The Irish's home opener against Central Michigan due to whether with the Irish trailing 3-2 in the top of the sixth.
SENIOR SEASON (2009): Fourth-year
infielder and returning starter ... spent each of
his first three years at second base, but will
move to shortstop to replace departed Brett
Lilley ... a talented utility player who can play
any infield position or left field, all at a high
level ... will also pitch, most likely in a setup
role, this spring ... has become more relaxed
and confident in Notre Dame's system (under
the third-year coaching staff), with improved
results in his hitting and defense ... former allstate
prep shortstop and record-setting pitcher
in talent-rich Texas ... noted for sure-handed
defense, all-around athleticism and tremendous
knack for the game ... stinging line drive batter
who can hit for average and power, with good
base running ... carries himself with great poise
and character ... hit at a .287 clip during his
first three seasons with the Irish, totaling 127
RBI in 169 games played (162 starts, 107 runs,
.423 slugging pct., 11 HR, 9 3B, 34 2B, .370
on-base pct., 78 BB, 8 HBP, 85 Ks, 10 sac.
bunts, 20-of-28 SBs) ... a .271 career hitter in
BIG EAST regular-season games (84-for-310,
78 GP, 64 RBI, 54 R, 7 HR, 4 3B, 13 2B, 35
BB, 6 SB) ... hit a combined .324 at the `06, `07
and '08 BIG EAST tournaments (9 RBI, 5 R)
... a .423 career hitter in the Blue-Gold World
Series (11-for-26, 10 RBI, 5 R, 4 2B, 8 BB, 2
HBP) ... earned MVP honors of the 2008 Blue-
Gold World Series ... batted .600 (6-for-10)
with a stolen base, double, run scored and three
RBI for the victorious Blue ... also tossed 1.2
scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts.
JUNIOR SEASON (2008): Hit .286 (2-for-
7) for the Blue in the 2007 Blue-Gold Series (3
RBI, R, 2B, 3 BB, HBP) ... his strong `07
summer season with the Wisconsin
Woodchucks of the Northwoods League
included ranking second on the team in
slugging percentage (.527) and home runs (7),
plus third in batting average (.286) ... also had
20 RBI, 20 runs and 15 walks in his `07 summer
season (6 2B, 20 Ks, 4 SB, 2 Es) for team that
went 36-31 ... appeared in all 55 games for the
Irish and made 53 starts ... batted .307 (61-for-
199) with eight home runs and 50 RBI ... the
eight home runs were the most by an Irish
second baseman since Alec Porzel smacked 13
in 1999 ... tied Louisville's Justin McClanahan
for most homers by a BIG EAST second
baseman and ranked second behind Jedd
Gyorko of WVU in RBI by a league second
baseman ... added 40 runs scored, 15 doubles,
one triple, 29 walks, four sacrifice bunts, three
sacrifice flies and three stolen bases ... finished
first on the team in RBI, first in doubles, first
in slugging percentage (.513), tied for first in
games played, second in home runs, second in
total bases, second in walks, third in runs
scored, third in hits, third in at-bats, fourth in
games started, fourth in plate appearances
(237), fifth in on-base percentage (.395) and
fifth in batting average ... situationally, he
ranked tied for third on the team in batting
versus left-handed pitchers (.310) and sixth in
batting with runners in scoring position (.318)
... made only six errors in 245 fielding chances
(.976 fielding percentage) and helped turn 35
of team's 65 double plays ... reached on 31% of
his leadoff plate appearances and hit .308 with
2-outs (12 RBI) ... finished tied for fourth on
team in multi-hit (15) and second in multi-RBI
(10) games ... had 11 two-hit games and four
three-hit affairs ... had five games with two
RBI, three games with three RBI, one game
with four RBI and one game with five RBI ...
made 52 starts at second base (also one at DH)
... hit primarily in the #4 (22), #5 (27) or #6
spots (four) in the lineup ... hit .257 in BIG
EAST regular-season games (26-for-101, 23 R,
24 RBI, five HR, 5 2B, 16 BB, 2 HBP, 11 Ks, 2
SAC, 1 SB) ... recorded hits in first four games
of the season and six of the first seven ... went
1-for-3 with a walk and double in the season
opener against Liberty on Feb. 22 ... went 1-
for-4 with a walk and RBI versus Iowa on Feb.
