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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 – Nov. 5, 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 MBB’s Vital Named to Karl Malone Award Watch List<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 20 players on watch list for national power forward of the year</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">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor men’s basketball senior Mark Vital has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award, as announced Thursday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.<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 annual award is in its seventh year recognizing the top power forwards in Division I men’s basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined
the 20 watch list candidates. Players can be added to the watch list throughout the season, and the list will be trimmed to 10 candidates in late January. Five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee in late February.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award winner will be announced on April 9 along with the remaining members of the Men’s Starting Five, including the Bob
Cousy Point Guard of the Year, Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year, Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vital is one of four Big 12 Conference players on the Karl Malone Award watch list, joining Oklahoma’s Brady Manek, West Virginia’s Oscar Tshiebwe and Texas’ Greg Brown.
Vital could face three more watch list members during the regular season, with the Bears scheduled to face Gonzaga’s Drew Timme on Dec. 5 and potential matchups against Villanova’s Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Seton Hall’s Sandro Mamukelashvili earlier in the
season.<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">Additional players on the watch list are Clemson’s Aamir Simms, Duke’s Matthew Hurt, Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis, Kentucky’s Isaiah Jackson, LSU’s Trendon Watford,
Massachusetts’ Tre Mitchell, North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks, Ohio State’s Seth Towns, Saint Louis’ Hasahn French, Stanford’s Oscar da Silva, Tennessee’s John Fulkerson, Texas A&M’s Kevin Marfo and Wisconsin’s Nate Reuvers.<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 three-year letterwinner from Lake Charles, La., Vital has played 96 games and made 75 starts over three seasons. He redshirted during the 2016-17 season, then made
18 starts as a freshman in 2017-18, 34 starts as a sophomore in 2018-19 and 23 starts as a junior in 2019-20.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vital earned All-Big 12 Third-Team honors in 2019-20 and was a unanimous choice to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. He was also one of four finalists for the Naismith Defensive
Player of the Year and was the captain of Seth Davis’ 21<sup>st</sup>-annual All-Glue Team. Vital averaged 6.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.6 blocks in 26.0 minutes per game as a junior.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vital will look to follow former Bear Johnathan Motley, who won the 2017 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award, becoming the first player in program history to
win a major national individual award.<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">Vital joins Jared Butler (Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year) and MaCio Teague (Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year) on watch lists for Men’s Starting Five Awards.<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 open the 2020-21 season with a five-game, 14-day trip to play games against some of the nation’s top teams. BU will face two of three out of Villanova, Arizona
State and Boston College in the 2K Empire Classic, then will take on a pair of to-be-announced high-major teams before wrapping up the trip against Gonzaga in Indianapolis. Baylor’s first home game is Dec. 8 at the Ferrell Center.<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 Athletics expects to open the season with 25 percent capacity in the Ferrell Center, and renewed season ticket holders will have exclusive priority. Additional information
on the adjusted ticketing process has been provided by the Baylor Bear Foundation
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/news/2020/10/28/mens-basketball-baylor-athletics-announces-2020-21-basketball-ticketing-plan.aspx"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021 KARL MALONE POWER FORWARD OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mark Vital, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aamir Simms, Clemson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Matthew Hurt, Duke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Drew Timme, Gonzaga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Trendon Watford, LSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tre Mitchell, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Garrison Brooks, North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Seth Towns, Ohio State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brady Manek, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hasahn French, Saint Louis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oscar da Silva, Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">John Fulkerson, Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greg Brown, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kevin Marfo, Texas A&M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nate Reuvers, Wisconsin<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">2020-21 BAYLOR MBB PRESEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jared Butler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 Team (unanimous)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List<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">MaCio Teague<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List<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">Mark Vital<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Watch List<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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