🐻The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Thursday y’all. Dickie V will be returning to sidelines soon for ESPN and along with that will be the patented “diaper dandies” call.

Here in Waco, we’re calling them Diamond Dandies heading into this spring and you’ll see why.

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

💎 Diamond Dandies
🎾 Fast Start
🏠 Coming Soon….
🐻 And much, much more!

🏠 COMING SOON…

Baylor Athletics is excited for additional opportunities for the community to enjoy our state-of-the-art facility with live music and entertainment.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Diamond Dandies. While more winter weather may be headed towards Waco, don’t worry, the Bears are about to heat things up on the diamond.

Both the softball and baseball programs have high expectations heading into the 2025 campaign and leading the way are two veterans who earned individual recognition this week.

Earlier this week, D1Softball named Turiya Coleman, a grad transfer from Houston, as the sixth-best catcher in the country. On Wednesday, Perfect Game listed senior outfielder Enzo Apodaca as the #56 best senior in the country. 

🔼 Fast Start. Now that’s how you start a season!

In his first matches of his sophomore season, Devin Badenhorst blew past his competition to help the Baylor men’s tennis team to back-to-back season-opening wins on Sunday.

After going 2-0 in doubles and 1-0 in singles, Badenhorst was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, marking the first time in his young career that he’s collected the honor.

🎾: Recapping Badenhorst’s Award-Winning Performance

🔼 Speaking of Fast Starts... This was LITERALLY a fast start!

Grad student Demar Francis started his final season with the Bears in style, picking up his second-career Big 12 Men’s Athlete of the Week accolade.

The grad student began the 2025 indoor season with a time of 20.93 in the men's 200m, taking home gold. The 20.93 mark ranks 1^st in the Big 12, 2^nd in the NCAA and 4^th in the World in 2025.

👟: More On Francis’ Performance

🏀 MORE THAN A GAME

The Baylor women's basketball team will play in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic at the Prudential Center against the UCLA Bruins on January 20.

The Coretta Scott King Classic was formed to honor the legacy of Mrs. King and celebrate female empowerment in sports. Check out what junior Darianna Littlepage has to say about the importance of playing in this inaugural event.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Last spring, his first at Baylor, how many extra-base hits did Enzo Apodaca pile up for the Bears?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to see the answer!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE SIC 'EM POD

The Baylor track & field squad opened up its indoor slate this past weekend,
even when the cold weather blew through the south.

Combining those two topics, Baylor+ is excited to unveil its latest Sic ‘Em Pod with former BU star and Bobsled Gold Medalist Kehri Jones.

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, Jan. 17th
👟 Track & Field at Corky Classic (Lubbock, Texas)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Wake Forest @ 1pm
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Houston @ 6pm l Tickets

Saturday, Jan. 18th
👟 Track & Field at Corky Classic (Lubbock, Texas)

Sunday, Jan. 19th
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. TCU @ 4pm l Tickets
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Harvard @ 11am

Monday, Jan. 20th
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. #1 UCLA @ 2pm (Coretta Scott King Classic - Newark, N.J.)
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. #2 TCU @ 6pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 23.

Apodaca ripped off 14 doubles, 3 triples and 6 HRs in his first season in Waco.

🐻 Have a great one!

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