2017 baylor soccer media almanac

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2017 BAYLOR SOCCER MEDIA ALMANAC
Ninth Edition, Baylor Athletic Communications
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS
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Waco, TX 76706
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EDITORS
Jonathan Hill, Jil Price
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© 2017, Baylor University Department of Athletics
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Baylor University is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic
excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.
BAYLOR ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT
To support the overall mission of the University by providing a nationally competitive intercollegiate athletics program that
attracts, nurtures and graduates student-athletes who, under the guidance of a high-quality staff, pursue excellence in their
respective sports, while representing Baylor with character and integrity. Consistent with the Christian values of the Univer-
sity, the department will carry out this mission in a way that reflects fair and equitable opportunities for all student-athletes
and staff.
Baylor University is an equal opportunity institution whose programs, services, activities and operations are without discrimi-
nation as to sex, color, or national origin, and are not opposed to qualified handic apped persons.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MEDIA INFORMATION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
Table of Contents/Schedule/Quick Facts ......................................................................................................1 Location: Waco, Texas
Chartered: 1845 by the Republic of Texas
Athletic Communications .............................................................................................................................2
Enrollment: 16,959
David Garland, University Interim President ..................................................................................................3
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Jeremy Counseller, Faculty Athletics Representative ....................................................................................3 Conference: Big 12
Mack Rhoades, Athletics Director ................................................................................................................4 Nickname: Bears
Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field ........................................................................................................................5 Colors: Green (PMS 560) & Gold (1235)
Williams Family Soccer & Olympic Sports Center .........................................................................................6 Home Facility: Betty Lou Mays Field
Capacity: 3,000
2016 Roster ................................................................................................................................................7
President: Dr. Linda A. Livingstone
Faculty Athletic Representative: Jeremy Counseller
PLAYERS 11 Director of Athletics: Mack Rhoades
2017 Roster ..............................................................................................................................................11 Sport Administrator: Paul Bradshaw
Returning Players..................................................................................................................................12-21 Associate AD/Business, SWA: Nancy Post
Newcomers ..........................................................................................................................................22-23
SOCCER STAFF
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
COACHES 24 Alma Mater: Presbyterian (SC) College, 1999
Head Coach Paul Jobson ............................................................................................................................24 Career Record: 21-13-5 (.603) (3rd season)
Assistant Coach Chuck Codd .....................................................................................................................25 Record at Baylor: 21-13-5 (.603) (3rd season)
Associate Head Coach: Chuck Codd
Assistant Coach Matt Smith ......................................................................................................................26
Alma Mater: North Carolina State, 1990
Support Staff .......................................................................................................................................27-28
Assistant Coach: Matt Smith
Alma Mater: South Carolina, 2009
2016 REVIEW 29 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Hanna Gilmore
2016 Results .............................................................................................................................................29 Alma Mater: Baylor, 2012
2016 Statistics .........................................................................................................................................30 Director of Ops: Justine Hovden
Alma Mater: Baylor, 2015
Athletic Trainer: Kristen Bartiss
HISTORY 31
Alma Mater: Ithaca College, 2013
Year-By-Year Results ............................................................................................................................31-33 Athletic Performance: Stacie Skodinski
