Western Carolina University

Career: Playing in 29 career events, posted a career scoring average of 78.31 with 5,873 strokes over 75 career rounds ... On campus for four years dating back to 2020-21, is expected to make 2023-24 her senior season on the links.
 
2023-24 (Redshirt Junior): Competed in all 10 of the team’s events including nine stroke-play tournaments and one match-play event … Over 27 seasonal rounds, posted a scoring average of 77.41 … Posted 18 rounds in the 70s or better with two carded in the 60s … Turned in a career performance at the Jupiter Women’s Invitational – carded her career-low round of 69 on the opening 18 holes before usurping that by a stroke with a career-low round of 68 in the third round … Finished with a three-round score of 214, her career-low and tied for the seventh-best 54-hole score in program history … Finished tied for 16th at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate before capping her career in a 29th-place tie at the Southern Conference Championship event ... Named to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large team ... Named to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Selected as a 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar.

2022-23 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in nine of the team’s 11 seasonal events with seven as a part of the WCU scoring five and twice as an individual … Recorded a seasonal scoring average of a career-best 77.08 … Carded 17 of her 24 rounds in the 70s  … Finished tied for sixth in the season-opening Jennifer Duke Invitational in helping the Catamounts to the team championship … Posted a career-low round of 69 fired in the opening round of the Aggie Invitational as a part of shooting a career-best, 54-hole score of 217 and a career-best fourth-place finish … Won two of her matches to help WCU to a runner-up finish at the Oyster Shuck Match-Play Championship in the spring semester ... Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Selected as a 2022-23 WGCA All-American Scholar.

2021-22 (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in all eight of the team’s seasonal stroke-play events including once as an individual, while also competing in both match-play events on the year … Posted a seasonal stroke average of 80.54 over 24 total rounds … Scored 12 rounds in the 70s on the season … Went 3-3 in her six individual match-play pairings over the two events … Made her collegiate debut at the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate in the fall semester … Carded a career-low round of 70 in the third round of Charleston Southern’s Buccaneer Classic in the fall … Recorded a career-best finish in a tie for 21st at the 2022 SoCon Women’s Golf Championship ... Selected as a 2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar ... Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team  ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Freshman): Redshirted ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.

Prior to Western Carolina: Recorded top five finishes in district and regional tournaments, capped by a tie for 13th in the Class 2A state tournament to lead her area players as a senior and earn 2019 All-First Coast girls golf team honors ... Was dubbed second-team on the 2019 All-St. Johns County girls golf team as a senior ... Was a part of the third-place squad at the Class 2A state tournament in 2018 ... Has competed in 17 North Florida Junior Golf Foundation (NFJG) events since 2014 placing inside the top 10 in each event with six podium finishes including two runner-up showings ... Has also played in six Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) events since 2018 including three in 2020 with a best finish of 16th in a 54-hole major tournament ... Received the 2017 Jack Nicklaus Award from the North Florida Junior Golf Association, honoring character, sportsmanship, and achievement.

Personal: Full name is Kayleigh Diana Baker ... Is the daughter of Sena and Larry Baker.