Chico State Athletics

Returns to the Wildcats after sitting out the last two seasons…Led Chico State in scoring (15.4 points per game) and 3-pointers (82) while shooting 47 percent from the field in 2006-07…Named California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Newcomer of the Year in 2006-07...Pre-Chico Days: Played two years at Shasta College…Two time All-Golden Valley Conference selection…Won GVC Most Valuable Player and named to All-State team while leading the Knights to a conference championship and to the state JC championship Sweet 16 in 2005-06…A 2003 graduate of Washington’s Sedro-Woolley High School …Lettered in three sports – basketball, baseball and golf…Personal: Born 8/4/85 in Seattle, Wash.…Son of Pam and Danny Baird…Has an older sister, Danielle…His first child, a baby girl named Elle, was born on Sept. 4, 2009…Interests include poker, movies, dogs and water sports…If money were no object, would buy the Oklahoma City Thunder and move them back to Seattle…Claims he can “wiggle his ears”…Majoring in organizational communications…Would like to either become a real estate agent or continue his basketball career overseas.