Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Wayland Baptist
NAIA · SAC · TX
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 12 athletes Wayland Baptist actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 4 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Wayland Baptist is a 2,978-student private campus in Plainview, TX and competes in the SAC. Douglas, Nicholas leads a staff of 2.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Wayland Baptist, by the numbers
- Division
- NAIA
- Conference
- SAC
- Campus
- Plainview, TX
- Enrollment
- 2,978 students
- T&F operating budget
- $455K men · $240K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+1 more event with real signee standards — 800m
Members see every event Wayland Baptist signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+2 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m
Members see every event Wayland Baptist signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Wayland Baptist
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site.
- Douglas, NicholasHead Coach
- Gutierrez, GiovanniAssistant Coach
The full Wayland Baptist coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Wayland Baptist's 2025-26 class
10 of the 12 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 2 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: Texas
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: Illinois · Texas
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 10 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Wayland Baptist and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Texas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Texas NIL rules →
More SAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Wayland Baptist recruits against.
- College of the Ozarks recruiting standards
- John Brown recruiting standards
- Langston recruiting standards
- Mid-America Christian recruiting standards
- Nelson University recruiting standards
- Okla Panhandle recruiting standards
- Oklahoma City recruiting standards
- Southwestern Christian recruiting standards
- Texas Wesleyan recruiting standards
NAIA standards for the events Wayland Baptist signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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