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Interestingly, U.T. only graduated 27 percent of its
football players and its overall graduation rate for athletes (52%) was a
whopping 19 percentage points below that of the overall student body.
Baylor athletes overall (78%) graduated at a higher rate than the overall
student body (70%).
Congratulations to Don Riley, Baylor’s director of
student-athlete services, all of the coaches and especially all the
student athletes.
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Friends of
Baylor contributed to the Baylor Homecoming spirit by placing ads in the
Waco Trib last weekend. It is FOB’s goal to constructively support the
University at every available opportunity. Click on a title to open a pdf
file of the ad.
We Believe 2004
Welcome Home
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Coach
Kim and Coach Drew continue to make national recruiting waves as the early
signing period approaches next month. Coach Drew now has (as reported by
the press) three commitments from nationally ranked players. A forth
recruit, due in at mid-term is even projected to be a top 30 NBA draftee!
There is no subtle way to characterize this development – it’s
UNBELIEVABLE!
On a development note, Baylor is in desperate need
of a Basketball practice facility separate and apart from the Ferrell
Center, which is used for all sorts of non-athletic events. We are the
only Big XII school without such a facility. Several members of the FOB
Steering Committee are discussing gifts to this project. Please e-mail us
if you would be interested as well. Coach Kim and Coach Drew deserve our
support.
On the heels of the school's first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
appearance and fourth consecutive 20-win season, Baylor (26-9 in 2003-04)
is ranked preseason No. 8 in the country by Sports Illustrated. Slam
Magazine has the program ranked No. 3 in the nation.
Junior post Sophia Young is a preseason second-team
All-American by both Lindy's and Athlon magazines. Young averaged 16.7
points and 8.6 rebounds last year and was named to the coaches' All Big-12
team.
In the preseason polls, Lindy's has Baylor rated eight,
while Athlon's ranks the Lady Bears 10th.
Baylor will open the seas0n Nov. 14 against #1 ranked
LSU in the State Farm Women's Tip-Off Classic in Austin. The game will be
televised live on ESPN.
An
interesting development is the move by the Faculty Senate to endorse
Baylor 2012. In short order the Board of Regents and now the Faculty
Senate both, unanimously, endorsed Baylor 2012. We know the students share
the sentiments so speaking for several thousands alums, I guess we are in
good company!
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FOB Steering Committee member Santana Dodson will be
inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame on October 29th. Santana
was a dominant defensive lineman at BU and for Green Bay and Tampa Bay in
the NFL. We will never forget his blocked field goal attempt by defending
national champ Colorado to beat them in Boulder. Fellow FOB Steering
Committee member Robin Jones opened the hole in the line that allowed
Santana to burst through. (at least that is what “Big Cat” says
S.D.).
We
waited till the end of the memo to mention the heart breaking loss at
Homecoming to Iowa State. The good news is, we were a whole lot better
than the final score. Coach Morriss fielded a team that was clearly
superior to their Big XII opponent. That is important to note in this
highly competitive league.
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IT HELPS BAYLOR AND IT'S "ALL
GOOD"!
Sic ’em
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