2017-18 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA SUPPLEMENT Ninth Edition, Baylor Athletics Communications INTRODUCTION © 2017,BaylorUniversityDepartmentofAthletics DEPARTMENT OFATHLETICS 1500 SouthUniversityParksDrive Instagram: @BaylorAthletics Facebook: BaylorAthletics Twitter: @BaylorAthletics Robbie Rogers,MatthewMinard www.BaylorBears.com 920 NorthValleyMillsDrive www.amanystrom.com Baylor Photography Waco, TX76706 David Kaye,JilPrice PHOTOGRAPHY Waco, TX76710 254-710-1234 COMPILATION CREDITS AMA Nystrom David Kaye PRINTING EDITORS department willcarryoutthismission inawaythatre Baylor withcharacterandintegrity. ConsistentwiththeChristianvaluesofUniversity, guidance ofahigh-qualitystaff,pursue excellenceintheirrespectivesports,whilerepresenting legiate athleticsprogramthatattracts, nurturesandgraduatesstudent-athleteswho,underthe To supporttheoverallmissionofUniversitybyprovidinganationally competitiveintercol- BAYLOR ATHLETICSMISSIONSTATEMENT service byintegratingacademicexcellenceandChristiancommitment withinacaringcommunity. The missionofBaylorUniversityistoeducatemenandwomenfor worldwideleadershipand BAYLOR UNIVERSITYMISSIONSTATEMENT nation astosex,color, ornationalorigin,andarenotopposedto quali Baylor Universityisan equalopportunityinstitutionwhoseprograms, services,activitiesandoperationsare withoutdiscrimi- all student-athletesandstaff. fi ed handi capped persons. fl ects fairandequitable opportunities for 2017-18 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL @BAYLORMBB TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA INFORMATION 1 2016-17 REVIEW 39-67 RECORDS 166-209 INTRODUCTION Quick Facts...... 1 Season Notes and Honors ...... 39 Individual Records ...... 166-67 Athletics Communications ...... 2 Results ...... 40 Team Records ...... 168 Media Directory ...... 3 Final Statistics ...... 41-45 1,000-Point Scorers ...... 169-172 Media Information...... 4 Game Recaps ...... 46-63 Individual Leaders ...... 173-181 Opponent Information ...... 5 Departed Letterwinners ...... 64-67 Individual Game Highs ...... 182-185 Schedule ...... 6 Team Season Highs ...... 186 University Administration ...... 7 HISTORY 68-150 Team Single Game Superlatives ...... 187-189 Director of Athletics ...... 8 Program History ...... 68-72 Opponent Records ...... 190 Conference Championships ...... 73 Opponent Team Season Highs ...... 191 PLAYERS 9-26 All-Americans...... 74-75 Miscellaneous Records ...... 192-195 2017-18 Roster ...... 9 All-Time Results ...... 76-92 History ...... 196 Season Outlook ...... 10 Yearly Records ...... 93-94 Ferrell Center Records...... 197 Preseason Notes ...... 11 Baylor Coaches ...... 95 Big 12 Championship Records ...... 198 Photo Roster...... 12 Series Records ...... 96-98 Big 12 Championship Highs ...... 199-200 Manu Lecomte ...... 13 Series Results ...... 99-115 NCAA Tournament Records ...... 201 Jake Lindsey ...... 14 Series Records vs. Conferences ...... 116-117 NIT Records ...... 202 Jo-Lual-Acuil Jr...... 15 Regular Season Tournament History ...... 118-123 Postseason Individual Highs ...... 203 Terry Maston ...... 16 History vs. Nationally Ranked Teams ...... 124-126 NCAA Tournament Team Highs ...... 204 King McClure ...... 17 National Rankings History ...... 127-130 NIT Team Highs ...... 205 ...... 18 100-Point Games ...... 131 Class Category Leaders...... 206-207 Jonathan Davis ...... 19 Overtime Games ...... 132 Baylor Yearly Statistics ...... 208 Tyson Jolly ...... 20 Longest Streaks ...... 133 Opponent Yearly Statistics ...... 209 ...... 20 NCAA Tournament History ...... 134-141 Leonard Allen ...... 21 NIT History ...... 142-145 Tristan Clark ...... 21 SWC Tournament History...... 146 ...... 22 Big 12 Tournament History ...... 147-148 Mario Kegler ...... 22 All-Centennial Team ...... 149 Game-by-Game Career Statistics ...... 23-26 The Immortal Ten ...... 150 Honors ...... 151-156 COACHES & STAFF 27-38 Bears in the Pros ...... 157-158 Head Coach ...... 27-32 Letterwinners ...... 159-161 Assistant Coaches ...... 33-35 Jersey Numbers ...... 162-163 Support Staff ...... 36-38 Starting Lineups ...... 164 Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame ...... 165

QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY 2017-18 PREVIEW ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Location: Waco, Texas Lettermen Returning/Lost: 6/4 Offi ce Phone: 254-710-2743 Chartered: 1845, by the Republic of Texas Newcomers: 4 Fax: 254-710-1369 Enrollment: 17,059 Starters Returning: 3 Athletics Website: www.BaylorBears.com President (interim): Dr. Linda Livingstone (G) Manu Lecomte (Sr.) — 12.2 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 3.8 APG Offi cial Athletics Social Media: @BaylorAthletics Athletic Director: Mack Rhoades (F) Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (Sr.) — 9.2 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 2.5 BPG Offi cial Basketball Social Media: @BaylorMBB Faculty Representative: Jeremy Counseller (G) King McClure (Jr.) — 5.0 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.8 APG Assistant AD/Men’s Basketball Contact: David Kaye Sport Administrator: Dawn Rogers Starters Lost: 2 Email: [email protected] Conference: Big 12 (F) Johnathan Motley — 17.3 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.3 APG Cell: 254-709-5147 Nickname: Bears (G) Ishmail Wainright — 5.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 3.2 APG Twitter: @DavidKaye9 Mascots: Joy and Lady (live Black Bears) Returning Scoring: 55% (1,394 of 2,550 pts) Colors: Green (PMS 560) & Gold (PMS 1235) Returning Rebounding: 44% (588 of 1,327 reb) BAYLOR IMG COLLEGE RADIO NETWORK Arena (capacity): Ferrell Center (10,284) Returning Assists: 55% (301 of 544 ast) Play-by-Play Voice: John Morris (30th season) Returning Blocks: 72% (120 of 167 blk) Email: [email protected] MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY Returning Minutes: 57% (3,975 of 7,000 min) Offi ce: 254-710-3077 First Season: 1906-07 Color Analyst: Pat Nunley (35th season) All-Time Record: 1,314-1,345 (.494) MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Overall Postseason Record: 22-17 (.564) Head Coach: Scott Drew (Butler, 1993) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 Record at Baylor: 277-180 (15th season) Final Four Appearances: 2 (1948, 1950) Career Record: 297-191 (16th season) Last NCAA Appearance: 2017 (Sweet 16) Associate Head Coach: Jerome Tang NIT Appearances: 5 Assistant Coach: Alvin Brooks III Last NIT Appearance: 2013 (champions) Assistant Coach: John Jakus Regular-Season Conference Titles: 5 Director of Video Operations: Ty Beard Associate Dir. of Operations & Recruiting: Aditya Malhotra 2016-17 REVIEW Special Asst. & Dir. of Player Development: Jared Nuness 2016-17 Overall Record: 27-8 Director of Basketball Operations: Bill Peterson 2016-17 Big 12 Record (Finish): 12-6 (t-2nd) Athletic Trainer: David Chandler 2016-17 Postseason: NCAA Sweet 16 Strength & Conditioning: Charlie Melton

1 INTRODUCTION ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS MBB, Golf,Football Assistant AD DAVID KAYE Soccer, Softball,Equestrian Assistant Director JONATHAN HILL Baseball, A&T,Football Associate Director ZACH PETERS Track &Field/XC Volleyball, Men’sTennis, Assistant Director CODY SOTO WBB, Women’sTennis Associate Director JIL PRICE Football Associate Director TAYLOR BRYAN 2017-18 BAYLORMEN’SBASKETBALL WWW.BAYLORBEARS.COM Sport Responsibilities: ZACH PETERS Of Alma Mater: SHELLEY ZYCH Cell: Alma Mater: Sport Responsibilities: CODY SOTO Cell: Alma Mater: Sport Responsibilities: JONATHAN HILL Cell: Alma Mater: Sport Responsibilities: JIL PRICE Cell: Alma Mater: Cell: Alma Mater: Sport Responsibilities: TAYLOR BRYAN Cell: Alma Mater: Sport Responsibilities: DAVID KAYE STAFF DIRECTORY FollowonInstagram:Instagram.com/BaylorAthletics FollowonTwitter:Twitter.com/BaylorAthletics “Like”onFacebook:Facebook.com/BaylorAthletics Social Media www.BaylorBears.com Of Phone 1500 SouthUniversityParksDrive,Waco,TX76706 Second Floor,SimpsonCenter BAYLOR ATHLETICSCOMMUNICATIONS fi fi ce: cial WebSitesofBaylorAthletics 254-338-4859| 254-652-0675| 254-749-0712| 254-652-3092| 254-709-4411| 254-709-5147| : 254-710-2743| 2 254-710-1266| AssociateDirector AssistantDirector IPFW,2011| Baylor,2008| AssistantAD Baylor,2012| Baylor,2016| TarletonState,2014| NorthernIllinois,2007| Troy,2009| AssociateDirector AdministrativeAssistant AssistantDirector AssociateDirector E-mail: E-mail: E-mail: Baseball,Football,Acrobatics&Tumbling E-mail: E-mail: E-mail: Volleyball,Men’sTennis,Track&Field/CrossCountry Soccer,Softball,Equestrian Women’sBasketball,Tennis Football Men’sBasketball,Golf,Women’sFootball Cell: Fax Joined Baylor: Joined Baylor: Joined Baylor: [email protected] Joined Baylor: Joined Baylor: 254-227-8157| [email protected] : 254-710-1369 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Joined Baylor: Joined Baylor: May2017 August2016 November2009 October2017 June2017 E-mail: September2015 February2013 [email protected] INTRODUCTION nba fl 3 @BAYLORMBB 2017-18 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BAYLOR 2017-18 PHONE EMAIL TWITTER EMAIL PHONE PHONE EMAIL TWITTER EMAIL PHONE , 314 W. 