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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 – July 1, 2021<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’s Chapelet Named Big 12 Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year<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">France native earned Master’s in Sport Management with 3.72 GPA</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="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor women’s golf grad transfer Elodie Chapelet has been selected as Big 12 Conference Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced Thursday by the conference office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chapelet joins Laura Lonardi (2015 and 2016) to give the program a trio of Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. With three Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, Baylor
women’s golf ranks second among all BU sports, trailing only the baseball program’s four such honorees. Baylor’s 26 all-time Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year selections are second-most in conference history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Souraide, France, native, Chapelet graduated in May with a Master’s in sport management and a 3.72 GPA. She also was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team and was a Big
12 All-Tournament Team selection. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the course, Chapelet was one of three Bears to compete in all 37 rounds this season. She finished second on the team with a 72.19 stroke average, which was the second-best
single-season mark in program history. Chapelet currently holds the Baylor career stroke average record with a 72.28 mark across 60 rounds. She finished tied for seventh on the Bears’ all-time list with six top-5 finishes and tied for 10<sup>th</sup> with
11 top-10 results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In her final year of collegiate competition, Chapelet posted nine top-20 individual finishes, including winning medalist honors at the Cowgirl Classic. She helped the Bears earn
their first No. 1 ranking in program history as they started the season with a Big 12-record five-consecutive tournament titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chapelet also finished tied for second at the Kissing Tree Invitational, tied for third at the Trinity Forest Invitational, fifth at the Schooner Fall Classic, tied for ninth
at the Big 12 Championship and 10<sup>th</sup> at the Lone Star Invitational, giving her six top-10 finishes out of 12 tournaments played.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">She led the Bears in par-3 scoring average at 3.00, par-or-better percentage at 83.0 and total pars at 446, and she ranked second on the team in par-4 scoring at 4.09.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Over her two-year Baylor career, Chapelet recorded 27 of 60 rounds at par or better and counted 90.1 percent of her rounds toward the team score. She placed top-25 individual
in 15 of 20 tournaments with the Bears. Chapelet was named honorable mention All-America in 2020 by both Golfweek and the WGCA.<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 finished the 2020-21 season ranked No. 9 nationally by Golfweek and No. 15 by Golfstat. The Bears finished 14<sup>th</sup> at the NCAA Championship, earning their fourth
top-15 in six NCAA Championships since the Bears earned the program’s first top-15 national finish in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<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">BAYLOR’S BIG 12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baseball – Doug Ashby (2014), Logan Brown (2015), Richard Cunningham (2017), Kyle Hill (2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Equestrian – Rachel Van Allen (2018), Rachael Davis (2020)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Football – Nick Florence (2012)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Men’s Basketball – Freddie Gillespie (2020), Jared Butler (2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Men’s Golf – Matthew Perrine (2017), Colin Kober (2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Men’s Tennis – Patrick Pradella (2014), Jimmy Bendeck (2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Men’s XC – Blake Niccum (2012), Jonathan Tijerina (2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Soccer – Dana Larsen (2012), Precious Akanyirige (2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Softball – Kathy Shelton (2013), Heather Stearns (2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Volleyball – Shelly (Fanning) Stafford (2018 & 2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women’s Golf – Laura Lonardi (2015 & 2016), Elodie Chapelet (2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women’s Tennis – Blair Shankle (2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Women’s XC – Lindsey Bradley (2017)<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">BIG 12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR BY SCHOOL</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Iowa State-31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor-26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">West Virginia-23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oklahoma State-21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kansas State-20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kansas-17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">TCU-16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oklahoma-15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas-12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Texas Tech-9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Denver-3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">North Dakota State-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Northern Colorado-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tennessee-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2020-21 SEASON HONORS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Diane Baillieux<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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">Elodie Chapelet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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">Hannah Karg<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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">Gurleen Kaur<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-America Honorable Mention (Golfweek)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Big 12 Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Big 12 All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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">Jordan Shackelford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><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">Britta Snyder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Big 12 Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Anika Veintemilla<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Academic All-Big 12 First Team<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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