Big 12 Standings Year-By-Year ..................................................................................................................34 Alma Mater: Eastern Michigan, 2011
Vs. All Opponents/ Yearly Team Statistics ..................................................................................................35
TEAM INFORMATION
Yearly Statistical Leaders ..........................................................................................................................36
2016 Record: 12-7-1
All-Time Letterwinners ...............................................................................................................................37
2016 Big 12 Record (Finish): 4-3-1 (t-3rd)
All-Time Jersey Numbers ...........................................................................................................................38 2016 Final NSCAA Coaches Ranking: NR
Individual Honors ..................................................................................................................................39-40 2016 Final Top Drawer Soccer Ranking: NR
2016 Final Soccer America Ranking: NR
2016 Final NCAA RPI Ranking: 68th
RECORDS 41
2016 Postseason: Big 12 Championship (Semifinals)
Individual Records .................................................................................................................................41-44
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 20/11
Team Records ............................................................................................................................................45 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6
Newcomers: 8
Letterwinners Returning (20):
Precious Akanyirige*, Kennedy Brown, Maggie Burton, Jackie
Crowther, Delanie Davis, Aline De Lima, Haley Foster, Julie James*,
Audrey Johnston, Sarah King*, Marissa Kinsey, Ariel Leach, Lauren
O’Connell, Raegan Padgett*, Hannah Parrish, Lauren Piercy*, Kylie
Ross*, Caitlin Schwartz, Halee Sowinski, Ashley Thornhill
* - returning starter (10+ starts in ‘16)
Letterwinners Lost (11):
Bridget Hamway*, Emory Cason*, Marissa Sullivan*, Lindsay
Burns*, Ashley York*, Sara Martinson*, Rebecca Gartner, Ashanti
Carey, Katie Milberger, Amanda Hoglund*, Sommer Stanley
* - 2016 starter
Newcomers (8):
Sarah Bevington, Zionah Browne, Emily Bunnell, Ally Henderson,
Chelsea Jumratie, Tanner Kaplan, Jen Wandt, Camryn Wendlandt

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION
Office phone: [phone]
Athletics Website: BaylorBears.com
Official Athletics Twitter: @BaylorAthletics
Official Soccer Twitter: @BaylorFutbol
Official Soccer Facebook: BaylorFutbol
Official Soccer Instagram: @BaylorFutbol
Soccer Contact: Jonathan Hill
Email: [email protected]
Office: [phone]
Cell: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Second Floor, Simpson Center
1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706
Phone: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
Official Web Sites of Baylor Athletics
www.BaylorBears.com
Social Media
“Like” on Facebook: Facebook.com/BaylorAthletics
DAVID KAYE TAYLOR BRYAN Follow on Twitter: Twitter.com/BaylorAthletics
Director Associate Director
Follow on Instagram: Instagram.com/BaylorAthletics
MBB, Golf, Football Football
STAFF DIRECTORY
DAVID KAYE Director
Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Football
Alma Mater: Baylor, 2008 | Joined Baylor: November 2009
Cell: 254-709-5147 | E-mail: [email protected]
TAYLOR BRYAN Associate Director
Sport Responsibilities: Football
ZACH PETERS JIL PRICE Alma Mater: Troy, 2009 | Joined Baylor: May 2017
Associate Director Associate Director Cell: 254-709-4411 | E-mail: [email protected]
Baseball, A&T, Football WBB, Women’s Tennis
ZACH PETERS Associate Director
Sport Responsibilities: Baseball, Football, Acrobatics & Tumbling
Alma Mater: Northern Illinois, 2007 | Joined Baylor: February 2013
Cell: 254-749-0712 | E-mail: [email protected]
JIL PRICE Associate Director
Sport Responsibilities: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis
Alma Mater: IPFW, 2011 | Joined Baylor: August 2016
JONATHAN HILL CODY SOTO Cell: 254-652-3092 | E-mail: [email protected]
Assistant Director Assistant Director
Soccer, Softball, Equestrian Volleyball, Men’s Tennis, JONATHAN HILL Assistant Director
Track & Field/XC
Sport Responsibilities: Soccer, Softball, Equestrian
Alma Mater: Tarleton State, 2014 | Joined Baylor: September 2015
Cell: 254-652-0675 | E-mail: [email protected]
CODY SOTO Assistant Director
Sport Responsibilities: Volleyball, Men’s Tennis, Track & Field/Cross Country
Alma Mater: Baylor, 2016 | Joined Baylor: June 2017
Cell: 254-338-4859 | E-mail: [email protected]
LAUREN SMITH
Administrative Assistant LAUREN SMITH Administrative Assistant
Office: 254-710-1266 | Cell: 254-709-4160 | E-mail: [email protected]
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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
DR. LINDA A. LIVINGSTONE JEREMY COUNSELLER
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE
OKLAHOMA STATE, 1982 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, 1996
Dr. Linda A. Livingstone began her tenure as Baylor University’s Professor Jeremy Counseller is in his fourth year as Baylor’s Faculty
15th president on June 1, 2017. A distinguished scholar and academic Representative to the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. He has been a
leader, she previously served as dean and professor of management at member of the Baylor Law faculty since 2003.
