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Natural leader . . . two-time Team Captain . . . very experienced player . . . helped lead the team to the conference title as a freshman and to the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore . . . capable of setting up teammates for goals with the precision of her service.
2008 (junior): Played in all 21 matches and logged 1,525 minutes of game action . . . started in 19 contests and ranked third on the team with nine points . . . led Samford with five assists and added a pair of goals, both of which proved to be game-winning scores (Western Carolina and Chattanooga) . . . finished the year ranked seventh in the Southern Conference with five assists . . . rattled off 21 shot attempts, 14 of which were on-goal . . . lifted the Bulldogs to a thrilling 2-1 SoCon victory over Western Carolina on Oct. 26 as she knocked home the game-winning goal during the 82nd minute of play . . . tallied her second game-winning goal of the season against Chattanooga on Oct. 30 as she also added an assist in the Bulldogs' 4-2 home victory on Senior Night . . . played the entire 90 minutes in six of Samford's 21 matches . . . earned her third varsity letter.
2007 (sophomore): Proved to be one of only five Bulldog players to start in all 21 of the team's games throughout the season . . . logged a career-high 1,783 minutes, 85 per contest, which ranked second of all the position players on the team . . . tallied five assists as one of the team's corner kick specialists . . . the total of five assists finished the season ranked third amongst all Bulldog players . . . registered all five of her assists within a six-game span (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), including a Samford season-high, two-assist performance against Austin Peay (Oct. 21) . . . helped anchor Samford's defensive attack that led the OVC in goals-against average (0.73) . . . logged at least 90 minutes of playing time in 14 games and notched a season-high performance with 110 minutes against Southeast Missouri (Nov. 11) . . . earned her second varsity letter. 2006 (freshman): Earned playing time in 14 matches and made three starts against Ohio Valley Conference opponents . . . tallied the first point of her collegiate career Sept. 29 as she finished with an assist in the Bulldogs' 3-1 victory against Eastern Kentucky . . . attempted a season-high three shots versus Eastern Kentucky . . . played a season-high 67 minutes against Austin Peay in a 1-1 draw Sept. 24 . . . proved to be an active offensive threat late in the year and finished the season with three shots on goal . . . earned her first varsity letter.
High School: Played for one of the top club teams in the Lake Highlands Girls Classic League, the D'Feeters Soccer Club . . . played with current teammates Heather Birdsell, Jessika Mejia and Hilary Samuels on the D'Feeters Soccer Club . . . was a four-year starter and captain at the Episcopal School of Dallas in the Southwest Preparatory Conference . . . named one of the top-five Players to Watch in private schools . . . paced both her high school team and the conference in goals as a junior and senior . . . was named first-team All-SPC in 2005 and 2006 . . . was the second-leading scorer in all high schools in North Texas . . . earned the team's Most Valuable Player award each of her last two seasons . . . named a National Merit Commended Scholar . . . member of the National Honor Society, the National French Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. Personal: Born June 12, 1988 . . . daughter of Robert and Katherine Baxter . . . her father played baseball at SMU . . . her grandfather Ralph Ellsworth played football and ran track at Texas . . . her sister Anne played soccer at Missouri . . . her cousin Laura Grace Robinson played soccer at Texas A&M . . . majoring in nursing. ONE-ON-ONE WITH BAXTER SENIOR SPOTLIGHT My favorite Samford memory is: The one thing I'll miss the most about Samford soccer is: The most important thing I can tell incoming freshmen is: |
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