Washburn University Athletics

In 2016: All-MIAA Honorable Mention as Utility … MIAA Academic Honor Roll member … started 53 games for the season as the primary first baseman and closer for the Ichabods … hit .306 at the plate (60-for-196) with 40 RBI and 44 runs scored … blasted three home runs with 12 doubles and a triple for a .423 slugging percentage … worked 33 walks on the year (third on the team) and was hit by three pitches for a .402 on-base mark … went 14-for-19 in stolen base attempts … led the team with 404 putouts while adding 22 assists with a .984 fielding percentage … had 17 multi-hit games including a four-hit performance on April 3 at Nebraska-Kearney … put together 11 multi-RBI games … on the mound, went 0-1 with seven saves and a 5.68 ERA over 12 appearances … tied the school’s single-season saves record … threw 12.2 innings and allowed eight earned runs with nine walks and eight strikeouts … had a perfect 0.00 ERA through the first nine appearances of his season and put together nine shutout appearances … struck out two against Fort Hays State on April 5.
 
Background: Was a redshirt with the Central Missouri (Warrensburg, Mo.) baseball team in 2011-12 … played at Fort Scott Community College from 2012-14 … his first season at Fort Scott CC, hit .304 with 31 RBI, blasting four home runs, eight doubles and three triples in addition to 15 stolen bases … earned Second Team All-League Utility Player honors in 2013, putting together a 5-0 record with two saves in 20 innings in addition to his offensive stats … As a sophomore at Fort Scott CC, earned All-Region and First Team All-League honors as a centerfielder … hit .337 with 43 RBI, 11 home runs, 10 doubles, two triples and 20 stolen bases … on the hill earned three saves with 15 innings pitched … was an Academic Honor Roll member … graduated in 2011 from Shawnee Heights High School (Tecumseh, Kan.) … earned All-League Second Team honors as a sophomore (2008-09) … voted First Team All-League and First Team All-State as a third baseman during his junior season (2009-10) … his team went 25-0 in 2010-11 and won the state title … three-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball.

Personal: Born in Topeka, Kan. … son of Carlene and Reggie Barkley … has a brother, Lane … majoring in kinesiology.