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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 1, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor WBB’s Vonleh on Lisa Leslie Award Preseason Watch List<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Year honored with 20 best centers in women’s college basketball<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor women’s basketball
senior center Aaronette Vonleh has been named to the 2024-25 </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Preseason Watch List for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,
as announced by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Lisa Leslie Award annually recognizes the top centers in women's college basketball every year.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Vonleh was Baylor's sixth-straight and 11<sup>th</sup> all-time Preseason Newcomer of the Year selection, announced in early
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Coming to the Bears after a two-year All-Pac-12 stint in Colorado, Vonleh started in all 34 games and led the team with 476
points last season. Her sophomore year featured three 20-plus-point games with 25 double-digit scoring efforts after transferring from Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Vonleh was also named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team by the league coaches with fifth-year guard Sarah Andrews.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">An updated top 10 list for the Lisa Leslie Award will be released in January, with the final five narrowed in late March.
Throughout the season, the list will be fluid, and players will have the ability to play themselves on or off our list until the five finalists are selected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Single game tickets for 2024-25 at the Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion are <a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/events/WBSG" target="_blank" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbaylorbears.evenue.net%2Fevents%2FWBSG&data=05%7C02%7Ccolin_pirtle1%40baylor.edu%7Ca8698e9d80be4aef1a4008dcf9cd7e1d%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0%7C0%7C638659908231497329%7CUnknown"><span style="color:blue">on
sale</span></a> now. For more information, call the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor women's basketball is presented by Central National Bank, a family-owned, independent bank headquartered in Waco,
Texas, that provides uniquely personal service while simultaneously embracing the latest developments in banking technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">To stay up to date, follow the team on its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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