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PRACTIVE COVERAGE River side). fi rst break.RowsC1andC2arethe fi rst tworowsontheright-handside(Brazos fi ce runstheOf fi cial AthleticsSite, fi cial Twitter, INTRODUCTION .edu) fl 405-246-5663 214-263-7749 304-293-2821 515-294-1393 405-744-7756 785-864-3474 785-532-7979 806-834-7980 620-218-1693 512-471-1345 352-318-3493 Bryan Messerly ([email protected]) Stephen Howard ([email protected]) Ben Coldagelli ([email protected]) Joni Lehmann ([email protected]) Matt Shoultz ([email protected]) Chris Theisen ([email protected]) Tom Gilbert ([email protected]) Matt Dunaway ([email protected]) Steven Schoon ([email protected]) Scott McConnell ([email protected]) Denver Parler ([email protected] SID: Phone: BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) SID: Phone: WEST VIRGINIA Jan. 9 — Morgantown, W.Va. (WVU Coliseum) Feb. 20 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: IOWA STATE Jan. 13 — Ames, Iowa (Hilton Coliseum) Feb. 3 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: OKLAHOMA STATE Jan. 15 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) Feb. 6 — Stillwater, Okla. (Gallagher-Iba Arena) SID: Phone: KANSAS Jan. 20 — Lawrence, Kan. (Allen Fieldhouse) Feb. 10 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: KANSAS STATE Jan. 22 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) March 3 — Manhattan, Kan. (Bramlage Coliseum) SID: Phone: OKLAHOMA Jan. 30 — Norman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center) Feb. 27 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) TEXAS TECH Arena) Dec. 29 — Lubbock, Texas (United Supermarkets Feb. 17 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: TCU Jan. 2 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) Feb. 24 — Fort Worth, Texas (Schollmaier Arena) SID: Phone: TEXAS Jan. 6 — Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) Feb. 12 — Austin, Texas (Frank Erwin Center) SID: Phone: FLORIDA (O’Connell Center) Gainesville, Fla. SID: Phone: *All times Central and subject to change ESPN Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 11 a.m. Jan. 27 Feb. 27 Feb. 20 Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 Feb. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 30 Dec. 29 March 3 ESPN/2/U Time TBA 7 p.m. — FCS March 7-11 1 p.m. — CBS 5 p.m. — ESPN 8 p.m. — ESPN BIG 12/SEC CHALLENGE BIG 12/SEC 8 p.m. — ESPN2 6 p.m. — ESPN2 6 p.m. — ESPN2 7 p.m. — ESPN2 8 p.m. — ESPN2 8 p.m. — ESPNU 7 p.m. — ESPNU 8 p.m. — ESPNU 1 p.m. — ESPNU 1 p.m. — ESPN/2 11 a.m. — ESPN/2 6:30 p.m. — ESPNU 2 p.m. — ESPNEWS 6 p.m. — ESPNEWS BIG 12 CONFERENCE OPPONENTS BIG 12 CONFERENCE 5 @BAYLORMBB 2017-18 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BAYLOR 2017-18 Rob Anderson ([email protected]) 713-540-3606 713-313-6829 912-358-3430 316-841-6206 936-554-2077 405-912-9030 513-745-3124 361-549-3900 601-877-2322 608-957-2085 501-339-8215 Alex Timiraos ([email protected]) Herman Shelton ([email protected]) Andrew Roberts ([email protected]) Opio Mashariki ([email protected]) Bryan Holmgren ([email protected]) Ben Rikard ([email protected]) Daved Lundeen ([email protected]) Tom Eiser ([email protected]) Jacob Bell ([email protected]) Robbie Kleinmuntz ([email protected]) Patrick Herb ([email protected]) Steve East ([email protected]) SOUTHERN Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: TEXAS SOUTHERN Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: SAVANNAH STATE Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: SAM HOUSTON STATE Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: RANDALL Fort Hood, Texas (Abrams Gym) SID: Phone: UCLA -OR- CREIGHTON Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) UCLA: