Jacksonville State University Athletics

2008-09
Saw action in 26 of the Gamecocks’ 28 games as a true freshman and appeared in the starting lineup in two of them…averaged 9.2 minutes per game and scored 2.4 points per contest…shot .307 from the floor and was 11-for-42 from behind the arc while dishing 21 assists and grabbing 12 steals…scored a season-high 16 points against Berry College on Dec. 30, going 7-for-11 from the floor and 2-for-5 from behind the arc, while grabbing three rebounds, dishing two assists and picking up three steals…started the first two games of the season, at South Carolina and against West Alabama…scored nine points at UT Martin on Feb. 12.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for coaches Rex Boanlan and John Lavin at Fort Walton Beach High School in Fort Walton Beach, Fla…was an all-district and an all-region player in each his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…left FWBHS as the school’s all-tim assists leader…as a senior, averaged 19 points and six assists per game…led the Vikings to back-to-back district titles in 2006 and 2007…was named the NFW Player of the Year in 2007…in his career, averaged 13 points and five assists…was named the MVP of the Southern Resorts Beach Blowout.

PERSONAL
Born on Sept. 13, 1989, in Germany…the son of John and Sharon Barnes…has an older sister, Shallon…is undecided on a major at JSU.