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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Apr. 26, 2026</u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">A&T Cleaned Up End-of-Year Awards from NCATA</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Bears dominated major awards, earn four All-America</span></div>
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<b>For more information contact: Eliot Jones</b>; 512-579-6478, <a href="mailto:eliot_jones1@baylor.edu" id="OWAa3075986-6ed0-372c-fd93-0f31fe550b54" class="x_x_x_x_x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:eliot_jones1@baylor.edu" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">AZUSA, California -</span> The Baylor acrobatics & tumbling team garnered multiple postseason honors Sunday from the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association, including academic and athletic-based honors.</div>
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Junior Payton Washington was named the NCATA DI Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year. The NCATA DI Specialist of the Year is Leavy McDonald, a sophomore who previously took home Freshman of the Year. The NCATA DI Freshman of the Year award went
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Felecia Mulkey earned NCATA Coach of the Year, going back-to-back, after leading her Bears to their 11th-straight NCATA title. It is Mulkey's third accolade while at Baylor.</div>
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Earning NCATA All-America were freshman Arthur, sophomore McDonald, and juniors Emily Bott and Washington. It was the third All-America honor for Washington and the second for both Bott and McDonald.</div>
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Gigi Rendino was named to the NCATA All-Academic Team.</div>
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For the NCATA Academic Honor Roll, 38 Bears were named to the team, three more than last year. The full list can be found here.</div>
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To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, X (Twitter), TikTok and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.</div>
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