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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. 15, 2019</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">GRAY NAMED NCATA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">This is the senior’s third career NCATA weekly honor.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
</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 class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">- Baylor acrobatics
& tumbling senior base/back base <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Ceara Gray</span></dfn><dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></dfn>was named the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) Athlete of the Week, the organization announced Thursday evening.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Gray competed in nine heats in the Bears’ road win at East Texas Baptist University. She served as an individual base in the acro portion and first pyramid structure and was the main base in many of the group events. Baylor scored
a 9.50 or higher in all of Gray’s events, including a perfect 10 in heat three of pyramid and three scores of 9.90 (compulsory toss, acro heat three, pyramid heat one).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After being named the 2018 NCATA Most Outstanding Player, Gray is regarded as one of the strongest bases in the country, being able to perform skills that only a
handful of other athletes perform.<br>
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<span style="background:white">This is Gray’s third career NCATA weekly honor, having garnered Player of the Week honors twice before in 2018. Baylor has had at least one player honored by the NCATA in seven consecutive weeks, dating back to last season.</span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">BAYLOR ALL-TIME NCATA WEEKLY WINNERS</span></strong><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3071"><span style="color:#00220F">Shayla Moore</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- March 17, 2015)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3111"><span style="color:#00220F">Kiara Nowlin</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- April 10, 2015)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3090"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaelyn Cowan</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- Feb. 26, 2016)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3111"><span style="color:#00220F">Kiara Nowlin</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- April 12, 2016)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3080"><span style="color:#00220F">Lauren Sturm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- Feb. 24, 2017)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3111"><span style="color:#00220F">Kiara Nowlin</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- March 14, 2017)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3080"><span style="color:#00220F">Lauren Sturm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- March 28, 2017)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3111"><span style="color:#00220F">Kiara Nowlin</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- April 18, 2017)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3011"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaylee Adams</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
- Feb. 8, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3011"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaylee Adams</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
- Feb. 21, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2948"><span style="color:#00220F">Morgan Celum</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Freshman
- Feb. 21, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3027"><span style="color:#00220F">Ceara Gray</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- Feb. 21, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3080"><span style="color:#00220F">Lauren Sturm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- Feb. 28, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3011"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaylee Adams</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
- March 14, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3027"><span style="color:#00220F">Ceara Gray</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Player
- March 14, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3011"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaylee Adams</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
- March 28, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3011"><span style="color:#00220F">Kaylee Adams</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
- April 12, 2018)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8169"><span style="color:#00220F">Hope Bravo</span></a></span></i></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Athlete
– Feb. 7, 2019)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00220F;background:white"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8180"><span style="color:#00220F">Joie Hensley</span></a></span></i></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> (Specialist
– Feb. 7, 2019)<br>
Ceara Gray (Athlete – Feb. 14, 2019)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>
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