MARYANN BAKER/SKYLAR COLLINS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
FIFTH SEASON AT MSU TEXAS A&M (2011)
Maryann Baker brings valuable experience both on the court
careers in College Station as the winningest duo in Aggie
and off to the Mississippi State coaching staff in her fifth sea-
basketball history, compiling a career record of 115-29 (.799).
son as the Bulldogs’ Director of Operations.
During that illustrious career, Baker went to the Elite Eight, Sweet 16 and NCAA Second Round during her first three seasons, but in her final campaign, she was able to reach the pin-
first full-time sideline job, she is no stranger to sharing the
nacle that all athletes strive to achieve when she helped guide
bench with Vic Schaefer as a player and graduate assistant
Texas A&M to the national title in the program’s first trip to the
coach.
Women’s Final Four. Baker also helped guide the Aggies to
ing logistics, travel and summer camps. Although she is in her
coaching staff following a stellar playing career that saw her
One reason Schaefer looked to Baker to join his staff was
help Texas A&M to four NCAA Tournament berths, including
her understanding of what it takes to excel both on and off the
the 2011 national title and a pair of Big 12 Tournament titles.
court. On the court, Baker scored 266 points in 116 career
Prior to coming to Starkville, she spent a season on the
During her first season on the sideline, the Aggies advanced to the Sweet 16 and finished the year 24-11 and No. 12 in the final USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll.
Big 12 Tournament championships in 2008 and 2010.
games, but she was also stellar in the classroom, garnering back-to-back Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors. Coming out of Bishop Lynch Catholic High School, Baker
The Dallas, Texas, native capped a stellar playing career
was rated the 25th-best shooting guard in the country by the
with the Aggies by winning the 2011 Big 12 Sixth Man Award
All-Star Girls Basketball Report. A McDonald’s All-American
before going on to help the program to a school-record 33
nominee, Baker was a three-time all-state and all-district hon-
wins and the 2011 national championship.
oree. In 2013 she was inducted into the school’s athletic hall
Baker and classmate Sydney Colson ended their four-year
of fame.
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Baker coordinates all of the team’s daily operations, includ-
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DIRECTOR OF SCOUTING/VIDEO COORDINATOR
FOURTH SEASON AT MSU TEXAS A&M (2012)
Mississippi State’s staff garnered another national cham-
range.
pionship-winning talent prior to the 2013-14 season with the
She saved the best for last, though, as she tallied a 48-per-
addition of former Texas A&M standout Skylar Collins as the
cent clip from the floor and a team-best 50-percent rate be-
program’s video coordinator.
yond the arc her senior year.
Collins, who added director of scouting to her title in 2014, is
Collins capped her career by going 4-for-4 from the field and
responsible for breaking down game and practice film, as well
2-for-2 from the free-throw line to tally 10 points and a pair of
as video exchange for Vic Schaefer’s squad.
steals against No. 5 Maryland in the NCAA Sweet 16.
Collins’ joining the Hail State Hoops staff signifies a return
That impressive showing in the “Big Dance” came after she
to the collegiate ranks for the Cedar Hills, Texas, native fol-
scored a career-best 15 points against Oklahoma in the Big 12
lowing a stint playing professional basketball for Sport Clube
Championship Semifinals.
do Recife in Brazil. The jump to the professional level came a year after Col-
The outstanding swan song helped Collins earn the team’s 6th Man Award and a second-straight Miss Hustle Award.
lins capped a stellar collegiate career that saw her help Texas
In addition to excelling on the court, she was also a standout
A&M to the NCAA Tournament all four years, including a pair
in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
of Sweet Sixteen appearances and the national title in 2011.
accolades.
During her career, Collins possessed the ability to stretch
Collins was rated the No. 44 overall prospect and sixth-best
defenses with her dangerous outside shooting touch. Over her
shooting guard in the Class of 2008 by All-Star Girls Basket-
four years with the Aggies, Collins was a 43.5-percent shooter
ball Report.
from the field, including a sizzling 44.2-percent from 3-point
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