UMass Lowell Athletics

CAREER: Started 152 of 160 career games played … totaled 136 hits, 21 doubles and 82 RBI with a .276 career batting average … 10th all-time on the school’s career record list with 15 home runs … four-time America East Winter/Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection … two-time America East All-Academic Team honoree.
 
AS A SENIOR (2019): Started 41 of 43 games played, batting a personal-best .324 … co-captain … totaled career highs for hits (44) and runs (20), as well … added five home runs and 25 RBI … slugged a personal-best .493 with a .354 on-base percentage … named to the America East All-Conference First Team and the All-Academic Team … earned CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team honors … garnered the program’s first NFCA All-Region Second Team nod … named to the America East Winter/Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2018): Started 34 of 36 games played … co-captain … batted .210 with 22 hits, including four doubles and three home runs … added 11 RBI and 13 runs scored … season-high two doubles and two RBI against Maine (4.24) … named to the America East Winter/Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Started 34 of 37 games played, batting .264 … led the team with 30 RBI and was second with six home runs … slugged a personal-best .446 … totaled 32 hits and 17 runs … season-high three hits and three runs against UAlbany (4.8) … tied a career high with four RBI against Rhode Island (4.5) … tied for first on the squad with eight multi-RBI games and a 13-game reached base streak … posted the third-longest hit streak of the season (9 games) ... received America East All-Academic Team accolades ... named to the America East Winter/Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Started 43 of 44 games played, batting .292 (38-130) … tied for first on the team with nine doubles … finished second for batting average and total bases (50) … tied for second with 14 runs scored and 16 RBI … third on the squad with 38 hits, eight multiple hit games and three multiple RBI games … posted a slugging percentage of .385 with a .316 on-base percentage … tallied a personal-best four hits, including three doubles to tie a program record, in game one of a doubleheader at Dartmouth (4.12) … logged her first career home run with a season-high four RBI and three runs scored at Rhode Island (4.14) … named America East Rookie of the Week (4.19) ... named to the America East Winter/Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Upland … senior captain, boasting a .390 batting average … helped lead her team to the CIF Southern Section playoffs all four years … voted her team’s “Most Inspirational” award winner as a senior … Baseline League All-Academic Team selection… won the Coaches Award as a junior and earned an All-Baseline League Honorable Mention … finished in eighth place with her travel team, California Thunder, at the at the 2012 PGF National Tournament … four-year Principal’s Honor Roll student.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Don and Jacque Barker ... has two younger siblings (Kathryn and Rylee) ... enjoys camping, dirt biking and reading ... favorite professional sports teams include the Anaheim Angels and the LA Kings ... lists Derek Jeter and Ryan Dungey among her favorite professional sports figures ... chose to attend UMass Lowell because it is because it is a good school for softball and her major, and it is investing in itself  to stay competitive and improve as an institution ... majoring in criminal justice and political science.