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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 19, 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 Edwards, Littlepage-Buggs Selected to Katrina McClain 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">The Bears are two of five Big 12 players represented on the list of 20 candidates<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">- The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced on Thursday that Baylor women’s basketball’s Dre’Una Edwards and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs have been named to the 2024 Katrina
McClain Award Preseason Watch List.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The recognition marks the second-straight year that Edwards has been one of 20 candidates to earn the honor, while this is the first-career national preseason accolade for Littlepage-Buggs.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Named after the two-time All-American and 1987 National Player of the Year, the annual award in its seventh year recognizes the top power 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">Receiving her second nomination for the award after transferring from Kentucky ahead of the 2022-23 season, Edwards earned a Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention her first year in the league. Before sitting
out last season due to transfer rules, Edwards played a key role in the 2022 SEC Tournament Championship for the Wildcats, sinking the game-winning 3-pointer against No. 1 South Carolina to secure the title. She finished the year second on the team in scoring
with 16.8 points per game off 44.1 percent shooting from the field. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The unanimous 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, Littlepage-Buggs enters her sophomore season coming off a record-setting true freshman campaign for the Bears. Receiving the most weekly Big 12 Freshman of
the Week honors in BU program history and second-most ever in the conference, she led the team with 14 double-doubles, 9.4 rebounds per contest and finished with 28 blocks.
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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 Katrina McClain Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented to McClain
and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee, where a winner will be selected. <o: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 Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates*<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Janiah Barker Texas A&M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Erynn Barnum Mississippi State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sam Brunelle Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Addie Budnik Richmond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Olivia Cochran Louisville<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mimi Collins NC State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aicha Coulibaly Texas A&M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aaliyah Edwards UConn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dre’Una Edwards Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sania Feagin South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">DeYona Gaston Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lauren Gustin BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Darianna Littlepage-Buggs Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Esmery Martinez Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Quay Miller Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aaliyah Moore Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Alissa Pili Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Angel Reese LSU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Emma Ronsiek Creighton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Maddy Westbend Notre Dame<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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