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Baylor's Commitment To Improved Facilities Pays Off In Esteem, Recruiting Prowess

From the $266M McLane Stadium to the Willis Family Equestrian Center, Baylor Univ.’s stadiums, ballparks and other athletic facilities "are a model that many other schools would like to emulate," according to John Werner of the WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD. The facilities "have become an impressive showcase and a remarkable recruiting tool for the coaching staff." Baylor AD Ian McCaw said, "One of the Big 12 athletic directors that was here a couple of weeks ago for NCAA tennis said you have the best athletic facilities in the country." Werner noted the school's "building boom hit a crescendo during the past year with the opening of McLane Stadium and the Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium." Built on the north side of the Brazos River, the two stadiums "opened new ground for construction after Baylor’s other facilities were built on the south side." Since McCaw became AD in '03, the university "has spent more than" $372M on athletic facilities, most of which has been the result of $400M in fundraising from Baylor donors. Recruits "have been drawn by Baylor’s building boom and the unprecedented success the Bears have enjoyed on the playing field in recent years." McCaw said, "Facilities equal commitment in the eyes of recruits." He added, "Our facilities allow us to recruit at the highest level in the state of Texas and nationally" (WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD, 6/28).

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