Erika Baker

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fayetteville, N.C.
High School:
Jack Britt

Personal Records:

200 - 25.2 • 400 - 58.8

Freshman: Competed in the 200 and 400 for the indoor campaign • Had a season-best 26.92 in the 200 and 1:02.77 in the 400 • Did not compete during the outdoor season.

Prep: Competed in the 200, 400, 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 for her high school track team • Team captain • State qualifier • Also played shooting guard for her high school varsity basketball team, which won the Holiday Classic Tournament three years consecutively • Honors student • Member of the National Society of High School Scholars, the National Latin Club, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars • Was her high school student government president and the National Honors Society president • Member of the Fayetteville Flyers track and field club team • Was on the rowing team as a freshman at UNC in 2011-12.

Personal: Attending UNC as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow • Sings in the acappella group Harmonyx at UNC • Serves as the Secretary for the Undergraduate Student National Dental Association chapter at UNC • Volunteers with the Healthy Girls Save the World at UNC and serves on the charity's committee • Erika Janelle Baker is the daughter of Sherman and Deborah Baker • Her father competed for track and field at Fayetteville State • Born June 27, 1993.