The George Washington University School of Business from 2014 to 2017 Professor Counseller graduated from Baylor Law School with honors
and as dean of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and and was a member of the Baylor Law Review, the Order of the Barristers,
Management from 2002 to 2014. and the interscholastic moot court and mock trial teams. He also earned
Dr. Livingstone’s presidency marks her return to Baylor after time on an M.B.A. from Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business and a B.A. summa
the Waco campus from 1991 to 2002. She was an assistant professor and cum laude from Stephen F. Austin State University.
an associate professor in the Department of Management before serving Following his graduation from law school, Professor Counseller served
for four years as associate dean of graduate programs for the Hankamer as a law clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza of the United States
School of Business. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Counseller then entered
While at Pepperdine, Dr. Livingstone oversaw a $200 million expansion private practice in Houston, Texas, with Bracewell & Patterson, LLP (now
of the school’s graduate campuses, the addition of an executive conference Bracewell & Giuliani LLP), where he was an associate in the trial section.
center and a significant increase in scholarship support for students. At Mr. Counseller also served as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in
GWU, she led the development of a strategic plan for the business school McLennan County, Texas, where he prosecuted both misdemeanors and
that built on the school’s culture of service and its unique location in our felonies.
nation’s capital to enhance the school’s global focus. Professor Counseller has authored articles and presented papers on var-
A strong voice for the role of faith-based institutions in American high- ious evidentiary and procedural issues. He is also the co-author and editor
er education, Dr. Livingstone has established herself as a scholar in orga- of the Handbook of Texas Evidence (Civil Practice). In 2006, the President
nizational behavior, leadership and creativity with deep expertise in the of the State Bar of Texas appointed him to serve on the Administration of
area of university accreditation. She has been extensively published and the Rules of Evidence Committee. He is also the Contributing Evidence
cited in academic and professional outlets, with her publications including Editor of the State Bar of Texas’s General Practice Digest. In 2007, Baylor
articles in American Business Review, Journal of Organizational Behavior, University designated Professor Counseller an outstanding tenure track
Journal of High Technology Management Research and the book Business faculty member in recognition of distinguished teaching.
and Corporate Integrity: Sustaining Organizational Compliance, Ethics Professor Counseller teaches Civil Procedure and Texas and Federal
and Trust. She also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Procedure in Baylor Law School’s renowned Practice Court program. He
Capital Southwest Industrials, a public company traded under the symbol also is a coach of the Law School’s interscholastic moot court and mock
“CSWI” on the NASDAQ since 2015. trial teams. In 2005, he was the coach of Baylor Law School’s Association
Dr. Livingstone’s many academic and professional accomplishments of Trial Lawyers of America national championship mock trial team.
including serving as chair of the board of the international Association to
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) from 2014 to 2015. The BAYLOR FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVES
AACSB is the professional organization for business schools and accredits 1921-41 Henry Trantham
786 of the best business schools globally across 53 countries and territo- 1942-54 J.D. Bragg
ries. She chaired the AACSB Committee on Accreditation Policy from 2015 1955-60 Abner McCall
to 2016. 1961-68 Monroe S. Carroll
Dr. Livingstone is a member of Oklahoma State’s Spears School of 1969-85 Edwin P. Horner
Business Hall of Fame and was the first recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. 1986-2001 David M. Guinn
Alumnus Award. She also was recognized in 2015 with the OSU Distin- 2002-13 Mike Rogers
guished Alumni Award. 2014- Jeremy Counseller
A native of Perkins, Oklahoma, Dr. Livingstone played varsity basket-
ball at Oklahoma State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science
in economics and management, a Master of Business Administration,
and a Doctor of Philosophy in management and organizational behavior.
Her husband, Brad, also played basketball at Oklahoma State, and their
daughter, Shelby, is a senior on Rice University’s volleyball team.