23 ... drew a pair of walks, doubled, scored a
run and drove in a run against Albany on Feb.
24 ... posted back-to-back multi-hit games
against Boston College (Mar. 2) and Maine
(Mar. 4) ... doubled twice and drove in a run
against BC ... walked twice, scored a run and
drove in another versus Maine ... went 2-for-3
with a run scored, sacrifice fly and three RBI in
the victory over South Alabama on Mar. 8 ...
after going hitless in eight at-bats against topranked
Arizona (Mar. 9) and Buffalo (Mar. 14),
recorded a 10-game hitting streak from Mar. 15
through Mar. 29 (one shy of personal-best and
third career hitting streak of at least 10 games)
... had five multi-hit games over 10-game
stretch ... batted .410 (16-for-39) with a home
run, two doubles, nine runs scored and nine
RBI over the hitting streak ... went 3-for-4
with a home run, run scored and two RBI
against Southern Illinois on Mar. 15 ... had
another multi-hit game (2-for-4) with a RBI
and run scored against Texas Pan-American on
Mar. 16 ... opened the series against
Georgetown 2-for-5 with a walk, double, RBI
and three runs scored ... posted consecutive
multi-hit games against Ball State (Mar. 25) and
Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Mar. 26) ... went 2-for-
3 with a walk, run scored and two RBI versus
UWM ... drove in five runs in the final two
games of the series sweep over Rutgers (Apr. 5
and Apr. 6) ... went 1-for-3 with a walk, double
and three RBI on Apr. 5 ... went 2-for-4 with
a walk, double, two runs scored and two RBI
on Apr. 6 ... the Rutgers' outings started a
streak of eight consecutive games started in
which Barnes registered an RBI ... drove in five
in the series sweep at Villanova (Apr. 11-13) ...
went 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBI
in the Apr. 12 contest ... went 1-for-4 with a
walk, double, run scored and two RBI versus
Toledo on Apr. 15 ... nearly became first Irish
player to hit for the cycle in the game against
Northern Illinois at U.S. Cellular Field on Apr.
16 ... went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs
scored and solo home run (missed out on triple
when official scorer ruled play as a three-base
error) ... posted second hitting streak of 10
games from Apr. 5 through Apr. 19 ... went 2-
for-3 with a run scored and two RBI against St.
John's on Apr. 27 ... established a career-best
11-game hitting streak from Apr. 26 through
May 13 ... it was his third hitting streak of 10
games or more in 2008 and fifth such streak in
his career ... earned BIG EAST Honor Roll
following his weekend at Connecticut (May 2-
4) ... hit .357 with three home runs and seven
RBI ... slugged 1.071 for the weekend and
batted .500 (4-for-8) and drove in six with two
outs ... set a career-high with two home runs
and five RBI in the game two victory over the
Huskies ... went 3-for-5 with a
double and two runs scored as
well ... closed 11-game hitting
streak with a great game against
Michigan ... went 2-for-5 with
a double, home run, two runs
scored and four RBI ...
exploded down the stretch of
the season ... over the 11 games
entering the regular-season
series finale at USF, batted .341
with six home runs and 17 RBI
... slugged .818 and homered
five times in one six-game
stretch ... picked up hits in 44
of Notre Dame's 55 games,
including 36 of the last 43.
SOPHOMORE SEASON
(2007): Played sparingly (minor
injury) in the 2006 Blue-Gold
World Series (0-for-2, R, BB,
HBP, 2 GP) ... played for Great
Lakes League's Delaware
(Ohio) Cows at start of `06
summer (17 GP/14 GS, 5 H, 5
RBI, 4 R, 3B, 7 BB, 10 Ks, 2
SAC, 7-7 SBs, 3 Es/.959
fielding pct.) before returning
to hometown Dallas area to
train five weeks with
professional sprinter J.J.
