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2010 Softball Roster

25 Rebecca Barnes

  • Height 5-6
  • Position C/3B
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hampton, Va.
  • Last School Phoebus HS

Biography

2010: Competed in 29 games, starting 28 … Started 21 at DP, five at catcher and two at third base … Hit .250 on the season with 21 hits in 84 at bats … Tallied eight runs, five doubles, two triples one home run, 12 RBI and four walks … Finished second on the team with a .393 slugging percentage … Batted .304 (14-of-45) with runners on base and .303 (10-of-33) with runners in scoring position … Recorded six multi-hit games … Had the most RBI in a game by a Spartan all season when she went 2-for-4 with five RBI in the season opener at North Carolina Central Feb. 18 … Hit a pair of triples in the game to knock in those five runs … Went 2-for-4 with one run in Game 2 … Had two RBI and one run scored as part of a 1-for-3 day against St. Bonaventure March 6 … Hit a pair of doubles with one RBI against Hampton March 18 … Recorded two hits in three straight games at Longwood March 20 and in a doubleheader against UMES March 31 … Batted 6-for-10 in those three games with four runs, one RBI and one stolen base.

2009: Earned Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) second-team honors and was named to the All-MEAC Second Team … Played in 46 games and started 45 … Led the team and ranked 15th in the MEAC with a .322 batting average … Ranked second on the team with 47 hits, 146 at-bats and 30 runs … Tied for second with eight doubles … Also led the team with seven home runs, 33 RBI and 18 hit-by-pitches … Posted seven multiple-RBI games, 10 multiple-run games and 17 multiple-hit games (team-high) … Had four runs and two RBI in a doubleheader at North Carolina Central Feb. 20 … Saw a season-high five at-bats at in the second game of that doubleheader … Hit her first home run of the season and had two RBI in a 4-3 loss  at Charleston Southern Feb. 27 … Hit another home run the next day  in a 2-0 win at Charleston Southern Feb. 28 … Went 4-for-7, scored one run and had one RBI and one double in the March 10 doubleheader against George Mason … Had a good outing in the doubleheader at Hampton March 12, going 4-for-8, scoring two runs and posting four RBI, one double and two home runs … Went 2-for-4 with two runs against Howard March 18 and at Bethune Cookman March 28 … Was a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one home run and a season-high four RBI in the single game against South Caroline State April 12 … Followed that performance with another four-RBI game against North Carolina Central April 17, hitting her first career grand slam and scoring two runs … Went 2-for-3 with one run, three RBI and one double in Game 2 of a doubleheader against N.C. A&T April 25 … Went a combined 6-of-12, scored four runs and had two RBI in the three-game series at Winston-Salem State.

2008: Played 51 games and started 42 … Named to the 2008 MEAC All-Tournament team after hitting .273 and helping the Spartans to the championship game … Was second on the team with a .331 batting average … Had 44 hits in 133 at-bats … Tied for the team lead with five home runs and was hit by 18 pitches (team-high) … Had nine doubles, 34 RBI, a .511 slugging percentage and a .434 on base percentage for the season … Had the game-winning hit in the Spartans’ 3-2 win over Morgan State in the MEAC Tournament May 9 … Went 3-for-4 with three RBI, three runs and two doubles in the second game of a doubleheader against North Carolina Central March 11 … Was a perfect 6-for-6 with one home run, five RBI, five runs scored and two doubles in a doubleheader against Maryland Eastern Shore April 16 … Went 2-for-4 with a double and batted in three runs in the MEAC Tournament win over Bethune-Cookman.

2007: Hit.140 with three RBI and a double in 22 games for Albany.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Phoebus High School in Hampton, Va., was a three-time All-Peninsula District pick and was named to the second team as a sophomore … Received first-team honors her junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Full name is Rebecca Lynn Barnes … Daughter of Russell and Chris Barnes … Born on Jan. 10, 1988 … Majoring in medical technology … Wants to be a physician’s assistant.

Barnes' Career Hitting Stats (*at UAlbany)

YEAR

AVG

GP-GS

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

TB

BB

SO

SB-ATT

2010

.250

29-28

84

8

21

5

2

1

12

33

4

13

1-1

2009

.322

46-45

146

30

47

8

0

7

33

76

6

19

0-1

2008

.331

51-42

133

35

44

9

0

5

34

68

7

17

0-0

2007*

.140

22-13

43

1

6

1

0

0

3

7

2

11

0-0

Totals

.291

148-128

406

74

118

23

2

13

82

184

19

60

1-2

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2008Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'6"
    5
  • 8

    2009Junior

    Third Base
    5'6"
    8
  • 25

    2010Senior

    Catcher/Third Base
    5'6"
    25