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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 – Feb. 23, 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Twenty-Eight Bears Earn Prestigious Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IRVING, Texas</b> – <span style="font-size:10.0pt">Twenty-eight Bears from eight different sports were recognized with the 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor, the league announced on Wednesday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The award is in its 12th year and has recognized a total of 1,065 conference student-athletes. Baylor led the way with 28 honorees, followed by Iowa State
with 22.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Over the last six years, the Bears have had 82 honorees. The 28 recipients this year are the most in award history at Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The award is in memory of Lage, who served as the Oklahoma State faculty athletics representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12 Conference from 1983
until his death in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="Pa3" style="text-align:justify"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In order to be eligible for the accolade, student-athletes must have lettered at least once in their career while maintaining residence
at their institution for at least one academic year. The honoree, which can only be recognized once, should have 100 hours of earned credit with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 at the time of the nomination.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipients’ names will be featured on the video board at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championships, scheduled
for March 10-13 at the T-Mobile Center and March 11-14 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor 2022 Dr. Lage Academic Award Honorees<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Keri Collins Jr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Exercise Physiology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Olivia Felton Sr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tawn Gurnsey Sr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Exercise Physiology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kamryn Kitchens Jr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Abby Luong Jr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Health Science Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ava White Sr. Acrobatics & Tumbling Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sarah Boston Sr. Equestrian Management Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Caroline Fuller Sr. Equestrian Biology<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maggie Cincotta Sr. Equestrian Public Health<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sara Greenhaw Sr. Equestrian Management Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hannah Stokan Sr. Equestrian Health Science Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maddie Vorhies Jr. Equestrian Electrical & Comp Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Scout McNealy Jr. Men’s Golf Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mark Reppe Sr. Men’s Golf Accounting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Elizabeth Kooiman Jr. Soccer Electrical & Comp Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Josie Bower Jr. Softball Accounting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ben Conacher So. Men’s Track & Field Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reese Sarnowski Sr. Men’s Track & Field University Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lauren Ammons Jr. Women’s Track & Field Child & Family Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Briana Garcia Sr. Women’s Track & Field Journalism<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Celia Holmes Sr. Women’s Track & Field Recreation and Leisure Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jamie Holodak Jr. Women’s Track & Field University Scholars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mazie Larsen Sr. Women’s Track & Field Health Science Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sophia Leidner Jr. Women’s Track & Field Baylor Business Fellows<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Moorea Long Sr. Women’s Track & Field Journalism<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kasey Sutryk So. Women’s Track & Field Health Science Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cassie Davis Jr. Volleyball Health Science Studies<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Andressa Parise Sr. Volleyball Supply Chain Management<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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