2022: Received OVC Academic Medal of Honor for owning a 4.0 GPA ... Allowed just one earned run over his final 13 innings for a 0.69 ERA ... Made 21 appearances on the mound, all in relief ... Went 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA in 30.2 innings ... Tossed two scoreless innings on the road against Purdue on April 23 to help secure a series sweep of the Boilermakers ... Collected 16 strikeouts on the season and held opponents to .243 batting average ... Only allowed one home run on the year ... Threw three scoreless innings in relief in the OVC Tournament against SIUE, allowing Belmont to come back from down 9-2 to win, 10-9 on a walk-off ... Finished first among qualified relievers on the team in ERA ... Threw 2.2 scoreless innings against Wofford at home on March 20 ... Recorded multiple strikeouts in four outings ... Made an appearance out of the bullpen in the OVC Championship game and threw a scoreless inning ... Threw a scoreless inning in relief at No. 24 Alabama ... Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021: One of two players on the team to earn a 4.0 GPA in the fall semester ... Finished the spring semester with a 4.0 GPA ... Made 12 appearances on the mound, all in relief ... Collected 21 strikeouts in 17.1 innings pitched ... Saw the hill for the first time in a Belmont uniform on Feb. 26 against Northern Kentucky ... Struck out a season-high five batters in two innings of work on March 5 at No. 4 Ole Miss ... Had a pair of strikeouts on March 31 against Trevecca ... Had three innings of work on April 30 against the OVC Champions and NCAA Tournament qualifier, SEMO, collecting a pair of strikeouts without an earned run ... Struck out four batters in 2.1 innings of work on May 14 at Eastern Kentucky.
Prior to Belmont: Completed the previous three seasons at Brown University ... Was the team’s co-captain in 2020, making four appearances out of the bullpen to tie for the team lead ... Posted a 1-0 record with a 2.08 earned run average, limiting opponents to a .185 batting average ... Named to the All-Ivy League Second Team in 2019, recording a 2.11 ERA in Ivy League games over 12 relief appearances ... Finished with 23 strikeouts, picking up a win against Penn and a save against Princeton ... Graduated from Perry Meridian High School, earning the Falcon Award in basketball (person who shows true spirit of the athlete) ... Member of the National Honor Society, Academic All-State team and given the scholar athlete award for Conference Indiana.Â
Personal: Son of Martha and John Baird ... Has two sisters, Cassie and Caitie ... Sister Cassie played volleyball at the University of Denver ... Sister Caitie currently plays volleyball at Stanford, being a member of the 2019 National Championship team ... Plans to pursue a Master of Sport Administration degree at Belmont.