2019: Second Team All-EIVA selection…Finishes his career 15th in the rally-scoring era at Mason with 626 career kills…Played in 87 sets across 25 matches…Tallied six double-digit kill performances during his senior campaign…Posted a season-high 13 kills on Senior Night vs. NJIT (March 30)…Registered a career-high 13 digs to go along with nine kills against Ball State (Feb. 10)…In his final game as a Patriot, notched 12 kills on a .333 clip vs. Penn State (April 18)…Shined from the service line with 26 total service aces, including a career-high four against Sacred Heart (March 2).
2018: Named First-Team All-EIVA, one of three Patriots to receive the honor... Finished first on the team in hitting percentage among pin hitters (.263)... third on the team in kills per set (2.40), fourth in service aces (18)... Posted a career-high 14 kills four times... Personal bests for season totals in kills (226), service aces (18), solo blocks (6) and kills per set (2.40)... Registered five kills on nine attempts (.444) in the season-opening win vs. Limestone College (1/5)... Recorded second career double-double vs. Mount Olive (1/19) by logging 12 kills and 10 digs...Notched eight kills vs. NJIT on Feb. 16...Registered a 14 kills on 19 attempts (.684 pct) vs. Princeton on Feb. 17... Earned EIVA Offensive Player of the Week for Feb. 19... Recorded 16.5 points vs SFU (Feb. 24) by logging 14 kills, one solo block and three block assists… Registered a 14-kill game both times vs Sacred Heart (March 2 and March 3)...Tallied 10 kills on 14 attempts (.500) at CSUN on March 9...Recorded 10 kills at Charleston (WV) on March 23...Tallied 12 kills at Charleston (WV) on March 24...Earned EIVA Offensive Player of the Week for March 26....Notched 11 kills, seven digs, and three service aces at Princeton on March 31... Finished the season with three straight matches of double-digit kills - 12 vs. Penn State (April 7), 12 vs. Harvard (April 13) and 10 vs. Princeton in the EIVA semi-finals (April 19)...
2017: Tied for second-most sets played at 92…started in all 27 of Mason’s matches. Barnes was second on the team with 172 total kills and third in kills per set with 1.87. He hit 0.221 on 425 total attempts (second-most) in 2017…contributed 26 assists – second-most by a non-setter – and 16 service aces…second-best 94 digs (1.02 per set) during his sophomore season…a total of 32 blocks (0.35 per set)…finished with 205.5 points, second-best mark on the team…four double-digit performances – season-high 13 kills against Coker (March 4) and Barton (March 24)…season-high four assists versus McKendree (March 3)…had two service aces on four occasions, including at No. 1 and eventual national champion Ohio State (Jan. 10)…double-digit digs – 10 – against Barton on March 24…season-best four blocks at NJIT (Feb. 17).
2016: Appeared in 57 sets…Recorded 46 kills during an EIVA title-winning season…Served eight aces…Had 40 digs on the campaign…Posted a season-high seven kills at Charleston (1/16)…Against Ball State (1/30), recorded eight digs and three blocks (two assisted, one solo)…Recorded two assists against Harvard (2/20)…Notched a season-high 11 digs against Charleston (3/25)…Played a set against Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament.
Prep: Kyle Barnes comes to Mason after a successful senior year, in which he helped his high school Princess Anne defend its Virginia state championship. During these back-to-back championship seasons with the Cavaliers, Barnes was named Conference 9 Player of the Year and Tidewater Region Player of the Year both years, as well as being selected on the 2013 and 2014 First Team All-State. Barnes further developed his skills while representing Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club for five years. During high school, the outside hitter also played basketball for two years.
Personal: Son of Greg and Elaine Barnes...has an older sister. Pursues a degree in sport management and still enjoys playing basketball as a hobby. Also recruited by the 2015 NCAA champions Loyola-Chicago, Penn State and California State University-Northridge.
CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 14, five times, last at NJIT (3/30/18)
Total Attempts: 35, vs. Harvard (4/13/18)
Hitting Percentage (Min 9 TA): .684, vs. Princeton (2/17/18)
Assists: 4, vs. McKendree (3/3/17)
Aces: 4, vs. Sacred Heart (3/2/19)
Digs: 13, at Ball State (2/10/19)
Solo Blocks: 1, 13 times, last vs. Penn State (4/18/19)
Block Assists: 4, twice, vs. Erskine (1/11/19)
Total Blocks: 4, three times, last at Harvard (4/12/19)
