Weber State University Athletics
2015-16 Men's Basketball Roster
Dusty Baker
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Coto de Caza, CA
Dusty finished his three-year Weber State career in 2018. In his three seasons with the Wildcats he played in 99 career games. He finished his career as Weber State’s career leader in 3-point field goal percentage at 47.1 percent.
2017-18 (Senior)
Played in all 31 games and started in six games for the Wildcats, helping Weber State to 20 wins for the third-straight season...Led the Big Sky Conference in assist to turnover ratio at 2.8 and was fourth in the league in assists at 3.7 per game...Also finished second in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting 47.3 percent from the field...Was 44 of 93 from 3-point range and the 47.3 percent ranks as the fifth best percentage in WSU single-season history...Tied his career-high with five 3-pointers in WSU’s win at Northern Arizona on Feb. 3...Averaged 7.2 points per game during the season and scored in double figures eight times...Tied his career-high with 21 points at Southern Utah on Feb. 1...Had eight assists twice during the year.
2016-17 (Junior)
Played in all 34 games for the Wildcats, helping Weber State to 20 wins and a trip to the postseason...Averaged 7.9 points per game and scored in double figures 14 times...Had a career-high 21 points in WSU’s win over UC Davis at the Great Alaska Shootout...Averaged 15 points per game in the Great Alaska Shootout and set a tournament record by shooting 10-of-11 from 3-point range in the three games...Scored 17 points against Eastern Washington in the semifinals of the Big Sky Tournament...Set a Weber State single-season record by shooting 52.8 percent from 3-point land during the season, which also led the Big Sky...Was 47-of-89 from 3-point land during the season, best in the conference...Made a career-high five 3-pointers in the win over UC Davis...Finished second on the Wildcat team and was eighth in the Big Sky in free throw percentage at 83.1 percent...Shot 52.7 percent from the field, second best on the Weber State squad.
2015-16 (Sophomore)
Played in 34 games for the Wildcats during the season as a sophomore junior college transfer and started the first 11 games of the year...Was part of the Wildcat team that won the Big Sky regular season title, the Big Sky Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament...Averaged 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds per game during the season...Scored in double figures seven times during the year, including a career-high 20 points in a home win over Montana, the final home game of the season...Also scored 11 points three times, including the first game of the season against Utah State...Averaged 2.4 rebounds per game, with a season-high seven rebounds against Utah Valley...Was third on the Wildcat team in assists and dished out a career-high nine assists against Multnomah...Also knocked down 24 3-pointers during the year and led the Wildcats in free throw percentage at 81 percent.
Saddleback Junior College
Played one season at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif., where he played for coach Andy Ground...Averaged 11.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game...Scored in double figures 23 times and also shot 50 percent from the field, including 46 percent from 3-point range...Also shot 83 percent from the free throw line...Helped lead the Gauchos to the California Community College championship and was named Tournament MVP.
Tesoro High School
Graduated from Tesoro High School in 2011 where he played for coach Steve Garrett...Holds eight school records at Tesoro...Scored a school record 611 points as a senior and averaged 22.6 points per game...Also set a school record with 39 points in a game...Earned All-League and All-CIF honors at Tesoro.
Personal
Full name is Dustin Baker...Was born Feb. 24, 1993 in Newport Beach, Calif...Parents are Dave and Carise...He married his wife Maddie in May 2016...Has six siblings...His brother Davis played basketball at Southern Utah and UC Irvine...Dusty served an LDS Church mission to Denver, Colorado before enrolling at Saddleback...Signed with Weber State in April 2015 after transferring from Saddleback Junior College.
