Carson Baker

Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson giving each other a high five.

Boise State men's tennis head coach Luke Shields fist bumping Carson Baker and Avery Tallakson.

Carson Baker, wearing a blue jersey, returns a forehand shot during a match in spring 2025.

Carson Baker and Jett Middleton in doubles talking after a point.

Carson Baker returns a forehand shot against Utah State.

Carson Baker returns a forehand shot in the Utah State match, March 28, 2025.

Carson Baker returns a forehand volley during his No. 3 singles victory against Utah State on March 28, 2025.

Carson Baker returns a backhand shot during the match against Michigan State in February of 2025.

Baker and Middleton shake hands during doubles play in fall 2024.

Carson Baker and Jett Middleton talk during their doubles match against Idaho State on January 31, 2025.

Carson Baker returns a fore hand shot against Michigan State on Feb. 9, 2025.

Carson Baker goes low to return a backhand shot during his singles victory against Michigan State on Feb. 5, 2025.

Carson Baker's singles win on court two clinched the win for Boise State over No. 22 Michigan State.

Carson Baker returns a front-hand volley in his win over Idaho State on January 31, 2025.

Carson Baker celebrates at the 2024 ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains.

Carson Baker jumps high to return a shot during the ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains, September 27-29, 2024.

Team at the 2024 ITA Bedford in the Mountains

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Charleston, S.C.
Height:
6-1
Prev School:
Mississippi
Major:
Business Administration

CAREER HONORS

2x All-Mountain West, Singles (2025, 2026)
2x All-Mountain West, Doubles (2025, 2026)
Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete (2024)

BOISE STATE CAREER
JUNIOR (2025-26)
Honors: All-Mountain West in singles and doubles.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 21-13 mark in singles and a 25-14 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Went 11-5 in singles…reached the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Fall Qualifiers…claimed third place at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships, going 5-1 in singles during the tournament…went 9-6 in doubles…earned the MW Fall Qualifiers doubles title with partner Avery Tallakson as they went 4-0 over the weekend…lost in the semifinal in a tiebreak set with Tallakson at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships…competed at the ITA Conference Masters with Tallakson, being the first pair to do so in program history.
Top Highlights (Spring): Competed in 29 matches over the season…notched a 19-8 mark in singles duals and 16-8 in doubles duals…recorded four match-clinching wins, tied for a team-high…posted a 5-6 record at No. 3 singles and 4-0 at No. 4 singles…went 16-7 with partner Avery Tallakson at No. 1 doubles…lost only one doubles match in conference play…recorded two ranked wins as a pair, one 6-2 victory over No. 43 Daniel Phillips and Lance Nisbet from Tulane (Feb. 28) and another 6-1 win against No. 27 Luca Bluett and John Kim from Santa Clara (March 14)....finished the season eighth in program history in most pair wins for all doubles matches (23) and 10th in most pair wins at No. 1 doubles (16).

SOPHOMORE (2024-25)
Honors: All-Mountain West in singles and doubles.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 22-14 mark in singles and a 20-15 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Fall): Recorded a singles mark of 10-4 and tallied a doubles record of 7-3…played in three tournaments…reached the singles semifinal round for the Lightning Flight at the ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains (Sept. 26-28) and the main draw final in doubles with Adam Duda…advanced to the Mountain West Qualifier (Oct. 2-5) singles quarterfinal round…reached the ITA Mountain Region Championship (Oct. 17-22) quarterfinal round in doubles with Jett Middleton.
Top Highlights (Spring): Tallied a 13-10 singles record in spring semester and went 12-8 in team duals while playing primarily at the No. 2 position, including going undefeated in conference play at 6-0...finished at 10-8 at No. 2 singles and won eight in straight sets...helped Broncos upset No. 22 Michigan State 4-3, providing the match-clinching point with his 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-4 singles victory on court two...won in three sets over Indiana's No. 2 player, 7-6(3), 6-7(7), 7-6(6) and clinched the 4-3 team victory...in doubles play he went 12-8 in team duals and 11-8 at the No. 1 position with teammate Jett Middleton...the duo recorded wins over No. 45 Paul Inchauspe and Filippos Astreinidis from Princeton (Feb. 23) and the 56th-ranked pair of Bor Artnak and Matic Dimic from Arizona State (March 1)...finished the year with a team-high 33 singles win and a team-high 20 doubles victories…finished with a team-best combined win total of 42 victories.

MISSISSIPPI CAREER
FRESHMAN (2023-24)
Honors: ITA Scholar-Athlete.
Notable Statistics/Rankings: Recorded a 8-10 mark in singles and a 13-8 record in doubles.
Top Highlights (Spring): Joined the team in January recording an 8-10 record in singles…played primarily at the No. 6 slot for singles…won eight singles matches in straight sets...in doubles, played the entire spring campaign paired with Hallquist Lithen in doubles going 7-6 on court two and 6-2 at the third position…garnered a 4-5 doubles record in conference play…helped the Rebels upset No. 19 LSU by winning his doubles match against the 73rd-ranked team in the nation, 6-4, with Lithén…kicked off the spring season securing seven consecutive doubles points.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE
High School: A graduate of ICL Academy.
Junior Tennis: Highly ranked junior player, reaching the USTA's No. 1 position for both singles and doubles in the 14U age group and was in the top 10 for the 16Us in both…ranked as high as 254 in the ITF junior rankings…won five UTSA national balls…racked up a 36-20 singles record and an 18-16 doubles record in ITF tournaments...named the ITF J100 doubles champion in Costa Rica and the ITF J60 singles champion...earned his first ATP point in doubles after competing at the M15 Sharm in Egypt.