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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – May 2, 2024<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">Miska Kadleckova Named All-Big 12 Conference</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Kadleckova Was Named Big 12 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2022-23<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor women’s tennis star Miska Kadleckova was named All-Big 12 Conference Second
Team in a voting of the league’s coaches, it was announced by the conference office on Thursday.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kadleckova, a 5-foot-6 senior out of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, has had a decorated season as the top of the Baylor lineup. A transfer from Iowa State – where she was named
the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2022-23, Kadleckova is ranked No. 102 in the nation in singles and leads the Bears with a 16-4 record, including a 15-4 mark in line one.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">She is the 27<sup>th</sup> Baylor player to earn All-Big 12 honors in singles and the sixth player in the last four seasons to earn the honor.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kadleckova had a record-setting career in Ames, Iowa, breaking the school marks for single-season singles wins (29) and doubles wins (30) as a junior in 2022-23. She owns 115
career singles wins over the two schools. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">She is a decorated academic performer, earning six Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll honors, is a two-time ITA Scholar Athlete and was named College Sports Information
Directors Association Academic All-District in 2023. Kadleckova has a 3.73 cumulative GPA as a health, kinesiology and leisure studies major.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The No. 35 Bears will open their 25<sup>th</sup> all-time NCAA Tournament vs. No. 31 LSU on Friday at 12 p.m. CT in the NCAA Stanford Regional.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 Women’s Tennis Yearly Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Player of the Year – Ange Oby Kajuru, OSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Freshman of the Year – Olivia Lincer, UCF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Newcomer of the Year – Anastasiya Komar, OSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Coach of the Year – Chris Young, OSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 First Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sophia Biolay, UCF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Julia Garcia Ruiz, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dana Guzman, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ange Oby Kajuru, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Anastasiya Komar, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Lucia Peyre, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Malaika Rapolu, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cristina Tiglea, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Dana Guzman/Roisin Gilheany, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Anastasiya Komar/Ange Oby Kajuru, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Malaika Rapolu/Tanya Sasnouskaya, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Metka Komac/Avelina Sayfetdinova, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Miska Kadleckova, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Bobo Huang, BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Noel Saidenova, UCF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Safiya Carrington, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ayumi Miyamoto, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Destinee Martins, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Charlotte Chavatipon, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tanya Sasnouskaya, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kendall Kovick/Emilee Astle, BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Julia Garcia-Ruiz/Zdena Safarova, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Ayumi Miyamoto/Raquel Gonzalez, Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Jade Otway/Isabel Pascual, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Freshman Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Olivia Lincer, UCF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kyoka Kubo, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Maralgoo Chogsomjav, Kansas State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Charlotte Keitel, Kansas State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Chloe Noel, Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Raquel Caballero, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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