Johnson ... trained several times
a week while dropping his
sprint times and adding body
strength ... settled into starting
second baseman role while
appearing in all 56 games and
batting .258 ... finished second
on team in doubles (8), third in
stolen bases (8-of-8), fourth in
RBI (28), and fifth in hits (50)
and walks (20) ... situationally,
he ranked third on team in batting with
runners in scoring position (.295) and total
runners advanced (17), plus fourth in batting
with runners on base (.280) and versus righthanded
pitchers (.281; only .188 vs. LHPs) ...
his other season stats included 54 starts, 27
runs, .335 slugging, .329 on-base and 22 Ks
(HR, 2 3B, HBP, 4 SAC) ... made 14 errors
(.947 fielding pct.) and helped turn 24 of
team's 36 double plays ... reached on 32% of
his leadoff plate appearances and hit .181 with
two-outs (7 RBI) ... finished fourth on team in
multi-hit (12) and multi-RBI (7) games ...
made 35 starts at second base (also 9 at SS, 5
at 1B, 5 in LF) ... started final 32 games at
second ... hit primarily in the #6 (22) or #7
spots (17) in the lineup, also batting third in 10
early games (plus five in 5-hole) ... hit only
.247 in Feb./March but then batted at a .329
clip (second-best on team) during the month
of April ... hit .245 in BIG EAST regularseason
games (24-for-98, 12 R, 32 RBI, HR,
3B, 2 2B, 4 BB, HBP, 12 Ks, 2 SAC, 3 SB, 4 Es)
... went 2- for-4 in opening win over Prairie
View (3 RBI, R, SB; 15-8, in San Antonio) ...
helped knock off #12 TCU (1-for-2, R, 2 BB;
4-1, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and #7 Nebraska
(2-for-3, RBI, R, BB, SAC; 16-6, at Stetson) ...
scored twice in 5-4 home-opener win over
Cleveland State (1-for-3, BB, SB) ... helped
post 17-9 win over Western Michigan (2-for-4,
2 RBI, R, 2B) ... went 2-for-5 in 13-10 loss to
South Florida (RBI, R, 2B, SB, K) ... helped
post 7-3 home win over Oakland (2-for-4, 2 R,
3B, SAC) and 9-5 win in series finale at
Cincinnati (4-for-5, RBI, 3 R, 2B, K) ... went
2-for-5 in series-clinching win over
Georgetown (2 RBI, 2 R, 2B, SB; 11-2),
starting his 11-game hit streak (April 15-May
1) that would end up tied for the longest by an
Irish player in 2007 ... helped Irish rally to 8-7
win over Toledo (2- for-5, RBI, R, 2B) ...
ended Matt Bischoff 's perfect game with a
leadoff single in the 9th inning (up the middle,
on full count), with the Irish going on to win
that game with Purdue, 1-0 in 10 ... hit 4-for-
14 in West Virginia series (3 RBI, 2 R, HR,
SB), with a home run in game-2 (2-for-5, 2
RBI; 17-6) ... played key role in series win at
league leader Rutgers (4-for-11, RBI, 2 R, 3B,
HBP, 3 Ks) ... helped edge Illinois-Chicago, 4-
3 (1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB) ... hit 1-for-7 at the BIG
EAST Tournament, in games vs.
Rutgers (3-13) and Villanova (H,
2 RBI; 2-3).
FRESHMAN SEASON
(2006): Was top all-around
player in the 2005 Blue-Gold
World Series, as Gold's secondbest
hitter (.429, 3-for-7, 5 RBI,
2 R, 2 2B, 3 BB) while making
no errors at second and logging
two shutout, no-hit appearances
(3.2 IP, BB, 3 Ks) ... saved final
BGS game in `05 (6-3) by
retiring 8-of-9 (BB, K), after
earlier RBI double, two walks
and run scored ... rated as the
BIG EAST Conference's top
freshman offensive player in
2006, earning second team allleague
honors while becoming
first freshman in nearly 20 years
to lead the Irish in RBI ...
