Chico State Athletics

Named First Team All-CCAA for the second straight season in 2016–17…Led Wildcats in scoring (13.1 points per game) and rebounding (6.4 boards a contest)…Second on the team in blocked shots (25)…Posted five double-doubles…Scored in double figures 21 times, including career-high 34 points March 13 vs. UC San Diego in the NCAA Championship Tournament West Region final…Earned  NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player honors…Led Wildcats in blocked shots (27) and field goal percentage (.556) in 2015–16…CCAA Player of the Week Feb. 8-14, 2016…Appeared in 28 games for the ’Cats as a redshirt freshman in 2014-15…Pre-Chico Days: A 2013 graduate of Antelope High School…Capital Athletic League MVP as a senior…Helped lead Titans to back-to-back Sac-Joaquin Section Division II titles after reaching the section title game as a sophomore…A Second Team Sacramento Bee All-Metro selection in 2012-13…Rated 22nd on the NorCal Preps prospect list…Also lettered in football and volleyball…Personal: Born March 30, 1995 in Hayward…Son of LaShawnda Barker…Has a twin sister, Tyler…Sports hero is Tim Duncan…Biggest sports thrill is winning the NCAA West Regional and advancing to the Elite 8…Enjoys camping, hiking and fishing…Hopes to someday hike the Pacific Crest Trail…Best advice ever received: “Don’t give up what you want most, for what you want now”…Sociology major.