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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 – Dec. 7, 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, Smith Candidates for 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor one of four schools with multiple candidates</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">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Baylor’s Jordan Lewis and NaLyssa Smith were named nominees along with 28 other women’s basketball student-athletes
for the Senior CLASS Award. The award recognizes a senior NCAA Division I player who demonstrates excellence in the community, the classroom, character and competition.<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 Senior CLASS Award is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School.<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 list of 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists later in the season, and those names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through
a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans who will then select one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four C’s.<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 Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2022 Women’s Final Four this spring.<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;color:black;background:white">For the latest news on the Baylor women's basketball team all season long, follow their official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts:
@BaylorWBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2021-22 Senior CLASS Award Women’s Basketball Candidates</span></b></span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shakira Austin</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Ole
Miss <span class="None"><b>Tylee Irwin</b></span>, South Dakota State</span><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Katie Benzan</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Maryland
<span class="None"><b>Morgan Jones</b></span>, Florida State</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grace Berger</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Indiana
<span class="None"><b>Dorka Juhász</b></span>, UConn</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conley Chinn</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Belmont
<span class="None"><b>Lotta-Maj Lahtinen</b></span>, Georgia Tech</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elissa Cunane</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, NC
State <span class="None"><b>Jordan Lewis</b></span>, Baylor</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Andra Espinoza-Hunter</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
Seton Hall <span class="None"><b>Sonya Morris</b></span>, DePaul</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dru Gylten</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Utah
<span class="None"><b>Olivia Nelson-Ododa</b></span>, UConn</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gabi Haack</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Bradley
<span class="None"><b>Ali Patberg</b></span>, Indiana</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sara Hamson</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, BYU
<span class="None"><b>Aisha Sheppard</b></span>, Virginia Tech</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lauren Heard</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, TCU
<span class="None"><b>NaLyssa Smith</b></span>, Baylor</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lexi Held</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, DePaul
<span class="None"><b>Sam Thomas</b></span>, Arizona</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Destanni Henderson</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
South Carolina <span class="None"><b>Lauren Van Kleunen</b></span>, Marquette</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Naz Hillmon</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Michigan
<span class="None"><b>Abby Wahl</b></span>, Eastern Illinois</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rhyne Howard</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Kentucky
<span class="None"><b>Christyn Williams</b></span>, UConn</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BodyA" style="line-height:150%"><span class="None"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lexie Hull</span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Stanford
<span class="None"><b>Macee Williams</b></span>, IUPUI</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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="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">C: 254-447-8610</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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