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<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 – August 14, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Five Baylor WGOLF Athletes Named Academic All-Big 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU tied for the most women’s golf selections in the conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor women’s golf had five players named to the 2023 Academic All-Big 12 Team, announced Monday by the conference office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Rosie Belsham, Hannah Karg, BaiMai Seema, Britta Snyder and Anika Veintemilla all garnered first-team honors, with Belsham, Karg and Snyder
making a repeat-appearances 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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Karg, a senior management major, collected her third-straight Academic All-Big 12 distinction, boasting a team-leading three first-team selections.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Belsham (Health Kinesiology & Leisure Studies) and Snyder (Health Kinesiology & Leisure Studies) made the first team for a second-straight
season and a third time overall after all-rookie team honors in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Economics and international business major Anika Veintemilla made her third Academic All-Big 12 appearance and her first since 2021. The senior
now boasts first-team selections in 2021 and 2023, with a rookie-team selection in 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BaiMai Seema (Health Kinesiology & Leisure Studies) was a first-team honoree after making the rookie team a season ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Players are eligible for Academic All-Big 12 First and Second Teams after they've completed a full year in residence.</span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">BU has now had 105 Academic All-Big 12 Team honorees in the league's 25-year history, 69 of which were First-Team selections. Baylor has had 14 Academic All-Big 12 Second-Team honorees, three honorable
mention selections and 17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team members.</span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor has placed at least three golfers on Academic All-Big 12 Teams in 10-consecutive seasons, and the Bears have earned 65 total honors during the 12-year tenure of head coach Jay Goble after
combining for 37 honors in the league's first 15 years.</span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">To qualify for Academic All-Big 12 Teams, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence.</span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com">www.BaylorBears.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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