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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 – Oct. 26, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Drew Named to Texas Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">National Championship coach becomes BU’s 23<sup>rd</sup> player or coach in HOF</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;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;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men’s basketball
 head coach Scott Drew is one of eight new members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, announced as a member of the class of 2023 on Wednesday.</span></strong><strong><span style="background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">A two-time national coach of the year, Drew joins Robert Brazile (Houston Oilers), Jose Cruz (Houston Astros), Carlette Guidry Falkquay
 (University of Texas), Priest Holmes (San Antonio Marshall High School/University of Texas), Adrian Peterson (Palestine High School), Cynthia Potter (Houston Lamar HS) and Michael Strahan (Texas Southern) in the newest TSHOF Class.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Entering his 20<sup>th</sup> season at the helm of the men’s basketball program, Drew has engineered one of the greatest rebuilds
 in college basketball history, which reached its pinnacle in April of 2021 when the Bears captured the program’s first-ever National Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">With 397 wins, he is Baylor’s all-time winningest coach and has transformed the Bears into one of the most consistent programs in
 the game, joining Kansas as the only Power-5 program with 18+ wins every season since 2008.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In addition to the national title in 2021, Drew has led Baylor to 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, five Sweet 16 berths and three trips to the Elite Eight.
 Additionally, the program achieved its first No. 1 national ranking, a Big 12 Conference-record 23-game winning streak, two five-week streaks at No. 1, and an entire season ranked in the nation’s top-3 in 2021.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor joins Gonzaga as the only programs ranked No. 1 nationally in each of the last three seasons and is one of four programs to earn No. 1 national rankings
 in four of the last six seasons, joining Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas. Baylor has averaged 24 wins per season since the first year Drew led BU to the NCAA Tournament in 2008.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The three-time defending Big 12 Coach of the Year has the Bears poised for another big season. The league's coaches picked them as the preseason conference
 favorite for the second time in three seasons. Adam Flagler was named to the preseason All-Big 12 squad, while Keyonte George was tabbed as the preseason Freshman of the Year and joined LJ Cryer as an All-Big 12 Honorable mention selection.
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=MBST&linkID=baylor&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=&utm_source=Evenue&utm_campaign=2223_MBB+Season+Tickets+-+Social"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BaylorBears.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
 Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The 62nd Annual Texas Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, presented by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, will be held in the BASE at Extraco Events Center in
 Waco, Texas, on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Tickets and sponsorship packages for the 2023 Texas Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and Reception are on sale now and available at</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftshof.org%2F2023&data=05%7C01%7Cscott_drew%40baylor.edu%7Cbb6bb8143dde4250ebdd08dab5f5e1aa%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0%7C0%7C638022364971148537%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QOq8PgUc6WbeaytTGkMP2zKd34xh804b9Zr6zHsoocc%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">tshof.org/2023</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
 For more information or questions, please contact Krista Martin at </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:krista.martin@tshof.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">krista.martin@tshof.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
 or 254-756-1633. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BEARS IN THE TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME</span><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Jackie Robinson — Basketball — 1966<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Wesley Bradshaw — Football — 1966<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Barton Koch — Football — 1967<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">John Drew Johnson — Football — 1973<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Frank Bridges — Football Coach — 1973<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Bill Henderson — Basketball Coach — 1976<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Jack Patterson — Track Coach — 1980<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Ted Lyons — Baseball — 1985<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Bill Glass — Football — 1987<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Grant Teaff — Football Coach — 1995<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Mike Singletary — Football — 1995<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jody Conradt — Basketball — 1997</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Clyde Hart — Track Coach — 2000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Larry Isbell — Football — 2000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Carroll Dawson — Basketball Coach — 2003
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Stanley Williams — Football — 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jim Ray Smith — Football — 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lawrence Elkins — Football — 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Kim Mulkey — Basketball Coach — 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Don Trull — Football — 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jeremy Wariner — Track and Field — 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Robert Griffin III — Football — 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Scott Drew — Basketball Coach — 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.BaylorBears.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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