Foundation News Archives • Baylor Basketball

Asia Strong, 6’2 G/F, is on several rolls. She not only dominating on the basketball court. She dominating in the classroom. She just receiving another big accomplishment by being named the All American Conference Women’s Basketball Honor Roll. We are so proud! Great Job Asia!

We are extreme ecstatic for Asia Strong, 6’2, G/F who has been the leading scorer for two consecutive opening games. She is apart of the special group of Baylor Basketball players are dominating the college scene in 2020! After choosing the wrong college the first time around and then listening to me the second time,…

Freshman Jaida is not only in the starting 5. She is ! Congrats to our Jaida McCloud! Starting as a freshman and scoring 19and scoring 19 pts, 7 rebounds & played 38 mins! Play Where the Elite Play! BaylorBasketball Where Champions Are Made!

Kenny Doss was named the new Manchester Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator. He know will be serving the students on campus. Kenny Doss is the owner of a non profit organization called Bridging the Gap Globally based in the Chicago Englewood community which promotes non-violence was recognized through basketball tournaments, rallies and sadly funerals. Kenny did…

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Diamond has signed and will be taking her talent to Lemoyne-Owens College in Tennessee. We are so proud of her! She has been with us since the 8th grade. Diamond attended Portage High School in Indiana. She has always been an athletic guard who has a tremendous…

Lyndsey Hodges joined BYF in February 2020. We were looking forward to her dominated on the floor this season and it all came down to an halted after the Covid and a knee injury that would take over 6 months to recover. Lyndsey is was injured in practice. She did not get a chance to…

It is not how you start the race. It is how you finish it. Nakiyah Callon has been apart Baylor Youth Foundation since the 8th grade. We often made jokes on how she was so tough and fearless as young lady. Nakiyah had some life changing obstacles and lost her grandmother that really took a…

The Morrow sisters will continue their basketball careers together. We are proud to announce that they have made a family decision and will be attending DePaul University. Nazlah Morrow joined BYF her junior year where we placed her at junior college where she proved and continue to sharpen her skills. In addition to earning NJCAA…

Often times, many athletes dream of playing professional basketball after they graduate from college. We celebrate those athletes that make it overseas, NBA and the WNBA. But, in reality majority of student athletes move onto a professional career/workforce after the ball stop bouncing. Baylor Youth Foundation has hundreds of alumni that have taken that approach.…

Leah Yarbrough has been in our BAYLOR FAMILY since the 7th grade. We have watched her blossom into a beautiful, intelligent & humorous young woman! Leah has always been a high academic student athlete. She has always been a fierce competitor that ruled the boards! Leah worked with our trainers and did additional work with…

Baylor Youth Foundation’s Nazlah Morrow has been name 2020 NJCAA All Star Team. Only 50 students athletes nation wide received this honor. Nazlah made a huge impact on Miami Dade College Athletics. She was previously honored with the 2020 All Southern Conference First Team. Naz is one of Baylor Youth Foundation’s 2019 alumni. She graduated…

We are looking for big things from Nojel this season. We are your biggest fans and wish you nothing but success. After dealing with so much adversity, he is destiny to greatness! He will be attending the prestige Howard University. Baylor Youth Foundation has had four student athletics that have attended Howard University in the…

We are proud to announce that Taneigh Boyd now will be attending William Woods University. Taneigh is an alumni from BYF’s class of 2018. Taneigh attend a junior college in order to improve her academics. Taneigh worked extremely hard to gain academic success in these last two years. She maintained a 3.0 average and graduated…

Khadaizha Sanders has added another title under her belt. Now, she is know as Coach KK. She has came back from New Jersey to Kankakee (Illinois) to give back to her community. She has been named assistant coach for Kankakee High School. She now will be teaching other young ladies her knowledge of the game,…

Myjae Armstrong is one of our 2019 alumni that has made a tremendous impact on social justice. She was one of the organizers and protestors for the march for the Black Lives Matter Movement in Northwest Indiana. Her group was featured on the local and national news media due to a gang of white people…

Congratulation to our Khadaizha Sanders on receiving the Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship. She also was awarded the three-time Academic All Big Ten selection. She finish at Rutgers University with 764 points and 421 assist. She will be finishing her masters in Education.