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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#242424">Baylor VB Signs Mid-Year Transfer McCurdy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears bring in ‘explosive’ outside</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WACO, Texas</b> – Baylor volleyball head coach Ryan McGuyre has announced the addition of Mary Jane “MJ” McCurdy to the 2025 squad, revealed Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">McCurdy, an outside hitter, spent her freshman season with Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference. She will join the Bears in January as a mid-year transfer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Excited to have MJ joining the Baylor Bears,” said McGuyre. “She is an explosive outside and a perfect fit for Baylor. She is a natural leader with strong determination and trusts the Lord. We are glad she is coming this spring and can
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Frisco, Texas, native played in 108 of the Bobcats 109 sets in her freshman campaign where she tallied 326 kills while swinging .227 (326-129-868). She accumulated 31 aces, 244 digs and 47 blocks as well, all while collecting 383.0
points which was the second most of any Bobcat. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">McCurdy had 17 matches with double-digit kills, including a career-high 21 against Coastal Carolina (11/8) where she also had 15 digs, good for one of six double-doubles on the season. The freshman had nine matches with double-digit digs,
the most coming against South Alabama where she dug 22 balls (10/12). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over the course of Texas State’s 31 matches, McCurdy averaged 3.02 kills per set along with 2.26 digs per set. Her 3.55 points per set was good for second-most on the team.
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<p class="MsoNormal">McCurdy helped the Bobcats to a 22-9 record overall with a 13-3 record in the Sun Belt. TXST won the Sun Belt Championship, defeating all three of its opponents in 3-0 sweeps for the title, extending its win streak to 11. McCurdy and the
Bobcats faced seventh regional seed Missouri in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in Dallas.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram: @BaylorVBall.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></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
Director of Athletics Communications <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">A&T, EQ, VB, BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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