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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete Big 12 Conference release and listing of Academic All-Big 12 teams attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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 – Feb. 28, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor MBB’s Lindsey and Gillespie Named Academic All-Big 12<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">Lindsey is second three-time first-team honoree in program history</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,
<a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor men’s basketball student-athletes Jake Lindsey and Freddie Gillespie were named to the 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team, as announced Thursday by the conference office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lindsey, a senior from Houston, is one of four Big 12 players to earn first-team recognition for a third consecutive season, joining West Virginia’s James Bolden and Oklahoma’s
Matt Freeman and Jamuni McNeace. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gillespie, a redshirt junior from St. Paul, Minn., joins Lindsey to give the Bears multiple first-team selections for a second consecutive season and the fifth time in the league’s
23-year history. Josh Lomers and Mark Shepherd were recognized in 2008, Brady Heslip and Jacob Neubert in 2013, Heslip and Logan Lowery in 2014 and Lindsey and Jonathan Davis in 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All told, Baylor has now had 19 first-team honors by 13 different players and 12 second team selections by nine different players in the Big 12 Conference’s 23 seasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lindsey graduated with a Finance degree in the summer of 2018 and is currently studying Theology at Truett Seminary. He joins Lomers (2008, 2009, 2010) as the only players in
program history to earn three first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lindsey has missed the entire season following offseason hip surgery. He played in all 103 games during his first three years at Baylor, including 18 starts. He has a career
2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio with 293 assists and 105 turnovers, and he led the Bears in assist-to-turnover ratio in each of the last two seasons with marks of 3.1 in 2016-17 and 3.4 in 2017-18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gillespie is a political science major who originally joined the program as a walk-on prior to the 2017-18 season and was awarded a scholarship last summer. A transfer from Division
III Carleton College, Gillespie has stepped into a starting role in Big 12 play. Since Tristan Clark’s season-ending injury, Gillespie has played in 14 games and made six starts, averaging 6.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, while shooting .667 from the
field (38-of-57) and playing 19.4 minutes per game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gillespie played a then career-high 31 minutes and posted his career-first double-double with career-highs of 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win at No. 19 Iowa State on Feb.
19, and in Wednesday’s overtime victory against Texas he posted career-highs of 11 rebounds, four blocks and 36 minutes, while adding eight points and two steals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A total of 34 student-athletes were recognized by the conference, with 20 first-team honorees and 14 second-team selections. First team members have maintained 3.20 or better
GPAs, and second team honorees hold 3.00 to 3.19 GPAs. To qualify, student-athletes must have participated in 20 percent of their team’s scheduled contests, while freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Seniors who
meet all other criteria are not subject to the participation requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Redshirt senior Makai Mason picked up CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 recognition last week, making him eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot and giving the
Bears three academic honorees this season. As a graduate transfer, Mason was not eligible for the men’s basketball Academic All-Big 12 teams, but he can be named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team announced at the end of the spring semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor is tied for third place and one game back of first place in the Big 12 with a 10-5 conference record. BU has clinched a top-6 seed and first-round bye at the Big 12 Championship
and can finish anywhere from first through sixth place in the league standings. The Bears were picked ninth out of 10 teams in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor has three regular season games remaining, beginning with Saturday’s 7 p.m. CT game at Kansas State on ESPN2. BU then returns home for senior day against Oklahoma State
at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday on ESPN2, before heading back on the road to play at Kansas on Saturday, March 9. Tipoff in the regular-season finale at Kansas is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT and will air on either ESPN or ESPN2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets for Wednesday’s 8 p.m. CT Senior Night game against Oklahoma State are available at
<a href="http://www.baylorbears.com/1tgf">www.baylorbears.com/1tgf</a> or by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR’S ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 HONOREES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">FIRST TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1997 – Doug Brandt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1998 – John Perkins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 – Logan Kosmalski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2004 – Robbie McKenzie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2006 – Mark Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Josh Lomers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2008 – Mark Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2009 – Josh Lomers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2010 – Josh Lomers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Fred Ellis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Brady Heslip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2013 – Jacob Neubert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Brady Heslip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2014 – Logan Lowery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – Jake Lindsey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Jonathan Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – Jake Lindsey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – Freddie Gillespie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 – Jake Lindsey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SECOND TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 – Chad Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 – Kevin Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2002 – Andre White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2003 – Andre White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2006 – Aaron Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2012 – Brady Heslip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Kenny Chery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Al Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2015 – Royce O’Neale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2016 – Al Freeman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2017 – King McClure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018 – King McClure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2018-19 SEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jared Butler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 25)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tristan Clark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 31)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emerald Coast Classic All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Freddie Gillespie<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>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jake Lindsey<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>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Makai Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 28)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NCAA.com National Player of the Week (Feb. 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Google Cloud Academic All-District 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">King McClure<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 co-Player of the Week (Jan. 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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