Lilli Barnes

Position:
Guard
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Valparaiso High School
Hometown:
Valparaiso, Ind.

Barnes, a two-time winner of The Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year award is a scoring powerhouse for the Valparaiso Vikings. Her playmaking ability has helped Valparaiso to two consecutive regional titles. She has been selected for the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Underclass All-State Supreme 15 list for three consecutive seasons while garnering Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC) Most Valuable Player.

She also is the Vikings scoring leader with 1,485 points and is on pace to break the schools' all-time scoring record in both girls' and boys' basketball at Valparaiso High School.

The highly touted Indiana recruit is ranked 165th overall and sits at the 67th best guard in the country while also being tabbed as the fifth best player in the state of Indiana according to Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.

Brady Sallee on Lilli Barnes:
"In this class of in-state '26 recruits, Lilli was the prize! We feel like we got the best player in the state. She does it all and can do it from multiple positions. She competes at an elite level and makes everyone around her better. She is an elite playmaker that Cardinal Nation will love watching for years to come!"