Jada Baker

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Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Longwood, Fla.

Honors:
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2024)
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024)
ACC Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)

2024 – Redshirt Sophomore: One of six players to start in all 61 games … finished with a .241 batting average in 158 plate appearances … tallied a career-high 38 hits on the year with seven multi-hit games … blasted home runs against No. 18 Nebraska, Liberty, No. 16 Florida State and Gardner-Webb … drove in a career-high four run against Elon (2/25) during the Duke Invitational … scored three of Duke’s 16 runs in the run-rule victory over Iowa State in the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge … three-for-four in stolen bases … voted team captain for 2024 campaign.

2023 – Redshirt-Freshman: Earned a spot in the starting lineup in 52-of-60 games, primarily at shortstop … batting .237 with 22 hits, two doubles, eight RBI … recorded her first collegiate home run with a three-run shot in Duke’s 8-0 win over North Carolina (Mar. 19) … scored a season-high three runs in the same game against the Tar Heels … drove in Duke’s final run in the 11-0 win over Campbell (Feb. 26) … owns a .933 fielding percentage … elected to the team’s leadership council for the 2022-23 season.

2022 - Freshman: Redshirted for the 2022 season.

Prior to Duke: Lettered in softball at Lyman High School in Longwood, Fla. ... Two-time All-Conference honoree ... Winner of the "Best Glove" award as a sophomore and junior ... Ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the country according to Extra Innings Softball ... Compiled a .304 batting average as a freshman, .475 batting average with 12 doubles and 31 RBI as a sophomore and hit .439 with 3 HR and 16 RBI as a junior ... Played travel ball for Lady Dukes Lamar ... Winner of the young ambassador award.