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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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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor WGOLF’s Hasegawa Named Big 12 Golfer of the Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU has now had a golfer of the month in three-straight seasons<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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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="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor sophomore Sera Hasegawa has been named the
Big 12 Women's Golfer of the Month for October, as announced Wednesday by the conference office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hasegawa is the 12<sup>th</sup>-different BU player to win Big 12 Golfer of the Month honors, and the first since Gurleen Kaur won in October of 2021. This marks
the third-straight October Golfer of the Month award won by a Baylor player. Prior to the 2020-21 season, Baylor had not had a golfer of the month since 2016-17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The transfer from East Tennessee State played great golf on demanding golf courses in October, shooting all six rounds at par or better, the longest streak since
Kaur had eight-straight rounds at par or better last season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Her month began with a tie for seventh at the Stanford Intercollegiate leading the Bears to a fifth-place finish, tied for its best of the season. With seven top-25
teams in the field, Hasegawa beat 17 golfers that were ranked ahead of her in the Golstat individual rankings. The stroke average never fell below 73 at Stanford Golf Course, but Hasegawa beat it by 2.83 strokes with a first-round 71, 3.86 strokes with a second-round
70 and 5.0 strokes with final round a 68. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The sophomore finished the month by carding her best finish as a Bear, a tie for sixth at the Battle at the Beach. She started her tournament three over through two
holes but battled back with three birdies to shoot an even-par 71 in the opening round. Hasegawa finished with a 1-under 70 on Saturday with birdies on the final two holes, before closing the event with a 2-under 69 for her sixth-straight round at par or better.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hasegawa and the Bears will return to action on Jan. 23, 2023, at the Match in the Desert in Phoenix, Ariz.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<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">BAYLOR'S ALL-TIME BIG 12 WOMEN'S GOLFERS OF THE MONTH</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Melanie Hagewood, March 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Josefin Svenningsson, October 2003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sian Reddick, November 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Allison Martin, March 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hannah Burke, March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hayley Davis, September 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Jaclyn Jansen, October 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lauren Taylor, November 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lauren Taylor, April 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Amy Lee, October 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Gurleen Kaur, September 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Elodie Chapelet, October 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Gurleen Kaur</span></dfn><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">,</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
October 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sera Hasegawa, October 2022</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></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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