple roles on his 2021 Baylor Football staff, the second-year head coach announced Friday.
Chansi Stuckey went to Clemson as an 18-year-old freshman nearly two decades ago and got his start in coaching there as well. For him, Clemson is like a cozy blanket or "nice fire to sit beside."
WACO, Texas – The No. 23-ranked Baylor women's tennis team heads to Austin Saturday to face No. 20 Arizona State in the opening round of the ITA National Kickoff Weekend at the Texas Tennis Center. The Bears will square off against the Sun Devils at 9 a.m. and the winner will play the victor of No. 3 Texas and Iowa Sunday at Noon.
WACO, Texas – The Big 12 Conference officially announced the 2021 baseball conference slate on Friday morning. Baylor will play 24 conference games, beginning with Texas on March 19-21 at Baylor Ballpark.
WACO, Texas – The No. 9/9 Baylor Lady Bears face Oklahoma Saturday at 7 p.m. in Waco on the Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
WACO, Texas – On the second weekend of the 2021 season, Baylor baseball will travel down the road to Round Rock, Texas to compete in the annual Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond on Feb. 26-28.
Baylor track & field returns to action this weekend as the Bears travel to College Station, Texas, for the Aggie Invitational.
WACO, Texas – No. 15 Baylor men's tennis (4-0) hits the road for the first time in 2021, heading to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take part in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
It’s so wonderful to see our students out and about – even in the rain early this week – as they make their way across our beautiful campus to their classes. Our spirit is renewed as we delight in the promise of a new semester and look forward with great hope in our new beginnings.
Baylor junior KC Lightfoot was voted overwhelmingly by fans as the first USATF Athlete of the Week for 2021, USA Track & Field announced Thursday.
IRVING, Texas – Baylor softball was picked to finish fourth in the 2021 Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll, announced Thursday by the conference office. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team.