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University
  
Baylor University

Nickname
  
Lady Bears

Home
  
Away

Head coach
  
Kim Mulkey

Arena
  
Ferrell Center

Location
  
Waco, TX

Colors
  
Green and Gold

Away
  
Alternate

Conference
  
Big 12 Conference

Division
  
Division I (NCAA)

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The Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. They currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games in Ferrell Center and is currently coached by Kim Mulkey.

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The Lady Bears went undefeated at 40–0 to become the 2012 NCAA Division I National Champions in Women's College Basketball.

Olga Fallen years (1974–1979)

Olga joined the faculty of Baylor University in 1956 and served as an assistant professor of physical education through 1997. She developed Baylor's women's athletic program from its beginning within the physical education department in 1959 and from 1972 to 1979, served as the coordinator of women's athletics. She was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. Under her coaching the softball team, advanced to the AIAW regional tournament in 1978 and 1979. The Bearette basketball team posted a five-year record of 143–50 and earned two consecutive bids to the national AIAW tournament in 1976 and 1977, rated fifth and seventh in the nation those years.

Sonja Hogg years (1994–2000)

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Kim Mulkey years (2000–present)

In 2000, Kim Mulkey took over a Baylor program that had finished the 1999–2000 season 7–20 and last in the Big 12 Conference. In her first season at Baylor, she turned the Lady Bears program around, leading the team to its first NCAA tournament bid. The Lady Bears have now (as of 2011) put together eleven consecutive 20-win seasons and only once has the team lost more than 10 games in a season. The rise of the Baylor program under Mulkey was capped off in 2005 with a national title. This made her the fourth person to have won NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and a head coach (after Joe B. Hall, Bob Knight and Dean Smith) and the first woman to do so.

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Conference Honors and Awards

Southwest Conference Player of the Year

  • Mary Lowry (1993–94)

    • Big 12 Player of the Year

  • Sheila Lambert (2001–02)
  • Sophia Young (2004–05, 2005–06)
  • Brittney Griner (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13)
  • Odyssey Sims (2013–14)

    • Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player

  • Sophia Young (2005)
  • Jessica Morrow (2009)
  • Brittney Griner (2011, 2012)
  • Niya Johnson (2014)

    • National Honors and Awards

    USBWA National Freshman of the Year

  • Brittney Griner – 2009–10
  • Odyssey Sims – 2010–11

    • Elite 89 Award

  • Lindsay Palmer – 2010
  • Lindsay Palmer – 2012

    • Wade Trophy

  • Brittney Griner – 2011–12
  • Brittney Griner – 2012–13
  • Odyssey Sims – 2013–14

    • Naismith College Player of the Year

  • Brittney Griner – 2011–12
  • Brittney Griner – 2012–13

    • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

  • Sheila Lambert – 2001–02
  • Odyssey Sims – 2013–14

    • WBCA Defensive Player of the Year

  • Brittney Griner – 2010–11
  • Brittney Griner – 2011–12

    • NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

  • Sophia Young – 2005
  • Brittney Griner – 2012

    • Nancy Lieberman Award – Nation's top collegiate point guard

  • Odyssey Sims – 2013–14

    • Ferrell Center

    The Ferrell Center is an arena in Waco, Texas. It was built in 1988 and is located adjacent to the Brazos River. When the Lady Bears play, the arena can hold 10,350.

    Year by year results

    Conference tournament winners noted with # Source

    References

    Baylor Lady Bears basketball Wikipedia
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