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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 31, 2021</span></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">22 A&T Student-Athletes Earn 2021 All-Big 12 Academic At-Large Honors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">19-of-22 student-athletes earned first-team honors<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><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"> 919-247-7585, <u>Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas -
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor acrobatics and tumbling had 22 student-athletes named to the 2021 Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team that was announced recently by the league office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The conference had seven register a 4.0 grade point average, including three from the acrobatics and tumbling in Olivia Felton, Kam Kitchens and Maddie McNamee. A conference-high
19 were named to the first team, boasting GPAs of 3.20 or higher, while three earned second-team honors with GPAs between a 3.00 and 3.19.<br>
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The Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Team recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at Conference institutions that participate in sports outside of Big 12 competition. The 58 honorees for the 2020-21 season included student-athletes from the
sports of acrobatics & tumbling, beach volleyball, men's gymnastics, men's soccer and rifle.<br>
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To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of
two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For updates on the program, follow @BaylorAcroTumb on Twitter and Instagram and @BaylorAcrobaticsandTumbling on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach Rhodes</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 919-247-7585 | O: 254-710-3784<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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