BAYLOR PRESIDENTS
1846-1851 Henry Lee Graves
1851-1861 Rufus Columbus Burleson
1861-1863 George Washington Baines
1864-1885 William Carey Crane
1885-1886 Reddin Andrews
1886-1897 Rufus C. Burleson
1899-1902 Oscar Henry Cooper
1902-1931 Samuel Palmer Brooks
1932-1947 Pat Morris Neff
1948-1961 William R. White
1961-1981 Abner Vernon McCall
1981-1995 Herbert H. Reynolds
1995-2005 Robert B. Sloan Jr.
2006-2008 John M. Lilley
2010-2016 Kenneth Winston Starr
2017-Pres. Linda A. Livingstone
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VICE PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
and the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, Houston registered record
achievements. He also unveiled the Cougar Pride Leadership Academy to
equip student-athletes with life-long leadership and life skills.
Houston’s football team appeared in four bowl games during Rhoades’
six seasons, and enjoyed a historic 2011 campaign which saw it climb to
No. 6 in the BCS standings en route to a 13-1 record and its first sea-
MACK RHOADES son-ending finish in The Associated Press Top 25 since 1990.
VICE PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Known as an outstanding fundraiser, Houston raised nearly $100M and
constructed $160M in new facilities during his tenure, including a new
ARIZONA, 1993
on-campus football stadium, a men’s and women’s basketball training center,
Mack B. Rhoades, IV, who has provided outstanding leadership and a golf academy and a short game facility. Rhoades also negotiated one of the
vision for three NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletic programs, was nation’s top five facility naming rights agreements at the collegiate level and
named Baylor University’s Vice President and Director of Athletics on secured a new multi-media rights deal for Houston. Cougar Pride, Houston
July 13, 2016. Athletics’ fundraising arm, set an annual donation record for the fifth-consec-
Since his arrival, Rhoades has surrounded himself with a dynamic utive year in 2013-14 as more than 3,100 Cougar Pride members contributed
leadership team. Together, Rhoades and his administrative team have $4.5M to eclipse the previous mark of $3.5M set the previous year.
chartered a new mission for the Baylor Athletics department: Preparing Rhoades and University of Houston President Dr. Renu Khator success-
Champions for Life. No team or individual is successful without a cham- fully steered the institution into an exciting new era when it was invited in
pionship process, and Preparing Champions for Life is centered on four December 2011 to join The American Athletic Conference beginning with
pillars: Academic Achievement, Athletic Success, Social Responsibility the 2013-14 academic year. Houston’s first year in The American was argu-
and Spiritual Development. ably one of the finest in school history, as its 2013-14 teams combined for
Athletically, 18 of Baylor’s 19 teams earned postseason berths in 2016-17, 157 victories, 17 American individual championships, 10 NCAA postseason
resulting in acrobatics and tumbling’s third consecutive NCATA Champi- berths and a pair of American team titles. That successful surge led to Hous-
onship, Big 12 Championship titles for women’s basketball and equestrian, ton’s highest national finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup since 2000-01.
as well as the women’s indoor track and field program’s first conference Rhoades served as chair of the American Athletic Conference Athletics
title. Additionally, the football team won the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl, earning Directors Committee, Athletics Directors Executive Committee and Ath-
back-to-back bowl victories for the fourth time in program history. letics Directors Finance Committee after having served Conference USA
Baylor continued its successful run academically in 2016-17, recording as chairperson for its Championship and Site Selection Committees.
its 17th and 18th consecutive semesters with 3.0 or better GPAs (3.27 in the Prior to his arrival at Houston, Rhoades helped the University of Akron
fall, 3.26 in the spring). Baylor led the Big 12 in Graduation Success Rate achieve unprecedented academic and athletic success. During his tenure,
(GSR) for the third straight year after 125 student-athletes earned degrees Zip student-athletes earned: 765 total Dean’s List honors, 213 All-Confer-
in the calendar year. Eleven of 15 BU athletics programs tracked by the ence honors, 83 Academic All-Conference awards, 20 team championships,
NCAA matched or improved their Academic Progress Rate (APR), nine 14 Conference Player of the Year awards and 12 All-America honors.
programs led the Big 12 with perfect one-year APR scores, 11 performed Rhoades’ Akron tenure was also marked by the construction of a $61.6M
equal to or better than the national average and softball received an Aca- on-campus football stadium, the creation of a women’s golf program, three-
demic Performance Program Award after recording a perfect multi-year time recognition for the department’s diversity strategy and the hiring of 11
APR score of 1,000. A total of 142 Bears were named to the Academic All- head coaches. UA student-athletes also generously gave back the commu-
Big 12 Team and a school record and conference-leading 61 were named nity during Rhoades’ tenure providing more than 5,000 service hours to the
to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team. greater Akron area during each of the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years.
