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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 – Nov. 9, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor MGOLF Inks Ovard on National Signing Day</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Frisco native set to join the Bears for 2023-24<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</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:#2F5496">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><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><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"> – Baylor men’s golf has signed
Davis Ovard, head coach Mike McGraw announced Wednesday.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">With five current players from the state of Texas, head coach Mike McGraw is happy to add another talented player from the Lone Star State.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">"I've been watching Davis for a few years, and I really like his game and how it continues to trend upward,” McGraw said. “He is the latest
in a long line of Texans that we have been able to recruit to Baylor, so I am really excited to add him to this roster. He competes as hard as anyone, but keeps his composure on the golf course, regardless of circumstance.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Frisco, Texas native, is currently ranked 106<sup>th</sup> in the Rolex AJGA Rankings on the strength of three top-10 finishes this
year. His most recent top-10 was a tie for 8<sup>th</sup> at the Under Armor Jordan Spieth Championship in July, highlighted by a final-round 67. His best AJGA finish came last December in the Dominican Junior Open, where he finished second with two rounds
at par or better. In March, he also finished fifth at the KJ Choi Foundation Championship in Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The two-time Northern Texas PGA State Champion also played on the Legends Junior Tour, winning the Winter Classic in January of 2021 by
a shot over Ethan Parker. A seven-time participant in the US Kids Golf World Championships, Ovard has been playing competitive golf since the age of five.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The current Bears finished the fall with a win in the Bear Brawl and
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">will return to action in February 2023 at the Border Olympics in Laredo.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"> For more information on
Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>—BaylorBears.com—<o:p></o:p></i></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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