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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">December
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor VB’s Skinner Named CoSIDA Academic All-America<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Senior Avery Skinner earns national accolade for academic excellence<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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AUSTIN, Texas –</span></b><span style="background:white"> Baylor volleyball’s Avery Skinner caps off a successful academic and athletic career by being named a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American for the second time
in her career, the organization announced Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Skinner becomes the first BU volleyball player to be named to the First Team, and just the second to be named Academic All-America in program history.
The first was Kia Young, who was named to the Third Team in 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Katy, Texas, native currently holds a 4.0 GPA in her speech and language pathology graduate program at Baylor after graduating with two degrees
from Kentucky in 2020. She earned degrees in communication studies and disorders as well as early childhood education as a Wildcat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">She was previously named first-team Academic All-America in 2020, finishing her undergraduate programs with a 3.91 GPA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Skinner is one of nine repeat selections on this year’s teams. She is also one of eight of the 21 members to boast a 4.0 GPA in their graduate or
undergraduate work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The senior outside hitter plans to continue her volleyball career, playing professionally while or after finishing her master’s at Baylor. She wants
to join the workforce in the speech language pathology field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorVball.<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;color:black">2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Division I Volleyball Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">FIRST TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abby Bottomley (2) | Creighton University | Gr. | 3.89/4.00 | Finance & Marketing (UG) / Business Analytics (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rylee Cookerly (2) | Valparaiso University | Gr. | 3.96 | Nursing (UG) / Doctor of Nursing Practice (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kennedy Eschenberg (3) | Brigham Young University | Gr. | 3.87 | Post-Baccalaureate Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Serena Gray | University of Pittsburgh | Gr. | 3.95 | Psychology (UG) / Applied Dev. Psychology (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sydney Hilley (1) (4) | University of Wisconsin | Gr. | 3.79/4.00 | Genetics & Genomics / Applied Biotechnology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Iman Isanovic | Arizona State University | Jr. | 4.00 | Political Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kenzie Koerber | Brigham Young University | Gr. | 4.00 | Post-Baccalaureate Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Mackenzie May (2) | UCLA | Gr. | 3.41/4.00 | Sociology (UG) / Transformative Coaching and Leadership (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">McKenna Melville (2) | UCF | Sr. | 3.94 | Finance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Avery Skinner (1) | Baylor University | Gr. | 3.91/4.00 | Comm. Studies / Disorders, Early Childhood Edu. (UG) / Speech Path. (G)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SECOND TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ava Bell | University of Tennessee | Sr. | 3.97 | Political Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Diana Brown | University of Illinois | Sr. | 4.00 | Molecular & Cellular Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sadie Limback | University of Nebraska Omaha | Sr. | 4.00 | Kinesiology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hannah Thompson (3) | Bradley University | Sr. | 4.00 | Health Science<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;color:black">THIRD TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">KJ Adams | Texas Tech University | Gr. | 4.00/4.00 | Interdisciplinary Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Logan Eggleston (2) | University of Texas | Gr. | 3.58 | Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hanna Laube | Bowling Green State University | Sr. | 4.00 | History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Olivia Lohmeier | Morehead State University | Gr. | 3.89/4.00 | Information Systems (UG) / Engineering Tech. (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kayla Lund | University of Pittsburgh | Gr. | 3.46/4.00 | Comm. & Psychology (UG) / Applied Dev. Psychology (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kayla White | UNCG | Gr. | 3.95 | Human Performance and Sport (UG) / MBA (G)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lacey Zerwas | West Virginia University | Sr. | 4.00 | Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Kenzie Koerber, Brigham Young University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Associate
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