My Baylor Story

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Baylor Softball: My Baylor Story - Amber Toven

May 7

Baylor Athletics: My Baylor Story - Silje Ohma

May 5

Baylor Athletics: My Baylor Story - Ty Johnson

Apr 21

Baylor Athletics: My Baylor Story - Jonas Appel

Apr 17

Baylor Athletics: My Baylor Story - Zsombor Velcz

Apr 1

Baylor Acrobatics & Tumbling: My Baylor Story - Payton Washington

Mar 27

Baylor Basketball (M): My Baylor Story - Caden Powell

Mar 27

Baylor Basketball (W): My Baylor Story - Bella Fontleroy

Mar 27

Baylor Equestrian: My Baylor Story - Lauren Stebbins

Mar 27

Baylor Cross Country: My Baylor Story - Jack Sterrett

Mar 27

Baylor Volleyball: My Baylor Story - Gabbi Essix

Mar 27

From following along with her dad, Silje Ohma started swinging a club when she was 5 years old and developed into one of the best junior golfers in Norway, winning the 2020 Norwegian Junior Championship and helping Team Norway capture the 2021 European Girls Championship.

GRINDER MENTALITY

"As soon as they offered me a scholarship, I committed on the spot," Ty Johnson said. "I looked at my dad and was like, 'This is a no-brainer. Can I do this now?' That ended up being one of the best decisions of my life.

HIS FIRST LOVE

From playing golf in his backyard with plastic clubs, whiffle balls and a makeshift course with hula hoops for holes when he was 3 years old, Jonas Appel has been in love with the game as long as he can remember.

THIS IS FAMILY

Something that seemed so foreign to him when he first arrived on campus four years ago, Baylor tennis has become family to Zsombor Velcz.

SECOND CHANCE

Used predominantly as a pinch-runner in her one season at Arizona, Amber Toven is arguably the best defensive shortstop in Baylor softball program history and a career .300 hitter with 11 home runs, 25 doubles and 85 RBIs.

SHE'S UNSTOPPABLE

If Payton Washington says she's going to work in the White House one day, I wouldn't bet against it. A victim of gun violence herself three years ago, the junior top/tumbler from Baylor's top-ranked Acrobatics & Tumbling team wants to bring back the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and possibly start a non-profit organization for survivors of gun violence.

LEAVING A LEGACY

In the changing world of college football, with the transfer portal, NIL and roster limits, a rags-to-riches story like Josh Cameron's may never happen again. But what a story it's been. A zero-star recruit when he signed with Baylor out of Cedar Park High School as a preferred walk-on in 2021, Cameron developed into an All-American punt returner, one of the top receivers in the country and a legitimate prospect for next month's NFL Draft.

THE BAYLOR CONNECTION

Somewhere, stashed away in Connie Powell Nichols' treasured keepsakes, is a picture of a young Caden Powell standing next to Scott Drew at a Baylor basketball camp. It was a connection that eventually brought the 6-foot-10 Powell back to Waco for his senior year of college basketball after stops at Wyoming and Rice.

LETTING HER LIGHT SHINE

And it was basketball that paved the way for Bella Fontleroy to come to Baylor four years ago. A five-star recruit at Kickapoo High School, she averaged 24 points and 11 rebounds as a senior in leading the Lady Chiefs to Missouri's Class 6 state championship game and earning Gatorade Player of the Year honors in the state.

FINDING FAITH AND FAMILY

After initially struggling with "imposter syndrome" as a competitive rider, Lauren Stebbins said she has seen her confidence grow "the more that I competed and the more time I had in the saddle, on our horses and away horses, too, and especially the more points that I won."