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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 10, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Baylor MBB’s Walter Named Freshman of the Year, Headlining BU’s All-Big 12 Honorees<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">Walter joins Keyonte George and Quincy Miller as previous BU Big 12 Freshman of the Year winners</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span>
<a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">IRVING, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">J’Kobe Walter headlined
a group of five Bears highlighted by the Big 12’s All-Conference awards announced Monday evening.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year joined Jalen Bridges, RayJ Dennis, Langston Love and Yves Missi as Baylor’s five Big 12 honorees
on Sunday. The Bears tied Kansas’ five selections for the second-most in the conference behind only Houston’s six.
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Big 12 awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches, who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">In addition to being the 12<sup>th</sup> player in Big 12 history and the second-straight from Baylor to sweep the preseason and postseason
freshman of the year honors, Walter was named to the All-Freshman Team and the All-Big 12 Third Team. His 14.7 points per game lead all Big 12 freshmen, eclipsing the 20-point mark eight times this season, including a career-high 28 points in his debut against
Auburn back in November. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Dennis was Baylor’s lone representative on the All-Big 12 Second team, while also garnering a unanimous selection on the All-Big 12 Newcomer
Team. Leaving his mark on the program in his only season in Waco, the Plainfield, Ill., native ranks second on the team averaging 13.5 points per game with a Big-12 leading 6.7 assists per game. His 205 assists currently rank as the fifth-most in a single
season in program history. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Bridges makes his second appearance on an All-Big 12 squad but his first at Baylor with his nod to the All-Big 12 Third Team. The 2020-21
All-Big 12 Freshman team honoree at West Virginia came up big for the Bears at the end of the season, averaging a career-best 11.6 points per game, including a 15.1-point average in the eight games that leading bench scorer Love was out with an injury.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Love was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention after averaging 11 points per game off the bench this season. His 11 points per game led
the conference among players with zero starts this season. Despite missing seven games with injury, Love led the Bears in bench points 17 times this season.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Missi’s impressive freshman season earned him a spot on the All-Big 12 Freshman and Defensive teams. A Big
12 Newcomer of the week last month, Missi finished the regular season averaging 10.9 points and 1.5 blocks per game for the Bears. His team-leading four double-doubles this season are the most by a Baylor player since Freddie Gillespie in 2019-20.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">No. 3 seed Baylor opens play at the 2024 Big 12 Championship with a quarterfinal matchup at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN or ESPN2. Earning
a double-bye, Baylor will await the winner of No. 6 Kansas and the winner of No. 11 Cincinnati and No. 14 West Virginia.</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"> <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.</span></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">2023-24 ALL-BIG 12 AWARDS</span></u></strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Coach of the Year:
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Kelvin Sampson, Houston</span></strong><span style="color:black">
<span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Player of the Year:</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"> Jamal Shead, Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Sixth Man Award:</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"> Jaxon Robinson, BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Most Improved Player:</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"> Dylan Disu, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Defensive Player of the Year:
</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white">Jamal Shead, Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Newcomer of the Year:</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"> Hunter Dickinson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Freshman of the Year:</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"> <b>Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">All-Big 12 First Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><dfn><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">Jamal Shead, Houston*</span></dfn><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hunter Dickinson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Dylan Disu, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">All-Big 12 Second Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">RayJ Dennis, Baylor</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">LJ Cryer, Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Emanuel Miller, TCU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Max Abmas, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">All-Big 12 Third Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Jalen Bridges, Baylor</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">J’Wan Roberts, Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Darion Williams, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">All-Big 12 Honorable Mention</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Langston Love (Baylor), Yves Missi (Baylor),</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> Dallon Hall (BYU), Spencer Johnson (BYU), Jaxson Robinson (BYU),
Fousseyni Traore (BYU), Ibrahima Diallo (UCF), Darius Johnson (UCF), Jaylin Sellers (UCF),Dan Skillings Jr. (Cincinnati), Ja’Vier Francis (Houston), Emanuel Sharp (Houston), KJ Adams Jr. (Kansas), Johnny Furphy (Kansas), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), Arthur
Kaluma (K-State), Tylor Perry (K-State), Javian McCollum (Oklahoma), Jalon Moore (Oklahoma), Javon Small (Oklahoma State), Jameer Nelson Jr. (TCU), Micah Peavy (TCU), Joe Toussaint (Texas Tech).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Big 12 All-Defensive Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Yves Missi, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">John Newman III, Cincinnati
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Jamal Shead, Houston*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Dajuan Harris, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Big 12 All-Newcomer Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">RayJ Dennis, Baylor</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hunter Dickinson, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Max Abmas, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Darrion Williams, Texas Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Big 12 All-Freshman Team</span></strong><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Yves Missi, Baylor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor*</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Joseph Tugler, Houston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">Johnny Furphy, Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white">* - unanimous selections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Jalen bridges<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Julius Erving Preseason Top-20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Third Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">RAYJ DENNIS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament MVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week (11/27)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Second Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">All-Big 12 Newcomer Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">SCOTT DREW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">YVES MISSI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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