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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 8, 2023</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor Soccer Adds Six to Signing Class
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears ink two each from Texas and Colorado, one each from California and Canada</span></i></b><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katy Gilmore, 254-252-2182, </span><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"> </span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WACO, Texas –</b> Baylor soccer added six players to the 2024 recruiting class, announced Wednesday by head coach Michelle Lenard.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The class features two each from Texas and Colorado, one from California and one from Ontario, Canada, with the group set to take the pitch in the fall of 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“We are very excited for the addition of this 2024 class,” Lenard said. “They are all elite players from top club teams around the U.S. and Canada that have experience playing for league championships and within
their respective youth national teams. Each of these players add quality and depth in key positions with a high-level understanding of how we want to play here at Baylor. This class is ready to come in and contribute right away to help the program take the
next big step forward. Most importantly these are outstanding students and high-character women who will always represent Baylor in the best possible way! We are thrilled and proud to add them to the Baylor soccer family!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Caelan DeBolt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Midfielder, Littleton, Colo., Heritage High School, Colorado Rush<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Caelan DeBolt signs with Baylor out of Littleton, Colo., and Heritage High School. She played club soccer for Colorado Rush under head coach Russell Finche.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">DeBolt helped lead her team to a league championship and the state semifinals during the 2022 campaign. She ended the year with a team-leading nine goals and nine assists during her junior year. She was named offensive
MVP her junior year while also garnering Heritage MaxPreps Player of the Year honors. She lettered all four years in soccer, while also picking up three letters in basketball.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">She also helped her club team, Colorado Rush, to a first place finish at the Girls Academy Championship Cup in 2022 and a fifth place finish at the Girls Academy Nationals in 2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Off the field, DeBolt was a member of the National Honor Society, ranked in the top-10 of her class and was a four-time high honors academic letter.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Madison Encinas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, La Mirada, Calif., Rosary Academy, Slammers HB Koge<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Madison Encinas signs with Baylor out of La Mirada, Calif., and the Rosary Academy. She played club soccer for Slammers HB Koge under head coach Chyene Gordan.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Encinas was a four-year member of her high school squad, playing all four years on varsity. She is a three-time first team All-Trinity League honoree.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Off the field, Encinas picked up academic first-team honors while participating in Rosary academic ambassadors, Rosary peer assistant leadership and Rosary campus ministry. She also volunteers at the Palms Retirement
Center in Fullerton, Calif. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Alysiah Lockette<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Forward, Colorado Springs, Colo., Village High School, Real Colorado National<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Alysiah Lockette signs with Baylor out of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Village High School. She played club soccer for Real Colorado National under head coach Lorne Donaldson, who was the former Jamaican National
Team coach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Not playing high school soccer, Lockette trained under April Kater, the former Youth National team coach, at Real Colorado during high school season. She played ECNL Real Colorado and attended the U.S. National
Training Center from 2019-2022. She was also a U.S. Soccer Youth National Team Regional Camp attendee and a team co-captain from 2019-2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Off the field, Lockette was named to the academic honor roll and the Spanish Honors Society. She volunteered with COS I Love You in her free time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Paisley Mabra<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, Midlothian, Texas, Midlothian Heritage High School, Solar 06 ECNL<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Paisley Mabra signs with Baylor out of Midlothian, Texas, and Midlothian Heritage High School. She played club soccer for Solar 06 ECNL under head coach Sal Adames.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mabra helped lead her high school team to a state championship her freshman year, while following that campaign with a trip back to the state semifinals and an area championship. She was named to the 2021 and 2022
All-State Tournament team and was a three-time first-team academic all-district honoree. In her 2021 campaign, she won the team newcomer MVP and district newcomer of the year honors. She was then named the 2022 team defensive MVP and garnered first-team all-district
honors. She was most recently named the team Utility MVP during the 2023 season.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">On her club team, she helped lead the Solar 06 ECNL squad to back-to-back trips to the ECNL Champions League Final Four and one ECNL Champions League Final. The team also garnered two Dallas Cup championships,
three Dallas International Girls Cup championships and two ECNL Texas Conference Championships.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Off the field, Mabra was a member of the National Honor Society.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Jade Martinez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Midfielder, Dallas, Texas, Texas Tech K-12, DKSC ECNL 06/05<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jade Martinez signs with Baylor out of Dallas, Texas, and Texas Tech K-12 school. She played club soccer for DKSC ECNL 06/05 under head coach High Bradford.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As a member of the fully online Texas Tech high school, Martinez was able to travel the world and play with Mexico’s national team. She recently competed in the U17 World Cup in Mumbai, India.
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">More here!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Hilary Washington<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Oxford District High School, Dortmund BVB AI Waterloo League 1 Premier<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hilary Washington signs with Baylor out of Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, and Waterloo Oxford District High School. She played club soccer for Dortmund BVB AI Waterloo League 1 Premier under head coach Jordan Brown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">She has been a part of the Canadian National Development Center, which is a full-time residency program that helps prepare and guide players to the senior National Team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Off the field, Washington is a member of the student activities council and is a volunteer as a ski instructor. She also has volunteered for various soccer camps from 2020-2023.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">2023 Baylor Soccer Signees<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Caelan DeBolt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Midfielder, Littleton, Colo., Heritage High School, Colorado Rush<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Madison Encinas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, La Mirada, Calif., Rosary Academy, Slammers HB Koge<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Alysiah Lockette<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Forward, Colorado Springs, Colo., Village High School, Real Colorado National<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Paisley Mabra<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, Midlothian, Texas, Midlothian Heritage High School, Solar 06 ECNL<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Jade Martinez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Midfielder, Dallas, Texas, Texas Tech K-12, DKSC ECNL 06/05<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Hilary Washington<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Defender, Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Oxford District High School, Dortmund BVB AI Waterloo League 1 Premier<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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