Southern Arkansas University Athletics

Awards
2021 All America D2CCA 2nd Team
2021 All America ABCA/Rawlings 1st Team
2021 All Region D2CCA 1st Team
2021 All Region ABCA/Rawlings 1st Team
2021 All Region NCBWA 2nd Team
2019 All-GAC Second Team
2019 NCBWA All-Central Region Honorable Mention
2019 Natural State Baseball Honorable Mention
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 First Team
2018 GAC Tournament MVP
2018 GAC All-Tournament Team
 
Records
Most At-Bats in a Season in GAC History – 247 (2018)
T-Most At-Bats in a Season– 247 (2018)
3^rd All-Time in GAC History for Hits in a Season – 84
4^th All-Time in GAC History for Career Stolen Bases – 87
5^th All-Time in GAC History for Stolen Bases in a Season – 32 (2019)
6^th All-Time in Career Assists – 328
6^th All-Time in GAC History for Runs Scored in a Season – 63 (2018)
7^th All-Time in GAC History for Career Runs Scored – 118
7^th All-Time in GAC History of Career Hits – 252
9^th All-Time in Career Stolen Bases – 87
 
Career
Debut: February 1, 2018 versus Emporia State
First Start: February 1, 2018 versus Emporia State
Stats: 132 games, 132 starts; .330 batting average (181-548); .391 slugging percentage; .396 on-base percentage; 181 hits; 118 runs; 70 RBIs; 24 doubles; three triples; one homerun; 214 total bases; 52 walks; two intentional walks; 65-76 on stolen bases; 12 hit by pitches; nine sacrifice hits, six sacrifice flies; 54 strikeouts; 264 putouts, 328 assists, 18 errors, 610 attempts, .970 fielding percentage
 
2020
Played in and started all 23 games, as well as batting leadoff in a shortened season….266 batting average (25-94) with six doubles, 23 runs scored and 13 RBIs…nine walks, five hit by pitches, 13 strikeouts…15-17 on stolen base attempts…51 putouts, 56 assists, one error, .991 fielding percentage…seven multi-hit games…went 3-4 in season-opening win versus Oklahoma Panhandle (1/31)…went 2-3 with two walks and four runs scored versus Wayne State (2/1)…went 2-5 with a double and three RBIs versus Missouri Western (2/9)…went 4-8 with three stolen bases in double-header versus Northwestern Oklahoma (2/29)…went 2-5 against Southwestern Oklahoma (3/6)…went 3-5 with two walks, three doubles and three RBIs against Henderson State (3/10)
 
2019
Played in and started all 49 games, all at second base and batting leadoff… .348 batting average (72-207) with nine doubles, 25 RBIs and 32 runs scored…20 walks (two intentional)…32-37 on steal attempts…108 putouts, 125 assists and five errors in 238 attempts…fielding percentage of .979…22 multi-hit games…seven games with three or more hits…had three games where he recorded a hit in every at-bat…had a 21-game hitting streak from February 10^th to March 22^nd…went 3-4 with 4 RBIs and two sacrifice flies against Henderson State on February 15… six games with multiple stolen bases…four games with multiple walks…led GAC in stolen bases…hit two doubles against Henderson State on February 16…stole three bases against Mississippi College on February 26…went 6-12 in sweep at Northwestern Oklahoma (March 1-2)…went 3-3 on March 10^th versus Southwestern Oklahoma…went 3-3 with three stolen bases against Arkansas-Monticello on March 19^th…went 1-3 with two walks and four stolen bases against Southeastern Oklahoma on March 22^nd…went 5-5 with three stolen bases against Ouachita Baptist on April 10^th…went 3-8 with walk-off versus Mississippi College on April 16th, also stealing two bases…season-high 11 fielding opportunities (five putouts, six assists) against Southern Nazarene on April 6^th…named Second-Team All-GAC, Honorable Mention NCBWA All-Central Region, Natural State Baseball Honorable Mention, and Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 First Team…led team in at-bats, hits, stolen bases and assists…one of two players to play in and start every single game
 
2018
Played in and started all 60 games…84-247, .340 batting average…nine doubles, three triples and a homerun…63 runs, 31 RBIs…23 walks…18-22 on steal attempts…five hit by pitches, five sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies…105 putouts, 147 assists and 12 errors in 264 attempts….954 fielding percentage…24 multi-hit games…nine games with three or more hits…led GAC in runs scored and at-bats…20-game hitting streak from March 9^th to April 25^th…six multi-hit games in a row from March 16^th to March 24^th (14-28)…four games with multiple stolen bases…went 3-5 with two RBIs versus Southeastern Oklahoma on February 19^th…went 7-15 in series against Southwestern Oklahoma on March 16-17…went 7-13 in series versus Northwestern Oklahoma on March 23-24…went 8-13 in series versus Arkansas Tech on April 20-21…went 4-5 with a pair of runs scored and five RBIs in GAC Tournament against Henderson State…went 13-23 in GAC Tournament as Muleriders won tournament; was named tournament MVP and to the all-tournament team…went 4-5 against St. Cloud State in NCAA Central Regional…one of two players to play in and start every single game…led team in runs scored, triples, stolen bases, total plate appearances, at bats and assists
 
Previous School
Baker, a native of Amarillo, Texas, is a 2017 transfer from Howard College.