DALLAS, Tx. – Senior forward Mya Barnes was named to the 2025-26 Preseason All-Conference USA Team Thursday.
 
Barnes, a third-year player at Jax State, is coming off a 2024-25 season that saw her start in all 30 games for the Gamecocks. In those 30 games, she averaged 7.3 points per game, grabbed 4.7 rebounds per game, and 1.2 blocks per game on 27.8 minutes per game. Barnes' 1.2 blocks per game and 35 total blocks ranked her fifth in the league in both categories last season.
 
Barnes scored a season-high 17 points and five made threes against Sewanee on Nov. 25, 2024. She played a season-high 39 minutes at Western Kentucky on Feb. 8, 2025. Barnes set a new career-best with 10 rebounds against Utah Valley on Dec. 15, 2024, and later tied that mark with 10 boards against Sam Houston in the opening round of the CUSA Tournament on March 11, 2025. Barnes' best game defensively came at Arizona State on Nov. 4, 2024, where she blocked a season-high four shots.
 
CUSA Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year
Paris Bradley, G, LA Tech
 
2025-26 CUSA Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team
Parris Atkins, G, FIU
Mya Barnes, F, Jax State
Keyarah Berry, G, Kennesaw State
Avery Mills, G, Liberty
Emmy Stout, C, Liberty
Paris Bradley, G, LA Tech
Jordan Marshall, F, LA Tech
Alyana Contreras, G, MTSU
Faith Lee, F, Missouri State
Deborah Ogayemi, F, Sam Houston
Ivane Tensaie, G, UTEP

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