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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 – June 19, 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 Kober Named First-Team Academic All-American<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 first Academic All-American in Baylor men’s golf 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,
</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 golf senior Colin Kober has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I At-Large team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.<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 a first-team honoree, becoming the fourth Baylor student-athlete to earn first-team honors on the Academic All-America At-Large team. He joins Lisa Stone (1990
& 1991 women’s track & field), Karin Ernstrom (2000 women’s track & field) and Michal Kokta (2007 men’s tennis) as Baylor’s only first-team at-large selections.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kober is Baylor’s first golfer to earn Academic All-America recognition, and he extends Baylor Athletics’ streak to 26 consecutive years with an Academic All-American.
He’s the first Bear to earn first-team honors in any sport since football’s Spencer Drango in 2015.<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">Academic All-America At-Large teams are comprised of student-athletes from fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis,
water polo for both men and women, bowling, crew and field hockey for women and volleyball and wrestling for men.<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 nation’s only men’s golfer named to the Academic All-America At-Large first team and one of seven golfers named to any of the three teams. All told, 46 student-athletes
were recognized on the men’s at-large teams, with 16 on the first and third teams and 14 on the second team. The 16 first-team honorees had an average GPA of 3.96, and Kober is one of 11 on the first team with perfect 4.00 GPAs.<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">Four Big 12 student-athletes were recognized on the men’s side, with Kober and West Virginia’s David Koenders (rifle) on the first team and Texas Tech’s Bjorn Thomson
(tennis) and Sandy Scott (golf) honored on the second and third teams, respectively.<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 also recognized along with three teammates as GCAA All-America Scholars. He was joined by Cooper Dossey, Travis McInroe and Mark Reppe, giving the Bears four
All-America Scholars for the first time in program history. Kober and Dossey earned the recognition for a second-consecutive year and will both have a chance to become Baylor’s first three-time honorees when they return for their fifth years in 2020-21, while
Reppe and McInroe were first-time selections.<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>
<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">All-America Scholar (GCAA)<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"><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-America First Team (CoSIDA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America Scholar (GCAA)<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="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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