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Joel Baker

Guard
Class
Junior
Height
6-0
Hometown
Alliance, Neb.
Previous School
Alliance HS
Honors and Awards

-2023-24 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2022-23 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
-2021-22 NAIA Scholar-Athlete

#3

Joel Baker

Guard
Junior, 6-0

2023-24: Senior
Saw action in 30 of 32 games with four starts and averaged 7.5 minutes per game ... totaled 81 points, 19 rebounds, 12 assists and seven steals ... posted a career high 16 points in the national tournament game vs. LSU Shreveport on March 16 ... tallied 11 points in the win over Jamestown on Dec. 2.

2022-23: Junior
Appeared in 28 of 31 games (one start) and averaged 11.1 minutes per outing ... totaled 82 points, 33 rebounds, 20 assists and 11 steals ... produced a career high 12 points (4-for-8 from 3-point range) in the win over Northwestern on Dec. 3.

2021-22: Sophomore
Appeared in eight varsity games and totaled nine points on 3-for-7 shooting from the floor ... notched four points in the win over Presentation on Oct. 30.

High School
Prepped at Alliance High School … coached by Michael Baker … lettered all four years and started for three … served as team captain for one year … as a senior, named second team all-state by the Omaha World-Herald, honorable mention all-state by the Lincoln Journal Star, all-conference and team MVP … selected honorable mention all-state by the OWH and LJS as both a sophomore and junior … scored more than 1,000 career points … helped the Bulldogs to three state playoff appearances, including a semifinal advancement … led Alliance to two district titles and a conference championship … played baseball for four years and earned all-conference honors twice as an outfielder … captained the baseball team two years, including the 2019 season that finished with a state runner-up claim … earned academic all-state honors all four years … member of National Honor Society … landed on honor roll all four years.

Personal
Born in Scottsbluff, Neb., on February 18, 2002 … son of Michael and Valerie Baker … has two older sisters: Bethany and Rachel … enjoys watching Netflix.

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