Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• 7x NCAA All-American (2018: all-around, still rings, vault | 2017: still rings, vault | 2015: parallel bars, all-around)
• 2015 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• 2015 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year
• First Team All-Big Ten (2018)
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2017)
• Six-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Six-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week
• Academic All-Big Ten (2018)
• Team MVP (2018)
• Team's Most Consistent (2018)
• 30 career event titles won

Career Highs

2017-Present
Floor Exercise: 14.400 (at Minnesota, 2/10/18)
Pommel Horse: 13.400 (at NCAA Finals, 4/21/18)
Still Rings: 14.950 (at NCAA Qualifiers, 4/21/17)
Vault: 15.000 (vs. Michigan, 2/24/18)
Parallel Bars: 14.700 (at Big Ten Championships, 4/7/17)
High Bar: 14.350 (vs. Michigan, 2/24/18)
All-Around: 83.000 (at Big Ten Championships, 4/6/18)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 15.400 (at Ohio State, 1/24/15)
Pommel Horse: 15.250 (at Air Force, 3/5/16)
Still Rings: 15.200 (at Ohio State, 1/24/15)
Vault:15.300 (at Air Force, 3/5/16)
Parallel Bars: 15.300 (vs. Iowa, 2/7/15)
High Bar: 15.200 (vs. UIC, 1/9/16)
All-Around: 89.550 (vs. Penn State, 2/14/15)

Senior - 2018

• Academic All-Big Ten
• NCAA All-American on all-around, vault and still rings
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week 
• Posted school records (under the current scoring system) on vault (15.000) and all-around (83.000)
• Won three event titles in meets against ASU (FX, SR, VT) and Michigan (VT, HB, AA)
• Third-place finish in all-around at the B1G Team Championships (83.000)
• Voted Team MVP & Most Consistent 

Junior - 2017

• NCAA All-American on still rings (eighth) and vault (seventh)
• Second Team All-Big Ten after placing third on still rings at Big Ten Event Finals
• Won four event titles on the year (three on vault, one on parallel bars)
• Posted the highest Illini score on parallel bars (14.700, Big Ten Championships) and tied the highest score on vault (14.800, at Oklahoma, tied with Jacob Light) of the season
• Saw action in 12 meets for the Illini

Sophomore - 2016

• Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week
• Won eight event titles during the season across five different events
• Achieved event titles on all six events and in the all-around in just 18 competitions; the quickest to achieve the feat in program history
• Big Ten Preseason Gymnast to Watch
• Won three event titles in meets against UIC (SR, PB, HB) and at Air Force (AA, VT, PB)
• Owned the team's top all-around score of the season (89.450)
• Posted the top Illini score on vault at 15.300
• Turned in one of the top marks for the team on the parallel bars (15.200)
• Recorded 23 top-five finishes across all events on the season

Freshman - 2015

• Six-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week
• Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week
• First-team All-Big Ten
• Won 10 event titles during the season across five different events
• Posted the team’s best all-around mark on the season (89.550) the fourth-best mark by an Illinois gymnast

DTB Team Challenge (Germany)

• Made his Senior National Team debut at the DTB Team Challenge
• Finished eighth on vault scoring a 14.400
• Finished 11th on parallel bars with a mark of 13.100
• Team USA brought back the silver medal

High School/Club

• Graduate of Lemont High School
• Coached by Tim O'Connell
• Placed 28th at the 2013 P&G National Championships in the senior division as a junior athlete
• Finished third at 2012 Junior Nationals
• Took eighth at the 2012 Visa National Championships
• Finished seventh at the 2011 Visa National Championships

Personal

• Born Robert Kenneth Baker on November 11, 1995
• Son of Jeffrey Baker
• Hobbies include hanging out with friends, watching movies and listening to and looking for new music
• Biggest thrill in sports is "getting to the end of a routine you just hit for the first time and seeing your teammates as happy as you are."
• Has one older sister, Becky, and one younger sister, Amanda
• Majoring in Communication