Ohio State Career
- Earned bachelor’s degree in sport industry in Spring 2021
- Earned master’s degree in sport management in Fall 2022
- Team captain in 2022
- Selected for NCAA Career in Sports Forum
- Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week March 5, 2019
- Two-time Academic All-B1G selection and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete
- 56 career games played, with 37 starts, posting 68 goals, 39 assists and 107 points, along with 50 ground balls and 18caused turnovers
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2022 (Graduate Season)
- Team captain
- Played in all 16 games, starting the last 11
- 33 points, with 18 goals and 15 assists
- Notched 100th career point April 8, 2022 at Michigan (assist)
- Seven-point game vs. Penn State March 26, including five assists
- Four-goal outing against Duquesne March 10 and scored three times vs. Mount St. Mary’s March 12
- Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors
2021 (Senior Season)
- Played in 11 games, starting three
- 10 points, with five goals and five assists
- Two points in each game vs. Penn State, with goal and an assist in game one March 26 and two goals March 28
- Also had two points vs. Northwestern with a goal and a helper
- Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors
2020 (Junior Season)
- Started all nine games
- Tallied 20 points from 14 goals and six assists, ranking second on the team
- Scored in seven of the Buckeyes’ nine games
- Registered a hat trick against No. 19 UMass March 1
- Scored four goals against Kent State University Feb. 12
- Picked up six ground balls
- Ended the season with four caused turnovers
- Academic All-Big Ten honoree
- Named a SASSO Student-Athlete of the Month in February
- Miechelle Willis Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award winner
2019 (Sophomore Season)
- Appeared in 16 games with 14 starts
- Tallied 44 points from 31 goals and 13 assists, ranking third on the team
- Averaged 1.94 goals per game
- Third on the team with 23 ground balls
- Caused nine turnovers as an attacker
- Notched four draw controls
- Had a career-high eight points against Niagara March 3
- Finished the season with 11 multi-point games
- Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week March 5 after an 11-point weekend against Marquette and Niagara
2018 (Freshman Season)
- Appeared in four games
- Scooped up the first ground ball of her career against UConn March 14
- Saw the field against No. 10 Navy Feb. 10, Detroit Mercy Feb. 16 and Cincinnati Feb. 26
Prior to Ohio State
- Four-year starter and letterwinner at Milton High School
- Three-time Georgia state champion
- 2017 team captain and offensive player of the year
- 2017 First Team Georgia All-State Selection
- 2017 US Lacrosse High School All-American selection
- Played for Eagle Stix for eight years
- Was involved in making ceramics and represented Milton High School in the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, winning honorable mention out of 149 pieces taken to the festival
- Recipient of the Academic Excellence award for ceramics
Personal
- Daughter of Carlos Baez and Nancy Makarek-Baez
- Has a younger brother, Colin
- Earned bachelor’s degree in sport industry in Spring 2021 and sport management master’s in December 2022
- Enjoys ceramics, painting and hiking
- Got into lacrosse after seeing a boys lacrosse practice at a local park; found a ball and asked her mother for a stick, then taught herself how to pass and catch and then joined a team
- Trained in karate when she was younger, receiving a purple belt
