Biography
Career Honors:
• Wichita State and AAC All-Time Home Run Leader - 93
• Left Wichita State 5th on the NCAA All-Time Home Run List
• Wichita State and AAC All-Time RBI Leader - 229
• Wichita State and AAC All-Time Total Bases Leader - 558
• Wichita State and AAC All-Time Slugging Percentage Leader - .873
• Wichita State Single Season Home Run Record Holder - 33
• Wichita State Single Season RBI Record Holder - 84
• 2024 NFCA Second Team All-American
• 2024 Softball America Second Team All-American
• 2024 NFCA All-Central Region First Team
• 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player
• 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team
• 2024 First Team All-Conference
• 2024 American Athletic Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic Second Team All-American
• 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team
• 2024 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
• 2024 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
• 2024 Softball America Preseason First Team All-American
• 2024 D1 Softball Preseason Second Team All-American
• 2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• 2023 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
• 2023 NFCA All-Central Region Second Team
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2023 First Team All-Conference
• 2023 D1 Softball Preseason First Team All-American
• 2023 Softball America Preseason Second Team All-American
• 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List
• 2022 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• 2022 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American
• 2022 NFCA Second Team All-American
• 2022 Softball America First Team All-American
• 2022 D1 Softball First Team All-American
• 4x American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
• 3x Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week
• 3x D1 Softball Player of the Week
• 2022 NFCA All-Central Region First Team
• 2022 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year
• 2022 American Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference
• 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• 2022 Softball America Player of the Month (April)
• 2022 Softball America Preseason Third Team All-American
• 2021 Softball America Third Team All-American
• 2021 NFCA All-Central Region Second Team
• 2021 American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year
• 2021 American Athletic Conference All-Conference First Team
• 2021 American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team
• 2021 American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2021 American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team
• Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 30 Finalist
SENIOR (2024)
First player in NCAA history with 90+ career home runs and 60+ stolen bases... Left Wichita State with 93 career home runs, ranking 5th on the NCAA all-time home run list... American Athletic Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic Second Team All-American... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team... NFCA Second Team All-American... Softball America Second Team All-American... NFCA All-Central Region First Team... Was a four-time First Team All-Conference selection... American Athletic Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player... American Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team... First Team All-Conference... The only Shocker to have three seasons of 20 or more home runs... Holds the top three single season home run marks... Softball America Preseason First Team All-American... D1 Softball Preseason Second Team All-American... USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List... No. 17 on the Softball America Preseason Top 100 Players List... No. 32 on the D1 Softball Preseason D100 List... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Hit a career-best .397 with 12 doubles, 24 home runs, 10 stolen bases, 50 runs scored and 48 RBIs... Named the American Athletic Conference Championship MOP after hitting .778 (7-for-9) with 6 home runs, 6 walks and 13 RBI in four games... Her 6 home runs and 13 RBIs were tournament records... Intentionally walked all three times in the championship game vs. Charlotte (May 11)... Hit a first inning, two-run home run in the semifinals vs. top seed Florida Atlantic (May 10)... Belted two home runs, including the go-ahead grand slam to lift the Shockers past Tulsa in the second round (May 9)... Opened the championship, going 4-for-4 with a double, three home runs and five RBIs vs. UTSA (May 8)... Drove in five runs behind a pair of home runs vs. UAB (April 20)... Smacked a solo home run in the finale at South Florida (April 14)... Doubled vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (April 9)... Homered twice in the final game of the Tulsa series (April 7)... Went 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and two runs scored vs. Tulsa (April 6)... Was 2-for-2 with a double, home run and three RBI in the series finale at Charlotte (March 30)... Walked twice, scored twice and doubled in the second game of the Charlotte series (March 29)... Smashed a solo home run, her 80th career HR, in the opening game at Charlotte (March 28)... Hit one of the team's seven home runs in the finale vs. UTSA (March 23)... Went 2-for-2 with a double vs. UTSA (March 22)... Hit her 9th home run of the season in the second game vs. East Carolina (March 16)... Hit a game-tying three-run home run at Kansas (March 12) in the seventh inning to send the game to extra innings... Hit home runs in back-to-back games of the Florida Atlantic series (March 9-10)... Drove in four runs, scored three times and belted a home run at Nebraska (March 2)... Homered, doubled and drove in two runs vs. UT Arlington (Feb. 24)... Tied a career high with three walks in Wichita State's 3-1 win at No. 15 Arkansas (Feb. 23)... Drove in two and singled twice in Wichita State's upset of No. 20 South Carolina (Feb. 15)... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base against No. 5 Clemson (Feb. 14)... Homered twice on opening day at Sam Houston (Feb. 9).
