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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 – April 30, 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">Baylor Men’s Golfer Keefer Named to GCAA All-Freshmen Team<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">Freshman from San Antonio is second player in program history to make team</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><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">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s golfer Johnny Keefer has been named to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-Freshmen Team, as announced Thursday by the GCAA.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Only five freshmen from all of Division I are chosen annually for the GCAA’s All-Freshmen Team. Keefer becomes the second player in program history to make the five-man
All-Freshmen Team, following current Baylor senior Cooper Dossey who was honored in 2017.<br>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A San Antonio, Texas, native, Keefer is joined on the team by Florida’s Ricky Castillo, USC’s Yuxin Lin, Pepperdine’s William Mouw and Wake Forest’s Mark Power.<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">Keefer ranked second on the team with a 70.41 stroke average across 17 rounds in his debut season at Baylor. He played 11 of 17 rounds at par or better and recorded top-five
individual finishes in three of six stroke-play tournaments. He also posted scores in the 60s in nine of 17 rounds, including three season-best rounds of 67, and he recorded double-digit birdie totals in four of six tournaments.<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">Keefer also led the team in par-4 scoring (4.03) and ranked second on the squad in par-3 scoring (3.00) and birdies (61). His 70.41 stroke average was the second-best
single-season mark in program history, trailing only Dossey’s 69.72 average from this season. He broke Dossey’s freshman scoring average record of 71.19 set over 37 rounds in 2016-17.<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">Keefer made his collegiate debut leading the Bears to a tournament title at the Gopher Invitational by finishing tied for third place individually in the 70-player field.
He went 3-2 in his matches at the Big 12 Match Play Championship, and he closed the fall with a tie for 19<sup>th</sup> place at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The spring season was off to a strong start, as Keefer recorded top-five finishes in both events before COVID-19 ended the year prematurely. Keefer tied for fifth place
in an 84-player field at the Arizona Intercollegiate, then tied for second place in an 80-player field at the Cabo Collegiate.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Keefer was named to Golfweek’s All-America Third Team, was a GCAA All-America Honorable Mention selection, and was chosen to the GCAA All-Central Region Team. He was
ranked No. 73 nationally in the Golfstat Division I player rankings, though that number was negatively affected by a disqualification after mistakenly signing an incorrect scorecard at 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">Baylor finished the 2019-20 season ranked No. 9 nationally. The Bears finished top-two in four of six stroke-play events, including tournament titles at the Gopher Invitational
and the Fighting Illini Invitational and runner-up finishes at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate and the Arizona Intercollegiate.<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">The Bears expect to return their entire 10-player roster for the 2020-21 season, and they add two incoming freshman signees with Trey Bosco and Luke Morgan. In addition
to returning seniors Dossey and Colin Kober, the Bears also return juniors Ryan Grider, Travis McInroe and Mark Reppe, sophomore Brandon Hoff and freshmen Keefer, Luke Dossey, Tyler Isenhart and Scout McNealy.<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, Instagram and Facebook for year-round updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2019-20 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">Cooper Dossey (No. 4)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA Selection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, First Team (GCAA)<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">All-Central Region Team (Ping/GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Haskins Award Finalist (1 of 10)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><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">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">Ryan Grider<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brandon Hoff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Johnny Keefer (No. 73)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, Honorable Mention (GCAA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Freshmen Team (GCAA)<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>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Travis McInroe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Reppe (No. 205)<o:p></o:p></span></b></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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