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Wayland Baptist cross country/track and field coach Brian Whitlock has signed his first recruit of the 2015-16 academic year in Xavier Guerra of Lubbock.

Dec 11th 2015, 3:47pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Wayland athletics has been a special part of Sadler's life

Dr. Paul Sadler played center and linebacker on the Groesbeck High School football team, but "we didn't win that much and I wasn't that good." Those experiences, however, helped Sadler realize that he wanted to be around athletics, and ever since joini...

Oct 1st 2015, 3:11pm 3K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

WBU Athletics earns Champions of Character recognition

The Wayland Baptist University Athletic Department has been recognized by the NAIA as a Champions of Character Five-Star Institution for 2014-15.

Sep 16th 2015, 12:07pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Pioneer Pride Sports Talk makes debut

The first Pioneer Pride Sports Talk debuted on Tuesday evening in Pete's Place. The 30-minute live radio show featured co-hosts Brad Miles and Brandon Allen interviewing track & field coach Brian Whitlock and two members of the national champion track...

Sep 9th 2015, 1:42pm 3K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Pioneer Pride Sports Talk debuts Tuesday

Hey, Pioneer fans! Interested in learning more about the coaches and student-athletes from your favorite Wayland Baptist University teams? Want to win prizes and Pioneer memorabilia? Starting next Tuesday, you can do all of that during the all-new Pion...

Sep 7th 2015, 11:27am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Pioneer Fan Fest 2015 (PHOTO GALLERY)

Hundreds of WBU student-athletes, fans, faculty & staff were on hand Tuesday evening for the third annual Pioneer Fan Fest, which featured free food, games and prizes on the lawn in front of Gates Hall.

Aug 19th 2015, 2:15pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Pioneer Fan Fest to feature free food, games & prizes

The third annual Pioneer Fan Fest, providing a chance for the community to interact with Wayland Baptist student-athletes while enjoying a variety of free games, free food and prizes, will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. The carnival-like event...

Aug 11th 2015, 4:50pm 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Cross country coach Whitlock assumes track & field duties

Highly-successful Wayland Baptist cross country coach Brian Whitlock will reassume the added duties of head track and field coach, replacing Rohan Thompson who recently resigned.

Aug 4th 2015, 6:34pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Thompson resigns as track & field coach

Rohan Thompson, who has been involved in Wayland Baptist track and field for the past 12 years, including the last four as head coach, has resigned.

Aug 3rd 2015, 7:21pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Former WBU track coach retiring as AD at Lindenwood

John Creer, who guided the Wayland Baptist track program to a national-record four straight NAIA men's indoor national championships and two NAIA women's titles during his five years as head coach, recently announced his retirement as athletics directo...

Jul 24th 2015, 12:19pm 2K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments