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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Nov. 13, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Baylor VB Brings on Three for 2025 Season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
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</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Baylor volleyball team has announced three players will join the squad for the 2025 season, revealed Wednesday by head coach Ryan McGuyre.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Bears bring on two libero/defensive specialists and one middle blocker for the 2025 roster. These future Bears are All-Conference honorees, District Champions and champions in their communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Lauren Wiese Middle Blocker Bellevue, Wash.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Middle blocker for Eastside Catholic High School and club team Sudden Impact VBC
Her senior season has not concluded in 2024
Holds the high school record for most blocks in a career
The No. 1-ranked high school player in Washington according to PrepDig, ranked since 2023
Named to the Puget Sound Region All-Star Team in 2022 after finishing second in the Championships
Captain for her volleyball team
A two-time First Team All-Conference
honoree for the 3A WIAA Metro League
Top-25 for high school track and field in the shot put
A three-time state participant for track and field in the shot put
A member of the National Honor Society as well as the American Sign Language Honor Society
Earned Student of the Year Award for her high school in 2022
Earned the National Society of High School Scholars Award
Twice named to the Honor Roll with highest honors and three times with first honors
UW Forefront Mental Health nomination after founding
her high schools mental health club that successfully merged with the University of Washingtons Forefront Suicide Prevention Program
Earned the Scholar Athlete Award twice
Earned the ECHS Excellence in Science and Math Award
Outside of volleyball,
she is the lead singer and guitarist for rock band <i>In Case of Emergency</i>
Is a member of the Women in STEM Club
Plans to major in Health Science Studies at Baylor
Is a Sunday School teacher; organizer and participant in her churchs live nativity
event and the prom for the developmentally disabled
She has been a youth volleyball coach for three years
Daughter to Brett and Lisa Wiese
Her father played football for University of Washington and went on to play for the New England Patriots and San
Francisco 49ers in the NFL before playing in the WLAF for the Barcelona Dragons
Has two siblings, Brooke and Natalie.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">I am absolutely thrilled to have Lauren joining our roster this spring, said McGuyre. She brings a big heavy arm and a big-hearted personality. I am confident we are getting one of the
countrys hardest working middles. She loves to compete, and she loves to pour into others. We will feel her impact in the gym right away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Grace Fuger Libero/Defensive Specialist Idaho Falls, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Libero for Idaho Falls HS and club team Idaho Peak
Finishes her high school career with 61 aces, 1,238 digs at 4.9 digs per set and 85 assists across three years and 251 sets played
Under
Armour MVP 2024
East Idaho Athlete of the Week 2024
Sports Illustrated 5A State Tournament Player to Watch 2024
Idaho Falls HS Team MVP 2023
SLC Showdown Pre-Tournament Showcase Top Performer 2023
Finished third in the district with IFHS in 2023
and were district champions along with being third in the state in 2024; it was the first time her HS team won the district in eight years
With her club team, they qualified for nationals in the 2022 SLC Showdown
Outside of playing volleyball, she coaches
the sport and does social media and content creation
She helped coordinate a raffle fundraiser that raised $18,000 for a private Christian school (Watersprings) in 2018
Coordinated a fundraiser for the Folded Flag Foundation that raised $5,000 in 2020
and again in 2024, raising $7,800; the organization provides educational scholarships and grants to spouses and children of the U.S. Military and government personnel who died in U.S. combat operations
Will graduate high school in the top 1% of her class
with a 4.0 GPA
During high school, she has taken multiple dual-enrollment college courses and is graduating two trimesters early
Plans to major in Business and Marketing at BU
Parents are Jennifer and William Fuger
Has an older brother, Jaden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Grace is a strong and swift defensive fireball, said McGuyre. Everything she does is contagious. Her energy, her grit, her passion is non-stop active and relentless. I am excited about
the strong positive influence she is bringing on and off the court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Morgan Madison Libero/Defensive Specialist Magnolia, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Libero for The Woodlands College Park high school and Houston Skyline 18 Royal
Her senior 2024 season is still ongoing
Currently boasting 2,116 digs at 6.1 digs per set with 356 assists
and 168 aces in her high school career
A member of the Team USA National Team Development Program pipeline
Named to the 2024 Girls Junior National Championship All-Tournament Team in the 17 Open Division, where they finished as runners-up
Won four national
qualifiers in the 17 Open division with Houston Skyline 17 Royal
As a junior in 2023, she was named District & Greater Houston Volleyball Coaches Association Defensive MVP
She was a freshman on the varsity team in 2021, earning first-team all-district
and won the District Championship, playing alongside her older sister Mallory
Three-time member of the Katy/Cy Fair All-Tournament Team (2022-24)
Two-time captain of her high school team (2023, 24) and Houston Skyline captain for 2023-24
A DS in 2021
but libero for her final three years
Earned multiple national qualifier gold balls throughout her club career at Houston Skyline
Graduating with Academic All-State honors and is a four-time Academic All-District honoree
Graduating with a 4.875 GPA on
a 4.0 scale
Outside of volleyball she is a member of the National Honor Society and the Dug Out Dolls
Through Houston Skyline, she has helped donate and organize snack bags over Christmas break to donate to Yellowstone Academy
Has volunteered for The
Woodlands Interfaith Hand-Me-Up Shop, where she sorted donations
Has also officiated the mens club team for her high school
Plans to major in Sports Marketing
Parents are Lonnie and Leslie Madison
Father played football for Texas A&M and is the head
football coach and athletic director at Bridgeland High School
Mother was a setter for SMU volleyball and is a teacher and coach, formerly the head volleyball coach at The Woodlands High School, where they won two volleyball state championships
Has two
siblings, Mallory and Case
Her uncle played collegiate baseball, has two cousins who played collegiate football, one who played collegiate soccer, one who played collegiate rugby and one who currently runs track at TCU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">I truly feel we are blessed to be having the top libero in the 2025 class coming to Baylor, said McGuyre. Morgan is a ferocious defender and competitor on the court with a very strong volleyball
IQ. She sees and reads the game exceptionally well and is already flourishing in her position. Her tenacity is steadfast, and she is most in her element when the match is on the line. Morgan is most happy when battling on the court, and Baylor fans will be
happy she is coming to the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate
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