Missouri S&T Athletics

2015: Baker appeared in 35 games with 34 starts hitting .250 with five home runs, four doubles and 22 runs batted in...she finished the season with four multi-hit games and drove in multiple runs five times...drove in a season high four runs in a 5-3 win over Lincoln on April 7...she drove in two runs with a double in the third inning and then hit what proved to be the game-winning two-run homer down the left field in the fifth inning...she matched that four RBI performance with another in the final game of the year at Wisconsin-Parkside hitting a grand slam in the third inning of a 10-8 win...she hit .277 with runners on base, .263 with runners in scoring position and was 6-for-8 with a runner on third and less than two outs...nearly a third of her RBIs came with two outs.

2014: Baker started all 47 contests last year splitting time at three different positions. She played shortstop, third base and catcher with a majority of her time spent at the latter two positions. She finished the season hitting .225 with a team-high 11 doubles and was second on the club with 21 runs batted in. Baker had a slugging percentage of .310, an on-base percentage of .329 and her on-base plus slugging percentage was .629. She finished the year with four multi-hit and multi-RBI games. She had a season best three hits with a pair of doubles in the first game of a doubleheader at Rockhurst on April 25. She drove in three runs against Rockhurst twice and McKendree. Behind the plate she picked off two baserunners and caught seven trying to steal.

2013: Baker started all 37 games for the Lady Miners hitting .255 with 27 hits, 13 runs scored eight runs batted in and three doubles...she had nine multi-hit games on the season...she hit .273 with runners on base, .250 with runners in scoring position, was 5-for-9 with a runner on third and less than two out and hit .353 with two outs...she also had a pair of RBIs with two outs...had a fielding percentage of .922.

High School: played for head coach Anne Campbell at Plainfield Central High School in the Chicagoland area. She played in a combined 79 games last season for her high school and travel team the Orland A's. She hit .442 last season with 20 doubles, five triples, 46 runs scored and drove in 48 runs. Baker also stole seven bases and had an on-base percentage of .509 and a slugging percentage of .546. She was selected to the 2011 All-Southwest Prairie Conference, Joliet Herald News All-Area Team, the 2011 Voyager Media All-Area Team and was a finalist for the Voyager Media multi-sport Athlete of the Year finalist. Baker is also a three year starter on the varsity golf team...she hit .384 in three years with the varsity team, drove in 100 runs which is second all-time in school history...had 132 hits and 32 doubles...was a two-time selection for the All-Southwest Prairie Conference, the All-Area Softball Team by the Joliet Herald News, the All-Area Softball Team for Voyager Media and was named to the Chicago Tribune All-State Softball honorable mention team in 2012.

Personal: Daughter of Wayne and Suzanne Baker...majoring in applied mathematics.