Punter Daniel Sepulveda, who graduated from Baylor in December, is Baylor's first unanimous All-American in fifteen years and the nation's only player who is both unanimous All-American and first-team Academic All-American in 2006. To achieve the unanimous selection, a player must be named to all five teams--those chosen by the American Football Coaches Association, The Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, the Walter Camp Foundation, and Sporting News. Sepulveda ranked first nationally this season with an average of 46.48 yards per punt. His career punting average (45.24 yards per punt) is the best in the history of Division I football for players with at least fifty punts, and he also set an NCAA record with ninety-four career punts of fifty-plus yards.

The 2004 and 2006 winner of the Ray Guy Award for the nation's top collegiate punter, Sepulveda is Baylor's fifth unanimous All-America honoree, joining Bill Glass (1956), Mike Singletary (1980), Thomas Everett (1986), and Santana Dotson (1991).

Satisfied Students

In a recent issue of Inside Baylor, President John Lilley's e-mail update to faculty and staff, the president reported the results of the 2006 undergraduate Student Satisfaction Inventory, a national survey administered to college students. The survey included ninety-eight questions about the college experience, and Baylor students' responses were compared with those of students at other colleges.

According to the results, Baylor students are significantly more satisfied with their undergraduate experience than students at other private colleges and feel that Baylor has met their high expectations. For example, Baylor students expressed high satisfaction in areas including interaction with faculty, quality of instruction, overall quality of campus life, a sense of belonging, academic support services like advising, treatment by staff and faculty, and the overall value of their education. Students also said that, if they had it to do over, they would definitely enroll in Baylor again. To read issues of Dr. Lilley's Inside Baylor, go to the Office of the President.

Judge Matt Johnson '86 (pictured, left) took office as the judge of Waco's 54th State District Court on January 3 after his election to the seat in November. Johnson was administered the oath of office by his father, Derwood Johnson '51, JD '55 (right), who was also a state district judge in Waco, serving the 74th District from 1969 to 1992. They are the first father-son duo to have held state district judgeships in McLennan County. The younger Johnson replaced another Baylor graduate on the bench--Judge George Allen, JD '62 (center), who had presided over the 54th since 1983. Johnson is married to Melissa Engelland Johnson, MA '01, a full-time lecturer in Baylor's Department of Theater Arts, and the couple has two children. (Photo by Duane Laverty, Waco Tribune-Herald)

Business as Usual

Tonie Miller-Uzzel Auer '91 is serving as the 2007 president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the American Society of Business Publication Editors. A freelance writer and editor for a number of national and regional business publications, she has been married to Jesse since 1998 and has three children.

The Baylor University Distinguished Alumni for 2007 will be honored at a banquet at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19, at the Cashion Academic Center at Baylor University, with a 6:00 p.m. reception preceding the event. Alumni and friends of the university are invited to attend the banquet at which Baylor will bestow its most prestigious award. Tickets are $75 per person; for more information, contact Jan Dodd.

The 2007 recipients are James B. Adams, LLB '49, BA '50, retired director of the Texas Department of Public Safety; Philip D. Hardberger '55, mayor of San Antonio; Steven Stucky '71, composer and professor of music at Cornell University; Walter Umphrey '59, JD '65, senior managing partner of Provost & Umphrey, LLP; and Dr. Dallas Willard '57, author and professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California.

Convening on Campus

On Saturday, February 17, Baylor alumni from near and far will bring their high school freshmen and sophomores to Baylor's campus for a sneak peek at mom and/or dad's alma mater. Legacy Invasion Day has a fun-filled agenda including an opportunity to attend All-University Sing, a chance to meet Baylor students, a campus tour, fine dining at Penland Food Court, shopping at the Baylor Bookstore, and a first-hand look at a real dorm room. Legacy participants will also get to have their photo made with Baylor's live bear mascots. Students will break away from their parents for a session with admissions counselors to inspire them to work hard to get into Baylor, and parents will hear from financial aid experts as well as admissions counselors. At 3 p.m., everyone will head to the Baylor Ballpark to see the baseball team take on Stephen F. Austin. Signing up for Legacy Invasion 2007 is easy with our online registration form, so don't delay. For more information, e-mail Abby Martin or call 1-800-BAYLOR-U, opt. 6.