JUNIOR (2023)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... NFCA All-Central Region Second Team... CSC Academic All-District... First Team All-Conference... Became Wichita State's all-time home run leader on March 17... Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA... USA Softball Top 50 Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List... D1 Softball Preseason First Team All-American... Softball America Preseason Second Team All-American... Ranked No. 3 in the D1 Softball Preseason Top 100... Ranked No. 21 in the Softball America Preseason Top 100... Ranked No. 27 in the Extra Elite Top 100 College Player Rankings by Extra Inning Softball... Scored three times behind a double and a home run at Tulsa (April 29)... Two singles and two runs scored in the series opener at Tulsa (April 28)... Hit two doubles, scored two runs and drove in two vs. East Carolina (April 30)... Tripled, homered and drove in two runs in the series opener vs. East Carolina (April 28)... Doubled in each of the three games vs. Houston (April 14-16)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in the finale at Memphis (April 8)... Drove in five runs behind a double and home run in the series opener at Memphis (April 6)... Singled and scored twice in Wichita State's upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State (April 4)... Homered in all three games of the South Florida series (March 31-April 2)... Scored four times and went 2-for-2 with a home run vs. South Florida (April 1)... Blasted a solo home run in series opener at UCF (March 24)... Homered twice in the run-rule win over Northern Colorado (March 19)... Smashed a two-run home run vs. Northern Colorado (March 17)... Tripled in the run-rule win vs. #9 Arkansas... Had three hits vs. Missouri State (March 11)... Was 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI vs. Nebraska (March 10)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 26)... Hit a three-run home run and scored twice vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 25)... Singled twice and drove in a run vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Feb. 19)... Had three hits and scored three times in a win at San Diego (Feb. 18)... Tied the school record with four stolen bases vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Feb. 18)... Hit her first home run of the season vs. Villanova (Feb. 11)... Went 2-for-3 in the season opener vs. Villanova (Feb. 10) with three runs.
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... NFCA Second Team All-American... Softball America First Team All-American... D1 Softball First Team All-American... Finished the season second in the nation in home runs (33) and third in RBI (84)... One of only two players in the country to hit 30+ home runs in 2022... CoSIDA Academic All-District Team... American Athletic Conference Player of the Year... First Team All-Conference... NFCA All-Central Region First Team... Became the first player in NCAA history to log a 30/25 season of 30+ home runs and 25 stolen bases... Became the first Shocker in program history to record a 20-20 season of 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases... Three-time Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week... Three-time D1 Softball Player of the Week... Four-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Week... Softball America Preseason Third Team All-American... Ranked No. 42 in the Softball America Preseason Top 100... Ranked No. 64 in the Extra Elite Top 100 College Player Rankings by Extra Inning Softball... Named the Softball America Player of the Month (April)... Finished the season with 33 home runs, the third-most in NCAA DI history... Became just the 14th player in NCAA history to hit 30 home runs in a single season... Registered her eighth multi-home run game of the season with a two-home run, five-RBI performance vs. Memphis in the AAC Championship (May 12)... Drove in a pair of runs on a single vs. No. 21 UCF (May 6)... Hit her 30th home run of the season in the series finale at ECU (May 1)... Tied the single game school record with three home runs in a 24-1 win at ECU (April 29), while driving in seven runs (tied second most in school history)... In four games during the week of April 18-24, she hit .667 (8-for-12) with a 2.250 slugging percentage, 6 home runs, 10 runs scored and 15 RBI... Hit a home run in five straight games... Finished the Memphis series with another two-home run game, including an inside the park home run, four RBI and four runs scored... For the second straight game she hit two home runs, this time in a run-rule win vs. Kansas (April 20) to go with five RBI... Homered twice in the finale at Houston (April 16)... In the series vs. Tulsa (Apr. 1-3) she hit five home runs and drove in 14 runs in three games... Had back-to-back two-home run games on Saturday and Sunday vs. the Golden Hurricane... Career-high four hits, including a home run and five RBI against Kansas City (March 18)... Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored vs. Iowa (March 14)... Scored three times to go with a home run and an RBI vs. SEMO (March 13)... Stole six bases in four games vs. Nebraska and South Dakota State (Mar. 3-5)... Hit her second grand slam of the weekend in Wichita State's 10-2 win at Charlotte (Feb. 26)... Belted a solo shot in the Shockers' 4-0 shutout of Minnesota (Feb. 26)... Crushed her first grand slam of the weekend at the Niner Invitational vs. Northern Iowa (Feb. 25)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and stolen base at No. 10 Arkansas (Feb. 19)... Had a pair of hits vs. Western Illinois (Feb. 19), including a home run, two runs, two RBI and two stolen bases... Belted a two-run home run vs. No. 24 Illinois (Feb. 18)... Named American Player of the Week on Feb. 14... Scored a career-high five runs, swiped two bags and hit a solo home run in Wichita State's win at Sam Houston (Feb. 13)... Stole two more bases and went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Houston Baptist (Feb. 12)... Hit a three-run home run at Sam Houston (Feb. 11)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, four runs and a career-high three stolen bases in the season opener vs. Dayton (Feb. 11).
