Tayler Baker

A woman in a softball uniform consisting of a blue jersey and blue pants winds up to throw a pitch while looking towards home plate

Photo by: Sydney Jorgenson

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Photo by: Evan Patzwald

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

Photo by: Mario Terrana

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Sun Prairie East H.S.
Hometown:
Madison, Wis.

PRONUNCIATION

Honors & Awards

2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 All-Summit League Second Team
2025 Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team
2024-25 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
Two-time Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2025 & 2026)

2026: Pitched in 25 games and made eight starts in the circle ... finished the season with a 4-6 record and 6.60 ERA across 52 innings ... highlight of campaign came in a complete-game shutout against Georgia Tech on April 11 ... allowed 10 hits but didn’t allow a run, while striking out five batters, in a victory over the ACC’s Yellow Jackets ... next day earned a victory giving up four runs across five innings against Iowa ... had two other appearances that she pitched at least four innings in against Green Bay (Feb. 20) and versus Columbia (March 13) ... honored for efforts in the classroom as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District choice.

2025: Appeared in 32 games and made 20 starts in the circle … recorded a 3.93 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 108 2/3 innings of work … collected 11 wins and two saves … had a career-high nine strikeouts against East Texas A&M (February 7) … named Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Pitcher of the Week (May 5) with consecutive complete-game performances that saw her strike out 16 while only giving up a run in each game versus North Dakota … recorded a 5-1 record and logged a 3.08 ERA during conference play ... earned All-Summit League Second Team honors … named to the Summit League All-Tournament Team after pitching all three games in the conference tournament.

Before SDSU: A multiple-sport standout at Sun Prairie East High School ... a four-time first team all-conference and all-district performer ... helped her high school team make state title game appearances in both 2022 and 2021, while Sun Prairie East was a semifinalist in 2023 and a quarterfinalist in 2024 ... hit .512 as a senior with four home runs, nine doubles, 25 runs scored and 30 RBIs ... pitched 81 2/3 innings and had a 1.11 ERA. ... accumulated a 11-1 record with 135 strikeouts to just 21 walks given up ... earned her the Big 8 Conference Player of the Year award ... also a member of her high school's bowling team ... contributed to a state championship team in 2023 after previously taking third two straight years ... finished her career with a second-place finish in 2024 ... team finished second at the national championships in 2021 and 2022, as well as eighth in 2023 ... placed 14th individually at the national level in 2023.