The Bears remain committed to giving back, as a total of 502 coaches, stu- He served as a member of the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports
dent-athletes, administrators and staff packed a school-record 139,968 meals Management Cabinet—as well as its Administrative Committee, and led
at the annual Feed My Starving Children initiative. For the ninth consecutive the Mid-American Conference External Affairs Committee. Rhoades also
year, Baylor’s Sports Mission Team traveled to share the love of Christ and helped then-MAC Commissioner Rick Chryst negotiate an unprecedented
serve as ministry partners in Maceio, Brazil. Additionally, more than 200 TV contract for the league with ESPN.
student-athletes regularly participated in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Rhoades went to Akron after seven years at UTEP, where he worked
Rhoades joined the Baylor family from the University of Missouri, his way up the department ranks to become the Miners Executive Senior
where he spent the previous year (2015-16) leading the 20-sport South- Associate Athletics Director after starting as Assistant Athletics Director
eastern Conference intercollegiate athletics department, and he previously for Development. In his final position at UTEP, Rhoades oversaw all
served in similar capacities at the University of Houston (2009-15) and the fundraising, the marketing and media relations offices as well as football
University of Akron (2006-09). external operations, men’s basketball, men’s golf, licensing, Miner Athletic
His first year in Columbia saw Mizzou student-athletes register the Club and the athletics ticket office.
highest one-semester grade-point in school history at 3.03 for the fall 2015 Rhoades, who holds a bachelor’s degree in health sciences from the
term; Barry Odom hired as the Tigers’ head football coach; wrestler J’den University of Arizona (1993) and a master’s of science degree in athlet-
Cox win an NCAA title and earn a berth on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team; ics administration/sports management from Indiana University (2002),
the Tigers’ men’s swimming and diving team place a program-best eighth began his intercollegiate athletics career as a marketing assistant in the
at the NCAA Championship and its women’s basketball program return Yale athletic department (1996) and worked in development at Marquette
to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. Bolstered by three (1997-98) before joining the UTEP staff in 1998.
top 11 NCAA finishes—wrestling (sixth), men’s swimming and diving Rhoades and his wife, Amy, have three daughters - Nicolette, Natalie
(eighth) and women’s swimming and diving (11th), Missouri finished and Noelle.
43rd in the final 2015-16 Learfield Directors’ Cup standings.
Rhoades and his staff developed a student-athlete enrichment program,
Mizzou Made: Preparing Champions for Life. This innovative and com-
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prehensive program is part of a campus community partnership focusing
1903-04 R.N. Watts 1959-68 John Bridgers
on life skills and career development among other core values.
1907-08 Luther Burleson 1968-71 Bill Henderson
Before moving to Missouri, Rhoades enjoyed five-and-a-half rewarding
1908-11 Enoch Mills 1971-80 Jack Patterson
years guiding the athletic fortunes at the University of Houston as Vice
1913-14 Norman Paine 1980-92 Bill Menefee
President for Intercollegiate Athletics. He reignited the Cougars’ entire
1914-20 Charles Mosley 1992-93 Grant Teaff
program, hiring 14 new head coaches, including 2015 FWAA First-Year
1920-26 Frank Bridges 1993-96 Dick Ellis
Coach of the Year Tom Herman. Rhoades also oversaw a transformation
1927-40 Morley Jennings 1996-03 Tom Stanton
of the student-athlete experience while also directing marked improve-
1941-49 Ralph Wolf 2003-16 Ian McCaw
ments in the areas of academics, facilities, fundraising and athletic success.
