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FARMINGTON – University of Maine at Farmington softball and women’s soccer player McKell Barnes (Durham, ME) was honored by the athletics department prior to the Beavers’ women’s soccer match Wednesday with Colby College.
In June, Barnes was announced by the NCAA as the NCAA Division III softball statistical champion in two categories.
Barnes was tops in the nation in home runs per game (.43) and slugging percentage (1.088). She also achieved top 10 national rankings in four other categories as she was second in on-base percentage (.614), third in batting average (.527) and RBI per game (1.47) and ninth in walks per game (.73).
Honored as the North Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and as a member of the All-NAC First Team, Barnes broke program single-season records for runs (33), home runs (13) and RBI (44). She also holds the school’s career mark for home runs at 18.
In NAC play, Barnes led the league hitting .595 at the plate (25-42) with a .654 on-base percentage during conference play. The sophomore was among the leaders in slugging percentage (1.071), runs batted in (19) and home runs (4) helping Farmington to a 10-4 conference mark.
Barnes is also the starting goalkeeper for the Farmington women’s soccer team and was an All-NAC Second Team honoree in 2008.
