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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 13, 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 Adds Marcayla Johnson on National Signing Day<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">Tulsa native joins Bears for 2025-26 season<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">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor women’s basketball head
coach Nicki Collen announced the signing of Marcayla Johnson as part of National Signing Day on Wednesday.
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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">“We are so excited to add Marcayla to the Baylor Family,” said Collen. “I first started watching Marcayla the summer I arrived
at Baylor, and we made her a priority because of her motor, competitiveness and athletic ability. Marcayla is a combo guard with elite mid-range scoring ability, as well as the ability to attack the rim. She has continued to develop her game, extending her
range to the arc.”<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">A product of Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School in Oklahoma, Johnson is a six-foot guard ranked 41<sup>st</sup> in
espnW’s HoopGurlz class of 2025 rankings. A four-star pickup ranked 38<sup>th</sup> by 247Sports, Johnson is the sixth-best player out of Oklahoma in this recruiting class.
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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">Johnson competes with the Lady Drive Nation AAU squad in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL).
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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">“Marcayla is a great kid from an awesome family, and our fans will love seeing her tenacity on the court and her servant
heart off the court,” Collen said. <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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