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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 – Feb. 27, 2020<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 Five Baylor MBB Players Earn 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">Gillespie and Moffatt earn first-team recognition</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><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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">A school-record five Baylor men’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 teams, as announced Thursday by the conference office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senior Freddie Gillespie and redshirt freshman Jackson Moffatt picked up first-team honors, while sophomore Jared Butler, senior Obim Okeke and junior MaCio Teague were named
to the Academic All-Big 12 second team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor’s five honorees were second-most in the Big 12 and broke the previous school record of four Academic All-Big 12 selections in 2002. Gillespie is the fifth player in program
history to earn first-team recognition in consecutive seasons, joining Mark Shepherd, Josh Lomers, Brady Heslip and Jake Lindsey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears have now had multiple first-team selections in three consecutive seasons and six times in the conference’s 24-year history. Lomers and Shepherd were recognized in 2008,
Heslip and Jacob Neubert in 2013, Heslip and Logan Lowery in 2014, Lindsey and Jonathan Davis in 2018 and Lindsey and Gillespie in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All told, Baylor has now had 21 first-team honors earned by 14 different players, along with 15 second-team selections by 12 different players.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 22 first-team honorees and 12 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor, which is ranked No. 2 nationally and is tied for the Big 12 Conference lead with a 14-1 league record, has three regular-season games remaining. The Bears’ final home
game is Monday at 8 p.m. CT against Texas Tech, and that comes in between a pair of Saturday road trips to TCU and West Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU has clinched a top-two seed in the Big 12 Championship for the first time in program history and has already won two more conference games than any season in program history.
The Bears’ 25 wins are tied for fifth-most in school history, trailing 30 wins in 2012, 28 wins in 2010, 27 wins in 2017 and 26 wins in 2014. This marks the fifth time in the last 11 years the Bears have reached the 25-win mark after doing so only once prior
to 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets for Monday’s 8 p.m. CT Senior Night game against Texas Tech are available at
<a href="http://www.baylorbears.com/tickets">www.baylorbears.com/tickets</a> or by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000. Baylor will honor a trio of seniors with Gillespie, Okeke and Devonte Bandoo all playing their final Baylor home games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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">2020 – Freddie Gillespie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 – Jackson Moffatt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 – Jared Butler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 – Obim Okeke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2020 – MaCio Teague<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">2019-20 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">Wooden Award Last Season Top 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Finalist (1 of 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naismith Trophy Midseason Team (1 of 30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lute Olson Award Midseason Watch List (1 of 30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Player of the Week (Jan. 13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 25)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Myrtle Beach Invitational MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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">Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CoSIDA Academic All-District 7<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">Davion Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jackson Moffatt<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">Obim Okeke<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">MaCio Teague<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 13)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12, Second 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">Mark Vital<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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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