2011 Softball Roster
Alicia Barkley
- Position:
- Shortstop
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Putnam City
- Hometown:
- Oklahoma City, Okla.
2010: Has started every game in her career with the Cardinals . . . finished with a .280 batting average . . . tallied 29 RBI as well as five triples and doubles . . . 10-for-11 in stolen bases . . . at shortstop, amassed 98 putouts and ended with a .946 fielding percentage.
2009: Named MAC Player of the Year . . . named All-MAC First Team . . . named NFCA All-Region First Team . . . has started every game in her career . . . second on the team with a .337 batting average on the year . . . led the MAC with 33 hits for a .446 batting average and .527 slugging percentage against MAC opponents . . . second in the conference with 21 RBI in MAC play . . . led the team with 11 sacrifice hits . . . second on the team with 55 total hits, eight doubles and 29 runs, while tying for second with 17 stolen bases . . . tallied 15 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games.
2008: Selected to the Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team . . . started all 68 games at shortstop . . . set the BSU single-season record with 222 at bats . . . led the team with a .320 batting average . . . her 71 hits led the MAC and were a Ball State single-season record . . . led the team with 15 multiple-hit games, including four hits twice . . . logged eight doubles . . . notched a triple against Indiana (April 15) . . . fourth in the MAC and second on the team with 27 stolen bases in 32 attempts . . . second on the team with 121 assists . . . second on the team with 81 total bases . . . scored 33 runs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Beth McCarthy at Putnam City . . . a four-year letter winner in softball . . . hit .390 with a .975 fielding percentage during her senior season . . . first team all-state shortstop . . . Putnam City MVP . . . two-time all-conference selection . . . defensive player of the year . . . played for the Oklahoma Ultimate Gold.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Chuck Barkley and Rhonda Sperling . . . has two sisters, Amanda (23) and Michal (19), and one brother, Chase (18) . . . born Feb. 9, 1988, in Oklahoma City, Okla. . . . full name is Alicia Lynn Barkley . . . majoring in exercise science.
