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Jersey Number 3
Sommer Baker
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Haines City, Fla.
- High School:
- Lake Wales
- Major:
- Health Science
- Birthday:
- 10/08
Career Accolades
Sophomore (2021)
- Conference USA Jim Casteneda Postgraduate Scholarship
- FAU Female Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
- 2021 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2020 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Played in 54 games and made 53 starts as Florida Atlantic’s shortstop
- Set a career-high in RBI (19) and doubles (6)
- Hit two home runs, both coming in conference action
- Hit a grand slam in the regular-season finale win over UTSA, picking up a career-high six RBI on the day
- Her six RBI against UTSA marked a single game high for the Owls in the 2023 season
- Recorded 13 RBI in C-USA action, which tied for second on the team in conference-only RBI
- Tallied four multi-hit games
- Played in all of FAU’s 55 games and made 54 starts as the Owls’ shortstop
- Ranked second on the team and fourth in C-USA in triples (4)
- Scored 18 runs to place third on the team
- Led FAU in stolen base percentage, going a perfect nine-for-nine
- Recorded her first two career home runs, with the first coming against Delaware and her second against LA Tech
- Came around to score the walk-off run after laying down a bunt against UTSA
- Tallied five multi-hit games
Sophomore (2021)
- Saw action in 27 games, 22 at shortstop including 21 starts. The remaining five were at second
- Ended the year batting .250 with six-multi hit games
- Belted a double versus Illinois State, an extra-inning affair, and in the second UNF game
- Recorded five stolen bases and was never caught
- Made her debut with a start against Wisconsin (2/7) at second base
- Delivered first career hit with two doubles against Penn State (2/15)
- Crossed home plate for the first time in her collegiate career against Iowa State (2/16)
- Recorded first career RBI bringing in four runners against Seton Hall (2/28)
- Appeared in 16 games for the Owls with 16 starts at second base
- Recorded 26 put outs and 28 assists a piece in 55 chances
- One of 22 FAU softball players named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Finished her senior campaign batting .410 with 26 runs scored, 17 RBI, nine doubles, nine stolen bases and two homers
- Two-time First-Team All-County selection
- The Polk County Ledger's 2018 Softball Hitter of the Year
- Helped high school team get to the Final Four in 2018
- Hit six home runs during her junior season, while also batting .462
- Finished as the state runner-up for girls weightlifting in 2019 and was awarded the Polk County Ledger's Girls Weightlifter of the Year
- Matches her talent on the field in the classroom, as an International Baccalaureate diploma recipient
- Born on October 8
- Plans to major in health science
- Daughter of Cathy and Jeff Baker
- Played for the Florida Red Rage
- Chose FAU because of the stand-out softball program where she will also being able to attend a campus that feels like home
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