Courtney Barg Class: Sophomore Hometown: Plano, TX High School: Plano West Height: 5-5 Position: Midfielder/Forward Birthdate: 11/08/1989 Club Team: Dallas Sting

Good all-around player who sees the game well ... versatile, cerebral player who showed flashes of offensive brilliance as the season wore on ... also capable of playing in a more defensive midfield role ... could develop into even more of an attacking force for the Irish ... great technical skill on the ball ... distributes passes out of the midfield well ... plays well under pressure, as many of her top performances came in the NCAA tournament ... netted the game-winning goal versus Stanford in the National semifinal game ... also excelled in the classroom, earning dean's list honors in the spring of 2009.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 27 games for the Irish ... made 17 starts, including starting each of Notre Dame's six games in the NCAA Championship ... earned her first career start versus Santa Clara in Notre Dame's third game of the season ... had three goals and three assists for nine points on the season ... scored her first career goal versus Louisville in Notre Dame's 4-1 win over the Cardinals ... that goal was also her first career game winner ... had a goal and an assist when the Irish defeated Georgetown, 3-1, in early October ... her assist in the Georgetown game was a flick header to classmate Melissa Henderson for the game-winning goal ... recorded her next point with an assist in Notre Dame's 2-0 regular season win at Connecticut ... notched her first career post-season point with an assist in NCAA Championship first round action as the Irish defeated Toledo ... had the lone goal in Notre Dame's College Cup semifinal win over Stanford on December 5 for her second game winner of the season ... from the edge of the box, Barg fired home a pass from Henderson, beating the Stanford goalkeeper low and to her right side ... named to the 2008 women's College Cup All-Tournament Team ... for the year, she was one of 10 players to net a game winner and one of a record setting 19 players to score.

ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Member of the U.S. Under-17 National Team in 2006 ... earlier was a member of the U.S. U-16s ('04 and '05) and with the U-15s, in 2004 ... attended U-17 National Team camps/tournaments in Vancouver, British Columbia, Carson, Calif.(at the Home Depot Center); and Buenos Aires, Argentina (all in 2006) ... 2005 camps with the U-16s took her to the HDC (twice), J-Village, Japan, and Boca Raton, Fla. (she also attended a 2004 U-16 camp at the HDC) ... earlier attended two U-15 national camps at the HDC, plus a U-14 camp in Concord, Mass. ('03) ... member of the ODP Region III team from 2003-06 ... also competed with ODP North Texas state team from 2002-06 ... played alongside fellow ND freshmen Melissa Henderson and Jessica Schuveiller on elite Dallas Texans club team (U-13 and U-11, with 1990 birthday group; she later moved up to '89s while the other two stayed with '90s) ... switched to Sting Dallas '90 (along with Henderson, Schuveiller and former Texans coach Kenny Medina) for 2007-08 season ('90s; U-18) ... played mostly with older 1989 age group while with the Texans (from 2002-07; earlier played with different '90s Texans team from 2000-02) ... helped Sting Dallas '90 squad to 2008 Region III and state cup titles, and finished as USYS national runner-up (at North Little Rock, Ark.) ... team also won 2007 Premier League and LHGCL titles ... member of Texans '89s team that won 2007 state cup, Disney Showcase, league and LHGCL titles ... helped lead Texans '89s to 2006 USYS nations (in Des Moines, Iowa), after winning Region III title (also won league, LHGCL and Disney Showcase) ... her 2005 Texans team was a Region III finalists (state cup champs) while the 2004 squad made a trip to USYS nationals (in Orlando), after winning Region III (also won Disney while being runner-up for state cup, league and LHGCL) ... competed in Barcelona, Spain, at the 2002 Fox Kids Cup.

PREP & PERSONAL: Three-year member of youth national teams ... four-year NSCAA youth All-American (for 2004-07 seasons) ... two-time Parade magazine All-American (2007 and 2008) ... also earned 2006 high school All-America honors from the NSCAA (during junior season; didn't play as a senior due to club-team commitments) ... joined Schuveiller in leading Plano West High School to the 2007 state 5A title (as juniors) ... earned 2007 first team all-area status ... named county and district newcomer of the year as a freshman in 2005 ... recorded a 4.2 GPA in high school ... daughter of Robert and Mary Anne Barg ... full name is Courtney Barg ... born Nov. 8, 1989, in Dallas, Texas ... currently enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business ... earned dean's list honors in the spring of 2009 ... carries an impressive 3.700 cumulative GPA.

Barg's Career Statistics

Barg In the Post Season