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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 21, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor WGOLF’s Kaur Named Big 12 Women’s Golf Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<h2><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU graduate is the third-different Bear to be named a Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
<a href="mailto:wm_roberts@baylor.edu">wm_roberts@baylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WGOLF Media materials: <a href="https://baylor.box.com/s/6lsj9n2hli3vecqv2xxsf24b9vt0hmo3">https://baylor.box.com/s/6lsj9n2hli3vecqv2xxsf24b9vt0hmo3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor women's golf graduate Gurleen Kaur has been selected as the Big 12 Conference
Women's Golf Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced Thursday by the conference office. She shared the honor with Texas Tech’s Amy Taylor and Texas’ Sara Kouskova.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="color:black;background:white">Kaur joins Elodie Chapelet (2021) and Laura Lonardi (2015 and 2016) to give the program a trio of Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winners. With four Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
honors, Baylor women's golf ties the baseball program with four such honorees. Baylor's 28 all-time Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year selections are second-most in conference history.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">A Houston, Texas native, Kaur graduated in May with a degree in marketing and a 3.27 GPA. She also was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, the All-Big 12 Team, WGCA and Golfweek All-America Second Teams.</p>
<p class="MsoBodyText">On the course, Kaur tied a program record with 37 rounds played on her way to setting the program record with 145 career rounds played. The senior finished the year with a team-leading stroke average of 72.03, which fell short of the
program mark she set last year at 71.97. Kaur owns three of the top-10 single-season stroke-average marks in BU history, and all five of her seasons rank in the top 22. She also led the team with 21 rounds at par or better, six top-5 finishes, seven top-10
finishes and nine top-25 finishes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">With a stellar senior season, Kaur became</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">the first player in program history to take home All-American Honors in four different seasons and be named an All-American in three-consecutive seasons (2020, 2021 and 2022). In total,
she garnered five All-American honors, the second-most in program history behind only Hayley Davis’ six.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">Over her Baylor career, Kaur recorded 70 of 145 rounds at par or better and counted 89.8% of her rounds toward
the team score. She placed top-25 individual in 35 of 48 tournaments in her career.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BU returns four players with NCAA Championship experience. Britta Snyder, Rosie Belsham, Hannah Karg and
BaiMai Seema played in the NCAA Championship last May. They will also be joined by East Tennessee State transfer Sera Hasegawa and talented freshman Silje Ohma. The Bears open their fall slate at the Schooner Fall Classic.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BAYLOR'S BIG 12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baseball – Doug Ashby (2014), Logan Brown (2015), Richard Cunningham (2017), Kyle Hill (2019)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Equestrian – Rachel Van Allen (2018), Rachael Davis (2020)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Football –
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/staff.aspx?staff=26"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Nick Florence</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (2012)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Men's Basketball – Freddie Gillespie (2020), Jared Butler (2021)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Men's Golf – Matthew Perrine (2017), Colin Kober (2019),
<b>Johnny Keefer (2022)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Men's Tennis – Patrick Pradella (2014), Jimmy Bendeck (2019)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Men's XC – Blake Niccum (2012), Jonathan Tijerina (2014)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Soccer – Dana Larsen (2012), Precious Akanyirige (2017)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Softball – Kathy Shelton (2013), Heather Stearns (2015)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Volleyball – Shelly (Fanning) Stafford (2018 & 2019)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Women's Golf – Laura Lonardi (2015 & 2016), </span><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10292"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Elodie
Chapelet</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (2021),
<b>Gurleen Kaur (2022)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Women's Tennis – Blair Shankle (2017)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Women's XC – Lindsey Bradley (2017)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BIG 12 SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR BY SCHOOL</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Iowa State-35</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor-28</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Kansas State-24</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">West Virginia-23</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Oklahoma State-21</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Kansas-18</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Oklahoma-17</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">TCU-16</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Texas-14</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Texas Tech-11</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Denver-3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">North Dakota State-1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Northern Colorado-1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">South Dakota State-1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Tennessee-1</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Alabama- 1</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2021-22 Season Honors</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Addie Baggarly</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Big 12 All-Tournament Team</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rosie Belsham</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic All-Big 12 Team (First Team)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Team</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WGCA All-American Scholar</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hannah Karg</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic All-Big 12 Team (First Team)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WGCA All-American Scholar</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gurleen Kaur</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Golfweek All-American (Second Team)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Britta Snyder</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MGOLF/ WGOLF/ FOOTBALL/ MBB) <br>
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