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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 16, 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
<i>Associated Press </i>All-American<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 picks up back-to-back AP First-Team All-American honors</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 NaLyssa Smith was named a unanimous First-Team All-American by the
<i>Associated Press</i>, the organization announced Wednesday. This marks the second-straight first-team selection for Smith.<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 6-foot-4 forward was joined by Aliyan Boston (South Carolina), Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Rhyne Howard (Kentucky), Naz Hillmon (Michigan) and Haley Jones (Stanford) on
the first team.<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">A Converse, Texas, native, Smith is the fourth Bear to receive multiple first-team selections for the program, joining Sophia Young (2005-06), Brittney Griner (2011-13)
and Odyssey Sims (2012-14).<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">Smith – the unanimous Big 12 Player of the Year – has already been named a first-team All-American by
<i>Sports Illustrated</i> and <i>The Athletic</i> last week. <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">She’s led Baylor to its 13<sup>th</sup> Big 12 regular-season title and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.<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">Smith recently became one of seven Bears to reach the 2,000-point / 1,000-rebound mark in her career. She is fifth nationally with 22.5 points per game and ninth nationally
with 11.5 rebounds per game. Her 24 double-doubles this season set a Baylor record and is good for third in the country.<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 AP selected Smith as an honorable mention All-American in 2020 before naming her a first-team member in 2021. Smith is also in the running for three national player
of the year awards, including the John R. Wooden Award, the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Trophy.<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 is scheduled to face Hawaii at 3 p.m. on ESPN2 in the Ferrell Center to open the 2022 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
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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><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Associated Press
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All-Americans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">First Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aliyah Boston*, South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Caitlin Clark*, Iowa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NaLyssa Smith*, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Naz Hillmon, Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Haley Jones, Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rhyne Howard, Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ayoka Lee, Kansas State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ashley Joens, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aneesah Morrow, DePaul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Khayla Pointer, LSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Elissa Cunane, NC State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Third Team<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Maddy Siegrist, Villanova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Veronica Burton, Northwestern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cameron Brink, Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Angel Reese, Maryland<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">* Unanimous pick<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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