SIUE

Career: Finished his career with the second-lowest scoring average of all-time at SIUE at 73.23…Played 122 rounds, which was third most of all-time.

2023-24: 2024 Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year, becoming the first SIUE player to win the award…Established a new single-season scoring record at 70.9, which led the OVC…Best finish came at ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, where he was third of 76 golfers…Finished in the top-10 in seven of 10 tournaments during the season…Named OVC Golfer of the Month in September and October…Career low round of 66 came in his final round as a Cougar, the third round at the Golfweek National Golf Invitational…24 of 30 rounds were at or below par during the season…Named Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.

2022-23: Fifth on the team and 27^th in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring average at 74.8…Best finish came at the OVC championship where he was ninth…Best 54-hole total was 216, at Loyola and then equaled at Missouri State…Season-low round of 70 came in the second round at ODU/OBX Intercollegiate…Academic All-District selection by College Sports Communicators…Appeared in all 11 tournaments covering 29 rounds.

2021-22: First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection…Led the Cougars with a 73.24 scoring average, good for eighth in the OVC…Earned a pair of Top-10 finishes… Finishing eighth at Air Force with a career-best 54-hole total of 212 (74-68-70)…Turned in career-low round of 68 twice, at Air Force and again in the final round of SIUE’s Derek Dolenc Invitational, where he finished 11^th…Played in all 10 tournament (29 rounds) for the Cougars.

2020-21: Selected to Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer team...Played in all seven tournaments for the Cougars...Scoring average of 74.50 was third on the team and in the top 30 in the OVC...Finished in the top five in both of SIUE's duals with Bradley. He enjoyed two other top-20 finishes, landing 17^th at the OVC Championship with a 221 (74-74-73), his lowest 54-hole total of the year...Also finished 17th at Omaha's Stampede at the Creek...Career low 70 came in the second round of the Missouri Tiger Intercollegiate. 

Prior to SIUE: The 2019 Illinois State Champion with scores of 66-68 while playing for Boylan Catholic in Rockford...Baker's 134 at the State Tournament was the second lowest 36-hole total in the history of the tournament and included a hole-in-one on No. 7 in the second round...Averaged 70.14 during his senior year...Regional Champion as a junior...Ranked as the No. 4 recruit in the state of Illinois in the class of 2020 by National Junior Golf Scoreboard.