West Virginia University Athletics

2024 (Graduate Student)

• Team Captain
• All-Sun Belt First Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Played in 20 games with 19 starts, totaling 1,578 minutes
• Had an assist in 4-2 win at Georgia Southern (Oct. 11)
• Played the full game on nine occasions, including all 110 minutes against Marshall in Sun Belt Championship game (Nov. 17)

2023 (Senior)

• Team Captain
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Played in all 24 games with 23 starts, totaling 1,855 minutes
• Finished the season with two assists
• Had an assist in season-opening win over California Baptist
• Tallied an assist in Sun Belt Championship game at Marshall
• Took seven shots, including one on goal
• Contributed to a defense that had nine shutouts and allowed just 0.96 goals per game

2022 (Junior)

• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• Sun Belt Commissioner's List
• Started 16 of 17 games played, totaling 1377 minutes
• Tallied 7 shots, including two on goal
• Helped contribute to a defense that had six shutouts on the season

2021 (Sophomore)

• Academic All-MAC First Team
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• Started in 19 of WVU’s 21 games, totaling 1,685 minutes
• Finished with two assists
• Also tallied 14 shots, including five on goal
• Earned the assist on the game-winning goal against Pitt on Aug. 30
• Also secured an assist on Oct. 16, at Western Michigan
• Played a season-long 110 minutes at Georgetown in the NCAA Quarterfinal
• Tallied 90 or more minutes in six different contests

2020-21 (Freshman)

• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• Started all 10 games and finished with 882 minutes played
• Finished No. 3 on the team in minutes played
• Tallied two assists, four shots and one shot on goal on the year
• Played all 90 minutes in his collegiate debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte
• Registered one shot in three straight games from March 14-21
• Notched a pair of assists, including the game-winning helper, in March 31’s win over Western Michigan

High School

• Attended William Amos Hough High
• Played club for the Charlotte Independence (U-19) for Kevin Flanagan
• Also led the Carolina Rapids (U-17) to consecutive playoff appearances in 2017 and 2018
• A five-year U.S. Soccer Development Academy player
• Named a D.A. Weekly Standout by TopDrawerSoccer.com on Sept. 29, 2019

Personal

• Son of Bob and Julie Baer
• Has one brother
• Birthday is May 29
• Majoring in sport management
• President’s List
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll