Sic ’Em Podcast

Sic'Em talks with Jerry Hill, who is the Director of Sports Journalism at Baylor University.

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This episode features Kelsey Rowell and Courtney Oates who are both Assistant Coaches, Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling.

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Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen is entering his third season with the Bears. After being hired as an assistant coach on May 14, 2020, he was promoted to associate head coach August 1, 2022. Bjerch-Andresen replaced Ryan Blagg, who took over as the head coach at Louisville after eight years as Baylor’s assistant, following the 2019-2020 season.

Bjerch-Andresen joined the Bears after spending three seasons as an assistant coach for Texas Tech men’s golf, including his last two years as associate head coach. In total, he has helped coach six All-Americans.

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Krista Smith joined Baylor Athletics in July of 2022 as the Director for Character Formation with the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence. Smith previously worked as the Student-Athlete Development Coordinator and Academic Counselor from April 2021 to July 2022 at the University of Arkansas. Prior to that role, she served the Razorbacks as the Student-Athlete Development Assistant from February 2019 to April 2021. The San Antonio, Texas, native attended Arkansas, earning her bachelor's in recreation and sport management in 2018. She earned her master's in sports administration from St. Thomas University in 2019. The former Krista Kolbinskie is married to Dionte Smith. The couple has a daughter, Layla Faye, and a Maltipoo pup, Kobe.

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Brent Ingram is in his first year in 2022-23 as the assistant athletics director of communication at Baylor.  Ingram joined the Baylor staff in Aug. of 2022 after spending four years at UTSA as the associate director of communications. He is tasked with the overall leadership of the communications office and as the primary contact for Baylor football. He joined the UTSA staff after spending two years at UT Arlington and the previous 12 years working at the University of Kentucky. He has worked with a diverse group of sports during his career, including baseball, men’s basketball, football, men’s and women’s tennis, track & field and cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, rifle and volleyball. He was the president of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2022 and serves on the CoSIDA Stabley Writing Contest and Publications Contest committees.  

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Kristen Hankins is in her fifth year as the Director of Spirit & Traditions at Baylor University, she is the head coach for the Songleaders dance team, and Bruiser & Marigold mascot teams. In the Songleaders inaugural competition season 2018 Division 1A runner-up in Jazz at the ADTS College Championship and 2018 Academic Champions for highest team grade point average. Under Kristen’s direction, the dance & mascot teams have won a combined 3 collegiate national championships at Dance Team Union’s College Classic. 2019 division 1A Pom, 2021 Division 1A Jazz, 2021 Division 1A Mascot. 2021 Division 1A Spirit Showdown for the joint routine between the dance & mascot teams. 2021 Division 1A Battle Champions for their jazz routine. As well, as 2019 Division 1A Jazz third place, and 2021 Division 1A Jazz 2nd place.

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Holly McKenzie joined Baylor Athletics in July of 2022 as the Senior Coordinator for Sports Ministry.

In her role, McKenzie assists and provides leadership to ministry occurring on the women's student-athletes, coaches and athletic staff by providing pastoral care, evangelism, discipleship, and other spiritually formative programming to student-athletes, coaches, and staff.

Previously, McKenzie served as an Athletes in Action Local Team Leader/Campus Director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Whitewater from 2015-2022. She led Bible studies, provided evangelism and discipleship to female student-athletes at UW, as well as led and trained a team of staff who served in various sports ministry roles at UW and other campuses.

The Harrisburg, Penn., native earned her bachelor's in Community Nutrition from Rutgers University in 2014.

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Glenn Moore is in his 23rd season as head coach at Baylor and his 26th full season as a collegiate softball head coach. Moore, who was selected to guide the Bears’ program in June 2000, begins the 2023 season with a career record of 977-467, including an 838-425 record at Baylor. His teams have had a winning record in all but one season of his Division I coaching career and he is Baylor Athletics’ active all-time wins leader across all sports. He has progressed up the active NCAA coaching ranks, now ranking No. 24 in total victories among active Division I head coaches.

During Moore’s tenure, the Bears have received 18 CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, 16 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Honors and 70 NFCA All-Region honors. In addition, Baylor players have earned 93 all-conference selections during his tenure, while numerous Bears have earned academic all-conference honors.

In 2022, Moore led the Bears to 32-win season and a postseason National Invitational Softball Championship. With the young squad, Baylor handed then No. 14 Texas their worst loss in program history, defeating the Longhorns 17-3 in Austin. 

In 2021, Moore reached 800 wins at Baylor as he led the Bears back to the postseason at the Gainesville Regional. 

In a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Moore reached the 900-win milestone when the Bears topped Grand Canyon, 10-2 (5), in Waco. Baylor finished that season with a 19-5 record, surpassing its win total from the year prior.

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• Two NCAA Final Fours (2008, 2011)

• Six NCAA Elite Eights

(2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015)

• 11-Time Regular Season Big 12 Champion

(2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)

• Eight-Time Big 12 Tournament Champion

(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015)

• Six-Time Big 12 Coach of the Year

(2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015)

• Three-Time ITA Texas Region Coach of the Year

(2006, 2008, 2010)

• TTCA Coach of the Year (2005)

• Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2001, 2002)

Baylor Director of Women's Tennis Joey Scrivano is in his 21st season with Baylor in 2022-23.

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