Honors & Awards

2022: College Sports Communicators Academic All District
2022: Pac-12 Fall Honor Roll

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2022: Started all 12 games at center on the offensive line… Has started 19 games over three seasons with the Wildcats… Helped make time for the Wildcats sixth-ranked passing offense and 21st ranked total offense, averaging 30.8 points per game... Did not allow a sack in 844 total snaps on offense, including 553 passing snaps (14th in the nation) and 291 rushing snaps… Held a 98.8 efficiency rating and committed only two penalties all season in 2022… All 844 snaps came during 12 games played at center… The Wildcats posted a four-win improvement from 2021 (1-11) to 2022 (5-7) to mark the second-largest win improvement in program history.

2021: Played in all 12 games and started seven games as Arizona’s top reserve offensive lineman ... Saw action at center and the two guard positions … Started seven of the last eight games of the season.

2020: Appeared in three of Arizona’s five games as a true freshman in the COVID-19 shortened season. Helped pave the way for big rushing games by Wildcat backs that included 268 yards versus Colorado (12-5-2020).

High School: Lettered four years in football at Eureka Senior High School in Missouri…Earned three All-Conference selections, two All-District nods, and one second team All-State selection for his work along the offensive line…Holds school record for most career starts, with 48…Also lettered in baseball twice and once in wrestling.

Personal: Joshua Andrew Baker…Son of George and Beverly Baker…One older brother, Matt, and one older sister, Lauren…Majoring in Criminal Justice Studies…Chose Arizona because, “It was the right fit for me, it felt like home.”

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