2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Baker-Mazara, Chad

Jersey Number 4
Chad Baker-Mazara
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Height:
- 6-7
- Hometown:
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- High School:
- Colonia (N.J.)
- Prev School:
- Auburn
Bio
2024-25: NABC Division I All-Southeast District First Team … All-SEC Third Team honoree … Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year finalist … played in all 38 games with 34 starts for Auburn University, which made it all the way to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament this season … averaged 12.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game … secured double-digit points in 25 games this season, including a season-high 22 points against Kentucky … led the Tigers with 18 points while also grabbing four steals in the Final Four game against Florida.
2023-24: SEC All-Tournament Team … played in 35 games of the season with nine starts for Auburn University … was third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.0 points per game and third in rebounding averaging 3.7 rebounds per game … scored in double-figures on 20 occasions, including a career- and season-high 25 points at Georgia (Feb. 24) … ,ade a career-best five steals versus LSU (Jan. 13) … brought down a career-high nine rebounds at Ole Miss (Feb. 3).
2022-23: Played for Northwest Florida State College … led the Raiders to a 29-8 overall record and an appearance in the NJCAA National Championship Game ... averaged a team-leading 15.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, while also shooting 46.9 percent from three-point range … named as the NJCAA Region 8 Most Outstanding Player … also garnered a spot on the NJCAA Region 8 All-Tournament Team and All-Panhandle Conference First Team.
2021-22: Mountain West Conference Sixth Man of the Year … appeared in 31 games, averaging 6.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game off the bench for San Diego State … shot 42.0 percent from the floor, 39.3 percent from beyond the arc, and a team-best 89.8 percent from the free throw line … established career-bests in nearly every statistical category … reached double-figures in seven games, including a 20-point effort at Fresno State (Dec. 22) … led the team with 17 points versus Creighton in the NCAA Tournament First Round (March 17) … In the 14 games in which he went to the charity stripe, he was perfect in 10 contests.
2020-21: Started his collegiate career at Duquesne playing in 15 games with 13 starts for the Dukes … ranked third in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 41.7 shooting percentage from behind the three-point arc, which was the second-best percentage by a freshman in program history ... also ranked No. 11 in the league in blocked shots … averaged 9.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … shot 43.8 percent from the floor and 81.3 percent from the free throw line … scored in double-figures on five occasions, including a season-high 23 points at Fordham (Jan. 27) and 21 points versus Rhode Island (Feb. 27) … knocked down seven three-pointers at Fordham (Jan. 27) to become the third freshman in Duquesne history to hit at least seven in a game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball at Colonia (N.J.) High School where he led his team to back-to-back final four appearances in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) tournament, averaging 18.9 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals during his senior year ... named Home News Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year ... selected to compete in the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA) Senior Boys All-Star Game and Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association (GMCBCA) Senior All-Star Boys Game ... also played at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, where his team posted a 23-4 record, including a 20-game winning streak, and was ranked No. 8 nationally following the regular season … SPIRE was one of 14 programs to qualify for the 2020 National Prep Championship.
PERSONAL: Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic … came to the U.S. to live with his grandfather, Bailey Baker, prior to his junior year of high school ... son of Derrek Baker and Carmen Mazara … born on Jan. 27, 2000 … father, Derrek, was a basketball student-athlete at South Carolina State from 1984-85 and played and coached overseas.
2023-24: SEC All-Tournament Team … played in 35 games of the season with nine starts for Auburn University … was third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.0 points per game and third in rebounding averaging 3.7 rebounds per game … scored in double-figures on 20 occasions, including a career- and season-high 25 points at Georgia (Feb. 24) … ,ade a career-best five steals versus LSU (Jan. 13) … brought down a career-high nine rebounds at Ole Miss (Feb. 3).
2022-23: Played for Northwest Florida State College … led the Raiders to a 29-8 overall record and an appearance in the NJCAA National Championship Game ... averaged a team-leading 15.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, while also shooting 46.9 percent from three-point range … named as the NJCAA Region 8 Most Outstanding Player … also garnered a spot on the NJCAA Region 8 All-Tournament Team and All-Panhandle Conference First Team.
2021-22: Mountain West Conference Sixth Man of the Year … appeared in 31 games, averaging 6.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game off the bench for San Diego State … shot 42.0 percent from the floor, 39.3 percent from beyond the arc, and a team-best 89.8 percent from the free throw line … established career-bests in nearly every statistical category … reached double-figures in seven games, including a 20-point effort at Fresno State (Dec. 22) … led the team with 17 points versus Creighton in the NCAA Tournament First Round (March 17) … In the 14 games in which he went to the charity stripe, he was perfect in 10 contests.
2020-21: Started his collegiate career at Duquesne playing in 15 games with 13 starts for the Dukes … ranked third in the Atlantic 10 Conference with a 41.7 shooting percentage from behind the three-point arc, which was the second-best percentage by a freshman in program history ... also ranked No. 11 in the league in blocked shots … averaged 9.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … shot 43.8 percent from the floor and 81.3 percent from the free throw line … scored in double-figures on five occasions, including a season-high 23 points at Fordham (Jan. 27) and 21 points versus Rhode Island (Feb. 27) … knocked down seven three-pointers at Fordham (Jan. 27) to become the third freshman in Duquesne history to hit at least seven in a game.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball at Colonia (N.J.) High School where he led his team to back-to-back final four appearances in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) tournament, averaging 18.9 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals during his senior year ... named Home News Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year ... selected to compete in the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA) Senior Boys All-Star Game and Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association (GMCBCA) Senior All-Star Boys Game ... also played at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, where his team posted a 23-4 record, including a 20-game winning streak, and was ranked No. 8 nationally following the regular season … SPIRE was one of 14 programs to qualify for the 2020 National Prep Championship.
PERSONAL: Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic … came to the U.S. to live with his grandfather, Bailey Baker, prior to his junior year of high school ... son of Derrek Baker and Carmen Mazara … born on Jan. 27, 2000 … father, Derrek, was a basketball student-athlete at South Carolina State from 1984-85 and played and coached overseas.
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