Baylor sports fans probably know all about the basketball teams’ successes, and that the women’s tennis team is again ranked No. 1 in the country, and that the equestrian team won their first Big 12 championship last month. But did you know that the Baylor Bass Club is participating in the national championships this weekend? […]
Some Baylor fans were worried that this year might be a rebuilding year for Baylor’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. Instead, each program turned out one of the best years in its history, with the men advancing to the Elite Eight and the women earning their second Final Four appearance in six years. The Lady […]
Even as the Lady Bears continue to prepare for their Final Four showdown with undefeated top seed Connecticut (Sunday, about 8:30 p.m. CT, ESPN), accolades continue to pour in for both the men’s and women’s basketball programs. On the men’s side, junior forward Ekpe Udoh became just the fourth Baylor player ever named an Associated […]
For years, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups have been advertised as “two great tastes that taste great together.” The same could be said of a new Baylor research project that over the next three years will examine the impact of religious communities on entrepreneurial behavior. After all, in Baylor you have one of the world’s foremost […]
We’ve been so caught up with basketball the last couple of weeks that another athletic accomplishment nearly slipped by. Last week the Baylor equestrian team claimed its first Big 12 Championship! (See photos from the event here.) Ranked sixth in the nation, head coach Ellen White’s team upset third-ranked Texas A&M on the final day […]
As a proud Baylor journalism graduate, I love to share news like this… In mid-March, the Baylor Round Up (yearbook) was announced as a finalist for the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Pacemaker award, considered by many to be the highest honor in student journalism. Two weeks later, The Baylor Lariat was named the Collegiate Newspaper […]
For years, Nancy Parrish, MA ’80, has led the push to honor the Fly Girls of World War II — female pilots who, after serving their country during WWII, were ignored for decades. If that story sounds familiar, you might be remembering an exhibit you saw at Baylor’s Mayborn Museum, the cover story from the […]
The fourth-seeded Baylor Lady Bears followed the men’s lead, punching their ticket to the Sweet 16 last night with a 49-33 win over No. 5 seed Georgetown. Freshman Brittney Griner blocked an NCAA tournament record 14 shots to headline a stiff Baylor defensive effort; in fact, Griner blocked more shots (14) than the Hoyas made […]
After reaching the Final Four in 1950, it took the Baylor men’s basketball program 60 years to record another NCAA tournament win. But after tasting victory in the first round Thursday, the Bears didn’t want to wait that long for more. The taste of victory was sweet — and it gets even better as head […]
While the Baylor basketball teams are getting most of the attention this week as they roll into the NCAA tournament, they are just two of the seven Baylor winter/spring sports currently ranked among the top 25 in the nation. Which program leads them all? That would be head coach Joey Scrivano’s women’s tennis team, ranked […]