Cincinnati outfielder Josh
Harrison was only other
freshman position player named
all-BIG EAST (3rd team) while
two freshman pitchers - ND's
Kyle Weiland and Cincinnati's
Steve Blevins - were named to
the second team (all four of the
above were passed over, as USF
3B Addison Maruszek was
named rookie of the year) ... led
all BIG EAST freshmen in
overall (49) and league RBI
(27), also owning top freshman
totals for triples (6 overall, 3 in
league) and league ABs (111) ...
his 49 RBI were 11th among all
BIG EAST players while
Cincinnati's Logan Parker was
only BIG EAST player with
more triples (seven overall, four league) ... in
conference action, his 27 RBI ranked fourth
among all BIG EAST players behind West
Virginia senior Stan Posluszny, Rutgers
sophomore Frank Meade and St. John's senior
Will Vogl ... first freshman to lead Notre Dame
in RBI since future All-American and big
leaguer Dan Peltier had a team-best 39 in `87
... Brant Ust (54, in `97) is only ND freshman
ever to total more RBI in a season than Barnes
... led `06 team in triples (6) and ABs (231),
second in hits (68) and stolen bases (9-of-14),
third in runs (40), total bases (97), walks (29)
and games played (58), fourth in slugging pct.
(.420) and doubles (11) ... his other stats
included .294 batting, 11 doubles, pair of home
runs .381 on-base and 38 Ks (55 GS, 5 HBP, 2
sac. bunts, 7 Es/.964 fielding) ... hit 62 points
higher with runners in scoring position (.356;
5th on team), also fifth on team with .472
batting vs. RH pitchers (.325 vs. LHPs) while
owning .472 leadoff on-base pct. (5th) ... hit
.230 with 2-outs (12 RBI) ... finished -4 in
plate-discipline ratio (29 BB+5 HBP-38 Ks) ...
had only a pair of 2-error games (none with 3-
plus Es) ... his 14 multi-RBI games trailed only
Matt Bransfield's 16 (5th on team with 17
multi-hit games) ... starting assignments
reflected his versatility, with starts at all four
infield spots (22 at 2B, six each at SS and third,
three at 1B) to go along with 18 DH starts
while batting 22 times in cleanup spot and 25
in 3-hole (twice at leadoff, five as #5 batter,
once in #7 spot) ... the Irish were 11-1 when
he started on left side of infield (6-0 at 3B, 5-1
at SS) and 18-3 when he was cleanup batter ...
batted slightly higher in all road games (.300,
39-for- 130, 27 RBI, 23 R, HR, 5 3B, 8 2B)
than at home (.287, 29-for-101, 22 RBI, 17 R,
HR, 3B, 3 2B) ... his other stats in `06 BIG
EAST games: .306 batting, 15 BB (19 R, HR, 5
2B, HBP, 16 Ks, SAC, 2-5 SB, 2 Es/.973) ...
made debut in 8-2 win over Air Force (1-for-5,
R; in Millington, Tenn.) ... hit 3-for-4 in early
loss to Arizona (SB; 0-2 in 10 inn., at
Metrodome) ... his swinging bunt to left side
forged 8thinning tie with #15 Texas A&M (4-4,
in San Antonio) and he then stole a base before
scoring on Cody Rizzo's double for eventual
winning run (5-4) ... hit 2-for-4 in home win
over Central Michigan (2 RBI, R, B; 11-9),
sparking nine-game hit streak from March 22-
April 2 ... had early double and run, followed
by 2-run blast and RBI single to lead 6-3 road
win over Georgetown (3-for-6) ... his
impressive series versus Pittsburgh (6-for-14, 3
RBI, 2 R, 2B, BB, K) included dramatic gameending
hit to complete sweep - sending 0-1
pitch into left-center for 1-out, 2-run single and
9-8 win (3-for-5, 2 R, BB) ... added RBI
double days later in 6-4 comeback win over
Ball State ... his 4-for-5 game helped complete
sweep at South Florida (2 RBI, 2 R, 3B, 2B) ...
added 2-for-10 effort in sweep of St. John's (2
R, 4 BB, HBP, K) and batted 4-for-15 as Irish
took three from Rutgers (2 R, 4 RBI, SAC, SF,
2 Ks) ... had pair of hits in game-2 vs. RU (3
RBI, R) and again in game-3 (RBI, R) ... his 3-
for-11 series at UConn (R, 4 RBI, 2B, 3 BB, 2
Ks, 1-2 SB) included pair of RBI in tight game-
1 (1-for-3, BB, SF, K; 7-6) and 2 RBI in
nightcap (1-for-5, R, 2B, SB, K; 7-3; game-3
ended 1-1) ... homered in 12-1 win over
Cleveland State (2-for-4, 4 RBI, R, HBP) ... hit
4-for-13 in Louisville series (3 R, 4 RBI, 3B, 2
Ks), including 2-for-4 in 11-3 opener (3 RBI,
R, K; UL won next two, 5-4 and 9-6) ... added
3-for-11 in another 1-2 series, at Seton Hall (3
RBI, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB, 2 Ks), with 2 RBI in 7-6
opening loss (R, 2B, SF, K) ... hit 3-for-14 in
road sweep of Villanova (2 RBI, 4 R, BB, K; 2-
for-4 with RBI in 3-1 opener) ... factored into
nearly one-third of team's runs (10-of-28; 6
RBI, 4 R) as Irish won fifth straight BIG EAST
Tournament title, in Clearwater, Fla. ... team's
second-leading hitter (.421, 8-for-19) at the
BET, with team-best RBI total and pair of
triples (BB, HBP, 4 Ks, SB) ... started strong at
BET with 3-for-4 game vs. USF (2 RBI, 3B; 3- 1) and 3-for-5 vs.West Virginia (3 RBI, 2 R,
SB; 12-4) ... scored key run in elimination game
with St. John's (0-for-2, R, BB, HBP, K; 5-3)
and tripled/scored to help finish off Louisville
in title game (1-for-4, K; 7-0) ... batted 3-for-
11 in two games at NCAA Lexington Regional
(2 R, 3B, 2B, BB).
PREP & PERSONAL: All-state and team
MVP as senior shortstop at South Garland High
School (.430, 39 R, 9 2B, 4 HR) ... helped `05
team win conference title ... team MVP as
junior in `04, earning all-district honors as a
shortstop (.314, 3 HR) and pitcher ... set SGHS
record with 1.31 ERA in `04, including nohitter
versus rival Garland HS squad led by
Jarrod Plumber (later a member of the L.A.
Dodgers organization) ... named all-conference
in his final three seasons ... pitched in title game
at `04 summer nationals, with Dallas Tigers ...
competed with Tigers at 2003 (runner-up) and `04 Wood Bat Championships ... threw perfect
game as 14- year old with Garland Cubs and
played in Pony World Series ... received
prestigious Sons of the Revolutionary War
Award ... one of three Texas natives on `09
Notre Dame roster ... current Philadelphia
Phillies closer Brad Lidge also wore #20 during
his Notre Dame career ... mother Sharon
Barnes played basketball at the University of
Arkansas-Monticello ... born April 13, 1987, in
Texarkana, Texas ... son of David and Sharon
Barnes ... full name is Jeremy David Barnes ...
entered 2008 fall semester with a 3.153
cumulative GPA, including a 3.47 in-season
GPA during the 2006 spring term, a 3.56 in the
fall of `07 and 3.238 in the spring of '08 ... an
anthropology major, in the College of Arts and
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