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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><b>Baylor WGOLF Signs Illinois Transfer Yurang Li</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>The 2024 Canadian Amateur Champion played two years with the Illini</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><i>For more information, contact
</i></b><i>Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"><i><u><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</a></u></i></span></p>
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</b>Fresh off another NCAA Championship appearance, Baylor women’s golf announced the signing of Illinois transfer Yurang Li on Thursday.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">A native of Fullerton, Calif., she played two seasons in Champaign, carding 51
rounds across 17 tournaments over the last two seasons. Bringing in a couple of impact transfers over the last few seasons in Sera Hasegawa and Bridget Boczar, head coach Jay Goble feels like Li can have a similar impact on his team.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: system-ui; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Yurang is a really talented player who knows what it takes to compete at a high level in big-time college golf," he said.
"We expect to get to La Costa every year and as a Southern California native, Yurang is here to go back home and help us hopefully raise a championship trophy next year."</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Li was a mainstay in Illinois' lineup a season ago, finishing second on the team
with a stroke average of 73.64 across 33 rounds. Her sophomore season was highlighted by a career-best tie for ninth at the Boilermaker Spring Classic last month, helping the Illini claim the team title by a shot.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Last summer, she claimed the 110<sup>th</sup> Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.
Entering the final round in third place, she used a final-round 69 to overtake Momo Sugiyama and Ashley Zozlowski to win by a shot at Royal Colwood Golf Club in Victoria, British Columbia.</span></p>
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a stroke average of 74.11, highlighted by a tie for 22<sup>nd</sup> at the Chevron Collegiate at the Golf Club of Houston.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The 2024 All-American Scholar signed with the Illini after a decorated junior career
at Sunny Hills High School in California. A three-time team MVP for the Lancers, she captured individual medalist honors at the 2023 CIF Southern Section after helping lead them to a team championship in the 2021 season.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span></p>
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