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Freshman guard Ja’Kobe Walter is different from a typical one-and-done star.

Deciding to use her fifth-year of eligibility was a no-brainer for senior guard Sarah Andrews. It was twofold: Get to stay with a Baylor women’s basketball program that she loves and continue to develop with her eyes set on the WNBA.

“My mindset when it comes to helping my team is just to always do it,” Van Gytenbeek said. “I want to be positive, and I want to be trusted by everybody — to know that I’m going to show up and be the same kind of person and do what I need to do for everybody else and always try to be unselfish.”

“I really believe that as soon as everything is said and done, I will have left Baylor a better place, so I am definitely proud about that,” Tchamwa Tchatchoua said. “I’m proud of being part of the team that made history and still [is] not done with history.”

Despite St. Patrick’s Day baseball dealing with weather delays, Baylor baseball mustered a storm of its own. The Bears secured their first series victory over a ranked opponent under head coach Mitch Thompson after taking the series finale over No. 23 Texas Tech 7-2 on Sunday at Baylor Ballpark.

No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling held off No. 4 Gannon by a score of 278.715-275.555 on Saturday evening at the Ferrell Center as part of the Bears’ Senior Night.

The Bears’ hopes of a Big 12 Tournament title were crushed by the Cyclones, who outshot them 50% to 21% from beyond the arc.

It took more than eight minutes for No. 3 seed Baylor men’s basketball to hit its first postseason field goal, and following 20 minutes of play, the Bears had only made six, which was their lowest total in a half all season.

From a high school gymnast to a powerful base for Baylor’s acrobatics and tumbling team, senior Bayley Humphrey is close to finishing her storied career in the green and gold.

The Bears won the doubles point and cruised through singles play to secure their sixth straight victory.

The Bears, who finished 14th in the final regular season AP Top 25 Poll, were one of six Big 12 teams to be ranked in the final installment, which was more than any other conference. Now, they’re hoping to use that fierce level of competition in the Big 12 Tournament to further prepare them for March Madness.

Baylor (5-11, 0-3 Big 12) was firing on all cylinders as it tallied a season-high in runs and hits with 17 apiece. For the second time this year, all nine starters notched at least one hit and five Bears recorded multi-hit games. The bats were led by senior catcher Harrison Caley, who swatted a career-high in hits, going 4-for-4 — including two home runs. Caley became the first Baylor batter since 2019 to chalk up seven RBIs.

Junior first baseman Shaylon Govan finished 5-for-6 in the box across Tuesday’s doubleheader, bringing her season batting average to .500.

Not everyone’s spring break was spent laying out on the beach, as Baylor Athletics kept its spring slate moving through the time off from class. Here’s everything you may have missed over the annual hiatus.

Baylor has 35 different club sports, but one of the hardest to overlook is the rock climbing team. If you’ve entered the McLane Student Life Center, you’ve definitely seen the 53-foot freestanding climbing wall. And if you’ve been to the SLC between the hours of 8 and 10 p.m. on Monday or Wednesday, you’ve probably heard the rock climbing team jamming out to “Love Story” by Taylor Swift or seen them navigating the best way to approach a new route.

The Bears lost the weekend series despite holding a lead or keeping the score tied in 20 of 22 innings.

After freshman guard Ja’Kobe Walter knocked down the game’s first shot, No. 11 Baylor men’s basketball only held that lead for 16 seconds, as Texas Tech rattled off a 16-0 run.

No. 14 Baylor softball hadn’t defeated No. 7 Oklahoma State since March 23, 2019, in Waco.

In a hard-fought contest, the Bears came up just short against the Cyclones in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.

The Bears outscored the Lady Raiders 19-10 in the fourth quarter to secure the 11-point victory in the second round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.

Backed by a two-out fourth-inning rally and the second complete game of the year for senior right-handed pitcher Aliyah Binford, No. 14 Baylor softball willed its way past Penn State 4-1 on Wednesday evening at Getterman Stadium.

The Bears were 0-for-15 at the plate with runners in scoring position.

On Senior Night, No. 11 Baylor men’s basketball forward Jalen Bridges left a lasting mark with a career-high 32 points en route to a 93-85 comeback victory in the final regular season matchup against Texas on Monday night in the Foster Pavilion.

As No. 15 Baylor men’s basketball put together a 13-2 run in the second half, head coach Scott Drew witnessed his bevy of newcomers stand up in the moment. With time draining off the clock, the Foster Pavilion bellowed the echo of the fourth straight home win over an in-conference powerhouse as the Bears downed No. 7 Kansas 82-74 on Saturday afternoon.

Baylor softball senior outfielder McKenzie Wilson was arrested earlier this week on claims that she stole over $1,200 worth of beauty products during 11 visits to a Target in Waco, according to Tommy Witherspoon of KWTX.

While the Foster Pavilion has been a needed and welcomed new fan experience for Baylor men’s and women’s basketball, finding a seat has been a chore for students. From a lack of abundance to a hard-to-navigate process to get in the door, students feel the process is more than they bargained for.

As the track and field indoor season winds down, Baylor prepares to send some of its best athletes to the NCAA Indoor National Championship. In this group, two freshmen have been making a large impact on the team: pole vaulters Alencia Lentz and Molly Haywood.

The Bears pulled out the doubles point but lost four straight singles matches to suffer their second defeat of the season.

Head coach Mitch Thompson saw his Bears (1-7) forfeit a pair of errors in the field and three wild pitches advance runners which resulted in a pair of unearned runs that went on to be the difference in the tight ballgame.

After the NCAA NIL Rule was passed in June 2021, there were talks of the NCAA Football franchise finally returning to gaming platforms now that students could benefit financially from their inclusion in the game. With over a decade of waiting, fans can finally look forward to the official release of NCAA 2025 this summer.