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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b><a name="_Hlk490052374" data-outlook-id="f11596e0-c06e-4ac4-b7d6-cd06fd3640dd" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Baseball Opens 2026 Campaign with New Mexico State<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears and Aggies to meet for first time since 2016<br>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>For more information contact:</b> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="57a4996d-ab76-4817-9338-c58a4c33d8ce" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b> </b></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR BEARS (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> Waco, Texas <br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> Big 12<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: </span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><dfn style="border:0px solid rgb(224, 224, 224);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" rel="smarttag" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mitch-thompson/2913" data-outlook-id="9a0d97e8-9a5c-4629-8e21-4b3b3ab8b832" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Mitch
Thompson</a></u></span></div>
</dfn> (Fort Hays St., 1988)<br>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster" data-outlook-id="050dabe1-d7a9-481f-9eb5-0d5cd4786f6a" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Roster</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> |
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/stats/2026" data-outlook-id="905e6876-7b4c-4c95-8791-76c5d7400499" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Stats</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> |
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2026/2/13/BU_BSB_Game_Notes_2026_1-3_NMST.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc="" data-outlook-id="aeeecefe-fdcd-4c30-9892-d384d2967c1b" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Game
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">BAYLOR</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> (0-0, 0-0) vs.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;"> NEW MEXICO STATE
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Feb. 13, 2026 • 4:00 p.m. CT<br>
Feb. 14, 2026 • 2:00 p.m. CT<br>
Feb. 15, 2026 • 1:00 p.m. CT</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Waco, Texas • Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark (5,000)</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">LIVE STATS: </span>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=bay" data-outlook-id="c35531c9-f634-46ba-ab10-71459641e5ba" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">BaylorBears.com/Stats</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">WATCH: </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">ESPN+<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">LISTEN: </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM/92.3 FM (Fri. & Sun.)<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">LISTEN</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;">: Kicker Country 99.3 FM/1590 AM (Sat.)<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;"><i>Talent:</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> <i>Derek Smith, Tom Barfield,
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/cortlan-castle/13508" rel="smarttag" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="/sports/baseball/roster/cortlan-castle/13508" data-outlook-id="97fb5a91-81e3-47da-9901-d4800e7d4602" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;">Cortlan
Castle</a></u></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Baylor Social Media:
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://twitter.com/BaylorBaseball" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="58d2f919-2973-4702-80d7-a093037469b7" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2012/10/19/twitter-icon.png" alt="auto twitter icon" id="img-23232f67-809f-4caf-a2ae-b4e422fd34f9" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.instagram.com/baylorbaseball/?hl=en" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="d2fdccbd-3b72-4f27-8f45-82fe43cd9f9d" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Instagram.png" alt="instagram png" id="img-8e4c3547-4f00-491f-8cee-bcd82d747fe8" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: rgb(20, 71, 51); font-weight: 500;"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.facebook.com/BaylorBaseball/" data-uw-rm-ext-link="na" data-outlook-id="4b00966c-4ed7-4027-b21d-95d50a4cf769" style="color: rgb(20, 71, 51); margin: 0px;"><img src="https://baylorbears.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_id=0&image_path=/images/2018/10/25/Facebook.png" alt="Facebook PNG" id="img-5e2e2425-1c8b-4ccb-8ce3-a68162d176fe" width="20" style="width: 20px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 2em 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"></a></u></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES (0-0, 0-0 C-USA)</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"><br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Location:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> Las Cruces, N.M.<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Conference/Affiliation:</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> Conference USA<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-weight: 700;">Head Coach: Jake Angier</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt;"> (South Dakota State, 2009)<br>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STORYLINES</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>LEADING OFF</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor Baseball begins the 2026 campaign with a four-game homestand at newly-minted
Magnolia Field at Baylor Ballpark in Waco, welcoming New Mexico State for a three-game series on Opening Weekend.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears will host Texas State on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in their first midweek
contest of the season before heading to back-to-back weekend tournaments in the second and third weeks of the year in Round Rock and Houston.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU returns 20 players from its 2025 roster, including three position player
starters (Johnson, Sanders, Riebock), and welcomes 17 newcomers.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor has 19 underclassmen (Fr., R-Fr., So., R-So.) on its 2026 squad.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 30 players on the 37-man roster are in their first or second years with the
program.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>PRESEASON PICKS</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears are led by Preseason All-Big 12 shortstop Travis Sanders, who hit
.335 with eight home runs and 25 RBIs in 2025. Sanders was voted to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team by the league's head coaches as one of five infielders, regardless of position, but was also tabbed as the conference's top shortstop by three outlets: The Diamond
Report, Just Baseball and Perfect Game.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Additionally, sophomore infielder Pearson Riebock was picked to The Diamond
Report's Preseason All-Big 12 Second Team and freshman outfielder Brady Janusek was tabbed to the same publication's Preseason All-Big 12 Freshman Team.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Head coach Mitch Thompson was also projected as the Preseason Coach of the
Year in the Big 12, per The Diamond Report.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Three Bears were listed on D1Baseball's Preseason Rankings at their respective
positions: Travis Sanders (No. 43 SS), Grayson Murry (No. 49 RP), and Mason Green (No. 184 SP).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• BU was predicted to finish 8th (The Diamond Report), 10th (D1Baseball) and
11th (Big 12 Coaches) in the conference in a trio of preseason polls.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE 2026 SLATE BY THE NUMBERS</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor will play a combined 22 games against 11 NCAA Tournament teams in 2026,
including three conference champions from a year ago.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 14 30-game winners headline the 2026 campaign, including six teams that won
40 or more games last season.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• 52% of this year's schedule features opponents that finished 2025 with a top-75
RPI.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Six of Baylor's 2026 opponents were ranked in a preseason Top 25 poll: Oregon
State, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Texas, West Virginia and TCU.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• An additional six teams on the schedule also received votes in at least one
poll: UTSA, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati, Arizona State and Texas Tech.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor's schedule is projected to be the 23rd-most difficult in the nation
by College Splits, which ranks 10th among Big 12 teams.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>OPENING DAY -- THE GREATEST WORDS IN BASEBALL</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor is 4-5 on Opening Weekend in three seasons under fourth-year head coach
Mitch Thompson.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• The Bears swept Youngstown State last year and scored double-digit runs in
all three games of the series.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Baylor is 66-37 all-time on Opening Day, with wins in six of its last 10 season
openers.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• Since 2016, the Bears have won five of their last 10 Opening Weekend series.</span></p>
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part of a weekend tournament in Waco.</span></p>
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Ballpark.</span></p>
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<b>RHP Lucas Davenport (4-2, 4.25 ERA)* </b>vs. RHP Colton Sneddon (0-0, 7.07 ERA)*</span></p>
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<b>LHP Ethan Calder (3-6, 5.18 ERA)* </b>vs. TBD </span></p>
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<b>RHP Cade Hansen (12-1, 2.68 ERA)* </b>vs. TBD</span></p>
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in 2025</i></span></p>
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Sunday to hear the Baylor radio broadcast, featuring Derek Smith and Tom Barfield. </span></p>
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Cortlan Castle, who is set to make his broadcast debut on Saturday and Sunday.</span></p>
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