2006-07 Men's Golf Roster
Biography
Senior Season (2005-06): Earned a medical red-shirt...expected to play his senior season in the 2006-07 season.
Junior Season (2004-05): One of five players to play in all 10 tournaments...finished third on the team in scoring average (74.87)...finished first on the team and tied for 11th overall at the Southern Conference Championship with a three-day total of 223 (75-73-75)...turned in a career-best top ten finish (t10th) in the Xavier Invitational with a three-day total of 214 (75-70-69)...finished first on the team in both the Cardinal Intercollegiate and Xavier Invitational...recorded two rounds in the 60s and four rounds under par...fired a season-low 69 in the second round of the Cardinal Intercollegiate...completed the season with four top 20 finishes and one top 10.
Sophomore Season (2003-04): Named second team All-SoCon...finished second on the team and fifth in the SoCon in scoring average (73.71)...finished 10th at the SoCon Championship with a three-day total of 223 (79-73-71)...recorded a career-low six-under 66 in the final round of the Barona Collegiate Cup...one of three golfers on the squad to have played in all ten tournaments...completed the fall season with the lowest stroke average (71.5) on the team...claimed top ten finishes at the Winthrop Waterford Invitational (t4), the Mid Pines Intercollegiate (t6) and Barona Collegiate Cup (t7)...his 54-hole total of 208 at the Barona Collegiate Cup is third best all-time at UNCG...had four rounds in the 60s.
Freshman Season (2002-03): One of three players to play in all 10 tournaments...tied for second on the team with a 75.52 scoring average...fired a season-best four-under-par 68 in the final round of the Furman Intercollegiate to finish tied for fourth...finished tied for 20th at the Mid Pines Intercollegiate, his first tournament as a member of the Spartans...posted a 30th place finish at the SoCon Championship (75-80-74=229)...named to the 2002-03 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Amateur: Competed at the 2004 U.S. Amateur at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, NY...missed the cut for match play by one shot after shooting an opening round 79...rebounded with a a two-over-par 72 on the tough West Course the following day...Baker earned a second place finish in the Bryan Amateur in June, and was runner-up in the medal portion of the Carolinas Amateur in July of 2004...participated in the 2002 and 2003 North & South Amateur, the 2002 and 2003 Cardinal Amateur, the 2003 Southeast Amateur (finished 32nd), the 2003 North Carolina Open, the 2003 Carolinas Open and the 2000 U.S. Junior Amateur (advanced to second round of match play).
High School: Earned four varsity letters in golf and one each in basketball and soccer at McMichael High School...four-time all-conference selection and a two-time conference player of the year...two-time all-state selection...shot a conference tournament record 67...McMichael captured four straight conference tournament titles with Baker as the number one seed.
Personal: Nicholas Grant Baker...son of Mark and Bonnie Baker...born on January 20, 1984 in Madison, NC...majoring in accounting.
Historical Player Information
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2005-06Redshirt
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5'7"
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