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Happy Thursday Bears. Welp, it didn’t take long for Nathaniel Ezekiel to put the rest of the track world on notice.

In fact, literally less than a minute, but the message was sent LOUD and clear.

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

👟 Message Sent
🏀 Going Green
🎥 Baylor+: Taking Flight
🐻 And much, much more!

🎟️ DON’T MISS OUT!

🎥 BAYLOR+: TAKING FLIGHT

For Alexis Brown, every jump tells a story.

Of sacrifice, faith, strength, and the quiet moments few ever see. After winning
the NCAA Indoor Championship in long jump, her senior season isn’t just
about medals — it’s about finishing what she started.

As she prepares for one final push toward the Outdoor World Championship, this
is a portrait of a young woman leaping beyond limits, and chasing a dream that
has been years in the making. This is more than a season. It’s the
culmination of a legacy.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Message Sent. There’s no doubt about it, Nathaniel Ezekiel is a man on a mission.

On the opening day at NCAA Championships, Ezekiel turned heads around the track world, blistering the track for a time of 47.86 in the 400mH, posting the first sub-48 time in the semifinals in NCAA Championship history. Ezekiel now has the seventh, eighth and ninth fastest times in NCAA 400mH history.

The Bowerman Watchlist candidate demolished the field, clearing his heat by over two seconds and leads the overall field by 1.21 seconds.

Ezekiel rebroke all the records he set already at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, including the NCAA lead time, the Nigerian national record and the Baylor program record.

👟 Day One Recap

🗓️ Check Out The Full Schedule Of Events

🔼 He Is A Real All-American. And the honors keep rolling in for Baylor baseball’s Gabe Craig.

On Wednesday, Craig added to his 2025 resume as he was named a First Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

Craig is BU's first first-team All-American since Kyle Hill earned first-team honors from five different publications in 2019. Craig is the 11^th different Bear in program history to earn first-team praise for a total of 28 times.

Alongside Hill, Craig is now one of only two First Team All-America relief pitchers in program history. Additionally, Luke Boyd (2021), Zane Carlson (2000) and Troy Montemayor (2017) are the only other relievers to have earned All-America status, regardless of team distinction, in Baylor history.

🔼 Going Green. Less than two weeks separates VJ Edgecombe from accomplish his dream of hearing his named called at the NBA Draft.

This week, Edgecombe received his invite to the green room at the NBA Draft on June 25th in Brooklyn.

The former Baylor star was named Big-12 Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 Second Team and All-American Third Team.

In his one season in Waco, Edgecombe averaged 15.0 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.2 apg and 2.1 spg.

🔼 Dynamic Duo. It’s award season in college baseball and a pair of Bears earned region recognition this week.

Baylor baseball's dynamic duo of senior shortstop Tyriq Kemp and sixth-year senior right-handed pitcher Gabe Craig earned ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region honors, as announced Tuesday by the organization.
 
Kemp was named one of two first-team shortstops, while Craig earned second-team praise as a relief pitcher. The duo marks BU's first All-Region honorees since Andy Thomas (C, First Team), Luke Boyd (RP, Second Team) and Jared McKenzie (OF, Second Team) were each recognized in 2021.

🎥 BAYLOR+: HOUSE SETTLEMENT INTERVIEW

The biggest news story in the college athletics world
right now is the House Settlement and the future of college athletics.

In an exclusive interview with Baylor+, Voice of the Bears John Morris sat down with Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades IV to talk about the ruling and the exciting future of Baylor athletics.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

With his jaw-dropping performance in the semifinals on Wednesday night, where does Ezekiel’s time of 47.86 rank in the world currently?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to see the answer!

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Thursday, June 12th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Friday, June 13th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

Saturday, June 14th
👟 Track & Field at NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: No. 3 in the world

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