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<strong><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A&T Earns Six NCATA Postseason Honors<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears will go for their fifth-straight NCATA title at 6 p.m. tonight.
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<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:black">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a><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 tied a program record with six National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) season awards, the organization announced Saturday. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">BU’s honors include senior top Ashley Echelberger as NCATA Most Outstanding Athlete, junior top Joie Hensley as NCATA Specialist of the Year, and four NCATA All-Americans in senior top/base Kaylee Adams, senior top Hope Bravo,
senior base Ceara Gray and Echelberger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Echelberger gives Baylor its third-consecutive season with the Most Outstanding Athlete and fourth overall as she joins Kiara Nowlin (2015, 2017) and Gray (2018)
on the list of Bears to have earned the honor. Echelberger, a standout tumbler and top, competed in 12 different heats throughout the season for Baylor and averaged a score of 9.70 or higher in eight different heats. She was a part of six perfect scores between
two different heats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hensley makes it back-to-back years for the Bears with the Specialist of the Year, as Adams previously took home the award in its first year of existence for the
sport in 2018. Hensley, a high-flying top who excelled in the toss event, helped the Bears average a 9.69 score in the synchronized toss and a 9.84 in the open toss. She earned one perfect 10 on the season and never scored below a 9.50 in toss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adams and Gray were named All-Americans for the second time in their respective careers, while Echelberger and Bravo earned the honor for the first time, moving Baylor’s
all-time total of All-Americans to 23. Baylor’s four 2019 All-Americans is an NCATA record, previously held by BU with three honorees (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, Baylor placed 18 student-athletes on the 2019 NCATA Academic Honor Roll, per the organization’s release. Bravo, Echelberger, Hensley, and seniors Makenah
Cotner, Bailey Hollier, Kati Horstmann, Gigi Mendoza, juniors Mary Berdis, Lexie Amrhein, sophomores Emily Hoppie, Morgan Celum and freshmen Kourtney Coven, Olivia Felton, Tawn Gurnsey, Rachel Jillson, Maddie McNamee, Sophia Ranni and Jayla Simmons were among
those honored.<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></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>
<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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