For the 18th straight season, Major League Baseball has dipped into the Baylor baseball program to select players in the annual First-Year Player Draft. Five Bears were drafted this season, led by junior shortstop Beamer Weems, who went in the eighth round to the San Diego Padres with the 255th overall pick. The other Baylor […]
Junior third baseman Brette Reagan became the Baylor softball program’s first-ever three-time all-American when she was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I third team in May. The Lady Bears have had at least one All-American each of the last four years. Reagan earned the honor after leading Baylor in average (.385), runs (35), hits […]
Seven-foot center Mamadou Diene is a favorite around campus, nicknamed “The Mayor” for his friendly nature, and he has finished among the top three in the Big 12 Conference in blocks per game in each of his first three seasons. But it was his off-the-court activity that earned him the title of 2008 Big 12 […]
In 1979, sophomore defensive back Kyle Woods fractured his neck and severely injured his spinal cord during football practice; the injury left him paralyzed. Thanks to help from Baylor friends and family, Woods was eventually able to go back to school, graduating from UT-Arlington in 1993. He has spent the past 13 years as a […]
Senior Zuzana Zemenova very nearly wrapped up her four years at Baylor in a storybook fashion, advancing all the way to the finals of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Championships before being defeated in her final match. Zemenova burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2005 by winning the national title in singles, and […]
We’re less than 100 days from the start of the 2008 football season, and preseason honors are already coming in. Junior J.D. Walton was one of 42 players nationwide named to the Rimington Trophy’s 2008 Spring Watch List. The award is given annually to the nation’s top center. Walton started every game last fall and […]
If you’re a tennis fan, now is a great time to be a Baylor Bear. After once again sweeping through the Big 12, Baylor’s men’s and women’s teams have each proven themselves to be serious national title contenders, year in and year out. This year, the men advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, their sixth […]
Baylor’s athletic program has developed a well-earned reputation for developing quality student-athletes who embody the best of both those words — “student” and “athlete.” For years, Baylor’s graduation rates have reflected well upon the department, with the Bears annually at or near the top of the Big 12 in their percentage of student-athletes who earn […]
Building on already successful regular seasons, the Baylor men’s and women’s tennis teams each took advantage of playing at home to advance to the NCAA Tournament Round of 16 over the weekend. The women will be playing in the tournament’s third round for the fourth straight year, while the men have advanced at least this […]
Imagine former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz taking a job as an assistant under Art Briles, or basketball’s Bobby Knight accepting a position as an assistant to Scott Drew. That’s about what women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey has pulled off in getting Leon Barmore to come to Baylor. Barmore, who retired in 2002 after […]
