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Leilani Baker

Position

F

Height

5-3

Class

RS-Sr.

Hometown

Rio Rancho, N.M.

Previous School

Rio Rancho High School

Major

Mechanical Engineering

EXP

4V

Leilani Baker NCAA Statistics Page
Signed: January 31, 2017

Awards
Mountain West Conference Regular-Season Champion – 2022
Mountain West Conference Regular-Season Champion – 2020
Mountain West Conference Regular-Season Champion – 2018
Mountain West All-Conference – First Team – 2022
Mountain West All-Conference – Second Team – 2019
Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week – 10/17/2022
Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week – 10/7/2019
Mountain West Academic All-Conference – 2021
Mountain West Academic All-Conference – 2020
Mountain West Academic All-Conference – 2019
Mountain West Academic All-Conference – 2018

Career Single-Game Bests
Stat Category Amount Date Opponent
Goals 2 10-6-2022 Fresno State
Assists 2 10-12-2018 at UNLV
Points 4 10-6-2022 Fresno State
Shots 6 11-1-2018 vs. Wyoming
Shots on Goal 4 3-7-2021 2 times
Minutes 90 10-25-2019 San Jose State

Multi-Goal Games
Date Opponent Goals Result
10-6-2022 Fresno State 2 W, 3-1

 1 Total: Turquoise – 2022 (Senior, 1).


2022-23 (Senior)

First-team all-Mountain West selection…ranked second on the team and tied for fourth in the conference with seven goals scored…ranked second on the team in shots with 38 and in shots on goal with 20…ranked third on the team with three assists…ranked second on the team with 17 points…led the team with three game-winning goals…started all 19 matches…had a season-high four points on Oct. 6 against Fresno State, scoring a pair of goals…had a season-high five shots on Oct. 16 against Nevada…had a season-high three shots on goal on two occasions…scored game-winning goal in back-to-back games on Oct. 13 against UNLV and Oct. 16 against Nevada…named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17…played a season-high 82 minutes on Aug. 25 against Texas Tech…helped Lobos to third consecutive Mountain West regular-season title.

2021-22 (Redshirt)

Redshirted…academic all-Mountain West selection.

2020-21 (COVID-Senior)

Started and played in the first three games of the season before an injury forced her to miss the remainder of the season … scored one goal on the season, picking up the final tally in a 4-1 season-opening win over Colorado State … had a season-high five shots, four on net, in a 1-0 win over Wyoming … named Mountain West All-Academic.

2019-20 (Junior)

Second-team all-Mountain West…finished second on the team with 16 points on seven goals and two assists … finished tied for fifth in the Mountain West in goals (7) … finished ninth in the conference in goals per game (0.35) … tied for ninth in the league in points per game (0.80) … notched three game-winners to tie for fifth in the MW … finished the season with a team-best 61 percent shot on goal percentage, landing 25 of 41 shots on goal … named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 … named to the 2019 Academic All-Mountain West Team … ranked 24th in the nation in shot accuracy (0.61).

2018-19 (Sophomore)

Played in 21 of the 22 games on the season and started in 13 … posted her first collegiate goal on August 24 in the Lobos’ 4-2 win over Pacific … netted three goals on the season … notched the game-winning goal against Fresno State (9/28) and Utah State (10/7) … assisted in two of the three goals in the Lobos’ tie versus UNLV on October 12 … played a total of 1,061 minutes on the season…helped the Lobos to the Mountain West regular-season title.

2017-18 (Freshman)

Named to Academic All-Mountain West Team … played in 20 of the 22 games for UNM, starting in two … clocked 617 minutes … earned her first collegiate minutes on August 18 against San Francisco … her first start was against UTEP on August 27 … had 16 shots during the season, 9 being on goal … assisted the game winning goal in the August 20 game against Grand Canyon.

Rio Rancho High School (Class of 2017)

Baker was a first-team all-state player for Rio Rancho High School and coach Uwe Balzis her senior season … was also named first-team all-metro and all-district as a senior … led the team in goals in each of her four seasons playing for Rio Rancho … as a junior was named first-team all-district and district player of the year while leading the Rams to a district title … as a sophomore helped Rio Rancho to a Class 6A state runner-up finish, a Metro Tournament championship and a district title while being named second-team all-state and all-district … was named second-team all-district as a freshman … also lettered in track for three years and was part of a medley relay state championship team … a member of the honors society and is a DECA student … played club for Rush ’99 in New Mexico and helped the team to the 2016 New Mexico State Cup title … participated in ODP in New Mexico from 2011-15.