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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 – Oct. 27, 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">WBB’s Lewis Placed on Lieberman Award Watch List<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">Graduate transfer named to prestigious preseason point guard list</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,
</span><a href="mailto:Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Krista_Pirtle@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Springfield, Mass. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Baylor’s Jordan Lewis was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Preseason
Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award.<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">The Lieberman Award recognizes the nation’s top NCAA Division I point guard. The honor is named after Naismith Hall of Fame 1996 Class inductee, Nancy Lieberman. To be
considered, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills Lieberman was known for.<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">Lewis, a graduate transfer from Alabama, put up career numbers for the Crimson Tide a year ago as she averaged career-bests with 17.0 points and 4.2 assists per game.
She shot her career best from all three categories on the floor with a 40.8 percent mark from the field, hit 37.3 percent from the 3-point line and made 78.4 percent of her free-throw attempts.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lewis left Alabama as the program’s fifth all-time leader in assists with 510 and ninth all-time with 1,581 points.<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">Fans are encouraged to participate in fan voting presented by Dell Technologies in each of the three rounds. In late January, the watch list will be narrowed to 10 and
then in late February to just five. In March the five finalists will be presented to Nancy Lieberman and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee where a winner will be chosen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dyaisha Fair Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ali Patberg Indiana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Caitlin Clark Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jazmine Massengill Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hailey Van Lith Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ashley Owusu Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Amy Dilk Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Myah Taylor Mississippi State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Anastasia Hayes Mississippi State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Raina Perez NC State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Diamond Johnson NC State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Veronica Burton Northwestern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Te-Hina Pao Pao Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lauren Park-Lane Seton Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Destanni Henderson South Carolina
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lauren Heard TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Gina Conti UCLA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paige Bueckers UConn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dru Gylten Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katia Gallegos UTEP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0A5026">Krista Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#0A5026"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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="font-size:12.0pt;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="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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