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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – June 7, 2022</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor EQ’s Fuller and T&F’s Sarnowski Earn Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarships</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IRVING, Texas – </b>Baylor equestrian’s Caroline Fuller and track and field’s Reese Sarnowski were two of the 20 recipients for the prestigious 2021-22 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship, announced Tuesday by the Big 12 Conference
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The scholarships are named in honor of the late Dr. Prentice Gautt, a former Big 12 Conference staff member and student services' pioneer who passed away in March 2005. The list of all-time recipients has grown
to 481 since the inception of the league in 1996-97. Starting in 2002-03, additional funding increased scholarship award winners to two per member institution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fuller and Sarnowski are Baylor’s representatives among the 20 honorees, with each of the conference’s member institutions awarded two scholarships, one male and one female.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This marks the third-straight year an equestrian student-athlete represented as BU’s female recipient. Caroline Fuller follows 2018-19 recipient Samantha Howell and 2019-20 recipient Grace Thiel. No scholarships were awarded for the 2020-21
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Over the course of four seasons at Baylor, Fuller stood out both in the competition arena and in the classroom. She was a three-time NCEA All-Academic First Team selection, two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team
member, and an Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honoree before graduating with her degree in biology. A breakout senior season landed her on the All-Big 12 Fences and Flat Teams, as the Denver, N.C., native collected six Rider of the Month honors from both
the Big 12 and NCEA. To cap it all off, Fuller was named an NCEA Fences All-America Honorable Mention in 2021-22.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sarnowski is the 11<sup>th</sup> BU track and field student-athlete to earn the scholarship and the first since Seth Brown in 2018-19.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sarnowski graduated in May with a University Scholars degree, focusing in biology, chemistry and Spanish. On the track, he recorded a personal-best 16-10 ¾ mark in the pole vault at the University of Iowa in 2020.
Later that season, Sarnowski finished seventh at the Big 12 Championships to end his pole-vaulting career with All-Big 12 Honors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To date, the Big 12 has provided over $3.7 million for postgraduate education. The individual grants began at $2,500 in 1996-97, were raised to $5,000 in 1999 and increased to $6,900 for 2004-05. The awards climbed
to $7,500 in 2006-07, moved to $9,000 in 2011-12 and have been at $10,000 since 2013-14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Criteria for the awards includes a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.200 on a 4.000 scale and participation in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at the nominee’s respective institution. The student-athletes must graduate from their
respective member institutions and enroll in graduate or professional school of their choice within 15 months of their selection of the postgraduate scholarship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Baylor Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship Winners </span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">2021-22 – </span><span style="color:black">Caroline Fuller (EQ), Reese Sarnowski (T&F)<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">2019-20 – </span><span style="color:black">Grace Thiel (EQ), Andy Thomas (BB)<br>
<span style="background:white">2018-19 – </span>Samantha Howell <span style="background:white">
(EQ), Seth Brown (T&F/CC)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2017-18 - Precious Akanyirige (SOC), Matt Parham (T&F/CC)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2016-17 - Lindsay Burns (SOC), </span>Richard Cunningham<span style="background:white"> (BB)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">2015-16 - John Ryan Hardy (CC/T&F), Raena Rhone (T&F) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2014-15 - Troy Baker (FB), Kaitlyn Thumann (SB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2013-14 – </span>Nate Goodwin<span style="background:white"> (BB), </span>Kat Ludlow<span style="background:white"> (SOC) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2012-13 – </span>Nick Florence<span style="background:white"> (FB), Kathy Shelton (SB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2011-12 - Sydney Wilson (SB), </span>Jon Ringenberg<span style="background:white"> (BB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2010-11 - Tiffany Wesley (SB), Logan Roberts (T&F/CC) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2009-10 – </span>Gianna Quintana<span style="background:white"> (SOC), Dominik Mueller (MT) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2008-09 - Lyndsy Bedell (CC/T&F), </span>Zach Dillon<span style="background:white"> (BB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2007-08 - Kristen Schramek (VB), </span>Tim Jackson<span style="background:white"> (BB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2006-07 - Chelsi Lake (SB), Irwin Price (CC) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2005-06 - Phil Tran (FB), Sara Hausner (SB) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2004-05 - Stephen Sepulveda (FB), </span>Lori Viggiano<span style="background:white"> (SOC) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2003-04 - John Martin (FB), Megan McCoin (CC/T&F) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2002-03 – </span>Ross Bennett<span style="background:white"> (BB), </span>Whitney Barrett<span style="background:white"> (SOC) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2001-02 - Tim Hartson (BB), Lanie Millar (CC/T&F) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">2000-01 - Kerry O'Bric (T&F), Mark Williams (MTennis) </span><br>
<span style="background:white">1997-98 - Douglas Maziur (T&F)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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