May 2, 2003

DALLAS, Texas - Baylor sophomore Ryan Baca was one of 10 men's golfers to earn All-Big 12 honors, the conference office announced on Friday.

Baca paced the Bears throughout the season, recording an overall stroke average of 71.71 through 31 rounds, which ranks second in the Big 12. He recorded six top-10 finishes including winning medallist honors at the Jayhawk Intercollegiate in September. He was a key contributor to Baylor's two tournament victories this season. Throughout the season he carded scores of par or below in 18 of the 32 rounds he played, including recording a season-best 66 at the Waikoloa Intercollegiate to open spring play in February.

This is the first conference honor for Baca. He is the eighth Bear golfer to be named to the all conference team under head coach Tim Hobby.

The Bears are coming off a ninth place finish at the Big 12 Championships last week. They will find out if they earned their sixth-straight NCAA regional bid when the regional fields are announced on Monday.

2003 All-Big 12 Conference Men's Golf Team
Name, School			Class	Hometown
Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State	Jr	McKinney, Texas
Jason Hartwick, Texas		Jr	Sacramento, Calif.
Ryan Baca, Baylor		So	Richmond, Texas
Chris Marshall, Kansas		Sr	Overland Park, Kan.
Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas	Fr	Plano, Texas
J.J. Wall, Texas		Sr	San Antonio, Texas
Aaron Watkins, Kansas State	Jr	Mesa, Ariz.
John Kidwell, Oklahoma		Sr	Dallas, Texas
Par Nilsson, Oklahoma State	Jr	Ljungsbro, Sweden
Stephen Reed, Texas A&M		Jr	Houston, Texas


Coach of the Year: John Fields, Texas
Player of the Year: Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma State
Newcomer of the Year: Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas