Completed Event: Women's Soccer at Oklahoma State on September 18, 2025 , Win , 1, to, 0
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Women's Soccer
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2012 Cross Country Roster
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Baker, Malika
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Malika Baker
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Kan.
- High School:
- Lansing HS
Bio
SENIOR (2016)
Posted a career-best 19th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11) with her 6K time of 20:44.2 … Took 33rd at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) after clocking a time of 21:49.8 … Claimed seventh at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) when she crossed the 6K finish line in 21:20.0 … Jayhawks’ third finisher at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) after recording a time of 21:19.8, placing 86th overall.
JUNIOR (2015)
Competed in all six of the Jayhawks’ meets, finishing among the top-four Jayhawks in five of those outings … Member of KU’s squad that competed at the NCAA Championships (11/21), coming in as the Jayhawks’ second scorer via her 156th-place finish and 6K time of 21:14.5 … Came across the finish in 33rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13) after completing that 6K course in 21:12.5 … Kansas’ fourth finisher at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), placing 34th overall in a 6K time of 22:05.8 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
SOPHOMORE (2014)
Competed in four meets for the Jayhawks on the year … Top finish came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) where she tallied a 15th-place finish in a 6K time of 22:49.5 … Claimed 77th at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) after completing the 6K in 23:01.7 … Came across the finish in 189th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational (10/18) after posting a 6K time of 22:39.8 … Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Took part in all five of the Jayhawks’ outings in her first season … Kansas’ third finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15) after posting a 6K time of 21:34.1 and placing 46th overall … Claimed 32nd and was her team’s third scorer at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) with her 6K time of 21:41.2 … Opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31), traversing the 5K course in 19:57.42.
HIGH SCHOOL
Member of the Lansing High School record-holding 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams … Member of the third-place cross country team at the 5A State Championship where she placed in the top-25 individually in 2012 … Named to the Kansas City all-metro team as a senior … A quadruple medalist at the 2012 (Jr.) and 2013 (Sr.) 5A state track meets, placing second in the 400 meters, third in the 800 meters and 4×400-meter relay and fifth in the mile … Posted a personal best in the 800 meters at the 2013 Junior Olympics with a time of 2:16 and another personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:46 … Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Malika Imani Niara Baker is the daughter of Lawrence and Clarinda Baker … Has three siblings: Sonjay, Shatracie and Nashia … Has only been running cross country since her sophomore year of high school … Both parents competed in track & field at the collegiate level … Majoring in global and international studies.
Kansas Cross Country // Rim Rock Classic // 9.29.18
Monday, October 01
Kansas Cross Country // Bob Timmons Classic // 9.1.18
Saturday, September 01
Jayhawks run at NCAA Midwest Regional // Kansas Cross Country // 11.10.17
Saturday, November 11
Jayhawks run at Big 12 Championship // Kansas Cross Country // 10.28.17
Saturday, October 28
