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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 – May 5, 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 Golfer Colin Kober Named Byron Nelson Award Finalist<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">Senior is one of three finalists for 2020 award</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">NORMAN, Okla. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s golf senior Colin Kober is one of three finalists for the 2020 Byron Nelson Award, presented by Srixon/Cleveland Golf, in cooperation with the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.<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">Finalists were announced Wednesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Kober is joined as a finalist by Louisville’s John Murphy and Georgia Tech’s Tyler
Strafaci. <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">Candidates for the Nelson Award must be graduating seniors, and the selection committee considers equally a nominee’s entire collegiate academic and golf career, as well
as his character and integrity while in college. Particular consideration is given to a nominee’s good citizenship, as portrayed by Mr. Byron Nelson over the course of his life and golf career.<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">Kober is the third player in Baylor program history to be named a Byron Nelson Award finalist. He joins Joakim Mikkelsen, a 2012 finalist, and Matthew Perrine, the 2018
Byron Nelson Award winner.<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 Southlake, Texas, native, Kober has a career scoring average of 72.99, which ranks 11<sup>th</sup> in program history. He is a two-time NCAA Elite 90 Award winner,
a 2019 All-America Scholar and the 2019 Big 12 Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He also serves with Waco Habitat for Humanity and Feed My Starving Children.<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">Kober was named to the 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team as one of three golfers with a perfect 4.0 GPA. A four-time Academic All-Conference honoree, Kober was a 2017
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team selection and was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in each of the last three seasons.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kober has elected to return for a fifth season in 2020-21 after COVID-19 prematurely ended the 2019-20 season. He’ll have a chance to become the first five-time Academic
All-Big 12 honoree in program history.<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 2020 Byron Nelson Award winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 13.<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">2020 Byron Nelson Award Finalists</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Colin Kober, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">John Murphy, Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tyler Strafaci, Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s Byron Nelson Award Finalists</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Joakim Mikkelsen, 2012 (finalist)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Matthew Perrine, 2018 (winner)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Colin Kober, 2020 (finalist)<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>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America, First Team (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" 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>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Byron Nelson Award finalist<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, First Team<o:p></o:p></span></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="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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