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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 12, 2024</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor Softball Adds Carson Frier to 2025 Roster</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">For 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><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;mso-ligatures:none">katy_gilmore@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><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">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor softball head coach Glenn Moore has added Carson
Frier to the 2025 roster, announced Friday.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Frier transfers from UCF to join the Bears with one year of eligibility. The senior catcher spent all three previous years with the Knights.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Originally from Live Oak, Fla., Frier appeared in 14 games as a freshman while making all three of her starts at catcher. She recorded both her first career hit
and RBI during her freshman campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">During her sophomore season, she appeared in 50 games while making 36 starts, all of them at catcher. Frieir was the batterymate for both a perfect game and no-hitter
during 2023 season. She threw out five attempted base-stealers, while posting 194 putouts and 13 assists.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">As a junior in 2024, she appeared in 12 games, including six starts behind the plate. She posted a 1.000 fielding percentage for
the second time in her three-year career, throwing out one attempted base-stealer while recording 36 putouts and two assists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">A graduate of Suwannee High School in 2021, Frier was
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">a four-year member of her high school team and was awarded MVP and defensive MVP. She was also on her high school’s varsity soccer team scoring 40 goals and winning the MVP award
for that sport. Frier broke weightlifting records for clean and jerk in the 154-weight class, while also competing on the school’s golf and volleyball teams.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">She played for the Gold Coast Hurricanes travel ball team.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Frier will be pursuing a degree in business at Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor softball, follow the team on Facebook, X and Instagram: @BaylorSoftball.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- BaylorBears.com -</span></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><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
of Athletic Communications</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O: 254-710-2743 | C: 254-252-2182</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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