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10 Caroline Barnes

  • Position Libero/Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • High School Benet Academy
  • Instagram caroline_barnes_

Biography

Trophy Badge 2022 and 2023 CSC Academic All-District

NIL Opportunities

Senior - 2024

  • Posted a squad-best 13 digs and five assists in season opener against Cincinnati (8/30/24)
  • Tallied a pair of assists and four digs at Bowling Green (8/31/24)
  • Collected four assists and seven digs playing Illinois St (9/3/24)
  • Paced the squad with 12 digs and added two assists against Toledo (9/6/24)
  • Led the team with 19 digs and six assist when playing Iowa St. (9/7/24)
  • Logged five assists and 17 digs in match against Wake Forest (9/8/24)
  • Recorded two assists and five digs while playing #24 Dayton (9/13/24)
  • Racked up 10 digs, a kill and an assist in a match against WKU (09/14/24)

Junior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 26 matches, making two starts but primarily playing at libero
  • Led the team with 331 digs and 3.34 digs per set
  • Made debut coming off the bench, tallying six digs against UIC (9/5/23)
  • Posted six digs and an assist at Notre Dame (9/7/23)
  • Tallied four dig, two aces and two assists against Oklahoma (9/8/23)
  • Recorded a squad-best three aces and added seven digs at Bradley (9/12/23)
  • Posted 11 digs and an ace against USC (9/14/23)
  • Amassed nine digs and six assists against UCF (9/15/23)
  • Made first start at libero, logging a team-best 17 digs at Indiana (9/20/23)
  • Tallied 12 digs and five assists against Michigan State (9/24/23)
  • Posted eight digs and a pair of assists against #15 Penn State (9/29/30)
  • Recorded nine digs and three assists against Iowa (9/30/23)
  • Logged a team-best 14 digs and an ace at #19 Purdue (10/4/23)
  • Posted a team best 12 digs against #1 Wisconsin (10/7/23)
  • Paced the squad with 16 digs and added nine assists at Ohio State (10/13/23)
  • Tallied three assists and 12 digs against Rutgers (10/15/23)
  • Added 12 digs and five assists at Maryland (10/20/23)
  • Logged a season-high 22 digs and added five assists at Rutgers (10/22/23)
  • Posted 21 digs and six assists against Indiana (10/25/23)
  • Tallied 15 digs to pace the squad against #16 Purdue (10/28/23)
  • Recorded a team-best 18 digs and added three assists against Northwestern (11/1/23)
  • Posted six digs and a pair of assists at #2 Wisconsin (11/4/23)
  • Led the team with 13 digs, three assists and an ace at Iowa (11/10/23)
  • Paced the Illini squad with 15 digs and added an ace at #1 Nebraska (11/12/23)
  • Logged a team-high 21 digs and added a pair of assists against Ohio State (11/15/23)
  • Posted a team-best 10 digs  and added four assists and an ace against Michigan (11/18/23)
  • Tallied 22 digs, four assists and an ace at Minnesota (11/24/23)
  • Logged 13 digs at Northwestern (11/25/23)

Sophomore - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Played in all 30 matches at the libero position
  • Logged a team-best 375 digs, averaging 3.44 per set
  • Finished seconds on the team with 130 assists, posting 1.19 per set
  • Tallied 20 service aces for the year
  • Tallied double-digit digs on 22 occasions
  • Posted 20 or more digs on three separate occasions
  • Recorded 21 digs at Eastern Illinois (9/9/22)
  • Earned a season-high 25 digs against Illinois State (9/17/22)
  • Posted 20 digs against Purdue (9/30/22)
  • Logged her first career double-double against Minnesota (11/6/22)
  • Notched a season-best three service aces at Minnesota (10/15/22)

Freshman - 2021

  • Played in all 34 matches as a true freshman, starting 25 of them and totaling 177 digs and two service aces. 
  • Registered 10 digs at Michigan (11/24/21). 
  • Posted a career-high 12 digs in a win at No. 13 Penn State (10/30/21). 
  • Earned her third-career double-digit dig outing with 10 in a win vs. Michigan (10/23/21). 
  • Served up her first career ace in a win at Northwestern (10/20/21) 
  • Turned in 11 digs against No. 6 Purdue (10/6/21). 
  • Reached double figures for the first time with 10 digs at Iowa (9/22/21). 
  • Started both matches at the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge, posting seven digs in five sets vs. Colorado (9/04/21). 
  • Started all three matches at the Panther Invite, including posting seven digs in her Illini debut in a five-set win vs. UCSB (8/27/21). 

High School/Club

  • Played with Adversity Volleyball Club (18 Adidas) as a junior and senior
  • Was a two-year team caption for her Sports Performance club team during her freshman and sophomore seasons
  • Named AAU Volleyball National Championship Most Valuable Player as a sophomore
  • Earned AAU Volleyball National Championship All-Tournament Team Award as a freshman
  • Two-time Great Lakes President's Day Tournament All-Tournament Team Award honoree
  • AAU Volleyball Academic All-American as a sophomore
  • Three-time First Honors Academic Honor Roll
  • Helped lead her Sports Performance club team to back-to-back AAU Volleyball Premier National Championships in 2018 and 2019 as well as helping to lead her Adversity club team to the 2020 Windy City Power League Championship

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021Freshman

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2023Junior

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Libero/Defensive Specialist
    5'11"
    10