2026 Softball Roster

MK Haynes
Jon Pearl
Taylor Newton
Taylor Newton
Ella Graham

34 Grace Barrett

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Milton, Ga.
  • High School Cambridge

Biography

2025: Named to the All-Sun Belt first team, her first career postseason honors … Started in all 50 games in 2025 … Played in her 100th career game on May 3 against Coastal Carolina … Batted .313 while hitting a career-best five home runs and driving home a career-best 34 runs … Her 34 RBIs were tied for the 17th-most in the Sun Belt Conference … One of four Mountaineers in 2025 to record at least 10 doubles … Finished second on the team in RBIs … Tallied 50 hits, her second straight season with at least 50 hits … Recorded her 100th career hit on April 19 against Georgia State with a home run … Tallied 17 multi-hit games in her sophomore season … Three of those 17 games were three-hit games, the second-most on the team … Recorded nine multi-RBI games, including six games with three or more RBIs … Went 6-8 across three games against ULM from April 11-13 … Hit two home runs and drove home eight runs against Georgia State from April 17-19 … Drove home three runs against Coastal Carolina on May 2 … Erupted for eight hits to open the season at the Tiger Invitational … Through her first nine games of the season, she recorded 14 hits, six doubles, two home runs and 13 RBIs … Enters the 2026 season with a .318 career batting average, which is the seventh-highest in program history

2024: Started all 51 games her first season in the High Country ... Carried the third-best batting average on the team in 2024 (.324) among qualified hitters ... Recorded 56 hits, the 10th-most in a single season in program history ... Scorched 10 extra-base hits, which included four homers while driving in 30 runs, the third-most on the team ... Named Sun Belt Player of the Week after her six-hit, nine-RBI series against Georgia State ... Hit her first career home run against Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 18 ... Recorded three hits in the season finale against Georgia Southern ... Carried a 10-game hitting streak at one point her freshman year ... Was one of the toughest players in the Sun Belt to strike out as she struck out just nine times in 173 at-bats in 

High School
During her four years as a varsity starter at Cambridge, Barrett was named first-team all-region twice and earned honorable mentions for the team during the two previous years. During her senior year, she was named all-region in the pitcher and shortstop positions. She was also named the pitcher of the year. Barrett was also named to the Gold Glove team for her impressive play at shortstop. She was the MVP of her team as a junior, which led to her role as a captain during her senior year. In four years and 329 plate appearances, Barrett struck out only six times, earning a combined batting average of .403 during her last two seasons. Barrett also pitched during the last two years, earning an OPS of 1.027 and an ERA of 2.13. She held opponents to a .205 batting average and earned a WHIP of 1.05 while facing 603 batters. Barrett played travel ball with Georgia Power - Tuñon where she batted .411 with 35 runs and 31 RBIs, helping the team win the 2022 Alliance Fastpitch Open national championship.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2024Freshman

    Utility
    5'7"
    34
  • 34

    2025Sophomore

    Infield
    5'10"
    34
  • 34

    2026Junior

    Infield
    5'10"
    34