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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">May 22, 2025<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Baseball’s Gabe Craig Named a Semifinalist for Pitcher of the Year Award<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Sixth-year senior closer leads the country in ERA, WHIP, K:BB ratio<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Max Calderone,
254-265-1639, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">OVERLAND PARK, Kansas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor baseball sixth-year senior right-handed pitcher Gabe Craig has been named a semifinalist for the 2025 National Pitcher of the
Year Award, as announced Thursday by the College Baseball Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">An All-Big 12 First Team selection, Craig is one of 16 semifinalists for the award, joining a group made up of players from
nine different conferences, including three from the Big 12. Houston’s Antoine Jean, the 2025 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, and Oklahoma State’s Harrison Bodendorf, the 2025 Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Year, joined Craig in representing the Big 12 on the list
of semifinalists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Craig finished the 2025 season with a 3-0 record and earned 10 saves in 32 innings of work. He struck out 51 batters and
walked just three, holding opponents to a .124 batting average. He led the country with a microscopic 0.56 ERA, a 0.50 WHIP and a 17:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Craig also ranked second nationally in H/9 (3.66) and BB/9 (0.84) and owned the sixth-best K/9 (14.34).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Of his 24 appearances, Craig logged 22 scoreless outings, 14 hitless outings, and struck out at least two batters 16 times.
He finished the year on a 20.1-inning scoreless streak across his last 12 appearances, a stretch that spanned back to April 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Craig was even better in conference play, lowering his ERA to 0.49. He allowed just one run on seven hits across 18.1 innings
and 12 appearances, locking down six saves. Against Big 12 opponents, Craig struck out 31 batters and walked just one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">In 2025, Craig led all Big 12 pitchers with 20 games finished and did not allow an extra-base hit all season. His 10 total
saves, which ranked 16<sup>th</sup> in the country, are the most by a Bear in a single season since Troy Montemayor had 11 in 2018.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt;mso-ligatures:none">Finalists for the National Pitcher of the Year Award will be announced on June 4, with the 2025 winner to be announced at
a date to be finalized later that month.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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