(Tucson, AZ) Pima Community College men’s basketball player Dillan Baker (Salpointe Catholic HS) culminated his Pima career with a national award.
Baker, a sophomore guard, was named Third Team NJCAA Division II All-American. He is the 11th Pima men’s basketball NJCAA All-American and eighth under coach Brian Peabody.
He played and started in all 35 games this season averaging18.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He scored in double figures in 33 of the 35 games played this season. He earned ACCAC Division II Player of the Week on three occasions.
Baker scored 1,099 career points with the Aztecs becoming the third player under coach Brian Peabody to surpass the milestone after Murphy Gershman (Tucson Magnet HS) and Abram Carrasco (Cholla HS).
Baker joins Traivar Jackson (2022, 2023), Jake Lieppert (Saguaro HS) in 2020, Abram Carrasco (Cholla HS) in 2019, Keven Biggs (Cienega HS) in 2018, Deion James (Empire HS) in 2017, Murphy Gershman (Tucson Magnet HS) in 2015, Darrell King (1991), James Ford (1990) and Greg Cook (1980).
The Aztecs closed out the 2023-24 season with a 29-6 overall record and their first Region I, Division I Championship since 2018-19. It’s the most wins in a season since the 2018-19 season when they went 29-7. They went 18-1 at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium. The Aztecs were 18-4 in ACCAC conference play, which tied their best conference record since the 2017-18 season.
Baker signed to play at Northern Arizona University starting this fall.
See the complete NJCAA Division II All-American Teams:
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2023-24/div2/all-americans/index
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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