Baylee Bedard

Photo by: Tomas Redondo

Class:
Graduate Student
Height:
5-10
Position:
Defender
Hometown:
Fort Collins, Colo.
High School:
Rocky Mountain HS
Major:
Journalism
Prev School:
Kansas State

SEASON HIGHS
Games Played - 17 (2021)
Starts - 16 (2021)
Goals -
Assists - 1 (at Northern Colo., 9/2/21)
Points - 1 (2021)
Shots - 11 (2021)
SOG - 2 (2021)
GW -
MIN - 1535 (2021)

GAME HIGHS
Goals -
Assists - 1 (at Northern Colo., 9/2/21)
Points - 1 (at Northern Colo., 9/2/21)
Shots - 4 (at Northern Colo., 9/2/21)
SOG - 1 (2x at Utah State, 4/9/21 & vs Utah State, 11/1/21)
GW -
MIN - 110 (2021)

ACCOLADES
Fall Academic All-Mountain West (2018)
Spring Academic All-Mountain West (2021)
Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2019-20, 2020-21)
2016-17 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
Two-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

GRADUATE (2021-22)
One of three captains on the team…Started 16 of 17 games played including 10 of 11 conference games...Played the most minutes on the team with 1,535...Logged 995 minutes during MW season - the fourth-most on the team...Recorded first assists of her career at Northern Colorado, feeding Kristen Noonan for the goal.

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21)
Defender...Appeared in all seven games while starting six in CSU's shortened COVID season in which the team went 2-4-1...Played 554 minutes for an average of 79.1 per contest...Played all 90 minutes in both Utah State games...Took first shots and only shots as a Ram in those games as well...One shot on target.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019)
Defender...Appeared in six games, playing 62 minutes...Provided depth for a Colorado State team that saw a six-win improvement to a program-best 12-5-3 record and the program's first trip to the Mountain West Tournament...Played a season-high 14 minutes twice (at Eastern Washington and vs. SIU-Edwardsville)...Played 12 minutes in season opener against Marquette.

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018)
Defender...Made 16 appearances with 14 starts...Saw 1,292 minutes of playing time...Registered eight outings with 90 minutes played or more...Played a season-high 110 minutes vs. Colorado College (Oct. 7)...Helped a defense that gave up 20 goals and finished with a 6-9-4 record for ninth in the Mountain West.

BEFORE COLORADO STATE
FRESHMAN & REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016-17 - KANSAS STATE)
Two-year member of the Kansas State women's soccer team...Did not see action as redshirt freshmen in 2017...Played in two matches and tallied 24 minutes of action as true freshman in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Rocky Mountain High School and played club at Arsenal Colorado...Three-year letter winner for Ron Clark at RMHS...All-Front Range Honorable Mention...2016 Arsenal Colorado Girls Player of the Year...As a senior, Bedard's RMHS squad went 11-5-1 and held opponents to 18 goals in 17 matches while scoring two goals and pocketing an assist.

PERSONAL
Born July 12, 1998...From a family of Colorado State alums...Father, Brian, is the current head coach of the Rams' track & field team, a former student-athlete on the track and field team from 1983-88, and an inductee into the CSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2005...Mother, the former Jill Johnson, was a standout volleyball player at CSU from 1987-90 and was inducted into CSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2012...Sister, Kelcey, was on the track & field team at CSU, and is a three-time All-American in throwing events... Uncle, Steven, also attended CSU...Uncle Jim Kanicki is a former NFL defensive tackle, drafted in 1963 and played for Cleveland Browns and New York Giants ... Graduated with a degree in Journalism in December 2020 and is pursuing an interior architecture degree for spring 2022...Post-graduation, would like to own and run own Interior Architecture and Design Company.