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Sports BriefsOffseason News
In what has been her busiest offseason since the 2005 national
championship, Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey added a Hall
of Fame coach and the program's second McDonald’s all-American.
When longtime assistant Jennifer Roberts stepped down for health
reasons, Mulkey lured legendary Louisiana Tech coach Leon Barmore out
of retirement, giving Baylor a pair of Hall of Famers on the bench.
Barmore retired in 2002 with a twenty-year record of 576-87 that
included one national championship, four runner-up finishes, and nine
trips to the Final Four.
"I have always thought that he got out of the game too early," said
Mulkey, an assistant under Barmore at Louisiana Tech for fifteen years
before coming to Baylor in 2000.
There were also changes to the roster, with former McDonald's
all-American forward/post Morghan Medlock transferring from USC within
days of the announcement that six-foot-three sophomore post Jessika
Bradley was leaving the Lady Bears' program.
"The Mayor" Adds New Title
Baylor junior center Mamadou Diene, nicknamed "The Mayor" because of
his vibrant personality and popularity around campus, was named the Big
12 Conference's male Sportsperson of the Year. Since his arrival from
Senegal, Mamadou has been active in the Baylor community, participating
in a variety of service projects. On the court, he averaged 3.4 points,
3.9 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks to help the Baylor men’s basketball team
earn its first NCAA Tournament berth in twenty years.
Kyle Woods Gets House
Nearly thirty years after he was paralyzed in a preseason football
practice as a nineteen-year-old redshirt freshman, Kyle Woods moved
into a handicap-accessible home in Cedar Hill that was designed and
constructed by Baylor professor L. M. Dyson '71, MSEco '72, and
purchased through a fund set up by former Baylor coach Grant Teaff and
a group of Woods's former football teammates. Teaff said that more than
one hundred of Woods's friends and former teammates have contributed to
the house, which includes a therapy pool and special lifts to help
Woods in and out of his wheelchair.
Click here for a a full account: WFAA.
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