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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 – October 18, 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 WBB’s Blackwell Named to Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><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">Blackwell’s selection marks the second-straight year earning the honor<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">Shelby Hild; 254-405-7591,
</span><a href="mailto:shelby_hild@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">shelby_hild@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Baylor women’s basketball’s Aijha Blackwell has been placed on the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List, the Naismith Basketball
Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced Wednesday.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The recognition marks the second-straight year that Blackwell has been one of 20 candidates to earn the preseason honor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer, the annual award in its seventh year recognizes the top small forwards in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.
A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blackwell saw limited action last year due to injury, making eight appearances in her first season with the Bears. A transfer from Missouri, Blackwell spent three seasons with the Tigers and was a three-time
all-SEC performer. She led the Tigers during the 2021-22 campaign with 14.9 points and 13.1 rebounds per game, which was the highest single-season rebounding average in Missouri program history.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to Miller and
the Hall of Fame’s selection committee, where a winner will be selected. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Beginning Oct. 20, fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2024 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Candidates*<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aijha Blackwell Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Morgan Maly Creighton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yarden Garzon Indiana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kiki Jefferson Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aneesah Morrow LSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jordan King Marquette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jakia Brown-Turner Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mara Braun Minnesota<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alyssa Ustby North Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cotie McMahon Ohio State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Skylar Vann Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lior Garzon Oklahoma State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kennedy Todd-Williams Ole Miss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Madison Scott Ole Miss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Grace VanSlooten Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">McKenzie Forbes USC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Rickea Jackson Tennessee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jordyn Merritt Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Caroline Ducharme UConn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Azzi Fudd UConn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point during the 2023-24 season</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To stay up-to-date on all things Baylor women's basketball, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWBB.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Shelby Hild</span></b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| Director of Communications (WBB, WTEN)</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">C: 254-405-7591 </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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