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Equestrian claims Baylor’s second national title in two weeks

…there yet. A total of 40 Division I/II schools must sponsor equestrian in order to hold an NCAA-sponsored championship; Baylor is currently one of 23 participating institutions. The Bears are joined by fellow Big 12 schools Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M, in-state rivals SMU and TCU, and other universities such as Auburn, Brown, Cornell, Fresno State, Georgia, New Mexico State and South Carolina. So to recap, here’s Baylor Athletics’…

Baylor Lady Bears: 2011-12 NCAA national champions!

…e Baylor Bookstore || Order Invincible: The 2011-12 Baylor Lady Bears, a 96-page, full-color book from Baylor Press] What could make a national championship even better? Mulkey’s squad — now 78-4 in their last 82 games — returns its top six scorers and rebounders next year: Griner, All-Americans Odyssey Sims and Destiny Williams, All-Big 12 guard Kimetria Hayden, Brooklyn Pope and Jordan Madden. Celebrate the team by welcoming the Lady Bears home…

Lady Bears reach NCAA championship game, will play for national title Tuesday

…hest scoring team in the nation) to a season-low 47 points. [AVAILABLE: Pre-order Baylor Press’ book on the Lady Bears’ 2011-12 season || Get Lady Bears gear from the Baylor Bookstore || BU men’s basketball’s “One Team, One God, One Goal” t-shirt also available] A large Baylor contingent was loud and proud at the Pepsi Center in Denver Sunday night, and more will likely join them for Tuesday. BU fans were also gathered all around the country for F…

Lady Bears return to Final Four for second time in three years

…nal Coach of the Year award. And Griner’s two dunks were named SportsCenter’s No. 3 highlight of the entire NCAA tournament (men’s or women’s). [AVAILABLE: Lady Bears Final Four t-shirts (here, here and here) and other Lady Bears gear from the Baylor Bookstore || Pre-order Baylor Press’ book on the Lady Bears’ 2011-12 season] As I write, a crowd is expectantly gathering at the Waco airport’s Texas Aero building to greet the team when it arrives ho…

Griner dunks as Lady Bears reach Sweet 16 for fourth straight year

…ylor will face Georgia Tech Saturday at 1 p.m. CT on ESPN.] [AVAILABLE: Pre-order Baylor Press’ book on the Lady Bears’ 2011-12 season || Lady Bears Big 12 Champion and Road to the Final Four gear] With such success has also come a host of honors for Baylor… First, President Barack Obama picked the Lady Bears to win it all in his bracket. Then Griner and Mulkey were each named one of four finalists for national awards — Griner for the Naismith Tro…

Baylor Lady Bears named NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed

…oad to the Final Four t-shirts 1 and 2 || Lady Bears commemorative book pre-order] No single player can carry a team this far, and the Lady Bears are much more than just a one-person team. But it does help to have a star like Brittney Griner. ESPN.com already named the 6-foot-8 junior its National Player of the Year; Griner has also won back-to-back Big 12 Player of the Year honors and back-to-back Big 12 tournament MVP honors. That’s why ESPN ded…

Baylor alum settling in on the PGA Tour

Congratulations are in order for former Baylor men’s golf all-American Jimmy Walker, now a veteran on the PGA Tour. Walker tied Sergio Garcia for fourth at the Northern Trust Open over the weekend, finishing in the top 10 for the third time in six events in 2012. After earning all-Big 12 honors all four years at Baylor, Walker turned pro in 2001 and was named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year in 2004, earning his PGA Tour card in the process. A…

Media coverage of Baylor Libraries ‘Browning Letters’ project draws thousands of eyes to Baylor

…ert Browning, owned and housed at Wellesley, are now available for viewing online (along with some 800+ other Browning letters owned by BU) through Baylor Libraries’ digital collection. An Associated Press story on the project was carried by more than 400 media outlets worldwide, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post (with a great video), CBS News, ABC News, NPR, CBC-TV (Canada), The Guardian (UK) and th…

How Carroll Library attests to the bravery of Baylor students almost a century ago

…ated crowd of 20,000 students and Waco residents watched as it took two-and-a-half hours to put out the flame; it would be another year before the heavily damaged building was rebuilt. [SEE: The original Baylor Lariat account of the fire || Texas Collection photos of the fire and its aftermath] Chapel services never returned to Carroll Library, moving first to a temporary construction and then to the newly built Waco Hall when it opened in 1930. I…

Final call issued for Baylor family’s input on new strategic plan

…aculty/staff, parents and friends of the university — are encouraged to go online and share any final thoughts on the plan between now and the end of March. [READ & RESPOND: Click here to review the draft of Baylor’s new strategic plan and to share feedback before the March 31 deadline.] Baylor administrators, led by Provost Elizabeth Davis, BBA ’84, will review any feedback received and make last-minute tweaks to the plan in time to present it to…