Creighton: XAVIER Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center) SID: Phone: WICHITA STATE TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS A&M-CORPUS Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: ALCORN STATE Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) SID: Phone: WISCONSIN Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) SID: Phone: CENTRAL ARKANSAS Center) Waco, Texas (Ferrell SID: Phone: FS1 FCS FCS FCS 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. FSSW FSSW Dec. 4 Dec. 9 Dec. 2 7 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN2 ESPNU 12 p.m. Dec. 17 Dec. 14 Nov. 28 Nov. 13 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 10 Dec. 20 FSSW+ FSSW+ ESPN2/3 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 6:30 or 9 p.m. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS NON-CONFERENCE OR N C L ALCORN A OPPONENTS’ ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY COMMUNICATIONS ATHLETICS OPPONENTS’ 2017-18 BAYLOR MEN’S BASKETBALL WWW.BAYLORBEARS.COM 2017-18 SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT) SERIES Nov. 10 CENTRAL ARKANSAS1 Waco, Texas FSSW 12 p.m. Never met Nov. 13 TAMU-CORPUS CHRISTI Waco, Texas FCS 7 p.m. Baylor leads, 2-1 Nov. 17 ALCORN STATE1 Waco, Texas FCS 8 p.m. Baylor leads, 3-0 Nov. 20 vs. Wisconsin2 Kansas City, Mo. ESPN2 8:30 p.m. Wisconsin leads, 1-0 Nov. 21 vs. UCLA -or- Creighton2 Kansas City, Mo. ESPN2/3 6:30 p.m. -or- 9 p.m. UCLA leads 3-1; Creighton leads 3-1 INTRODUCTION Nov. 28 at Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio FS1 5:30 p.m. Baylor leads, 3-0 DECEMBER DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT) SERIES Dec. 2 WICHITA STATE Waco, Texas ESPNU 1 p.m. Series tied, 2-2 Dec. 4 SAM HOUSTON STATE Waco, Texas FSSW+ 7 p.m. Baylor leads, 8-3 Dec. 9 vs. Randall3 Fort Hood, Texas FSSW+ 6 p.m. Never met Dec. 14 TEXAS SOUTHERN Waco, Texas ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Baylor leads, 10-0 Dec. 17 SAVANNAH STATE Waco, Texas FSSW 2 p.m. Baylor leads, 3-0 Dec. 20 SOUTHERN Waco, Texas FCS 7 p.m. Baylor leads, 8-0 Dec. 29 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas FCS 7 p.m. Texas Tech leads, 78-56 JANUARY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT) SERIES Jan. 2 TCU* Waco, Texas ESPNEWS 6 p.m. Baylor leads, 100-81 Jan. 6 TEXAS* Waco, Texas ESPNU 1 p.m. Texas leads, 162-88 Jan. 9 at West Virginia* Morgantown, W.Va. ESPN2 6 p.m. Baylor leads, 8-4 Jan. 13 at Iowa State* Ames, Iowa ESPNEWS 2 p.m. Iowa State leads, 18-15 Jan. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE* Waco, Texas ESPNU 8 p.m. Oklahoma State leads, 54-26 Jan. 20 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. ESPN 5 p.m. Kansas leads, 29-4 Jan. 22 KANSAS STATE* Waco, Texas ESPNU 8 p.m. Kansas State leads, 19-18 Jan. 27 at Florida4 Gainesville, Fla. ESPN 11 a.m. Baylor leads, 1-0 Jan. 30 at Oklahoma* Norman, Okla. ESPN2 8 p.m. Oklahoma leads, 44-14 FEBRUARY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT) SERIES Feb. 3 IOWA STATE* Waco, Texas ESPN2 7 p.m. Iowa State leads, 18-15 Feb. 6 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. ESPNU 7 p.m. Oklahoma State leads, 54-26 Feb. 10 KANSAS* Waco, Texas CBS 1 p.m. Kansas leads, 29-4 Feb. 12 at Texas* Austin, Texas ESPN 8 p.m. Texas leads, 162-88 Feb. 17 TEXAS TECH* Waco, Texas ESPNU 6:30 p.m. Texas Tech leads, 78-56 Feb. 20 WEST VIRGINIA* Waco, Texas ESPN2 6 p.m. Baylor leads, 8-4 Feb. 24 at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas ESPN/2 11 a.m. Baylor leads, 100-81 Feb. 27 OKLAHOMA Waco, Texas ESPN2 8 p.m. Oklahoma leads, 44-14 MARCH DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TV TIME (CT) SERIES March 3 at Kansas State* Manhattan, Kan. ESPN/2 1 p.m. Kansas State leads, 19-18 March 7-10 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship5 Kansas City, Mo. ESPN/2/U TBA Baylor is 16-20 all-time at Big 12 Championships

* – Big 12 Conference games 1 – Hall of Fame Classic Campus Site Games; Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas) 2 – Hall of Fame Classic; Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.) 3 – at Abrams Gym (Fort Hood, Texas) 4 – Big 12/SEC Challenge; O’Connell Center (Gainesville, Fla.) 5 – at Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.)

