🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Thursday Bears. There are just some things you just don’t ever, ever forget.

One of those moments happened this week for one of our own.

We’ll recap that and more in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

⚾️ Always Remember Your First
🏈 Everyone Loves A Reese
🎥 Baylor+: The Follow Takes On Tracktown
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

It was another memorable year in Eugene for the Baylor Track & Field squad.

Join Baylor+ in the latest episode of the Follow as the Bears head to Tracktown compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Get to know junior international Nathaniel Ezekiel, and senior transfer Alexis Brown as they contend for a podium finish in Track Town.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Always Remember Your First. In his 51st MLB game and his 139th at-bat, former BU star Nick Loftin launched his first career major league HR on Tuesday night in Oakland.

Loftin is part of the upstart Royals, who are in position to battle for an AL Wild Card spot this summer.

In his second season with KC, the former Bear is hitting .253 with 12 RBIs in 32 games as he’s platooning for the Royals.

⚾️: Looking at Loftin’s MLB Career

🔺 Everyone Loves A Reese. No, we’re not talking about the peanut butter cups, although those are delicious too. We’re talking about Richard Reese, a rising junior on the Baylor football squad.

His resume grew longer this week as the backfield star was named the Big 12 Student-Athlete of the Month for the Bears for the month of May.

The conference selects a winner from each school that not only excel at their sport, but also demonstrate leadership, perseverance, and strong commitments to academics and community service.

🔺 Welcome to Bear Country. A loaded 2024 BU volleyball roster got even a little stronger this week.

Coach McGuyre announced the addition of Brielle Warren, a transfer from Purdue, to the program.
 
Warren transfers from Purdue University to join the Bears with three years of eligibility as an outside hitter. She spent the 2024 spring semester at Colorado State.
 
Originally from College Station, Texas, Warren redshirted her freshman season and appeared in one match in her second year with the Boilermakers.
 
A graduate of Fulshear High School in 2022, she was ranked as the No. 4 recruit in the state of Texas by PrepDig.com. She was named to the 2021 AVCA All-America Watch List and was named first-team on the 2021 All-VYPE Public School preseason honors list. Warren helped guide the Chargers to a runner-up finish in the UIL 5A State Championship in 2020. She and her Fulshear squad were UIL 5A Area Champions in 2019.

She has been a part of the USA Volleyball training programs, earning MOP honors as a freshman during the U15 Junior Olympics. She also was a member of the 2021 USA U19 Summer Training Series.

🏐: More On The Newest Bear

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE BEST OF THE YEAR

It’s been quite an opening year for Baylor+.

As we wrap up the month of June, we’ll relive some of the greatest
moments and videos of the year with the Top-10 Baylor+ features of the year.

#7: Baylor+ - The Exclusive Interview With Coach Drew

It was the interview that all of Baylor and most of college
basketball wanted to see.

He was the talk of the college hoops scene for several weeks and Baylor+ sat down to talk about Coach Drew’s decision to stay in Waco and how the first few weeks of the offseason unfolded for him.

🎟 YOU PICK IT!

This week, Baylor Athletics unveiled a new Mini Plan option for the upcoming 2024 Football season.

The new “You Pick It” mini plan offers flexibility and allows fans to build their own mini-plan from three tiers of options to enjoy McLane Stadium this fall.

The Baylor Family can purchase the You Pick It mini plan for $225. Each plan includes the Bears' Homecoming Game on Oct. 26 against Oklahoma State and from there fans can build their plan based on their schedule for the remaining two games. 

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

In his two-plus seasons at Baylor, how many HRs did Nick Loftin hit with the Bears?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🎙 SIC ‘EM POD: DAROLD WILLIAMSON

During a golden era that established Baylor as "Quartermiler U.,"
Darold Williamson was the anchor leg for 4x400 relay teams that won a combined seven Big 12 titles, 2 national indoor titles, and the
2004 NCAA Outdoor championship. 

The summer after his junior season at Baylor, Williamson made the finals
of the 400 at the USA Olympic Trials, and went on to win a gold medal
as the anchor leg in the 4x400 in Athens.

Now, 20 years after his first place finish, Williamson reflects on
an incredible legacy, and gets us ready for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

We’ll see you in August!

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 14.

Loftin had his junior season cut short (just 14 games) by COVID, but during his two-plus seasons at BU, he hit 14 HRs for the Green & Gold.

🐻 Have a great day, y’all!

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