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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 – March 9, 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 Semifinalist for Naismith Trophy<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">Senior forward in contention for National Player of the Year</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 senior forward NaLyssa Smith was named as one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy honoring the
top players in women’s college basketball. <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 Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the group, which included four guards, four forwards and two centers. Iowa State’s Ashley Joens joins Smith as the only other player
from the Big 12 to receive consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Smith is second in Baylor history with 21 double-doubles this season. She ranks fifth nationally in that category and is eighth in points per game with 22.3 and ninth with 11.7 rebounds per game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Earlier this week, Smith was the unanimous selection for Big 12 Player of the Year. The Converse, Texas, native became the first player to win back-to-back Player of the Year honors in the Big 12 since Brittney
Griner’s three straight selections from 2011-13. Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 2007-09), Nicole Ohlde (Kansas State, 2003-04) and Stacey Dales (Oklahoma, 2001-02) are the only other Big 12 players to accomplish the feat. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a junior, Smith put together one of the most decorated seasons in program history. She was named an All-American by five different entities, won the Wade Trophy and Katrina McClain Award in addition to
receiving the Honda Sport Award for women’s basketball.<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">For the latest news on the Baylor women’s basketball team all season long, follow its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2022 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Women’s Player of the Year Semifinalists<o:p></o:p></span></b></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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