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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – June 18. 2024</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore; 254-252-2182, </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu" title="mailto:katy_gilmore@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0078D7">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">AUSTIN, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor softball's Shaylon Govan capped off a successful
academic and athletic season, earning College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-America accolades, the organization announced Tuesday.<br>
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Govan becomes the 13<sup>th</sup> player in program history to receive CSC Academic All-America honors and is the first since Tiffany Wesley in 2010 to receive first team honors. She is one of 16 members on the first, second or third teams with a 3.75 or higher
GPA and is one of six members on any of the three teams from the Big 12 Conference. <br>
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The Katy, Texas, native, holds a 3.76 GPA in her </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Health, Kinesiology & Leisure Studies</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> degree. She is the only Bear to
receive both first team NFCA All-America and first team CSC Academic All-America honors in their career.
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On the field, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Govan led BU with a .444 batting average, 11 home runs and 35 RBIs on the season. This is her second-straight season to reach double-digit home runs, and she holds
a .739 slugging percentage, which is good for 4</span><sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> all-time at Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">She etched her name into the Baylor record books, setting single-season records in walks drawn (48) and on-base percentage (.579) and was second all-time in batting
average (.444). Govan also ranked second nationally in on-base percentage, seventh nationally in batting average and 11</span><sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> nationally
in walks per game.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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Govan was selected as a member of the CSC Academic All-District team which made her eligible for the All-America honor. The award was voted on by CSC members from a list of All-District honorees. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#154734;mso-ligatures:none">Katy Gilmore</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | Associate Director
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