🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Leap Day Baylor Fam. There’s plenty of history surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. From Paul Revere to the Boston Tea Party to nearby Plymouth Rock and it goes on and on.

Like Paul Revere, the Baylor Track & Field is hoping to speed through town en route to history of their own.

We’ll recap it all and much more in today’s Brew! Check it all out!

🎟 Ticket Punched
🤸‍♀️ Super Sweep
🎥 Tonight’s The Night!
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 ONE MORE DAY!

“What BG achieved here at Baylor was nothing short of spectacular”

BIGGER THAN LIFE - A Baylor+ Original Film premieres THIS THURSDAY!

🎥 BAYLOR+: FACE-TO-FAITH

Welcome back to Face-to-Faith with Faith Lynch!

In this episode with Baylor Baylor Men's Tennis' Christopher Franzten, we discuss the current season, his journey to Division I tennis and so much more.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Ticket Punched. The Bears are shipping up to Boston.

This week, seven members of the BU track & field program earned their spot at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which are set for next weekend in Boston.

Earning the most qualifications in the Ford era and tying the third-most in the last 10 years, Alexis Brown, Laurenz Colbert, Nathaniel Ezekiel, Demar Francis, Molly Haywood, Alencia Lentz and Demario Prince all qualified for the final meet of the collegiate indoor season.

The Championships will be hosted at the TRACK at New Balance, a brand new facility in Boston that opened in 2022 and is hosting its first collegiate championship meet.

👟: More On The Seven Bears Headed To Nationals

🔺 Three’s Company. It was a super sweep for the #1 ranked BU Acrobatics & Tumbling squad.

For the first time since 2021, the Bears swept the NCATA Weekly awards.

BU had Riley Chimwala named Athlete of the Week, Jordan Gruendler earn Specialist and Payton Washington earn Freshman after the third week of competition. This is Chimwala's second Athlete accolade of the season.

🤸‍♀️: Recapping The Award-Winning Week

🔺 The Chaney Gang. Another new face is joining the Green & Gold on the gridiron.

Former All-Southeastern Conference linebacker Jamar Chaney has been tabbed to coach Baylor's inside linebackers.
 
Chaney comes to Waco after serving as an assistant coach at Western Kentucky in 2023, working with the outside linebackers. He previously spent the 2022 season as an analyst and recruiting coordinator at Florida, working with the linebackers, which followed two seasons at his alma mater, Mississippi State, as a senior defensive analyst.

🏈: Looking at Chaney’s Resume

😎 COME JOIN THE FUN!

Start scheduling now!

Waco is hosting the “Eclipse Over Texas: Live From Waco” experience on April 8, 2024.

Waco is one of the best places to view the 2024 eclipse with over four minutes of totality.

The event will have telescopes, educational activities, programs, food trucks, and so much family fun! You won’t want to miss this one!

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Feb. 29th Edition:
They’re Heating Up!

On today’s show we look ahead to this weekend’s game versus Oklahoma State for women’s basketball and tell you why the women are riding a 4-game winning streak.

We also visit with Baylor men’s golf coach Mike McGraw as the Bears get ready to head to Cabo.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

This week, the top-ranked BU Acrobatics & Tumbling squad swept the NCATA weekly honors, taking all three accolades.

How many times in program history have the Bears won all three awards in the same week?

Got a guess?

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

🎥 BAYLOR+: SIC ‘EM POD WITH JA’KOBE

Baylor freshman Ja’Kobe Walter has been destined for basketball greatness since the day he was named.

After getting an offer from Coach Drew and Baylor his sophomore year of high school, Ja’Kobe has been locked in on being a Bear ever since.

Now as he progresses through his first year in college, Ja’Kobe has his sights set on cutting down some nets.

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, March 1
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Cincinnati @ 11am
🐎 Equestrian vs. #1 TCU @ 1pm
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Illinois @ 6pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Oral Roberts @ 6:30pm

Saturday, March 2
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Kansas @ 12pm
🥎 Softball vs. Morgan State @ 12pm (DH)
⚾️ Baseball vs. Oral Roberts @ 2pm

Sunday, March 3
⛳️ Men’s Golf at The Cabo Collegiate
🎾 Women’s Tennis at West Virginia @ 9am
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma State @ 11am
🥎 Softball vs. Morgan State @ 12pm
⚾️ Baseball vs. Oral Roberts @ 1pm
🤸‍♀️ Acrobatics & Tumbling at Iona @ 2pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 4.

This week’s NCATA honors gave BU its fourth-ever clean sweep of the weekly accolades. The previous three times were:

February 21, 2018 (Ceara Gray – A, Kaylee Adams - S, Morgan Celum – F)
April 8, 2021 (Kamryn Kitchens – A, Emily Tobin - S, Riley Chimwala – F)
April 16, 2021 (Kamryn Kitchens – A, Emily Tobin - S, Riley Chimwala – F)

🐻 Let’s have a great one!

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