1950-59 George Sauer 2016- Mack Rhoades
In nearly every academic measurement, including grade-point average
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BETTY LOU MAYS SOCCER FIELD
Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field is set in the plush backdrop of the game, played on Aug. 30, 1996, as the Bears beat Pittsburgh, 12-2,
Brazos River on University Parks Drive. The field is part of the in front of 227 fans.
Jim and Julie Turner Riverfront Athletic Complex, which includes In 1999, the team moved just down the street to open what was
Baylor Ballpark, Getterman Stadium and the Hurd Tennis Center. originally called Baylor Soccer Stadium. The 3,000-seat stadium
The 2017 season marks the 19th year for the Baylor soccer team improved upon the old field by adding lights for night games, an
at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. The former Baylor Soccer Stadium improved press box, and a natural-turf playing field that features
was named during the 2000 season in honor of the late Betty Lou underground irrigation.
Mays of Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Mays was the wife of Troy Mays, New benches and dugout areas were added prior to the 2000
a 1945 graduate of Baylor; the two were longtime supporters of season, highlighted with red brick and green steel to match the
Baylor Athletics. theme that runs throughout campus and the rest of the Turner
A number of upgrades over the past few years have really Athletic Complex. Two years later, an upgraded sound system
made “Betty Lou” a great soccer environment. Most recently, the was installed to further improve the fans’ enjoyment of the game.
program received a very generous $1.5 million gift from Billy and The largest crowd ever to see a regular season game at Betty
Elaine Williams of Naples, Fla., that helped create the $3.3 million Lou Mays Field came in 2002 as Baylor tied Texas A&M, 1-1,
Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center that opened in front of 1,488 fans. The second-largest regular season crowd
in August of 2015 and was dedicated to the Williams family on (1,372) attended the first game at the new facility against San
Aug. 20, 2015. Diego in 1999. The game marked the first time that Baylor played
In 2013, a new press box was added, featuring a pair of radio/ on its new home field and came on the heels of the Bears winning
TV booths, more media seats and amenities. the first Big 12 championship in school history for any program
Thanks to a generous gift from the Troy Mays Foundation, over the previous season.
$250,000 worth of improvements were made to the Bears’ home in The spring of 2001 saw the biggest crowd ever when Baylor
2007. Through the gift, a gated fence was placed along the perime- hosted the Mexican Women’s National Team. A crowd of 1,810
ter of the stadium to enclose the soccer field. The fence is support- fans saw the Bears beat the visiting Nationals, 3-1, on April 18,
ed by a number of brick-laid posts that are similar to those seen 2001, making the exhibition the largest home crowd in Baylor
around the Baylor campus. In addition, a brick façade was added soccer history.
around the stands and the press box. The improvements give the
facility more of a “stadium-feel.”
When Baylor introduced its soccer program in 1996, the Bears
played at Baylor Soccer Field, next to the Baylor Marina. The
Bears played at that location from 1996 through 1998, compiling
a 26-2-1 record at home, including a perfect 8-0 mark in 1998.
Baylor Soccer Field was the site of the program’s first-ever soccer
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WILLIAMS FAMILY SOCCER & OLYMPIC SPORTS CENTER
Thanks to a gift of $1.5 million from Billy and Elaine Williams range of amenities. Its features include a coaches suite and locker
of Naples, Fla., Baylor University created the Williams Family and training rooms dedicated to the soccer program, encompass-
Soccer and Olympic Sports Center, an on-campus, $3.3-million ing approximately 2,300 square feet and including 35 player lock-
facility approved by Baylor’s Board of Regents at its October 2013 ers. The facility also provides the team and other sports housed
meeting. The building opened in August of 2015 and was dedi- in the Turner Complex with a 5,000-square-foot weight room and
cated to the Williams family on Aug. 20, 2015. visiting team locker rooms, as well as public restrooms and areas
Located near the entrance to the field, the 14,500-square-foot for concessions and laundry.
