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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 21, 2018</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BRADFORD, LANGELIERS, WENDZEL NAMED D1BASEBALL PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<i>Cody Bradford, Shea Langeliers, Davis Wendzel named Second Team Preseason All-Americans.
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</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Pitcher Cody Bradford, catcher Shea Langeliers and third baseman Davis Wendzel were
each named D1Baseball Preseason Second Team All-Americans, the outlet announced Monday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This honor is the third of the preseason for Bradford and Langeliers, while it is the first such honor for Wendzel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bradford earns his first second team honors of the preseason after being named a third team selection by Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball. Last season
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bradford became the first Bear to be named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year after an outstanding sophomore campaign. The lefty, who also earned Third Team All-America
honors in 2018, was 7-6 with a 2.51 ERA over 96.2 innings of work. In Big 12 play he was even more impressive, boasting a 1.88 ERA in 52.2 IP, going 4-3 with 2 complete games and 49 strikeouts to just 13 walks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Langeliers, this is the third second team honor of the preseason as Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball also selected him for the same honors.
<span style="color:black;background:white">Langeliers, a 2018 Gold Glove award winner and 2018 Second Team All-American, is a two-year starter behind the plate for the Bears. Last season he set career high marks with 49 runs, 18 doubles, 11 home runs, 44 RBI,
35 walks and an impressive .994 fielding percentage. His walk-off RBI single clinched Baylor's first-ever Big 12 Tournament championship and he was named Co-MOP of the Big 12 Tournament with Bradford. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wendzel was named a second team honoree for the first time in his career, after batting an impressive .310 with 8 home runs, 22 doubles and a team-high 49 RBIs in 2018. A 2018
First Team All-Big 12 selection and a 2018 All-Big 12 Tournament honoree, he finished 18<sup>th</sup> nationally and third in the Big 12 with 22 doubles on the year and set career-high marks in batting average, runs, hits, doubles and RBIs in 2018. He reached
base in 37 consecutive games in 2018, Baylor’s longest streak since 2003. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bradford, Langeliers and Wendzel will open up the 2019 season on Friday, Feb. 15 as they Bears host Holy Cross at 6:35 p.m. CT at Baylor Ballpark.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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