A two-time All-North Eastern Athletic Conference player, Nick Baird has led the Scarlet Raptors to two NEAC titles and two berths in the NCAA Division III Golf Championship during his two spring semesters at Rutgers-Camden. After his finest semester with the Scarlet Raptors last fall, Baird returns this spring in a bid to lead Rutgers-Camden to another NCAA berth.
In 31career rounds with the Scarlet Raptors, Baird owns an 82.2 average.
Current career averages
Fall 2014: Competed in all six invitationals and seven rounds for the Raptors, finishing second on the team with a 79.3 average…Opened the season shooting an 84 to place second on the team and tie for 22nd of 79 at the Falcon Classic (Sept. 16)…Fourth on the Raptors’ A Team with an 85 at the Richard Stockton Invitational (Sept. 24)…Second on the team and tied for 15th of 114 overall at the Muhlenberg Invitational (Sept. 29), shooting a 77…Carded a two-day total of 76-76—152 at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Oct. 4-5), leading the Scarlet Raptors and finishing eighth of 64 overall…Finished second on the A Team with a round of 79 and tied for 14th of 87 overall at the RU-Camden Scarlet Raptors Fall Invitational (Oct. 17)…Closed the season with a 78 to tie for 23rd of 97, and lead the Raptors’ team, at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational (Oct. 20).
Averaged 82.7 in 11 rounds over nine invitationals…Earned NEAC Second Team honors for the second straight year, carding a two-day total of 156 76-91) at the conference championships (April 25-26) and leading the team to its second straight crown…Tied for second on the Raptors and tied for fifth of 34 golfers at the NEAC Championships…Shot a 172 over two days at the NCAA Championships (91-81)…Opened the spring with an 86 to tie for 23rd of 29 at the Myrtle Beach Shootout (March 18) and then finished 19th of 25 at the Richard Stockton Invitational (March 23) with a round of 90…Carded an 81 at the York Invitational (March 24) to finish second on the team and tie for 39th of 83 overall…Shot an 80 for place third on the Raptors’ A team and tie for 12th of 76 at the RU-Camden Scarlet Raptors Spring Golf Invitational (April 4)…Tied for 52nd of 85 with a round of 82 at the Franklin and Marshall Invitational (April 14)…Placed fifth of 24, carding a 78,, at the Keuka Invitational (April 17)…Shot an 85 to tie for 27th of 46 at the Swarthmore Invitational (April 21).
Fall 2013: Competed in all five rounds during the fall season, posting an 83.8 average, fifth-best on the team…Finished fifth on the Raptors and tied for 60th of 97 at the Franklin & Marshall Fall Invitational (Sept. 23) with a round of 85…Placed fourth on the Raptors and tied for 29th of 87 overall, shooting an 82 at the Muhlenberg Fall Invitational (Sept. 30)…Tied for first on the Raptors’ A Team and tied for third of 20 overall after shooting an 80 at the Richard Stockton Invitational (Oct. 9)…Carded back-to-back rounds of 86 to end the season, finishing third on the team and tied for 37th of 66 at the LVC Invitational (Oct. 14) and fourth on the Raptors and tied for 27th of 44 at the RU-Camden Scarlet Raptors Fall Invitational (Oct. 18).
Spring 2013: Competed in eight rounds over six matches…Averaged 82.9, the fourth-best average on the team…Made his Raptor debut shooting an 89 to finish fourth on the team and 17th of 32 overall at the Myrtle Beach Shootout (March 13)…Playing for the Raptors’ B team, he shot an 89 against Richard Stockton (April 3, tied for second on the B team and tied for 17th of 23) and carded an 83 at the RU-Camden Scarlet Raptor Spring Golf Invitational (April 12, third on the B team and tied for 32nd of 87 overall)…By the time the NEAC Championships followed around on April 26-27, he had cracked the starting lineup and finished third on the team with a two-day total of 75-82-157, good for third on the Raptors and tied for seventh of 34 overall…He helped the Raptors win their third NEAC title in five years and earned NEAC Second Team honors…Was the overall medalist out of 10 golfers, shooting a 76 in a dual match against Penn State-Abington (May 2)…Finished third on the Raptors at the NCAA Division III Golf Championship (May 14-15)…His two-day total of 87-82-169 placed him tied for 171st of 210 overall.
Pre-Rutgers: Played golf at Burlington County College.
High School: Golf letterman for Coach Tom Wedlick at Delran High School.
Personal: Nicknamed “Hawk”…Born April 21, 1993…Pre-Business major at Rutgers-Camden…Nick is the son of Albert and Jackie Baird of Delran.
