<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Times New Roman \(Body CS\)";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Impact;
panose-1:2 11 8 6 3 9 2 5 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h1
{mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
margin:0in;
text-align:justify;
page-break-after:avoid;
layout-grid-mode:char;
font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:underline;}
h2
{mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin:0in;
text-align:center;
page-break-after:avoid;
layout-grid-mode:char;
font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:italic;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;
font-style:italic;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 28, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Drew Honored with the Coach Wooden “Keys to Life” Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Drew joins his father, Homer, who won the award in 2012</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span>
<a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor men’s basketball head coach Scott
Drew has been named the Coach Wooden “Keys to Life” Award winner for 2023, announced by
<i>Athletes in Action</i> on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Established in 1998, the award is given annually at the Final Four to a current or former basketball figure who best exemplifies the character and leadership
for which the legendary Coach John Wooden is known.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">In his 20<sup>th</sup> year with the Bears, Drew has orchestrated one of the greatest rebuilds in college basketball history, culminating with BU’s
first Big 12 and National Championship in 2021. He is also one of two active coaches to win an NCAA title and an NIT title while being the only one to win both at the same school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">While leading his players to on-court success over his 20 years in Waco, with 51 players going on to professional careers, Drew has also seen 39 of
the 43 players who exhausted their playing careers in Waco graduate from Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">The 2022-23 Bears have won 20-plus games for the 14<sup>th</sup> time in the last 16 years and double-digit Big 12 games for the eighth time in the
last nine years. BU is still alive in the conference-championship race, aiming to become just the second team in Big 12 history to win three-straight conference crowns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">A historical first, Drew joins his father, Homer Drew (winning in 2012), as the first time a father<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">and son have both received this award. The Drew’s join a group of basketball greats who have received the honor, including David Robinson, Allan Houston,
Hubert Davis, Rick Barnes, John Beilein, Jerry Colangelo, Del Harris, Mark Price, Billy and Mary Kennedy and Clark Kellogg, among others. For more information about the Coach John Wooden “Keys to Life” Breakfast and to inquire about attending, please visit</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CD">KeysToLife.us.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">BU will be back in action on Saturday, March 4, when the seventh-ranked Bears host Iowa State on Senior Day at the Ferrell Center at 11 a.m. The game
will be televised on ESPN2, with Rich Hollenberg and Fran Fraschilla on the call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.BaylorBears.com</span></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="152" height="43" style="width:1.5833in;height:.4479in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D94B70.D235ECB0" alt="signature_926951869"><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>