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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 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – June 5, 2024<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:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor MGOLF’s Keefer Named PING All-American<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">The BU senior becomes the first Bear to garner All-American honors in three different seasons<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor men’s golfer Johnny
Keefer was named to the PING All-American Second Team Wednesday, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The selection marks Keefer's third nod to the PING All-American team, making him the first player in program history to be an All-American
in three seasons. Between PING and Golfweek honors, he has five All-America selections in his career, which is also a new program record.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The senior left his mark on the program in his final season, re-writing lofty marks in the Baylor history books. Keefer passed PGA Tour member and major champion Jimmy Walker for BU's career
stroke-average mark with a 71.45 while establishing the Bears’ 54-hole scoring record with a 12-under 198 at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional. His record-setting performance lifted the Bears to the NCAA Championship for the second straight season. Keefer’s second-round
64 in Chapel Hill ranks as the fourth-best single-round in BU history and tied the lowest postseason round in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the wake of Keefer’s tie for 11<sup>th</sup> at the NCAA Championship, the senior finished 25<sup>th</sup> in the PGA Tour University's rankings. That ranking earned him automatic status
on the PGA Tour Americas, the second player in program history to earn professional status through the PGA Tour U program.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The four-time All-American Scholar finished outside the top 25 just once this season, a tie for 27<sup>th</sup> at the Arizona State Thunderbird Collegiate, while carding a team-leading two
top-5s, five top-10s and 10 top-25s. Additionally, he paced Baylor in below-par percentage (23.2%), par-or-better percentage (83.8%), total birdies (139), par-4 scoring average (4.02) and par-5 scoring average (4.60).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The only two-time Big 12 Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year in conference history, Keefer leaves Baylor with not only the career stroke-average record but also can lay claim to three of
the 10-best single-season stroke averages. His 19-career top-10s are tied for the fourth-most in Baylor history, while his 10-career top-5s are seventh-most.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The San Antonio, Texas, native <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
cemented himself on the Mount Rushmore of Baylor men’s golf in 2023-24, pairing his personal achievements with team success. The fifth-year senior led the team in stroke average for a third-straight season and helped his squad reach the NCAA Championship for
the sixth time in the last eight full seasons. The Bears’ 14<sup>th</sup>-place finish at La Costa was the third-best in program history. Keefer's tie for 11<sup>th</sup> was the highest finish by a Baylor individual in NCAA Championship history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">—BaylorBears.com—<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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