Baker selected KJCCC Baseball West Division Player of the Week

Webber Wildcats and Junior National Team alum Simon Baker (Cochrane, Alta.) has been named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) West Division Player of the Week. Photo: Cloud County Athletics

April 14, 2026

By: Toby Nosker

Cloud County Sports Information Director

Cloud County Community College redshirt freshman Simon Baker was named the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) West Division Player of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday, April 14.

The product of Cochrane, Alberta was red-hot last week, helping the T-Birds go 5-0.

Baker batted .688 for the week, going 11-of-16 with eight extra-base hits while driving in 13.

Hitting four home runs in the team's four-game KJCCC sweep over Butler Community College, Baker also tallied three triples and finished the week with a 1.875 slugging-percentage and a .783 on-base percentage.

Baker, who also played his first games as a starting outfielder last week, is hitting .421 on the season and leads the T-Birds with 16 home runs and eight triples.