2018 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP DATES & SITES SELECTION SUNDAY FIRST-SECOND ROUNDS SOUTH REGIONAL FINAL FOUR March 11 March 15 & March 17 March 22 & March 24 March 31 PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Philips Arena (Atlanta, Ga.) Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) Intrust Bank Arena (Wichita, Kan.) March 13 & March 14 American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas) WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio) Taco Bell Arena (Boise, Idaho) March 22 & March 24 April 2 Staples Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) March 16 & March 18 Spectrum Arena (Charlotte, N.C.) EAST REGIONAL Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.) March 23 & March 25 Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tenn.) TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) Viejas Arena (San Diego, Calif.) MIDWEST REGIONAL March 23 & March 25 CenturyLink Center (Omaha, Neb.)

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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 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 signifi cant 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 AACSB is the professional organization for business schools and accredits 786 of the best business schools globally across 53 countries and territo- ries. She chaired the AACSB Committee on Accreditation Policy from 2015 to 2016. Dr. Livingstone is a member of Oklahoma State’s Spears School of Business Hall of Fame and was the fi rst recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus Award. She also was recognized in 2015 with the OSU Distin- guished Alumni Award. 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, BAYLOR FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVES and a Doctor of Philosophy in management and organizational behavior. 1921-41 Henry Trantham Her husband, Brad, also played basketball at Oklahoma State, and their 1942-54 J.D. Bragg daughter, Shelby, is a senior on Rice University’s volleyball team. 1955-60 Abner McCall 1961-68 Monroe S. Carroll 1969-85 Edwin P. Horner 1986-2001 David M. Guinn 2002-13 Mike Rogers 2014- Jeremy Counseller

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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 fi rst sea- MACK RHOADES son-ending fi nish in The Associated Press Top 25 since 1990. INTRODUCTION VICE PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Known as an outstanding fundraiser, Houston raised nearly $100M and ARIZONA, 1993 constructed $160M in new facilities during his tenure, including a new 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 fi ve 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 fi fth-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 fi rst year in The American was argu- and Spiritual Development. ably one of the fi nest 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 fi nish in the Learfi eld Directors’ Cup since 2000-01. as well as the women’s indoor track and fi eld program’s fi rst 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 , 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 fi nal 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 offi ces as well as football University of Akron (2006-09). external operations, men’s basketball, men’s golf, licensing, Miner Athletic His fi rst year in Columbia saw Mizzou student-athletes register the Club and the athletics ticket offi ce. 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 fi rst time since 2006. Bolstered by three (1997-98) before joining the UTEP staff in 1998. top 11 NCAA fi nishes—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 fi nished and Noelle. 43rd in the fi nal 2015-16 Learfi eld Directors’ Cup standings. Rhoades and his staff developed a student-athlete enrichment program, Mizzou Made: Preparing Champions for Life. This innovative and com- prehensive program is part of a campus community partnership focusing 1903-04 R.N. Watts 1959-68 on life skills and career development among other core values. 1907-08 Luther Burleson 1968-71 Before moving to Missouri, Rhoades enjoyed fi ve-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 1992-93 program, hiring 14 new head coaches, including 2015 FWAA First-Year 1920-26 1993-96 Dick Ellis Coach of the Year Tom Herman. Rhoades also oversaw a transformation 1927-40 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 2016- Mack Rhoades In nearly every academic measurement, including grade-point average

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