Jasmine Baker
ContributorLifelong sports fan, Jasmine Baker, has been covering sports for KETR 88.9 since 2016, under the tutelage of Mark Haslett. She's co-hosted the award-winning student produced program 'Lions After Dark' and produced online content covering Lion Athletics. As an undergraduate she began her journalism career writing for student-run campus newspaper The East Texan. Jasmine has covered high school basketball playoffs, college and professional sports in the Dallas Metroplex. Her experience has allowed her to be a guest on various sports talk shows, including guest play-by-play with Charlie Chitwood. In the 2018 WNBA season she covered the Dallas Wings for High Post Hoops.
In February 2018, Jasmine won her first journalism award for covering A&M-Commerce students and their work contributing to the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The Austinite grew up playing sports ranging from golf to basketball, and made it to the AAU Junior Olympics in the javelin. She's pursuing her masters degree in marketing, loves sushi and enjoys sleeping when she can.
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LSU's national championship victory at the American Airlines Center highlighted a Final Four estimated to have brought $30M to the region's economy. -
Texas A&M-Commerce Lion football fans have endured a long offseason. Last fall when it was announced that Colby Carthel would accept the head coach… -
No. 1 seed West Texas A&M (28-3) is back in the Lone Star Conference tournament final. Despite their best efforts after against the Lady Buffs, the Lions… -
So it was, on the last day of Black History Month, at the sold-out Frank Erwin Center, that the former First Lady Michelle Obama descended upon Austin. It… -
After Jason Burton’s first season as head coach of Texas A&M-Commerce women’s basketball team, he hit the recruiting trail to find a diamond in the rough.… -
Jason Osei walked into a local taco shop smiling and bragging about his beloved Philadelphia Eagles, who were playing on the TV screens. He assured me… -
Two days, two teams and two stadiums led to one A&M-Commerce (5-1,3-0) victory over Midwestern State (5-1,3-1) Sunday afternoon, 20-19. A weather delay… -
KETR Sports takes you behind the scenes of the Lions’ season opener against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Texas heat wasn't enough to match the fever pitch of… -
SAN ANTONIO- Last season the Lions finished in Kansas City hoisting their first NCAA National title (14-1) over West Florida. Their lone loss came to… -
Last month the Lions Football program hosted their third annual Lone Star Pro Day and Small College Combine. All-Americans Luis Perez, Jared Machorro and…
