It was a busy Sunday for UCF soccer, which secured a pair of verbal commitments for its 2026 recruiting class from Somerset Academy Constitution working again Kaj Baker and Wekiva Excessive defensive lineman Isaiah McNish.
The duo pledged to the Knights after taking official visits to the college this weekend.
The 5-foot-7 Baker is a 3-star athlete from Pembroke Pines who amassed 1,653 yards of complete all-purpose yards for the Panthers final season, together with 520 speeding yards, 756 receiving yards and 377 yards on kickoff and punt returns with 18 complete touchdowns. He had 18 affords from faculties akin to Florida State, Miami, Oregon, Pittsburgh and FAU.
The 6-foot-4, 230-pound McNish is coming off a junior season wherein he had 64 tackles, together with 3 tackles for loss and three sacks in seven video games for the Mustangs. He had already acquired a dozen affords from faculties akin to Georgia Tech, Michigan State and Missouri.
Baker and McNish grow to be the tenth and eleventh gamers to decide to UCF’s 2026 recruiting class verbally. All verbal commitments are non-binding however can grow to be official through the early signing interval in December.
UCF entered the weekend with a top-50 recruiting class; the primary since coach Scott Frost returned to this system after an eight-year absence. The addition of Baker pushed the category rating to No. 44 in accordance with the newest 247Sports’ composite rankings.
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