building provides the program and other student-athletes with a
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OPPONENTS’ ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY
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NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS CONFERENCE OPPONENTS N
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Aug. 18 vs. UL-Lafayette Sep. 22 vs. West Virginia R
Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) O
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5:00 p.m. CT SID: David Collins ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Shannon McNamara ([email protected]) U
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone] C
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Aug. 20 vs. Wyoming Sep. 24 vs. Iowa State I
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Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) N
6:00 p.m. CT SID: Kyle Charles ([email protected]) 1:00 p.m. CT SID: Zach Gourley ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Aug. 25 at Rice Sep. 29 at Oklahoma
Houston, Texas (Holloway Field) Norman, Okla. (John Crain Field)
7:00 p.m. CT SID: John Sullivan ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Andie Beene ([email protected])/Tyler Pigg ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Aug. 27 at Houston Baptist Oct. 1 at Oklahoma State
Houston, Texas (Sorrels Field) Stillwater, Okla. (Cowgirl Soccer Complex)
5:00 p.m. CT SID: Jeff Sutton ([email protected]) 1:00 p.m. CT SID: Wade McWhorter ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Sep. 1 vs. UTSA Oct. 6 vs. Texas Tech
Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Field)
7 p.m. CT SID: Tony Baldwin ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Michael Minshew ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Sep. 3 vs. Ball State Oct. 13 at Kansas State
Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Manhattan, Kan. (K-State Soccer Complex)
12 p.m. CT SID: Tyson Mathews ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Randy Peterson ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Sep. 8 at Portland Oct. 15 at Kansas
Portland, Ore. (Clive Charles Soccer Complex) Lawrence, Kan. (Rock Chalk Park)
9:00 p.m. CT SID: Adam Linnman ([email protected]) 1:00 p.m. CT SID: Brad Gilbert ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Sep. 10 vs. Washington Oct. 20 vs. Texas
Portland, Ore. (Clive Charles Soccer Complex) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Field)
2:00 p.m. CT SID: Matt Swanson ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Brian Davis ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Sep. 17 at SMU Oct. 27 at TCU
Dallas, Texas (Westcott Field) Fort Worth, Texas (Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium)
8:30 p.m. CT SID: Spencer Stewart ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Brandie Davidson ([email protected])
Phone: [phone] Phone: [phone]
Nov. 1-5 Big 12 Soccer Championship
Kansas City, Mo. (Swope Soccer Village)
TBA SID: Rachel Coe ([email protected])
Phone: [phone]
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TI Soccer and looks forward to assisting you during the 2017 season. Our offices are Baylor University is committed to a policy of equal access for both male and
UC located on the second floor of the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on South female reporters and photographers.
D University Parks Drive. The Baylor locker room is closed to the media. Head coach Paul Jobson and
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R To better assist in your coverage, please take time to read the information found on requested players will be made available for interviews after the NCAA 10-minute
NT the ensuing pages in this almanac. These policies have been established in consdiera- cooling off period on the field at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field .
I tion of the media’s needs, as well as those of Baylor’s student-athletes and coaches Media are asked to submit a list of player interview requests to Jonathan Hill prior
to create a positive work environment for all concerned. to the end of the game. The visiting SID will handle all requests for postgame media
If additional information or assistance is required, please contact Jonathan Hill, with the visiting team. If no visiting SID is available, media are asked to submit their
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, or any other member of the Baylor request to Jonathan Hill.
Athletic Communications staff. We appreciate your coverage of Baylor Soccerand look
forward to working with you this season. PHOTOGRAPHY
Baylor follows NCAA and Big 12 Conference rules regarding media representatives
GENERAL INFORMATION photographing games.
All requests for working media, radio, television or photo credentials should Only properly credentialed photographers will be allowed in the designated photo
be made in writing by sports editors or sports directors of accredited media outlets areas of Getterman Stadium as specified by the NCAA and Big 12 Conference.
on company letterhead. All requests should be made as early as possible and should No flash photography is allowed during game action at Betty Lou Mays
be limited to working media only. Requests made within 24 hours of the game may Soccer Field. Photographers will be removed from the facility, if not in compli-
not be considered. All credential requests should be sent via e-mail to Jonathan Hill, ance.
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, at [email protected].
