JACKSON, Tenn. - The Union University women's basketball program has signed Ashtyn Baker, a transfer from Liberty University, to play her final season in 2021-22. Baker will enter Union as a graduate student this fall, working on a master's degree in business administration. 

Union head coach Mark Campbell said, "We are very excited to have Ashtyn here at Union. I love who she is inside and out. She will have an immediate impact on this team as a player, as a leader and as a teammate. When I think of Ashtyn, I think of Influence and Impact! She will make everyone around her better! I am thankful to coach someone that represents who we are here at Union!"

Baker, a 5-foot-6 graduate guard from Nesbit, Mississippi, transferred to Union from Liberty University where she played four years of basketball. She helped lead her team to the 2018 Big South title. Baker was named Big South Freshman of the Year and Big South All-Tournament in 2018. She earned Atlantic Sun Conference All-Conference and All-Tournament honors in 2021. Baker averaged 11.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game as a senior. She was second on the team in scoring. Baker was named ASUN All-Academic in 2020 and 2021. 

Baker prepped at Northpoint Christian School where she played basketball and ran track and field. She was named TSSAA Miss Basketball in 2017, won two D2 state titles, and was named state tournament MVP in 2017. She averaged 16.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 5.3 steals as a senior. Baker scored 1,963 points in her career. She was ranked in the top-50 by ESPNW HoopGurlz in 2017. Baker also placed sixth in the 100 and seventh in the pentathlon at the state track and field championships as a senior. 


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