2017 BAYLOR SOCCER MEDIA ALMANAC Ninth Edition, Baylor Athletic Communications DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS

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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 handicapped­ persons. 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER @BaylorFutbol TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEDIA INFORMATION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents/Schedule/Quick Facts...... 1 Location: Waco, Texas Athletic Communications...... 2 Chartered: 1845 by the Republic of Texas Enrollment: 16,959 David Garland, University Interim President...... 3 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Jeremy Counseller, Faculty Athletics Representative...... 3 Conference: Big 12 , 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) Assistant Coach Matt Smith...... 26 Associate Head Coach: Chuck Codd 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 Yearly Statistical Leaders...... 36 TEAM INFORMATION 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 RECORDS 41 2016 Final NCAA RPI Ranking: 68th 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: 254-710-2743 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: (254) 710-3065 Cell: (254) 652-0675 Fax: (254)710-1369

1 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER BAYLORBEARS.COM ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Second Floor, Simpson Center 1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706 Phone: 254-710-2743 | Fax: 254-710-1369 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]

2 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER @BaylorFutbol 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 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 1851-1861 Rufus Columbus Burleson 1861-1863 George Washington Baines 1864-1885 1885-1886 1886-1897 Rufus C. Burleson 1899-1902 Oscar Henry Cooper 1902-1931 1932-1947 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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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 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 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 , 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- prehensive program is part of a campus community partnership focusing BAYLOR ATHLETICS DIRECTORS 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 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 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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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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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

6 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER @BaylorFutbol OPPONENTS’ ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY INTRODUCTION NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS CONFERENCE OPPONENTS Aug. 18 vs. UL-Lafayette Sep. 22 vs. West Virginia Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) 5:00 p.m. CT SID: David Collins ([email protected]) 7:00 p.m. CT SID: Shannon McNamara ([email protected]) Phone: 337-482-6329 Phone: 304-293-2821 Aug. 20 vs. Wyoming Sep. 24 vs. Iowa State Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) Waco, Texas (Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field) 6:00 p.m. CT SID: Kyle Charles ([email protected]) 1:00 p.m. CT SID: Zach Gourley ([email protected]) Phone: 307-766-2290 Phone: 515-294-2008 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: 832-250-9000 Phone: 405-325-8234 / 405-325-3671 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: 281-649-3208 Phone: 405-744-7853 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: 512-983-0908 Phone: 806-742-2770 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: 765-285-8242 Phone: 785-532-7975 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: 503-943-7731 Phone: 785-864-7788 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: 206-543-2230 Phone: 512-471-9801 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: 214-768-4723 Phone: 817-257-7969 Nov. 1-5 Big 12 Soccer Championship Kansas City, Mo. (Swope Soccer Village) TBA SID: Rachel Coe ([email protected]) Phone: 469-524-1039

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The Baylor Athletic Communications Office appreciates your interest in Baylor POSTMATCH INTERVIEWS 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 located on the second floor of the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on South female reporters and photographers. University Parks Drive. The Baylor locker room is closed to the media. Head coach Paul Jobson and 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 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 . INTRODUCTION 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.

8 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER @BaylorFutbol MEDIA DIRECTORY INTRODUCTION PRINT MEDIA (MAILING ADDRESS) PHONE EMAIL TWITTER ASSOCIATED PRESS, 4851 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75244-6002 972-991-2100 [email protected] @hawkaptexas Stephen Hawkins

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, P.O. Box 670, Austin, Texas 78767 512-445-3627 [email protected] @txsportsnews Rich Tijerina, Deputy Sports Editor; Brian Davis, Suzanne Halliburton 800-777-0833 [email protected] @BDavisAAS [email protected] @suzhalliburton BAYLOR LARIAT, P.O. Box 97330, Waco, Texas 76798 254-710-1711 [email protected] @bulariat

BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE, Box 3071, Beaumont, Texas 77704 409-880-0745 [email protected] @eric_narcisse Eric Narcisse, Sports Editor

DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 508 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75202 214-977-8444 [email protected] @SportsDayDFW Chuck Carlton, Beat Writer 800-431-0010 [email protected] @ChuckCarltonDMN

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, P.O. Box 1870, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817-390-7760 [email protected] @sportsdfw Celeste Williams, Sports Editor [email protected] @cexwilliams

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 801 Texas Ave., Houston, Texas 77002 713-220-7891 [email protected] Nick Mathews, Sports Editor

KILLEEN DAILY HERALD, P.O. Box 1300, Killeen, TX 76540-1300 254-501-7563 [email protected] @KDHsports Allan Mandell, Sports Editor

LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL, P.O. Box 491, Lubbock, Texas 79408 806-762-8844 [email protected] @RaiderSports Nicholas Talbot, Sports Editor; Krista Pirtle

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, Texas 78297 210-250-3359 [email protected] @mySA Jim Lefko, Sports Editor

TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM, P.O. Box 6114, Temple, Texas 76503 254-778-4444 [email protected] @TDTSports Eric Drennan, Sports Editor [email protected]

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD, 900 Franklin, Waco, Texas 76703 254-757-5710 [email protected] @WacoTribSports Brice Cherry, Sports Editor; John Werner, Beat Writer [email protected] @BriceCherry 254-757-5716 [email protected] @JohnWernerTrib

TELEVISION MEDIA (MAILING ADDRESS) PHONE EMAIL TWITTER FSN SOUTHWEST, 100 E. Royal Lane, Suite 200, Irving, Texas 75039 972-868-1800 [email protected] @FSSouthwest Kurt Deichert

KWTX-TV (CBS 10), 6700 American Plaza, Waco, TX, 76712 254-776-1330 [email protected] @HeinInSports Troy Stein, Taylor Williamson [email protected] @TBWilliamson @254sports KXXV-TV (ABC 25), P.O. Box 2522, Waco, Texas 76710 254-754-2541 [email protected] @John_Elizondo John Elizondo, Katie Engleson [email protected] @KatieEngleson25 @KXXVSports KCEN-TV, (NBC 6) P.O. Box 6103, Temple, Texas 76503 254-859-5481 [email protected] @NickCanizales Nick Canizales, Jessica Morrey [email protected] @JessicaMorrey @KCENSports

RADIO MEDIA (MAILING ADDRESS) PHONE EMAIL TWITTER BAYLOR-IMG COLLEGE, 1500 S. University Parks Dr., Waco, Texas 76706 254-651-8442 [email protected] @InghamFNBCT Dan Ingham, Play-by-Play CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, 314 W. State Hwy 6, Waco, Texas 76712 254-776-3900 KRZI/ESPN CENTRAL TEXAS, 5501 Bagby, Waco, Texas 76711 254-772-0930 smoaky @1660espn.com @DavidSmoak David Smoak, Butch Henry, Paul Catalina [email protected] @PaulCatalina @1660ESPN OTHER MEDIA (MAILING ADDRESS) PHONE EMAIL TWITTER BAYLOR BEAR INSIDER, 1500 S University Parks Drive, Waco, Texas 76706 254-710-1234 [email protected] @ViewFromHill Jerry Hill, Director of Sports Journalism BIG 12 CONFERENCE, 400 East John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, Texas 75062 469-524-1000 @Big12Conference

9 2017 BAYLOR SOCCER BAYLORBEARS.COM SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Location AUGUST Aug. 6 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI^ 6 p.m. Waco, Texas Aug 11 ABILENE CHRISTIAN^ 7 p.m. Waco, Texas Aug. 18 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 5 p.m. Waco, Texas

INTRODUCTION Aug. 20 WYOMING 6 p.m. Waco, Texas Aug. 25 at Rice 7 p.m. Houston, Texas Aug. 27 at Houston Baptist 5 p.m. Houston, Texas

SEPTEMBER Sep. 1 UTSA 7 p.m. Waco, Texas Sep. 3 BALL STATE 12 p.m. Waco, Texas Sep. 8 at Portland 7 p.m. PT Portland, Ore. Sep. 10 vs. Washington 12 p.m. PT Portland Ore. Sep. 17 at SMU 8:30 p.m. Dallas, Texas Sep. 22 WEST VIRGINIA* 7 p.m. Waco, Texas Sep. 24 IOWA STATE* 1 p.m. Waco, Texas Sep. 29 at Oklahoma* 7 p.m. Norman, Okla.

OCTOBER Oct. 1 at Oklahoma State* 1 p.m. Stillwater, Okla. Oct. 6 TEXAS TECH* 7 p.m. Waco, Texas Oct. 13 at Kansas State* 7 p.m. Manhattan, Kan. Oct. 15 at Kansas* 1 p.m. Lawrence, Kan. Oct. 20 TEXAS* 7 p.m. Waco, Texas Oct. 27 at TCU* 7 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas

NOVEMBER Nov. 1-5 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP TBA Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 10-12 NCAA FIRST ROUND TBA Campus Sites Nov. 17-19 NCAA SECOND & THIRD ROUNDS TBA Campus Sites Nov. 24-25 NCAA QUARTERFINALS TBA Campus Sites Dec. 1-3 NCAA COLLEGE CUP TBA Orlando, Fla. *denotes Big 12 Conference match ^denotes exhibition match All home matches in BOLD and played at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field (3,000) • All times Central and subject to change

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