2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Sarah Baker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Florence, Ky.
- High School:
- Ryle
- Major:
- Psychology
- Position:
- F
2025-26 (R-Freshman): Played in and started all 35 games… Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team… Named to the College Sports Communicators 2025-26 Academic All-District Team... Totaled 404 points, 148 rebounds and 61 assists for averages of 11.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists… Set a new YSU freshman record for points scored with 404… Shot 52.5% from the field (181 for 345) and 76.4% from the free throw line… Finished with 25 blocked shots and 26 steals defensively… Named Horizon League Freshman of the Week on Nov. 10 and March 1… Scored in double figures a team-high 23 times including in nine straight games from Jan. 14 to Feb. 11… Scored 16 points and went 7-for-11 from the field at North Dakota (11/7)… Posted 16 points going 6-for-10 from the field and 4-for-4 from the free throw line at Akron (11/30)… Shot 7-for-9 from the field in a 17-point performance vs. UMass (12/20)… Recorded a double-double with season highs of 25 points and 11 rebounds while shooting 11-for-16 from the field at Wright State (1/14)… Posted 18 points, seven rebounds and three assists vs. Green Bay (2/7)… Poured in 21 points going 8-for-14 from the field and 5-for-6 from the free throw line vs. Robert Morris (2/11)… Scored 18 points vs. Detroit Mercy (2/25)… Posted 12 points, six rebounds and four assists vs. UMES in the Postseason WNIT… Scored 14 points vs. Marshall in the Postseason WNIT.
2024-25 (Freshman): Named the Horizon League Freshman of the Week three times in the first five weeks of the season… Missed the final 22 games of the season with a lower-body injury... Was able to retain her year of eligibility… Played nine games and worked her way into the starting lineup in her last appearance before the injury… Averaged 7.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game… Shot 44.3% from the field (27-for-61)… Reached double figures three times - in the season opener and in her final two games… Scored 16 points to go along with six assists and seven rebounds in her lone start of the season against Milwaukee (12/4)… Her points and assists totals against the Panthers were a season high… Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in 19 minutes against St. Bonaventure (11/12)… Had a season-best three blocks at Xavier (11/26).
High School: Was an All-Region and All-Northern Kentucky honoree... Also earned honors at the district and regional levels… Led Ryle High School to a state championship and two regional titles as a six-year member of the varsity team... Scored more than 1,200 points... Was a nominee for the 2024 McDonald’s All-American Games… Scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the regional semifinal as a senior at NKU’s Truist Arena… That led Ryle to its third straight regional title appearance… Named one of the top 10 players in Northern Kentucky.
Personal: Parents are Jason and Nicole… Has a sister (Morgan)… Major is psychology... Recipient of the Mike and Janet Murray Scholarship.
