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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 – August 15, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Softball Has 10 Named to Academic All-Big 12 Team<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears garner nine first-team honors<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<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">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182,
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<b>IRVING, Texas – </b></span><span style="color:black">Baylor softball has earned 10 Academic All-Big 12 selections, announced by the conference office on Monday morning.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Baylor has placed at least six selections to the conference's academic honors for 15-straight seasons and had five or more for the 19</span><sup><span style="color:black">th</span></sup><span style="color:black;background:white">-consecutive
year. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Josie Bower, Sydney Collazos, Emily Hott, Zadie LaValley, Emry McDonough, Caroline Rowatt, Taylor Strain, Ana Watson and McKenzie Wilson were named to the first team, while Kaci West picked up second-team recognition.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Bower and Hott have been named to the first team for the third-straight year, while Collazos, LaValley, and Strain picked up honors for the second-straight year. Watson received first-team honors after being placed
on the second team for the 2021 season, and McDonough, Rowatt, Wilson and West were given conference academic honors for the first time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Collazos is one of eight softball student-athletes in the conference to receive honors with a perfect 4.0 GPA. This is her second-straight year with a perfect GPA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">First-team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, while the second-team selections hold a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 20 percent of their team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible
in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.</span><br>
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<span style="background:white">Keep up with the team all year long by following Baylor Softball on the team's official Twitter (@BaylorSoftball), Facebook (Baylor Softball), and Instagram (@BaylorSoftball).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">2023 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Caroline Rowatt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Taylor Strain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">McKenzie Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kaci West ^<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> * - 4.0 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">- BaylorBears.com - </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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