🐻The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Thursday Bear Country. All aboard to Cali for the Baylor women’s golf team! Tickets have been officially punched!

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

⛳️ Ticket Punched
🥎 Marchin’ On
🎥 Baylor+: A Class To Remember
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: A CLASS TO REMEMBER

Leadership. Class. Winners.

Those are just three ways to describe the senior class of the Baylor softball program, who will look to battle top-seeded Texas Tech today at the Big 12 Tournament.

Hear from Coach Moore and others about what this group of seniors
has meant to the program and the University.

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 California Dreamin’. These Bears definitely have some dreams to capture out west.

For the eighth time in the past 10 years, the Baylor women’s golf program is headed back to the NCAA Championships as the Bears officially punched their ticket at the NCAA Regionals in Norman on Wednesday.

With the deck stacked against them due to an injury to Sera Hasegawa, the Bears battled and found a way to become just one of seven programs to earn a ticket to seven of the past eight NCAA Championships.

⛳️ The Full Final Round Recap

🔢 The Final Leaderboard

🔼 Marchin’ On. The Baylor softball squad got offensive in their first round matchup at the Big 12 tournament.

In a back-and-forth battle, the Bears blew the game open in the fifth inning with back-to-back-to-back HRs to earn a 7-3 victory over Kansas and set up a date with top-seeded Texas Tech today in OKC.

With the game tied at three in the bottom of the fifth, Shaylon Govan got the party started with a two-run blast. Turiya Coleman followed with a solo shot of her own and Karynton Dawson kept the party going with another solo shot to cap off the four-run rally and give BU a 7-3 lead.

From there Lillie Walker and Sadie Ross would do the rest, keeping the Jayhawks off the board to seal the victory.

🥎 The Full Recap

🔼 Twice As Nice. Speaking of going back-to-back, Baylor track & field standout Tiriah Kelley followed suit on Wednesday afternoon with her second consecutive Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor.

Kelley, a junior from Plano, Texas, earned her second weekly honor of the 2025 season after her performance at Texas A&M's Alumni Muster. In the final regular season meet of the outdoor season, Kelley ran a 22.34 (3.5 m/s) mark in the 200m, earning second place.

She now holds the indoor and outdoor 200m BU records in her name and will enter next week’s Big 12 Outdoor Championships with the No. 1 time in the 200m among the Big 12. In the NCAA for the 2025 season, Kelley ranks third.

Kelley has helped the women's track & field squad acquire national attention this season as they currently rank No. 7 in the nation, based on most recent USTFCCCA rankings. In event groups, the Bears 200m group ranks 17^th in the NCAA.

🔼 Accolades Aplenty. Before the Baylor softball team had even stepped on the field in OKC on Wednesday, the Bears had already started their hardware haul.

Standouts Presleigh Pilon and Shaylon Govan were named the Big 12 Softball Defensive Player and Scholar Athlete of the Year, respectively, highlighting BU’s selections among the yearly Big 12 accolades announced on Wednesday.
 
As a unanimous First-Team All-Big 12 honoree as well, Govan was joined by Lillie Walker who picked up second-team honors. 

🥎 Recapping The Award-Winning Seasons

🎥 BAYLOR+: RELIVE THE MAGIC

It was quite a fall for the Baylor football program and expectations
continue to grow for this upcoming season.

Relive the magic of last year with the Baylor Football Year In Review,
now available on Baylor+.

This season review takes you step by step through Baylor Football's 2024 season journey. Re-live the Bears redeeming season with insight from key players including Sawyer Robertson, Josh Cameron, Keaton Thomas and Jackie Marshall as they provide unique perspectives about success, and adversity faced throughout the season.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

As we mentioned, the Baylor women’s golf team is one of just seven teams nationally to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships in seven of the past eight years.

How many Big 12 programs have accomplished that feat?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to see the answer!

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Thursday, May 8th
🥎 Softball vs. Texas Tech @ 1:30pm (Big 12 Quarterfinals - Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Friday, May 9th
🥎 Softball vs. TBD @ 3pm (Big 12 Semifinals - Oklahoma City, Okla.)
⚾️ Baseball vs. Oklahoma State @ 6:30pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: One.

That’s right, Baylor is the only Big 12 program to earn a spot in seven of the past eight NCAA Championships.

🐻 Enjoy your day, y’all!

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