🐻The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good Morning Baylor Fam. What did we did y’all get accomplished this weekend?

Maybe a relaxing weekend at the pool? Maybe some yard work?

For one former Bear, all they did was bring home yet another gold medal!

We’ll recap that and much more in today’s Brew! Check It Out Below!

🥇 Feelin’ Golden
⛺️ Campin’
🎙 The Sic ‘Em Pod: All New with Ketron Jackson
🐻 And much, much more!

🎙 SIC ’EM POD: KETRON JACKSON

On this week’s episode, we’re catching up with Baylor Football
wide receiver Ketron Jackson.

Last year for the Bears, the Royse City native was a pivotal part of Baylor’s downfield attack and provided plenty of big plays and exciting catches.

Now, in his senior season, Jackson is looking forward to a revamped offense, and playing a key role in this year’s on field success.

🐻 BEARS IN PARIS

It was a GOLDEN weekend for the Bears with former BU star John Peers bringing home the top prize in Paris in the men’s doubles competition.

Peers and his doubles partner, Matthew Ebden, claimed gold with a thrilling 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1), 10-8 in the Olympics final on Saturday morning.

In addition, Avery Skinner and the Team USA volleyball squad advanced to the Olympic quarterfinal, while Britney Griner and the American women’s hoops squad also advanced to the quarterfinal with a rout of Germany on Sunday morning.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Campin’. The Baylor football team is rolling through camp getting ready for the upcoming 2024 season.

We’ve got a few camp check-ins through the first few days on the gridiron.

✍️: The QB Competition - Built Through Fire

✍️: Day One On The Field - A Sense of Urgency

🔼 A Hall Call. It was a special weekend for another former Baylor star as Mark Saccomanno, who was a standout with the baseball prorgram from 1999-2003, was inducted in the Round Rock Express Hall of Fame.

Saccomanno is just the 10th member of the organization’s prestigious Hall of Fame, as the former Bear was selected in the 23rd round of the 2003 MLB draft and reached Round Rock in 2007.

Saccomanno appeared in 131 games in 2007 and hit .277 with 22 home runs and 85 RBI. The right-hander returned to the Express in 2008 and slashed .297/.339/.521 in 137 games while leading the club in hits (157), home runs (27) and runs scored (83).

📞: More On Saccomanno’s Special Weekend

✍️ EXTRA, EXTRA

The first-ever Baylor+ Football Preview Magazine is available NOW!

Jump inside the huddle as both coordinators break down the depth chart at each position over the next few weeks as the Bears prepare for what will surely be an exciting 2024 campaign.

🎟 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. 

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 26 DAYS

Number of the Day: 26

We gotta show some love to the specialists, right?

We can’t wait to see our #26, Garrison Grimes, back on the field
this fall after suffering a season-ending injury last season that kept
him out for most of the year.

Grimes has been Baylor’s primary longsnapper for two straight seasons.

🗓 GOT PLANS?

Sure, we’re still a little over a month away, but the
inner planner in you NEEDS this.

You’ve got the dates, you’ve got the opponents,
now, you’ve got the THEMES!

The Baylor Athletics team released the six themes for the upcoming season at McLane and all the details you need to know for this fall!

🎥 BAYLOR+: EXCLUSIVE SITDOWNS

Well, Bear Country, it’s finally here.

Fall camp is officially underway for the Baylor football program and to get y’all ready, Baylor+ has exclusive sitdowns with offensive coordinator and QBs coach Jake Spavital and defensive coordinator Matt Powledge.

Both coaches breaks down their expectations for the upcoming year, talks about how they want their side of the ball to operate and much, much more.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

With John Peers’ gold medal this past weekend, Baylor has now won a gold medal in eight of the past nine Olympic games.

Who was the last Bear to bring home gold?

Think you got it?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

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📅 COMING SOON

Thursday, August 15
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Mississippi St. @ 6:30 pm

Sunday, August 18
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. St. Bonaventure @ 1 pm | Tickets

Wednesday, August 21
🏐 Volleyball: Green and Gold Scrimmage @ 3 pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Hawaii @ Midnight CT

Sunday, August 25
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Portland @ 5 pm CT (at Honolulu, Hawaii)

Friday, August 30
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Texas A&M @ 8 pm | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball vs. Abilene Christian @ 11am | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball vs. Tulsa @ 7:30 pm | Tickets
👟 Cross Country at UIW Twilight

Saturday, August 31
🏈 Football vs. Tarleton @ 6 pm | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Britney Griner.

Of course it was BG. Griner took home gold at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

🐻 Let’s get this week started!

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