Daily News | Harcum College guard Amaris Baker, a Cardinal O’Hara grad, commits to at Drexel
women’s basketball coach Amy Mallon last week, Mallon told Baker that players who come through her program and work hard have seen success.
Like Washington, Baker is a 5-foot-7 guard who was one of the top scorers in the country this season. Washington was the No. 3 scorer in Division I with 27.7 points per game butBaker, who was the NJCAA Division II leading scorer with 27 points per game and a first-team All-American this season, joined the Bears after a year at Kennesaw State, where she averaged 15 minutes and three points in 28 games.
At Harcum, Baker surpassed 1,000 career points and helped the team clinch the district championship for the second time in program history. They traveled to Port Huron, Mich., for the NJCAA Division II championship. The No. 5-seeded Bears reached the Final Four, where they lost to Richard Bland , 79-76, in overtime.
When it came time to announce her decision, Baker wanted to surprise her Harcum teammates and coach Riley Maye. She planned a commitment gathering on Tuesday at the school’s gym.
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