#13 Kali Baker
Sophomore Outfielder
Ht: 5-4
B/T: L-L
High School: Cherokee
Hometown: Marlton, NJ
Major: Childhood Studies
Kali Baker had a fine freshman season for the Rutgers-Camden softball team, finishing the year hitting .291 and compiling the longest hitting streak on the team with a 10-game run. She also added several academic honors.
Academics: Dean’s List student and member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring and 2024 Fall semesters.
Softball 2024: Played in 28 games, starting 21 (15 in right field and six as the designated player)…Hit .291, the fourth-highest average on the team…Had 11 runs, three RBIs and one double…Walked six times and was hit by two pitches to compile a .381 on-base percentage…Added three sacrifices and one steal…Had 18 putouts and one assist…Her a 10-game hitting streak from April 9-23 (11-for-25, .440) was the longest on the team in 2024…Had one multi-hit game, a 2-for-3 contest in the opener of a doubleheader against Stockton (April 16), while adding her lone outfield assist…Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Carroll (March 9), serving as a pinch-runner and scoring a run…Started the team’s second game that day, playing right field against the Wentworth Institute of Technology and going 1-for-2 with one walk, one HBP, one run and one RBI, while adding one sacrifice…Had a season high of five putouts against Catholic (Game One, April 18).
High School: Earned three varsity softball letters at Cherokee High School…Graduated in 2023.
Club Team: South Jersey Mystics
Personal: Born November 29, 2004…Enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, going to the gym, and spending time with family…Childhood Studies major at Rutgers-Camden who hopes to be an elementary school teacher, get married and start her own family, noting “My biggest dream is to be a mom!”…Kali is the daughter of Christina and Tom Baker of Marlton.
