A couple of months ago, we noted that Baylor had seven teams ranked in the top 25. That’s still true, but a new program has taken over the lead as Baylor’s highest-ranked program. Head coach Joey Scrivano has his women’s tennis squad ranked No. 4 in the country. In fact, the team has reached as […]
As the world’s largest Baptist university, it stands to reason that Baylor would be among the leaders in the study of religion. Recognition from outside the University — like the recent honors from Christianity Today — just confirms the standing of Baylor and its faculty nationwide. Christianity Today, the nation’s leading evangelical Christian magazine, named […]
Baylor again ranks among the nation’s “best values” when it comes to private schools, according to a report recently released by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. The publication ranked Baylor 38th out of the 1,000-plus universities considered for the survey. When it comes to “total costs” — tuition, fees, room/board, and estimated expenses for books — […]
According to Barron’s Magazine, the weekly financial publication put out by Dow Jones & Company, two of the world’s top 30 corporate leaders are Baylor grads! (The article is also on MSN.com.) Mark Hurd, a 1979 graduate and CEO of technology giant Hewlett-Packard, made the list for the first time; Bob Simpson, BBA ’70 and […]
Congratulations one more time to both the Baylor men’s and women’s basketball teams, and thanks for a wonderful 2007-08 season! For head coach Scott Drew’s men’s squad, it was a season of superlatives: best start since 1946; most wins since 1987-88; most points scored in school history; first top-25 ranking since 1969; first back-to-back weekly […]
Baylor music students represented the University extremely well in national competition last week. (Is it too bad a pun to note that such success is music to our ears?) Juniors Sarah Harris, Ross Ahlhorn and sophomore Adam Gautille competed in the semi-finals of the National Trumpet Competition earlier this month. From an initial field of […]
Over the weekend, Baylor sophomore golfer Colton Williams won the individual title at the Border Olympics. An impressive feat for anyone, especially considering that Williams led the tournament wire-to-wire to claim his first collegiate title. But as Paul Harvey might say, it’s the rest of the story that makes things interesting. A month earlier, Williams […]
Continuing with “Athletics Week” here… While the Baylor basketball teams are gearing up for the NCAA Tournament, the Baylor track and field team just finished their run (pun intended) at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships — and the Baylor men’s 4×400-meter relay team brought home the national championship for the third straight time. […]
For the seventh time in head coach Kim Mulkey’s eight seasons at Baylor, the Lady Bears are headed to the NCAA Tournament! The 12th-ranked Baylor women’s basketball team was named a No. 3 seed when the bracket was released Monday night. The ladies will face Fresno State in the first round, to be played Saturday […]
After compiling the program’s best-ever Big 12 record and its first 20-win season in 20 years, head coach Scott Drew has the Baylor men’s basketball team headed back to the NCAA Tournament! The Bears were named a No. 11 seed in the West region; they will face No. 6 seed Purdue Thursday in Washington, D.C. […]
