Boston College Athletics
2026 Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Shea Baker
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Ithaca, N.Y.
- High School:
- Ithaca
AS A SENIOR (2026)
Played and appeared in all 18 games … team captain … ACC All-Academic Team … CSC All-Academic District ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... IWLCA Second-Team All-American … Inside Lacrosse Third-Team All-American … USA Lacrosse Second-Team All-American … IWLCA All-Northeast Region First Team … First-Team All-ACC …Tewaaraton Watch List … finished her career with 91 caused turnovers, 96 ground balls and ninth all-time in school history with 170 draw controls ... was drafted seventh overall by the Boston Guard and won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2026 World Championship ... led the team with 28 caused turnovers, which was 10th in the ACC … first on the team with 29 ground balls and third with 39 draw controls …tied for sixth in the ACC with 18 caused turnovers in league action … totaled eight games with multiple caused turnovers … collected a season-high four caused turnovers in wins over Cal (3/7) and Loyola Maryland (4/4) … also registered a season-best four ground balls against the Greyhounds … corralled a season-best six draw controls against No. 2 Northwestern (2/6) and No. 16 Notre Dame (2/13) … best stretch of the season came when she posted 14 caused turnovers and 14 ground balls over a seven-game span … her senior class posted 68 wins, two ACC titles (‘23-24), a national championship (‘24) and three NCAA Semifinal appearances (‘23-25).
AS A JUNIOR (2025)
Played in all 22 games... CSC Academic All-District ... All-ACC Academic Team … IWLCA Academic Honor Roll … ACC All-Tournament Team … IWLCA First-Team All-American … ILWomen.com First-Team All-American … USA Lacrosse Magazine First-Team All-American … ACC Defensive Player of the Year … All-ACC First Team … Tewaaraton Top 25 Watch List … ACC Defensive Player of the Week … led the team with a career-high 43 caused turnovers, 37 ground balls 99 draw controls … tied for ninth all-time in a single season in draw controls … only player in the country with at least 40 caused turnovers, 35 ground balls and 95 draw controls … was second in the ACC in caused turnovers and third in caused turnovers per game (1.95) … finished fifth in the ACC in draw controls and sixth in draw controls per game (4.50) … had multiple caused turnovers in 16 games, including three caused turnovers in six games … tallied a career-high eight draw controls against UMass (2/19) … collected a career-best six ground balls in the national semifinals against Northwestern (5/23) … dominated the postseason (ACC & NCAA Tournament) with a team-best 22 draw controls, 14 caused turnovers and was second with 13 ground balls.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)
Appeared in all 23 games with five starts ... ACC All-Academic Team... scored a career-high nine goals, scoring in the four games of the season ... totaled 13 caused turnovers, 24 draw controls and 17 ground balls ... came away with three caused turnovers and five ground balls in the 14-9 win over Michigan (5/16) in the NCAA quarterfinals ... had four games with multiple caused turnovers ... caused two turnovers with one ground ball in the ACC title win against Syracuse (4/28) ... made the U20 USA Women's National Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2023)
Played 18 games in her first season with the Eagles … ACC All-Academic Team … tallied six goals and four assists for 10 points … scored her first collegiate goal in a 19-8 win over Louisville, recording two goals … netted her first-career hat trick in a road win over Virginia Tech (3/25) … earned a career-high three draw controls against Dartmouth (3/29) … totaled seven caused turnovers, highlighted by a personal-best three CT’s in the first round of the ACC Tournament against Duke (4/9) … 12 of her 13 ground balls came over the last seven games of the season.
No. 12 ranked recruit according to IL Women ...two-time USA Lacrosse All-American in 2021-22 ... USA Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2022 ... was a two-time captain at Ithaca High School ... participated in the 2022 Under Armour All-America Senior Game ... earned varsity letters in lacrosse, ice hockey and bowling ... helped her team capture the Section IV title in 2019 and 2021 ... was a 2021 Team USA U18 Development select and a Brodgen Cup Champion ... made the 2021 Inside Lacrosse Committed Academy All-Tournament Team ... attended the 2019 USA Hockey 15 National Development Camp ... played for the Grateful Red Lacrosse Club and Outlaw Ladies ('22) ... captured a pair of Tier 1 NYS Championships with the Syracuse Valley Eagles in ice hockey ... in 16 games her senior season, she totaled 78 goals, 19 assists, 97 points, 104 draw controls, 58 ground balls, and 46 caused turnovers ... for her career, she registered 155 goals, 46 assists, 201 points, 198 draw controls, 113 ground balls, and 87 caused turnovers ... born on May 22, 2004 ... is the daughter of Todd and Cristin Baker ... has one sibling who plays lacrosse at Nazareth College ... her dad played lacrosse at Keuka College.
Recipient of the Dee & David Stokes Family Flynn Fund Scholarship & Brock Family Scholarship & The Carter Family Scholarship Fund
