🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

TGIF Baylor Fam. There’s nothing like having a chance to represent your home country. Very few ever get the opportunity to do so.

This weekend, one of our own will get that chance to do exactly that.

We’ve got the details, plus a little Belly Flop competition, who doesn’t love that?!?

We’ll recap it all in today’s Brew! Check it out below!

🇳🇬 Flying The Flag
⏱ Countdown To Kickoff: 71 Days
🎥 Baylor+: The Best of Year Countdown #6
🐻 And much, much more!

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 71 DAYS

Number of the Day: 71.

Monaray Baldwin for 71 yards!

It was the longest pass play of the 2023 season as
Baldwin connected for one of his five catches in
a home game against Texas Tech.

🎥 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

🔺 Flying The Flag. This weekend, BU All-American Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi is flying his home country’s flag at the 2024 African Championships.

Prosper Nnamdi is looking to punch a ticket to the 2024 Olympics in Paris as the best in Africa compete in Douala, Cameroon.

The rising senior from Awka, Nigeria is ranked No. 1 in his home country and 35th in the world in the javelin throw. Earlier this month, he took home his third All-American honor of his career.

🔺 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…. BELLYFLOP! Nothing beats a little summertime pool party with the fellas, right?

And of course it’s gotta turn into some sort of competition.

The Baylor football fellas hit the pool for a good old fashioned bellyflop competition.

You be the judge on who took home the top spot.

🚌 HITTING THE ROAD

Throughout the summer, Coach Aranda will join alumni and fans
across the state on the Texas Tour.
 
Fans can join Coach Aranda for an opportunity to learn more about the culture of excellence that Baylor football is developing and what fans can expect to see on the field this fall. The following dates and locations are listed below:
 
July 16 – Houston Texas Tour
July 18 – DFW Texas Tour
July 22 – San Antonio Texas Tour

🎥 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.

#6: Baylor+: The Follow - Down Goes #5 Utah

The seeds for a special season were planted early for the Baylor women’s hoops team with an incredible early season performance against a
top-five team in the country.

Go behind-the-scenes of the memorable win as the Bears
welcomed #5 Utah to Waco in a BIG way.

🎟 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

This spring, BU southpaw Ethan Calder picked off five baserunners for the Bears.

When was the last time a Baylor hurler picked off 5+ runners in the same season?

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: 2006.

Tim Matthews picked off five runners in 2006 for the BU baseball squad.

🐻 Enjoy your weekend, y’all!

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