Ms. Shannon Baker, Class of 2021
Shannon Baker graduated from Wilson Early College in 2019, and she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications with a concentration in journalism at Barton College in 2021. She was employed as a radio personality for 98.5,“The Big Dawg,” in Rocky Mount for the following year and a half. In late 2022, she became a digital reporter for WNCT Channel 9. She has been the lead singer for the band, “Shannon Baker and Sometime Soon” for approximately eight years. Her passions in music focus on country and bluegrass. The band now travels up and down the East Coast, playing at festivals and venues. In the summer of 2021, they made their debut in Nashville, Tenn., at the world-famous Station Inn.