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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Please see the info below regarding a media opportunity with Baylor Men’s basketball and cancer survivor, PJ Trojanowski, in support of Coaches vs. Cancer and the American Cancer Society this coming Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Roboto">BAYLOR BEARS MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH SCOTT DREW TO HOST CANCER SURVIVOR PJ TROJANOWSKI IN SUPPORT OF
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AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S ‘COACHES VS. CANCER’ <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Baylor Bears men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew will host 13-year-old cancer survivor PJ Trojanowski at Baylor’s Jan. 26 practice as part of the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer initiative.
Trojanowski and her parents will have the opportunity to meet Coach Drew and members of the men’s basketball team as special guests of Coach Drew at team practice on Friday, Jan. 26 before attending the Baylor game on Saturday, Jan. 27.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Coach Drew and members of the team will meet with the Trojanowski family after practice. They will be available for interviews to discuss PJ’s cancer journey and the importance of the American Cancer Society
(ACS) and National Association of Basketball Coaches’ (NABC) Coaches vs. Cancer Initiative following practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Coaches vs Cancer unites coaches, fans and members of the basketball community in supporting the American Cancer Society's work to improve the lives of people with cancer through research, patient support
and advocacy. With more than 5,000 coaches engaged in education, awareness and fundraising activities, the program currently raises approximately $10 million annually. Since 1993, the initiative has raised over $155 million to support the American Cancer
Society’s mission to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Visit coaches.cancer.org to learn more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">MEDIA IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE VISIT AND INTERVIEW COACH DREW, THE TROJANOWSKI FAMILY AND AN AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Roboto">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">RSVP TO
</span></b><a href="mailto:ACS@SSMANDL.COM"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">ACS@SSMANDL.COM</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:Roboto;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto">WHO:</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Scott Drew, Baylor Men’s Basketball Coach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">PJ Trojanoski, 13-year-old cancer survivor, and Melanie and Eric Trojanoski, PJ’s parents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Marisela Guillen, American Cancer Society, Director, Regional Integrated Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Friday, January 26<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">3:30-4:15 p.m. CT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">FOSTER PAVILION (Use the loading Dock Entrance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto">MEDIA CONTACTS:</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Pete Axtman, Sarah Borchardt, Mini Le<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Baylor Men’s Basketball<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Matt Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@baylor.edu"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">WM_Roberts@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">American Cancer Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">Marisela Guillen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:marisela.guillen@cancer.org"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">marisela.guillen@cancer.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Roboto">ABOUT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Roboto">The American Cancer Society is a leading cancer-fighting organization with a vision to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. For more than 100 years, we have been improving the lives of people with cancer
and their families as the only organization combating cancer through advocacy, research, and patient support. We are committed to ensuring everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. To learn more, visit
</span><a href="http://cancer.org"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">cancer.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto"> or call our 24/7 helpline at 1-800-227-2345. Connect with us on
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmericanCancerSociety"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">,
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanCancer"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">, and
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/americancancersociety/?hl=en"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto">.<b><br>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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