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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Baylor Equestrian’s Maddie Vorhies Named NCEA Rider of the Month<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears’ Jumping Seat senior collects first-career monthly recognition<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> Baylor equestrian Jumping Seat senior Maddie Vorhies has been named the National Collegiate Equestrian
Association (NCEA) Flat Rider of the Month for March, as announced by the organization Wednesday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Vorhies went 2-0 in Flat in March, averaging an 84.5 across BU’s two meets against No. 1 SMU and No. 3 TCU. She claimed an 87-81 victory in the Bears’ home finale against the
top-ranked Mustangs, garnering her Most Outstanding Performer honors, then grabbed an 82-80 win against her Horned Frogs opponent in Fort Worth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Vorhies’ tally of 87 was the highest score of the day in BU’s Senior Day meet against SMU, helping the Bears’ Flat team to a 4-1 event win. Her 82 at TCU also assisted in Baylor’s
3-2 Flat win over the Horned Frogs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Since Baylor’s Nov. 4 meet at SMU, Vorhies has gone unbeaten in Flat with six wins and two ties to round out her 2023 campaign. Entering the postseason, she is currently riding
a four-meet win streak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The award marks Vorhies’ first-career monthly honor at either the national or conference level. This is Baylor’s second NCEA Rider of the Month award, as senior Dominika Silvestri
was previously recognized in January for Flat. Eight of Baylor’s 11 monthly honors this season have come on the Jumping Seat side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">No. 9 Baylor received the No. 4 seed for the 2023 Big 12 Championship, set to take place in Stillwater, Okla., on March 24-25. The Bears will take on top-seeded and No. 5-ranked
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To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor equestrian, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorEQ.<br>
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<b><u>2022-23 BAYLOR EQUESTRIAN AWARDS</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">NCEA Rider of the Month<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jan. – Dominika Silvestri (Flat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">March – Maddie Vorhies (Flat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Big 12 Rider of the Month<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. – Madaline Callaway (Reining)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. – Annie Vorhies (Fences)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Oct. – Annie Vorhies (Flat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Nov. – Lauren Reid (Co-Fences)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Nov. – Dominika Silvestri (Co-Flat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jan. – Dominika Silvestri (Fences)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jan. – Dominika Silvestri (Flat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jan. – Alexis Rutledge (Horsemanship)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jan. – Jenna Meimerstorf (Reining)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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