Honors & Awards
- 2025: NFF Hampshire Honor Society (4/16)
- 2024: Big 12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (1/27)
- 2024: College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- 2023: Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2022: College Sports Communicators Academic All District
- 2022: Pac-12 Fall Honor Roll
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2024: Started all 12 games at center on the offensive line... Finished career with 44 starts over five seasons with the Wildcats... Posted a 69.9 offensive rating which was 50th in the Big 12... Recorded 727 snaps at center... Did not allow a sack... Allowed eight hurries... Guided a passing offense that finished 38th in passing yards per game (254.7)... Wildcats finished 17th nationally in 3rd-down conversion percentage (45.63%)... Helped the offense record 422 yards of total offense and 61 points against New Mexico in the season opener on Aug. 31... Paved the way for WR Tetairoa McMillan to record a single-game record 304 receiving yards and QB Noah Fifita to pass for 422 yards marking the 14th-most in a single game in program history.
2023: Started all 13 games at center on the offensive line... Has started 32 games over four seasons with the Wildcats... Helped lead an offensive line that paved the way for the 20th ranked total offense (448.0), 8th ranked passing offense (308.3), and 18th ranked scoring offense in the nation (34.6 ppg)... Helped the Wildcats finish 5th in the nation in red zone offense (93.0%), 8th in 3rd down conversion percentage (48.8%), tied for 14th nationally in 4th down conversion percentage (66.7%), and 10th in team passing efficiency (164.97)... Arizona's offensive line led the Wildcats to a 10-3 season and a 38-24 win over No. 12 Oklahoma in the Valero Alamo Bowl... The nine-win improvement from 2021 to 2023 marked the largest win improvement over two years in program history... The offensive line led the Wildcats to seven straight wins to end the season, tying a program record for in-season consecutive wins.
2022: Started all 12 games at center on the offensive line… Has started 19 games over three seasons with the Wildcats… Helped make time for the Wildcats sixth-ranked passing offense and 21st ranked total offense, averaging 30.8 points per game... Did not allow a sack in 844 total snaps on offense, including 553 passing snaps (14th in the nation) and 291 rushing snaps… Held a 98.8 efficiency rating and committed only two penalties all season in 2022… All 844 snaps came during 12 games played at center… The Wildcats posted a four-win improvement from 2021 (1-11) to 2022 (5-7) to mark the second-largest win improvement in program history.
2021: Played in all 12 games and started seven games as Arizona’s top reserve offensive lineman ... Saw action at center and the two guard positions … Started seven of the last eight games of the season.
2020: Appeared in three of Arizona’s five games as a true freshman in the COVID-19 shortened season... Helped pave the way for big rushing games by Wildcat backs that included 268 yards versus Colorado (12-5-2020).
High School: Lettered four years in football at Eureka Senior High School in Missouri…Earned three All-Conference selections, two All-District nods, and one second team All-State selection for his work along the offensive line…Holds school record for most career starts, with 48…Also lettered in baseball twice and once in wrestling.
Personal: Joshua Andrew Baker…Son of George and Beverly Baker…One older brother, Matt, and one older sister, Lauren…Majoring in Criminal Justice Studies…Chose Arizona because, “It was the right fit for me, it felt like home.”
