Utah: All-America candidate ... team co-captain ... two-time first-team all-Western Athletic Conference selection ... three-year starter ... had a great off-season in preparation for her senior year, and is playing the best volleyball of her career ... ranks second all-time in career kills (1,151) at Utah, needing just 102 more this season to move into first place, and second in service aces (126), needing 22 more to take over the top spot ... also fourth in career attempts (2,885), fifth in digs (933) and eighth in block assists (212) at the U. ... ranks eighth in the WAC in career kills and fifth in service aces.
- 1996: Earned first-team all-WAC Mountain Division honors ... 476 kills is the fifth-most in a single-season at Utah ... also recorded 1,200 attempts to rank second on the U. single-season chart, 47 service aces to rank fifth and 378 digs to rank fourth ... ranked sixth in the WAC in kills (4.25), fourth in service aces (0.42) and fifth in digs (3.38) ... started all 32 matches and played in 112 of 115 games ... led the Utes in kills in 22 matches, digs 20 times and blocks twice ... recorded 20 kills or more in eight matches ... 1,000th career kill against Rice on Oct. 19 ... career-best 28 kills and hit for a percentage of .434 (28-5-53) against SMU on Oct. 12 ... career-best 28 digs against UTEP in Nov. 23 ... career-best five blocks against Weber State (Oct. 8) ... voted on to the all-tournament team of the Utah Classic (Aug. 30-31) ... had a season-best six service aces against Oregon on Aug. 30 ... 22 kills against Boise State (Aug. 31) to break the Utah three-game match record ... named WAC Mountain Division Player of the Week on Sept. 9 after leading Utah in kills in all four matches at the UC Santa Barbara Classic (Sept. 6-7) ... had 65 kills, 39 digs, seven blocks, six aces and hit .322 (65-19-143) during the tournament ... earned MVP honors at the Utah State Invitational (Sept. 20-21) ... broke the school five-game match record with 68 attempts and recorded 27 kills against Santa Clara on Sept. 21 ... recorded 20 digs or more in six matches ... 21 digs against Tulsa on Nov. 16 to break the Utah three-game match record.
- 1995: AVCA District VII All-American ... first-team all-WAC ... recorded the sixth-most kills (459), the seventh-highest number of attempts (1,134) and tied for the second-most service aces (49) in a single-season at Utah ... led the WAC in kills (4.29), ranked second in aces (0.46) and was eighth in digs (3.06) in all matches ... during the conference season, ranked first in kills (4.92) and aces (0.53 apg), and was second in digs (3.53 dpg) ... led Utah in kills 14 times, digs eight times and twice in blocking ... recorded 20 kills or more in nine matches ... had 27 kills against Colorado State (Sept. 30) to set the Utah four-game match record ... also hit for a season-best percentage of .467 against CSU ... recorded seven service aces in the Utes' win over 16th-ranked Brigham Young ... 55 attempts versus New Mexico (Nov. 17) set the Utah three-game match record ... had 26 kills against 19th-ranked Texas A&M (Oct. 28).
- 1994: Appeared in 94 games as a freshman ... averaged 2.3 kills per game ... had 88 total blocks, third-best on the team.
High School: First-team all-state selection twice ... three-time volleyball MVP ... led Davis High School to a regional championship in '93 ... coached by Jamie Fox ... named Davis' Female Athlete of the Year ... also lettered in basketball, softball and track ... member of the National Honor Society.
Club Team: Played for High Country, which finished 16th at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championships ... chosen first-team all-region ... coached by Kim Norman.
Personal: Majoring in family and consumer studies ... daughter of Noel and Pam Barton ... older sister of Ute Brooke Barton ... married Jeremy Whicker on June 20, 1997 ... born March 16, 1976.
Career Statistics
Year MP GP K E TA PCT A SA BS BA DG
1994 28 94 216 113 551 .187 40 30 4 80 228
1995 31 107 459 227 1134 .205 8 49 5 73 327
1996 32 112 476 202 1200 .228 12 47 9 59 378
Totals 91 313 1151 542 2885 .211 60 126 18 212 933
Career Highs
- Kills: 28 vs. SMU (10/12/96)
- Blocks: 5 vs. Weber State (10/8/96)
- Digs: 28 vs. UTEP (11/23/96)
- Service Aces: 7 vs. Brigham Young (9/22/96)
- Hitting Percentage: .467 vs. Colorado St. (9/30/95)
