Honors & Awards
2023 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (High Jump)
2023 Outdoor
Competed in six meets... Jumped 1.84m to finish fifth at NCAA Outdoor Championships... Recorded two event wins at the NCAA East Prelim (1.82m) and Penn Relays (1.83m)... Jumped 1.82m to finish sixth and score three points at SEC Outdoors...
2023 Indoor
Competed in one meet... Jumped 1.78m in high jump to finish third at the Clemson Invite.
Prior to Auburn
Five-time All-American and three-time BIG EAST champion in the high jump… Became the first Villanova athlete – women’s or men’s – to be named the Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association when she earned the honor for the 2022 outdoor season… One of 15 women in Villanova history to record at least four career top-six finishes at the NCAA Championships… Only women’s athlete in school history to be an All-American in any of the jumps and one of just two Villanova women to earn All-America honors in any field event indoors or outdoors… Qualifier for the Olympic Trials in 2021 where she advanced to the final round… Competed at the USATF Outdoor Championships in 2022… Gold medalist in the high jump at the Pan-American U20 Championships in 2019… Part of three BIG EAST championship teams during her career, including consecutive outdoor titles in 2019 and 2021 as well as the 2019 indoor conference crown… Outstanding athlete who also played four years of volleyball (2018-21) for Villanova… Her career statistics included 555 kills with a .233 attack percentage, 123 digs and 108 total blocks… Recorded 22 career matches with 10+ kills… Helped lead the Wildcats to appearances in the BIG EAST Championship semifinals her freshman and sophomore seasons… Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2020-21 and was a three-time selection to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Personal
Attended Byron Nelson High School in Northlake, Texas… Birthday is August 10... Daughter of Toussaint and Barbra Barnes… has one sister Serenity Grace (6).