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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 – April 14, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Aaronette Vonleh Selected by Dallas Wings in 2025 WNBA Draft</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Vonleh becomes the 25<sup>th</sup> player drafted in program history<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351, </span><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NEW YORK –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor’s Aaronette Vonleh was selected by the Dallas Wings in the third round as the
31<sup>st </sup>overall pick during Monday’s WNBA Draft at The Shed in New York City’s Hudson Yards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Coming off a Second Team All-Big 12 season in her lone campaign in Waco, Vonleh was the leading scorer for BU with 538 points, enough for 14.9 per game, shooting a team-high
58.5%. The Oregon native averaged 5.8 rebounds off the rim and was named to the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team for a stellar performance in Kansas City, putting up 23 points per game throughout the bracket, including a career-high 37 against
No. 21 Oklahoma State to send BU to its 16th finals appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A 2024 All-Pac-12 selection, Vonleh started in all 34 games, posting a team-leading 476 points on the season, averaging 14.0 points per game behind a .549 field goal percentage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">In her first season in Colorado, Vonleh saw time in all 34 games and started in all but one. The sophomore had three 20-plus-point games and was in double figures 25 times.
She scored a then-career-high 25 points against Cal that season, going 11-for-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from the line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Vonleh won the 2023 Co-Pac-12 Most Improved Player award and was an honorable mention pick on the All-Pac-12 team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">As a freshman with the Arizona Wildcats in 2021-22, Vonleh shot 61.5 percent from the field for 4.1 points per game in 17 games.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The pick marks Nicki Collen’s fourth selection to the league at Baylor, the program’s 25<sup>th</sup> overall and the 15<sup>th</sup> in the last 10 drafts.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For the latest news on the Baylor women’s basketball team all year long, follow its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">- BaylorBears.com –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR WNBA DRAFT HISTORY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Year Name Team Rd Pk
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2002 Sheila Lambert Charlotte Sting 1 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2002 Danielle Crockrom Utah Starzz 1 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2005 Steffanie Blackmon Seattle Storm 3 38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2006 Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars 1 4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2007 Bernice Mosby Washington Mystics 1 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2008 Angela Tisdale Chicago Sky 3 33
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2009 Jessica Morrow Atlanta Dream 3 27
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2013 Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury 1 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2013 Brooklyn Pope Chicago Sky 3 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2014 Odyssey Sims Tulsa Shock 1 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2016 Niya Johnson Atlanta Dream 3 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2017 Alexis Jones Minnesota Lynx 1 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2017 Alexis Prince Phoenix Mercury 3 29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2018 Kristy Wallace Atlanta Dream 2 16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2019 Kalani Brown Los Angeles Sparks 1 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2019 Chloe Jackson Chicago Sky 2 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2020 Lauren Cox Indiana Fever 1 3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2020 Te’a Cooper Phoenix Mercury 2 18<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2020 Juicy Landrum Connecticut Sun 3 35<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2021 DiDi Richards New York Liberty 2 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2021 DiJonai Carrington Connecticut Sun 2 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2022 NaLyssa Smith Indiana Fever 1 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2022 Queen Egbo Indiana Fever 1 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2022 Jordan Lewis Connecticut Sun 2 24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2025 Aaonette Vonleh Dallas Wings 3 31</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">_________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
Associate Director of Athletics Communications (WBB, WTEN) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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