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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-family:"Chivo",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Indiana Fever select Lauren Cox<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"></span></span></span><a href="https://fever.wnba.com/draft-central-2020/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="753" height="70" style="width:7.8402in;height:.7291in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D614F8.A7B8A830"></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever selected forward Lauren Cox
from Baylor with the third overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft on Friday night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cox joins Teaira McCowan (2019) and the current vice president
of basketball operations and general manager, Tamika Catchings (2001), as the only players in franchise history taken with the No. 3 overall pick.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“We are extremely excited about having Lauren Cox join our organization,”
Catchings said. “She does a little bit of everything, which will allow her to play in different positions with different players.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The three-time All-American, two-time Big 12 Defensive Player
of the Year and 2020 Big 12 Player of the Year capped her senior season as one of four finalists for the Naismith National Player of the Year, one year after helping the Baylor Bears to a national championship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The 6-foot-4 forward from Flower Mound, Texas finished her career
with 1,570 points; 982 rebounds, which was good for the ninth most in school history; 363 assists and the second most blocked shots in school history, 302, while starting 95 of 131 games played from 2016-20. During her playing career at Baylor, Cox also recorded
the seventh most double-doubles, 35, in program history. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">This past season, she became the second player in NCAA women’s
basketball history since 1999 to compile at least 1,500 points, 975 rebounds, 300 blocks and 300 assists along with Breanna Stewart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">With USA Basketball, Cox helped earn gold medals during the 2015
FIBA U19 World Cup, 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup and 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Along with her sister, Whitney Cox,
a freshman at Lubbock Christian University, she earned the USBWA’s Pat Summitt Award for Courage for their advocacy to youth with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Both players have used their diagnosis and platform to inspire and care for youth also suffering from T1D.
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Last summer, Cox was a mentor in the JDRF Foundation Children's Congress in Washington,
D.C., where children living with T1D meet with lawmakers to advocate for research and help them understand the disease.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cox is the first player ever selected in franchise history from
Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cox was also the nation’s No. 1 ranked overall player and at
her position by ESPN HoopGurlz and All Star Girls Report (ASGR) coming out of high school in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cox is expected to speak with media via Zoom on Saturday beginning
at 10:30 a.m. ET (</span></b></span></span></span><a href="https://pacers.zoom.us/j/93916976617?pwd=Q01FWXRwdE5hNlBpeWZibzhLRXF5QT09"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk35507473"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CLICK
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