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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 – Oct. 9, 2019<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">Baylor’s Dossey Wins Big 12 Men’s Golfer of the Month<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">Dossey becomes fifth BU golfer to win multiple conference monthly honors
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<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><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><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">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s golf senior Cooper Dossey has been selected as September’s Big 12 Men’s Golfer of the Month, the conference office announced Wednesday. This is his second honor of the month after previously being honored
as the national Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month.<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">Dossey was recognized with the conference’s monthly award for the second time in his BU career, more than two and a half years after becoming the first freshman in program
history to win the award when he was named Golfer of the Month in February 2017.<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">An Austin, Texas native, Dossey is the fifth BU player to pick up multiple conference monthly honors, joining Jeremy Alcorn, Ryan Baca, Joakim Mikkelsen and Kyle Jones.
He’s the only player to win Big 12 Golfer of the Month in non-consecutive seasons.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Seven different Baylor golfers have been honored as Big 12 Golfer of the Month a total of 13 times. Six of those 13 honors have been during the six-year tenure of head
coach Mike McGraw, nearly doubling the seven honors earned by Baylor players during the Big 12’s first 18 seasons.<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">Dossey led the Bears to two consecutive tournament titles and recorded top-10 individual finishes in all three events the Bears played in September. He recorded seven
of nine rounds at par or better and posted a 69.44 stroke average.<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">Dossey opened the 2019-20 season by shooting 2-under 211 to finish in fifth place as the Bears claimed the Gopher Invitational title. He followed that performance by
winning his third career medalist honor with a 4-under 206 to lead the Bears to the Fighting Illini Invitational title. He also led the team with a tie for 10<sup>th</sup> place at 5-under 208 in the Nike Collegiate Invitational.<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">Dossey has made 31 birdies across 162 total holes played, nearly doubling his 18 total holes above par. He’s played par-3 holes at 6-under 2.85, par-4 holes at 5-over
4.05 and par-5 holes at 10-under 4.63. He currently ranks second in program history with a 71.72 career stroke average, trailing only Jimmy Walker’s 71.55. He’s also 11<sup>th</sup> with 12 career top-10 finishes and tied for 12<sup>th</sup> with 6 career
top-5 finishes.<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">Baylor returns to action this weekend at the second-annual Big 12 Match Play Championship, while runs Friday-Sunday at Golf Club at Houston Oaks in Hockley, Texas. The
Bears look to defend the title they won by going 5-0 at the inaugural event last season. Matchups are to be determined, but all three days are scheduled for 8 a.m. CT shotgun starts.<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">Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter and Facebook for updates throughout the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR’S ALL-TIME BIG 12 MEN’S GOLFERS OF THE MONTH<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jeremy Alcorn, October 2004<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jeremy Alcorn, March 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ryan Baca, December 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ryan Baca, February 2006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joakim Mikkelsen, February 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Joakim Mikkelsen, April 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Jones, March 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Jones, September 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mikkel Bjerch-Andresen, October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle Jones, February 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matthew Perrine, October 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cooper Dossey, February 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cooper Dossey, September 2019<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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