MSU Athletics

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors
PING/GCAA All American (1)
2017 (HM)
Jack Nicklaus Division II Player of the Year Semifinalist (1)
2017
PING All-South Central Region Team (1)
2017 (1st)
Lone Star Conference Player of the Year (1)
2017
All-Lone Star Conference (2)
2016 (1st), 2017 (1st)
24 Strong Teammate of the Year (1)
2015-16

Senior (2016-17)
named a semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Division II Player of the Year award... earned PING honorable mention All-America and was an All-South Central Region first-team selection... tabbed Lone Star Conference Player of the Year... earned first-team all-conference accolades for the second consecutive season... closed career fourth on MSU's all-time scoring average list at 74.79... his three career wins are the second most in program history... marked second-most par-or-better rounds in school history with 26... career finish percentage (62.5) ranks eighth in program history... also fourth in career counting scores (81/92 percent) and was third in birdies (260)... competed in 10 tournaments and 29 rounds in historic senior campaign ranking 20th in NCAA Division II with a 71.93 stroke average... finished campaigned carrying a No. 26 GolfStat national ranking with a finish percentage of 87.9 percent... marked countable scores in 28 of 29 team competition rounds (96.6 percent)... had Top 13 finishes in his first eight tournaments of the seasons including wins at the St. Edward's Invitational (3/27-3/28) and the Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions classic (4/10-4/11)... carded par-or-better scores in 15 of his 29 rounds including six rounds in the 60s... season scoring average is second best in school history... just the third MSU golfer to win multiple tournaments in a season joining All-Americans Derek Oland and Santiago Gomez... his 29 par-or-better rounds are the second most in a single season in program history... season finish percentage (87.9) is fourth best in MSU history... his 28 countable scores fell one shy of Raine Copeland's program record of 29 set in 2010-11... became the second MSU player to mark 100 birdies in a season (103) joining Oland (117 in 2013-14)... set school record in single season Par 4 scoring (4.0427)... marked third lowest round in school history with a 64 (6-under) in the final round of the St. Edward's Invitational played at Onion Creek Golf Club (3/28)... owns the second and third low 54-hole totals in school history with a 7-under 203 at the Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions Classic played at Hardsrabble Country Club (4/10-4/11) and had a 6-under 204 at the St. Edward's Invitational played at Onion Creek Golf Club (3/27-3/28)... boasted a stroke average of 69.81 in his first 11 rounds of the spring semester with par-or-better scores in eight of the rounds including five in the 60s spanning the St. Mary's Invitational (2/20-2/21), St. Edward's Invitational (3/27-3/28), Dallas Baptist Patriot Classic (4/3-4/4) and Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions Classic (4/10-4/11)...finished 17th at the Lone Star Conference Championship at Frisco Lakes Golf Club (4/24-4/25) and 42nd at hte NCAA D2 West/South Central Championship played at the Brookside Golf Course in Stockton, Calif. (5/8-5/10)...

Junior (2015-16)
competed in 10 tournaments and 27 rounds with a finishing percentage of 67.8 percent... finished the season with a stroke average of 74.52 and ranked 224th nationally... posted countable scores in 24 of his 27 team competition rounds... carded six par-or-better rounds including a career low score of 68 in four rounds and three separate tournaments... recorded a first place finish in the DBU Patriot Classic... finished 22nd at the NCAA Division II Men's West/South Central Regionals...

Sophomore (2014-15)
competed in 10 tournaments and 23 rounds with a stroke average of 77.26 to rank 591st nationally... recorded countable scores in 19 his his 23 team competition rounds... accounted for three par-or-better rounds including a season-best 69 in the opening round of The Territory Classic (10/13)... logged one Top 10 finish and closed amongst the first 20 finishes on three occasions... had a season-best eighth place showing at The Territory Classic (10/13-10/14)... finished 11th at The Classic at The Tribute carding rounds of 73 and 71 for a even-par total of 144 (10/27-10/28)...

Freshman (2013-14)
competed in six tournaments and 16 rounds with a stroke average of 76.88 to rank 508th nationally... posted countable scores in 12 of his 13 team competition rounds... carded two par-or-better rounds... finished 25th individually firing a 3-over three-round total of 219 at the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate played at The Golf Club at Estrella in Goodyear, Ariz... carded each of his par-or-better round at the WNMU Fall Invitational with 72s in the first and third rounds... posted countable scores in each round to help MSU finish 11th at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational, fourth at the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate, second at The Classic at The Tribute and 10th at the Dallas Baptist Classic...

At Holliday High School
a three-time Class 2A State Qualifier for coach Clay Strealy at Holliday (Texas) High School... led Eagles to a Class 2A state championship as a senior in 2013... a three-time District 8-2A champion while twice earning Region I-2A top medalist honors...

Personal
son of Johnny and Michelle Baker... born Oct. 5, 1994...