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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 – Feb. 13, 2019</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">HILL NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">This is the first time the senior righty has been named to the preseason watch list.
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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,
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</a></span></span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">–
Senior right-handed pitcher <b>Kyle Hill </b>was named to the watch list for the 2019 Stopper of the Year Award given to the nation’s top relief pitcher by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the organization announced this week.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For the first time in his career, Hill was named to the prestigious watch list. As a junior in 2018, the
Corpus Christi native appeared in 25 games, 22 of those out of the pen. He notched career-bests with a 2.62 ERA and four wins in 55 innings pitched. He held opponents to a career-best .185 batting average, good for second-best in one season in Baylor history.
He holds the Baylor record for fewest hits per nine innings in one season with 4.89h/9. As Hill enters the 2019 season, he is tied for eighth place in the Baylor career record book with 103 career strikeouts.
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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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