Ian Baker (born February 9, 1993) is an American professional
basketball
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player for
Trefl Sopot
Trefl Sopot is a Polish professional basketball team, based in Sopot, Poland. The team plays in the Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, Polish Tauron Basket Liga. The club was founded as the replacement of Asseco Gdynia, Prokom Asseco Sopot that left the ci ...
of the
Polish Basketball League
Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English language, English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish basketball leag ...
(PLK). He played college basketball for
New Mexico State
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.
College career
As a junior, Baker averaged 13.8 points, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals per game and was selected to the First Team All-WAC. He declared for the
2016 NBA draft, but did not hire an agent and ultimately returned to school. In his senior year, he was named
WAC Player of the Year. Baker averaged 17.3 points, 5.1 assists (2nd in WAC), and 4.9 rebounds per game. Baker was named WAC player of the week three times.
He was also named MVP of the
2017 WAC men's basketball tournament.
Professional career
On August 1, 2017, Baker signed a two-year deal with Serbian club
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
. On September 1, Baker and Partizan mutually agreed to part ways after Baker suffered a lower leg fracture.
References
External links
New Mexico State Aggies bio
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1993 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball players
Point guards
South Bay Lakers players
Trefl Sopot players