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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 11, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collen
Retains Heffner as Director of Athletic Performance for Baylor WBB<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></span></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK8"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Heffner will begin 10<sup>th</sup> season with Baylor in 2021-22<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact: Kyle Robarts, 254-405-9492,
</span></span></span></span><a href="mailto:Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kyle_Robarts@baylor.edu</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collen head shot:
</span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fav87rib8d691ws/bu_wbb_staff_heffner_jeremy_1920.jpg?dl=0"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.dropbox.com/s/fav87rib8d691ws/bu_wbb_staff_heffner_jeremy_1920.jpg?dl=0</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO,
Texas</span></b></span></a></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK10"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
- </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Women’s Basketball Head Coach Nicki
Collen announced Tuesday that Director of Athletics Performance, Jeremy Heffner, will remain with the program. The hire for Collen is the first public announcement concerning staff since she was announced May 3 and introduced May 5 as the fifth women’s basketball
coach in Baylor history.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2021-22 season will mark the 10<sup>th</sup> season that Heffner
has led the Lady Bears’ strength and conditioning efforts. After a stint with Baylor from 2010-2017, he returned prior to the 2019-20 season.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I am excited to continue working with Coach Heffner, and we are
looking forward to him continuing to keep our student-athletes in elite physical condition,” said Collen. “He has excellent rapport with our players and is an expert in his craft.”
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In Heffner’s two stints with Baylor, he has been a part of 17
Big 12 Championships and the 2012 NCAA title.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I am excited to continue working with this incredible group of
student-athletes and Baylor University,” Heffner said. “After visiting with Coach Collen, there is no doubt in my mind we can continue a winning legacy at Baylor.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Heffner is a certified strength and
conditioning coach (SCCC – 2005) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS – 2004). He has been a guest speaker at numerous engagements, sharing his expertise in the field. In May of 2020 the College Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association
awarded Heffner as a “Master Strength and Conditioning Coach.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Heffner also had stops at Georgia,
Texas and Lee High School in Tyler. Heffner is a veteran of the United States Army where he was enlisted from Aug. 1996 - Dec. 1998. He was stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky and earned an Expert Infantry Badge, Army Achievement Medal, Army Commendation
Medal and Army Good Conduct Medal in his time as an infantryman.</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-family:Courier"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jeremy Heffner File<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Years Title
Institution<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2019-present Director of Athletic
Performance – Women’s Basketball Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2017-2019 Head Strength
& Conditioning Coach Lee High School (Tyler)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2010-2017 Director of
Athletic Performance – Women’s Basketball Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2005-2010 Strength & Conditioning
Coach – BSB, Swim, WT, SB Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2004 Graduate
Assistant Strength & Conditioning, FB, BSB, MG Texas<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2002 Bachelor’s
Degree – University of North Texas<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2004 Certified
Strength & Conditioning Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2005 Certified
Strength & Conditioning Coach<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2020 Master
Strength & Conditioning Coach</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Courier"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"></span></span></span><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK5"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK11"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Kyle Robarts</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director, Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3042 | C: 254-405-9492</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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