University of Tennessee Athletics
2012 Softball Roster | College World Series
Roster
Holly Baker
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Broadway, Va.
- High School:
- Broadway
| Season | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | OBP | SLG | OPS | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 51-0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | -- | 1 | -- | 2 | .400 | .385 | .785 | .308 |
| 2011 | 47-0 | 3 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2010 | 53-0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | .071 | .286 | .357 | .071 |
| 2009 | 35-0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | .333 | .333 | .667 | .333 |
| Totals | 186-0 | 46 | 30 | 10 | -- | 1 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .326 | .606 | .217 |
| Season | GP-GS | TB | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | SF | SH | SB-Att | PO | Asst | E | Fld % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 51-0 | 10 | 4 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | 1 | 3-3 | 25 | 1 | -- | 1.000 |
| 2011 | 47-0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4-4 | 8 | -- | -- | 1.000 |
| 2010 | 53-0 | 4 | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | -- | 1.000 |
| 2011 | 35-0 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5-6 | 1 | -- | -- | 1.000 |
| Totals | 187-0 | 15 | 4 | -- | 16 | -- | -- | 1 | 12-13 | 45 | 2 | -- | 1.000 |
Drew playing time as a pinch runner, pinch hitter or in the outfield in 53 games during 2010...Was often summoned into contests as a defensive replacement in the outfield during the late innings...Scored three runs and tallied a HR and a pair of RBIs in limited at-bats at the dish...Received an at-bat during the 6-5 victory over #11 LSU (5/8), the 6-4 triumph over #9 Georgia in the SEC Tournament (5/13), the 5-0 win over Ball State (5/23) in the Knoxville Regional and the 5-0 rout of #2 Michigan (5/27) in NCAA Super Regionals...Received playing time in both match-ups against #4 Florida (4/23), managing an at-bat during the opener against the Gators...Tallied a run during a 9-1 (5 inn.) rout of Presbyterian (4/17)...Received a career-high two at-bats in the 10-0 (5 inn.) win over Austin Peay (3/17)...As a pinch hitter versus Weber State (2/20) at the Troy Cox Classic in Las Cruces, N.M., Baker blasted her first collegiate home run, a two-run shot to center (in only her fourth career at-bat) in the third inning to finalize the scoring in favor of the Big Orange, 21-2 (5 inn.)...Scored as a pinch runner during the loss to eventual national champion #8 UCLA (2/13) in the season opener at the NTC Division I Elite Invitational in Clermont, Fla.
Utilized mainly as a pinch runner in 2009, Baker saw action in 35 contests for the Lady Vols during her rookie campaign...Went 1-of-3 at the plate (.333), scored 11 runs and registered five stolen bases in six attempts...Received playing time in the outfield during six contests for UT (Belmont, 3/11; at Florida, 3/22; Mississippi State, 3/29; Auburn, 4/10; ETSU, 4/14; Jacksonville State, 5/17)...Scored as a pinch runner on Nicole Kajitani[apos]s walk-off triple in the bottom of the seventh inning during UT[apos]s comeback victory over Auburn (4/11)...Plated the tying run in the sixth inning of the 6-5 (8 inn.) come-from-behind triumph at #6 Oklahoma (3/7) on a single by senior Danielle Pieroni...In her first collegiate at-bat, Baker delivered a clean single to right field during the fourth inning of the 16-0 (5 inn.) rout of San Jose State (2/7).
A native of Broadway, Va., Baker stayed busy during her scholastic career by taking part in five sports at Broadway High School, including softball, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and cross country...She was cited as an honor graduate while serving as a member of the National Honor Society, the Foreign Language Honor Society and the National Art Honor Society...She achieved numerous all-district and all-region honors on the track while running the 200 and 400m, 4x400m and 4x800m outdoors and the 300 and 500m, 4x400m and 4x800m indoors...A two-time all-district choice in cross country, Baker helped her team finish third in the Virginia state meet during her freshman campaign...Also was both all-district and all-region as a catcher for the softball squad during her senior year.
Majoring in exercise science...Chose to attend Tennessee instead of Virginia Tech and Bridgewater College...Among former teammates who played collegiate softball are Jenna Rhodes of Virginia Tech and Katie Spitzer of James Madison...Has numerous siblings including Chris Nance, 31, Jeremy Nance, 28, Brandie Nance, 26, and Heather Baker, 20, who played softball at Lincoln Memorial University...Holly Nichole Baker was born April 17, 1990, in Harrisonburg, Va....Her parents are Jay Baker and Julie Morehead.
