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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 – Feb. 28, 2022<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">Baylor WBB’s Smith Named Naismith National DPOY Semifinalist<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">Reigning Wade Trophy winner on 10-player list for
</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 NaLyssa Smith was among 10 student-athletes named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist List by the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Monday.<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 forward – who won the Wade Trophy and Katrina McClain awards a season ago – is averaging 0.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game in addition to holding her defensive
assignment to 28.6 percent shooting and .609 points per possession, according to Synergy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Offensively, Smith is one of the best in the country, averaging 21.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Aliyah Boston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Aneesah Morrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Angel Reese<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Big Ten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Ayoka Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Cameron Brink<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">So.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Pac-12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Emily Engstler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Lorela Cubaj<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">F<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">ACC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">NaLyssa Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Tamari Key<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Veronica Burton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Sr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Northwestern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Big Ten<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>
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