Billi Baker

3 - Billi Baker

Height: 5-10
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
High School: Southeast Raleigh
Position: OPP

Billi Baker

2009: Saw action in 29 of the 31 matches during the season, including 24 starts in those matches … also played in 108 of a possible 123 sets … tied a career-high for kills with 10 on seven separate occasions during the season against Liberty (8/28), Coastal Carolina (9/4), Eastern Kentucky (9/4), UCF (9/11), Appalachian State (10/3), Elon (11/4) and Furman (11/6) … set a career-high with 10 blocks in the win over Western Carolina (10/4) … those 10 block assists also tied former teammate Kaitlyn Nortz for the school record for the most block assists in a four-set match … recorded a new career-high for aces with three against Eastern Kentucky (9/4) … recorded a double-double with kills and digs against UCF (9/11) and Appalachian State (10/3) … had a career-high 20 digs at High Point (9/14) … also recorded double figure digs against Virginia Tech (8/29), UCF (9/11) NC State (9/19) and Appalachian State (10/3) … had a season-high four solo blocks against Western Carolina (11/14) … finished second on the team with 67 blocks.

2008: Appeared in 28 of 33 matches and played in 101 games during her sophomore season … crushed her previous personal-best of five kills in a match with 10 kills in the five-set win over College of Charleston (10/12) … recorded five or more kills in seven matches in 2008 … broke her previous career-high for digs with four in a three-game sweep versus The Citadel (10/11) … had 105 kills and 68 total blocks on the year … set a new personal-best for blocks in a single match with eight against Samford (11/15) … had at least one block in all but one game she played in during the season.

2007: Saw action in 41 games and played in 17 matches … recorded a career-high five kills on two occasions …  totaled five kills in the 3-0 sweep of Winston-Salem State (9/11) and then posted five in the 3-2 victory over Furman (9/29) …  also put up two assists against Winston-Salem State (9/11) …  had her best hitting game of the season against The Citadel (9/21) with three kills on three attempts with no errors …  tallied a career-high three digs against The Citadel (9/21) … recorded 16 blocks on the season and had six matches of at least two blocks …  only block solo of the season was in the 3-0 sweep of Wofford (9/28).

High school: Competed for four years at Southeast Raleigh HS for head coach Nicole Sampson where she earned one varsity letter …  led the Bulldogs to back-to-back conference championships in 2005 and 2006 …  earned conference Player of the Year honors in 2005 and 2006 …  two-time all-conference selection …  earned team MVP  honors.

Club: Played four years for the North Carolina Challengers/CCVC for coach Sandy Merkel-Dejames.

Personal: Billi Rai Baker …  born April 9, 1989 in Raleigh, N.C. …  daughter of Robert and Brenda Baker …  has three siblings, Brandi, Bobbi and Toriano …  majoring in kinesiology at UNCG.