Baker Wildcats

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.

Baseball

The Wildcat baseball team won the 1993 HAAC championship. The program boasts wins against all three of Kansas's NCAA Division I baseball teams. Its most recent success came against Kansas, when the Wildcats beat the Jayhawks three times from 1998 to 2003, including back-to-back meetings in 1998 and 1999; the 7-4 victory in 2003 came during the Jayhawks' first season under head coach Ritch Price, who went on to lead Kansas to three NCAA tournaments in a 20-season tenure. Baker last defeated Kansas State on K-State's opening day in 1980. (At the time, K-State was led by third-year head coach Dave Baker.) Baker's most even series overall is against Wichita State (who leads 12-7 all-time), but Baker has not defeated the Shockers since 1916.

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
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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
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References

References

1. "Baker Baseball Records".
2. (14 December 2025). "2025 KU Baseball Record Book".
3. (14 December 2025). "2025 K-State BSB Media Almanac".
4. "2025 BSB Fact Book (PDF)".
5. "Alvamar Golf Course".
6. "Cavaness Field".
7. "Collins Gymnasium".
8. "Laury Tennis Courts".
9. "Mabee Memorial Hall".
10. "North Park".
11. "Baker University's mascot, WOWzer the Wildcat".