Vayle-Rae Baker

Vayle-Rae Baker of Benton, Pennsylvania, is the daughter of Wes and Lisa Baker.

She competed at Wyoming Seminary as a senior and is a five-time national women's freestyle champion.

Baker was the Pennsylvania Amateur Wrestling Federation women's freestyle state champion in 2017 and 2018.

She won the Cadet Pan-Am Championships in 2015 and finished second at the Pan-Am Championships in 2018.

Baker won the Tallinn Open in Estonia, and also won the first PA versus USA women's match at the 45th Annual Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic in 2019. She captured silver medals at the Flatz Open in Austria in 2018 and 2019 and won the Gotham City Classic and the Northeast Regional in 2018.

She also lettered in soccer and helped Benton High School qualify for the state tournament in 2017.

Baker has a 3.17 GPA and has signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Augsburg University.

Awards:

Year
2019
Award
Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
Chapter/Region
Northeast, Pennsylvania

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