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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 12, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">SOC’s Henderson Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor receives program-best seventh weekly conference honor</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista Pirtle, 254-447-8610, Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">IRVING, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor senior midfielder Ally Henderson was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. This marks the second weekly honor of Henderson’s career and the 49<sup>th</sup>
weekly award for BU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Henderson, a defensive midfielder, netted what proved to be the game winner in the 86<sup>th</sup> minute in Baylor’s 2-1 win over Oklahoma on Saturday. The senior rocketed
a shot from 25 yards out that found the upper 90 to put the Bears back on top. Henderson, who played the full 90 minutes, spent most of her time holding down the middle of the pitch, making it difficult for the Sooners to get anything going through the inside.
She had a slew of takeaways on the day to go with her third goal of the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor has now set a program record with seven Big 12 weekly awards in one season, topping the previous high of six honors in 2018.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears are fourth in the league with seven weekly accolades – junior defender Kayley Ables was named Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks to open the
season before senior goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt was named Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 6. Freshmen forwards Mackenzie Anthony and Olivia Mack received Freshman of the Week honors on Oct. 13 and Nov. 10, respectively. Henderson was previously named the Defender
of the Week on March 29.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Henderson joins Oklahoma State’s Gabriella Coleman (Offensive) and Mollie Breiner (Freshman) along with Iowa State’s Jordan Silkowitz (Goalkeeper) as this week’s award
winners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026">Krista Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0A5026"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications</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</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3065 | C: 254-447-8610</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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