FRESHMAN (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... NFCA Second Team All-Central Region... Named the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the All-Tournament Team... American Rookie of the Year... American First Team All-Conference... American All-Rookie Team... A Top 30 finalist for the Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year... Dropped a two-run home run on Texas A&M in the NCAA Norman Regional elimination game (May 22)... Set the Wichita State single season record for home runs (22) and RBI (61), while hitting .323... Drove in three runs in the opening game of the NCAA Norman Regional vs. Texas A&M (May 21)... Smoked a two-run home run in the AAC Tournament Championship game vs. UCF (May 15) to help the Shockers win the tournament title... Went 3-for-3 with a pair of runs scored in the AAC Tournament semifinals vs Tulsa (May 14)... Lined an RBI double vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (May 4)... Hit her 20th home run of the season at Tulsa (May 1) on a two-run home run... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Game 2 vs. USF (April 24)... Lined an RBI triple in the series opener vs. USF (April 23)... Went 2-for-3 with a run at Kansas on April 21... Smoked her 18th home run of the season in game two of the series at No. 23 UCF... Broke the single season home run record vs. Kansas City (April 13) when she hit her 17th home run of the season... Homered in three of the four games vs. Houston... Hit another two-run home run in the series finale at Memphis (April 3)... In the opener at Memphis (April 1) she crushed a two-run home run... Recorded her second multi-home run game of the season with two home runs and a season-high tying five RBI in a 3-for-3 day at the plate vs. ECU (March 28)... Hit a home run and drove in three runs vs. ECU (March 27)... Tied a season high with three runs scored in the conference opener vs. ECU (March 26)... Crushed a three-run home run and went 2-for-4 with four RBI in the Shockers' 9-3 win over Kansas City (March 19)... In Wichita State's 13-2 run-rule of Missouri State (March 11) she was 1-for-1 with a grand slam and a pair of walks... Belted a two-run homer vs. South Dakota State (March 9)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI vs. North Texas (March 6)... Hit a three-run home run vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (March 5) to go with two runs scored... Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on March 1... In the second game of the doubleheader vs. Creighton, homered twice in the same inning and finished 3-for-4 with five RBI and a triple... Went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Creighton (Feb. 27)... Made her Wichita State debut in the season opener vs. Tarleton State (Feb. 20) and went 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored.
HIGH SCHOOL
Addison Barnard comes to Wichita State from Beatrice, Neb., and Beatrice High School... A four-year starter and letterwinner for head coach Gary Lytle, Barnard was a two-time First Team All-Conference and two-time First Team Class B selection, while also being named First Team Super State as a senior... She hit .667 with 17 home runs, 13 doubles, 48 RBI and 67 runs scored as a senior... Barnard holds the school record for career home runs with 61... She helped Beatrice to two state runner-up finishes... While not competing on the diamond, Barnard was also on the basketball and track teams... She placed seventh in the long jump as a sophomore and second in the triple jump as a junior at the State Championships, and was an honorable mention all-conference pick in basketball... In the classroom, Barnard was named academic all-conference.
PERSONAL
She is the daughter of Curt and Deann Barnard, and has three sisters: Avery, Reece and Baylor... She plans to major in health science at Wichita State.