Credentials will be available for day-of-game pickup at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field BAYLOR VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FTP SITE
media will call (trailer or ticket office in the plaza outside between Getterman Stadium Baylor provides broadcast-quality video of home game postgame highlights via FTP
and Baylor Ballpark.) download. Contact Jeromy Otter (254-230-3440, [email protected]) for
There is no media parking at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field and is available to the more information.
public on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Requests from individuals not employed by a media outlet will not be considered. BAYLOR MEDIA SITE
An all-encompassing media page can be found on Baylor’s website at: http://www.
WEB-BASED MEDIA baylorbears.com/ot/bay-media.html. Among the information available at this site are
Web-based media from sites affiliated with established, nationally recognized links and pdfs of statistics, game notes, quick facts and directions as well as photo/
news-gathering organizations are eligible for media credentials. Online media with logo downloads and video FTP information.
an emphasis on the recruitment of potential student-athletes (that meet the above For access information, please contact [email protected].
qualification) can request one (1) credential for the sole purpose of writing a game/
event recap. SOCIAL MEDIA
Credentials will not be granted to any online agency operating sites that are in any In addition to following the most up-to-date information on Baylor’s Official Athlet-
way affiliated with gambling. Nor will credentials be granted to “fan-submitted” or ics Site, www.BaylorBears.com, the Baylor Athletic Communication office runs the
un-edited sites that are not affiliated with an established news-gathering organization Official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts for Baylor Athletics (@BaylorAth-
and/or sites whose sole entity is fan-generated message boards that allow the posting letics), as well as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Periscope for Baylor Soccer
of anonymous comments. (@BaylorFutbol).
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CREDENTIALS DIRECTIONS TO HIGHERS ATHLETIC COMPLEX
Baylor follows NCAA and Big 12 Conference rules regarding media representatives The Highers Athletic Complex, which includes the Simpson Center and the Allison
photographing games. Indoor Practice Facility, is located on the south bank of the Brazos River at 1500
Only properly credentialed photographers will be allowed in the designated photo South University Parks Drive in Waco. Those traveling to the Highers Complex via In-
areas of Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field as specified by the NCAA and Big 12 Confer- terstate 35 should take the University Parks Drive exit (#335B); the facility is located
ence. one-half mile east of Interstate 35 (left side of road), just past the Mayborn Museum.
Photo credentials are subject to revocation by the Baylor Athletic Communications
Office at any time. DIRECTIONS TO BETTY LOU MAYS SOCCER FIELD
Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field — and the entire Turner Riverfront Complex —
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS is located at the intersection of University Parks Drive and LaSalle Ave.
Baylor players and coaches will be available for in-person or phone interviews • From the north, drive south on I-35, take University Parks Drive exit and turn
before or after practice. Player interviews must be coordinated through Assistant Di- east (left) to intersection of University Parks and LaSalle.
rector of Communications Jonathan Hill at least 24 hours in advance. If a telephone • From the south, drive north on I-35, take University Parks Drive exit and turn
interview is desired, the player will be provided with the number and will telephone east (right) to intersection of University Parks and LaSalle.
the interviewer at a time that does not interfere with the student-athlete’s academic • From the west, drive east on Hwy. 84 to Hwy. 6/Loop 340. Turn east (right)
schedule. Student-athlete’s personal numbers will not be given out under any and take Hwy. 6/Loop 340 to I-35. Turn north (left) on I-35, take the University Parks
circumstances. Drive exit and turn east (right) to intersection of University Parks and LaSalle.
• From the east, drive west on Hwy. 84 to I-35. Turn south on I-35 (left), take the Uni-
PRACTICE COVERAGE versity Parks Drive exit and turn east (left) to intersection of University Parks and LaSalle.
All Baylor Bears practices are closed to the media and the public, unless otherwise • From the northwest, take Hwy. 6 to I-35. Turn north (left), take the University
authorized by Baylor Athletic Communications staff or the Baylor Soccer staff. Parks Drive exit and turn east (right) to intersection of University Parks and LaSalle.
• From the southwest, take Hwy. 6 to Bus. 77 exit. Bus 77 become LaSalle and

leads directly to the Ferrell Center.

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