The Citadel Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
2X Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal (2014-15, 2016-17)
3X Academic All-Southern Conference (Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)
3X Southern Conference Honor Roll (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17)

SENIOR (2017): Appeared in 32 of the Bulldogs’ 34 matches, making one start while playing in 102 sets … Had 60 assists on the season, an average of 0.59 per set … Had 16 service aces … Fifth on the team with 249 digs … Twice was two assists away from a double-double performance with eight assists and 14 digs at home against Mercer (10/20) and two matches later against Wofford (10/25) … Her eight assists in those two matches were her season high … Had a season-high 24 digs in the regular-season finale against UNCG (11/11) … Finished with 20 digs at Chattanooga (10/28).

JUNIOR (2016): Played in 27 matches and 92 sets, starting eight total contests … Finished her junior season with six assists, seven service aces, and 190 digs … Her 190 digs ranked fourth-most on the team and 2.07 digs per set was third most on team … Played all five sets in her season debut against Gardner-Webb, tallying 15 digs … Finished with 15 digs against UNCG (10/1) and then posted 20 digs against Furman (10/16) … Posted 11 digs against Chattanooga (10/21) and Samford (10/28) and had two service aces in both matches … Registered a season-high 28 digs in five sets against Chattanooga (10/29) … Rounded out the season with 21 digs in the final three matches.

SOPHOMORE (2015): Played in 53 sets and appeared in 25 matches during her sophomore campaign … Collected 44 digs (0.83 per set), five service aces and three assists in 2015 … Tallied four digs in two sets vs. Coastal Carolina … Posted five digs and added her first assist of the season while playing in all five sets in a 3-2 victory over Gardner-Webb … Competed in all three sets during a 3-0 sweep of Savannah State and contributed five digs … Notched a season-high six digs in four sets of action vs. Furman … Emerged with a career-best three service aces in a five-set defeat vs. UNC-Asheville … Played in three sets in a 3-1 win over Savannah State and contributed five digs.

FRESHMAN (2014): Played the second-most number of sets (56) of any freshman behind teammate Moriah Smith (74) … Accumulated 67 digs (1.20 digs / set), six kills and three assists on the year … Made her collegiate debut in The Citadel’s four-set win over Providence at Navy in the Kristen Dickmann Invitational where she posted three digs … Impacted the Dogs’ defensive efforts with eight digs as they posted a 3-1 win over North Carolina A&T at The Citadel Invitational … Played four sets and finished with eight digs and one kill against Stetson … Capped off The Citadel Invitational with a six-dig, one-kill outing against Charleston Southern … Emerged with 26 digs in 20 sets of Southern Conference play … Best SoCon performance of the season was a six-dig outing at Wofford in early November … Notched five digs in one set at ETSU.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, S.C. … A three-time letterwinner in volleyball … Earned all-state and all-conference recognition in her senior campaign … Team posted a 35-9 record during senior campaign and finished ranked fifth among 4-A schools in South Carolina … Earned all-tournament honors on three occasions during junior season … Member of the National Honor Society and served as Beta Club treasurer.

PERSONAL: Full name is Virginia Grace Barnes … Daughter of John and Martha Barnes … Major is biology.