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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 25, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">School-Record Three Baylor Men’s Golfers Named All-America Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears have nine All-America Scholars in four seasons under Mike McGraw</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NORMAN, Okla. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s golfers Braden Bailey, Garrett May and Matthew Perrine have been honored as 2018 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bailey, May and Perrine combined to give Baylor three All-America Scholars for the first time in program history. The trio is among 265 Division I student-athletes recognized.
Eligible student-athletes must be upperclassmen with cumulative GPAs of 3.2 or higher, stroke averages below 76.0, participation in at least 50 percent of their teams’ rounds and at least three years of collegiate experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Perrine was honored for the second straight season, while May and Bailey were recognized in their first years meeting the upperclassmen requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor has now had 16 different players earn a total of 22 All-America Scholar honors. The Bears have had multiple All-America Scholar Team selections in all four seasons
under head coach Mike McGraw, with nine honorees in four seasons. Baylor had 13 All-America Scholar selections in 21 seasons prior to McGraw’s arrival.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Perrine is the sixth Baylor player to be recognized in both seasons as an upperclassmen, three of which have been during McGraw’s tenure. Perrine joins Worth Williams
(2000-01), Chase Thomas (2006-07), Bill Allcorn (2007-08), Frederik Andersen (2015-16) and Andreas Gjesteby (2015-16) as Baylor’s two-time honorees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">May joined Perrine and Kory Bowman as the only players in program history tabbed as both GCAA All-America Scholars and GCAA All-Americans in the same season. Perrine
accomplished the feat in 2017 and 2018, and Bowman was the first Bear to do so in 1994.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A Groves, Texas, native, Bailey played in one of the top three spots in Baylor’s lineup in all 13 tournaments during the 2017-18 season. He shot 21 of 40 rounds at par
or better and recorded six top-10 finishes, including winning medalist honors at the 92-player Arizona Intercollegiate. Bailey’s 71.68 stroke average was the 10<sup>th</sup>-best single-season mark in program history, and he currently ranks seventh on Baylor’s
career list with a 71.99 scoring average across 115 rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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May, a junior from Hope, Ark., finished the season ranked No. 29 in the Golfstat Division I player rankings. He finished top-10 in half of his 12 events and shot a team-best 22 rounds at par or better. May played 37 rounds over 12 tournaments and posted a 71.24
stroke average, which was the fourth-best single-season scoring average in program history, and his 72.16 career stroke average over 93 rounds is currently eighth on Baylor’s all-time list.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Perrine, a senior from Austin, Texas, played in a top-three spots in the Bears’ lineup in all 13 tournaments, posting a 71.58 stroke average and 19 rounds at par or better
over 40 rounds played. He led the team with three top-five finishes and tied May and Bailey for the team lead with nine top-25 results. Perrine posted the eighth-best single-season stroke average in program history, and he finished his Baylor career with the
fifth-best career mark in program history at 71.97 across 109 rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">McGraw led the program to a school-record third consecutive NCAA Championship berth, and the Bears finished the season ranked No. 16 nationally in the final Golfstat
rankings. BU was No. 13 nationally in the final 2017 rankings, and this year’s No. 16 ranking gave the Bears consecutive top-20 finishes for the first time in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears are expected to return eight of nine players from their 2017-18 roster for next season, including a trio of All-America honorees. Perrine is the Bears’ lone
graduating senior, and May and Bailey will be Baylor’s only seniors next season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BAYLOR GCAA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLARS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1994 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kory Bowman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1997 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chris Nickens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2000 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Worth Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2001 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Worth Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2003 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Trevar Matheson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2004 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jon Antunes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2006 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chase Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2007 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill Allcorn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2007 – Chase Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2008 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill Allcorn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2011 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Joakim Mikkelsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2011 – Lorenzo Scotto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2014 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jerry Ruiz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2015 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Frederik Andersen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2015 – Andreas Gjesteby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 – </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Frederik Andersen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2016 – Andreas Gjesteby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2017 – Matthew Perrine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2017 – Hunter Shattuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2018 – Braden Bailey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2018 – Garrett May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2018 – Matthew Perrine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2017-18 Season Honors (GolfStat Division I Player Ranking)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Braden Bailey (No. 73)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ben Hogan Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Honorable Mention (Golfweek)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GCAA All-America Scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, first team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Austin Cotton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cooper Dossey (No. 95)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ryan Grider</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, Rookie Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Colin Kober<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Garrett May (No. 29)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Third Team (Golfweek)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Honorable Mention (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Fred Haskins Award Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Big 12 Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GCAA All-America Scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Travis McInroe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Matthew Perrine (No. 59)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Byron Nelson Award Winner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Honorable Mention (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Honorable Mention (Golfweek)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">GCAA All-America Scholar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Reppe</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, Rookie Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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