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The Baker Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Baker University, located in Baldwin City, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing as a founding member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) since its inception in the 1971–72 academic year. The Wildcats previously competed in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) from 1902–03 to 1970–71.
Varsity teams
Baker competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed sports includes cheerleading, dance and eSports.
Colors
They have only one official color: cadmium orange. The only other school in the country to have orange as their only official color is Syracuse University.
Facilities
Alvamar Golf Course: Golf
Cavaness Field: Softball
Collins Gymnasium: Basketball, volleyball, and wrestling
Laury Tennis Courts: Tennis
Liston Stadium: Football, track, and select soccer matches
Mabee Memorial Hall: Practice facilities (basketball), Cheer, Athletic offices
North Park: Baseball
Mascot
The official mascot of Baker University Athletic teams is WOWzer the Wildcat. WOWZer debuted, as the new mascot, on September 8, 2007, at the football home-opener in honor of the university's sesquicentennial. Reina Murphy, a freshman from the Kansas City metropolitan area, won the university's name the Wildcat contest.
Notable alumni
Mike Gardner, American football head coach
George LaFrance, American football player
Mike McCarthy, American football head coach
Vidal Nuño, baseball player
Tanner Purdum, American football player
Blake Treinen, baseball player
Notable coaches
Phog Allen, basketball coach at Baker University, the University of Central Missouri and the University of Kansas
Emil Liston basketball coach (1930–1945) and administrator, inductee to Basketball Hall of Fame, and creator of the NAIA college basketball tournament
Charlie Richard, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
See also
1890 Kansas vs. Baker football game, the first college football game played in the state of Kansas.
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- High School Musical 2
- Mamalia
- Kansas
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- Roger Farmer (American football)
- 1946 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football season
- Mike McCarthy
- Davidson Wildcats men's basketball
- Edward C. Gallagher
- Blake Treinen
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