Amaris Baker will be spending one more season at Drexel, the school announced Friday afternoon on Instagram.
In her first two seasons as a Dragon, Baker has received heaps of accolades. This past season, she was named first-team All-Coastal Athletic Association after averaging a team-best 17.0 points.
Baker’s return is a huge development for the Dragons. The Cardinal O’Hara grad’s eligibility was unclear because of changes to NCAA policies. Baker has completed four seasons of college basketball — first at Kennesaw State, then a junior college season at Harcum College before Drexel. Under the previous interpretation of the NCAA’s rules, her career would have ended after the 2024-2025 season, but after a federal court ruling, the NCAA is granting waivers to student-athletes who spent a year of their eligibility in junior college.
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Baker has been Drexel’s leading scorer each of the past two seasons and was the only player who averaged double figures last season for a team that annually has conference championship aspirations. She averaged 11.7 points en route to CAA tournament MVP honors in 2024 before a first-round loss to Texas and now will look to lead the Dragons — and the Big 5 as a whole — back to the NCAA Tournament.
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