2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Chrissy Baird
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Wheaton North
- Hometown:
- Wheaton, Ill.
2018-19:
Played in 10 games in her final year as a Bruin … Made her first-career start in UCLA’s regular-season finale against Colorado (March 3) … Recorded seven points, six rebounds and one steal during the season … Made her second-career 3-pointer against Seton Hall (Nov. 18) … Pulled down two boards and scored two points vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 28) … Chipped in two points on Senior Day vs. Colorado (March 3).
2017-18:
Chrissy Baird played in seven games for a total of 17 minutes (2.4 mpg) ... made her first appearance of the season in the last three minutes of the blowout win at Fordham (Dec. 20), recording one rebound and her only steal of the season … played in a season-high four minutes in the Second Round NCAA Tournament win over Creighton (Mar. 19 ) grabbing one rebound while scoring a season-high three points, sinking her first three-pointer of her career … played in three minutes in the 93-55 win at Colorado (Jan. 14) scoring two points and hauling in a career-high-tying three rebounds … played in the final three minutes of the blowout win over Arizona (Feb. 9), tallying one point and one rebound.
2016-17:
Baird redshirted the season with an undisclosed injury.
2015-16:
Baird played in 15 games for a total of 32 minutes ... made her first appearance of the season in the final minute of the overtime loss to No. 3 Notre Dame (Nov. 28) … played eight minutes in the win over CSU Bakersfield (Dec. 5) recording one field goal attempt … played in five minutes of the blowout win over UC Irvine (Dec. 16) scoring her first points of the year on her only shot attempt … played in the final minute of the upset win over No. 11 Oregon State (Jan. 4), missing her only shot attempt … played the final two minutes of the blowout win over California (Jan. 22) but didn’t record any stats … played the final two minutes of the blowout win over Stanford (Jan. 24), grabbing one rebound … had two boards in the final minute of the blowout win at Colorado (Jan. 29) … had a career-high three rebounds and made both of her free throws in a blowout win at Arizona (Feb. 7) … made her only shot attempt in another blowout win over Arizona (Feb. 26) … had the first assist of her career in a Pac-12 quarterfinal win over Arizona (Mar. 4).
2014-15:
Baird played in eight games for a total of 13 minutes ... the walk-on guard saw her first action in the win over Samford (Dec. 19), grabbing one rebound in one minute of play ... she scored the first points of her career and added a rebound in the home win over Arizona (Feb. 22) ... she recorded the first block of her career and also went 1-for-2 from the charity stripe in the Bruins’ WNIT round three win over Northern Colorado (Mar. 26).
JACK'S ARMY:
Partnered with her father to start The Jack Pribaz Foundation, also known as Jack’s Army ... it was founded in the name of Jack Pribaz, a boy who suffers from epilepsy caused by an extremely rare genetic mutation ... the foundation is headquartered in Winfield, Ill., and has been in existence since December 2011, a few weeks shy of Jack’s third birthday ... the Jack Pribaz Foundation was established to find a cure for KCNQ2 encephalopathy ... for more information, click here.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Earned four varsity letters as forward for head coach Dave Eaton at Wheaton North High School (Wheaton, Ill.) from 2011-14 ... capped off a tremendous four years on varsity by becoming the school's all-time leading scorer (1,076 points) and rebounder (828 rebounds) after averaging 15.1 points and 9.7 boards a game in 2013-14 for the DuPage Valley Conference runners-up ... a three-time unanimous all-DuPage Valley Conference performer (2012-14), she was a Miss Illinois Basketball finalist as a senior and was named to the second team All-USA Today Illinois Girl's Basketball Team ... a two-time DuPage County All-Area team selection (2013-14), she led the Falcons to their first 20-win season since 1997 and first sectional final since 1986 as a junior in 2013 ... she made the game-clinching block in the sectional semifinal ... averaged 11.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in 2013, setting the school's single-season defensive rebounding record ... as a sophomore in 2012, she once hauled in 24 rebounds in a game and was named to the DuPage County All-Area honorable mention squad ... played club basketball for Illinois Lady Lightning and finished 2nd in the 2013 AAU National Championship with Illinois Elite.
PERSONAL:
Full name: Christine Marie Baird, prefers Chrissy … born Dec. 24, 1995 in Wheaton, Ill. … her parents are Brian and Cheryl Baird … has one older brother, David and one younger sister, Nikki … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “of the beautiful campus, the great team and coaching staff.” … lists her biggest thrill so far in her athletic career as beating her crosstown rival for the first time in the last meeting of her senior year in front of a packed gym … lists Kevin Durant and Tim Tebow as the athletes she admires most … majoring in sociology.
