Faculty & Staff News
Baylor volleyball headed to Sweet 16 for third straight season
As the nation’s No. 5 national seed, Baylor volleyball has high expectations for this year’s NCAA tournament — and so far, they’re off to a winning start. Head coach Ryan McGuyre’s Bears took care of business in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament last weekend at the Ferrell Center, sweeping through six winning […]
WBB’s Lewis, Smith Candidates for 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award
WACO, Texas – Baylor's Jordan Lewis and NaLyssa Smith were named nominees along with 28 other women's basketball student-athletes for the Senior CLASS Award. The award recognizes a senior NCAA Division I player who demonstrates excellence in the community, the classroom, character and competition.
Aranda Named Coach of the Year Finalist
DALLAS – Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda has been named a finalist for the 2021 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award, as announced Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), in conjunction with the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
VB Foursome Earns AVCA Southwest All-Region Accolades
WACO, Texas – Baylor volleyball had four players named AVCA Southwest All-Region on Tuesday, the organization announced.
After winning Big 12 title, Baylor football is Sugar Bowl-bound!
What a weekend: Baylor upset Oklahoma State on Saturday, 21-16, to claim the program’s third Big 12 title and clinch a spot in the 2022 Allstate Sugar Bowl! The moment that will live on from Saturday’s victory was senior safety Jairon McVea’s incredible diving, goal-line tackle that left Oklahoma State just inches short of a […]
Remastered Presentation of Award-Winning “A Baylor Christmas” to Air on TV Stations in 24 States
WACO, Texas (Dec. 6, 2021) – KWTX Television will broadcast a remastered presentation of its Emmy-nominated, Telly Award-winning production of “A Baylor Christmas,” produced in 2018 from the performances of the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs of the Baylor School of Music.
No. 5 Seed Baylor VB Headed to Wisconsin for Sweet 16
No. 5 seed Baylor volleyball is headed back to Madison, Wis., to take on No. 12 seed Minnesota in the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Thursday, Dec. 9.
No. 6 Baylor Football Earns Spot in Sugar Bowl
WACO, Texas – No. 6 Baylor football has accepted its invitation to play in the 88th-annual Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans against No. 8 Ole Miss. The bowl game will be played on January 1, 2022, at 7:45 p.m. CT at the Caesars Superdome and broadcast on ESPN.
Baylor in the News – Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2021
WACO, Texas (Dec. 5, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on the relationship between religion and crime, how churches can help people struggling with eating disorders and ways to cultivate patience.
No. 5 WBB Escapes Mizzou, 70-68
Reigning Big 12 Player of the Week NaLyssa Smith recorded her eighth-straight double-double with 25 points and 17 rebounds as fifth-ranked Baylor survived some shaky free-throw shooting and a late 8-0 run by Missouri to beat the Tigers, 70-68, Saturday night in the Big 12/SEC Challenge at the Ferrell Center.
No. 4 MBB Dominates Arkansas-Pine Bluff
LJ Cryer led five players in double figures with his 20 points, and fourth-ranked Baylor beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 99-54 on Saturday night.
No. 9 Football Wins Big 12 Championship
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dezmon Jackson came up inches short on a desperate, fourth-down dive with 24 seconds remaining and fifth-ranked Oklahoma State fell to ninth-rated Baylor 21-16 in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, knocking the Cowboys out of contention for a playoff spot.
No. 5 Seed VB Sweeps Washington State to Advance
No. 5 seed Baylor volleyball swept Washington State in the Second Round on Friday night in the Ferrell Center to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 5 Seed VB Defeats Islanders, Moves into Second Round
No. 5 seed Baylor volleyball defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the First Round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Thursday night in the Ferrell Center, sweeping them 3-0.
The nation’s expert on Waco’s Pearl Harbor hero is, naturally, a Baylor prof
Waco native Doris Miller was one of the first American heroes of World War II, and a civil rights icon whose heroism at Pearl Harbor helped desegregate the U.S. military — all before his tragic death at age 24. When Dr. T. Michael Parrish, the Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor, began […]
