2012 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... Co-captain in 2010-11-12. ... SPU's Most Improved In season for 2009, 2011, and 2012. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2010-11-12. ... SPU Golden Shoe Award in 2012.
Senior (2012): Ran in all six major meets. ... Top finisher for the Falcons at the UAF Short Course meet and at Sundodger. Finished in the top 10 (10th) at Sundodger, helping SPU post a school-record 2nd-place team finish, and a school-record low-point total of 108. ... Ran No. 2 for Falcons and 27th overall at Charles Bowles Invitational, as team finished a school-best 4th. ... Was No. 2 for SPU and 20th overall at GNAC Championships, then No. 4 for team and 80th overall at NCAA West Regionals.
Junior (2011): Ran in seven meets and was SPU's leader in two of them, including the GNAC Championships, placing 15th overall in 26:01.. ... Also was the first Falcons across the finish line (57th ovearll) at Erik Anderson Invitational in Spokane. ... Ran No. 3 (60th ovearll) at NCAA West Regionals. ... Factored into the scoring as the No. 5 runner as Falcons won both the Alaska Fairbanks Long-Course and Short-Course team titles.
Sophomore (2010): Ran in eight meets, scoring in all of them. ... Ran in the No. 4 spot most of the season. ... Led the way for SPU at Sundodger, placing 46th overall. ... Was Seattle Pacific's No. 3 runner at GNACs (40th overall). ... Rounded out the scoring as the No. 5 man (82nd overall) at NCAA West Regionals in Bellingham.
Freshman (2009): Ran in six meets. ... Placed 4th for SPU (40th overall) at the GNAC Championships to factor into team scoring. ... Also ran 4th and figured in the team scoring at the Western Washington Invite.
Personal: Andrew James Baker. ... Born Feb. 10, 1991. ... Educational ministries major. ... Father is an SPU alum, Class of 1987.
Fun facts: Also has played basketball. ... If he wasn't running, would like to play football. In fact, was going to turn out for football as a sophomore at AuGres High, since the school didn't have a cross country team. Wound up running independently for another school. ... Owns the school track records in the 800, 1600 and 3200. ... Favorite author is Ted Dekker. ... Favorite junk food is baked goods of any kind. ... Loves watching college basketball on TV. ... Book that he just couldn't put down was "Running with Buffaloes." ... If he could be any action hero, he would be Superman. ... In 10 years, hopes to be doing youth ministry work. ... Visited the Grand Canyon at age 14 and says it was a "huge, humbling experience to see God's creations on that scale"
