Brianna Baer earned four letters with the Rutgers-Camden women’s soccer program, playing in 47 games (31 starts) over her collegiate career. She collected one assist and added numerous academic honors.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 scholastic years…Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, 2021 Spring, 2021 Fall, 2022 Spring and 2022 Fall semesters...Six-time Dean’s List student…One of 47 athletes on the 171-member 2020 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA…One of 26 athletes on the 142-member 2021 Fall AD Honor Roll to post a 4.0 GPA…One of 25 athletes on the 133-member 2022 Fall AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Soccer 2022: Became the Scarlet Raptors’ starting centerback as a senior…Started all 18 games…Collected her first career assist…Took five shots, four on goal…Helped the team post four shutouts and hold opponents to one goal on six occasions…Led the team to regular-season shutouts over Albright (1-0, Sept. 17), Ramapo (3-0, Sept. 28) and Kean (0-0, Oct. 8)…Helped blank powerful Montclair State, 0-0, through two overtimes on Nov. 2 before the Raptors fell on penalty kicks in a New Jersey Athletic Conference semifinal game…Collected her first career point when she assisted on the first goal of the game, a shot by Hannah Crowley, in a 4-1 win at William Paterson (Sept. 24).
Soccer 2021: Played in 16 of the Raptors’ 17 games, starting nine…Took three shots, one on goal…Contributed to a defense that posted five shutouts and a 1.07 goals-against average, while holding opponents to one or no goals in 12 contests…Started and played 55 minutes in the season-opening 1-0 win over Elizabethtown (Sept. 2)…Started and played her season high of 64 minutes at #5-ranked Messiah University in an eventual 2-0 loss (Sept. 21)…Also started and helped hold the nation’s top-ranked team The College of New Jersey to one goal in a 1-0 loss (Oct. 13).
Soccer 2020: In a shortened season switched to March, 2021 due to the pandemic, she appeared in all seven Rutgers-Camden games, starting three…Took one shot and put it on goal…Helped the Raptors post five straight shutouts, including the last two as a starter…Started three straight games, including a 2-0 win at Kean in the pouring rain (March 24), a 0-0 tie against Montclair State (March 31) and a 3-1 conference playoff win over Rutgers-Newark (April 10)…Took one shot, on goal, against Kean…Played her career high of 78 minutes in the Montclair State game.
Soccer 2019: Appeared in six games, starting one…Made her collegiate debut playing 30 minutes in a 4-1 loss against Elizabethtown (Aug. 30)…Played 21 minutes in a 2-0 loss against Washington College (Sept. 7) and 19 minutes in a 3-1 loss at Cabrini (Sept. 19)…Contributed to a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference wins against New Jersey City (Oct. 5, a 4-1 victory) and Ramapo (Oct. 19, 3-1)…Made her first start and played a season-high 69 minutes in a 2-0 loss at Ursinus (Oct. 23).
High School: Four-year varsity soccer letterwinner at Burlington City High School for Coach John Hartigan…All-Conference Second Team as a sophomore and a junior…All-Conference First Team during her senior season…Honor Roll/High Honor Roll all four years at Burlington City High School…Graduated in 2019.
Club Team: Northern Burlington Flame
Personal: Born August 29, 2001…Last name pronounced “Bear”…Enjoys spending time with her family…Dual Childhood Studies and Psychology major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to attend graduate school at Rutgers-Camden for teaching…Brianna is the daughter of Joe and Tracy Baer of Riverside.
