Nicholls State University

2012 (Junior): Played in 40 games as a junior, starting 35 before sustaining a concussion in game two against Texas State that kept him out the rest of the season… Finished with a .272 average (37-for-136) with 18 RBI and 23 runs scored with five doubles, two triples and two home runs… Was third on the team in stolen bases with 15, leading the team with a perfect fielding percentage and seven assists from the outfield… Started 29 games in center field and six in left, earning his first start against LSUA… Had 12 multi-hit games, with three against Sam Houston State, earning two hits 10 times, and consecutively on three different occasions, including having two hits in four-straight games… Had two five-game hitting streaks on the year… Hit the first home run of his career against the UNO Privateers, earning the second against Lamar… Drove in a career-high three RBI’s against UNO and had three multi-RBI games… Scored three times against South Alabama March 7, scoring in 14 games… Hit triples against South Alabama and Southeastern… Has stolen two bases three times during the season… Was walked twice in a game five times this year… Had four or more plate appearances in a game 22 times … Had two streaks of reaching base in 12 straight games.

2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 27 games and made six starts ... Hit .357 (10-for-28) with a double, a triple and 12 runs scored ... Hit .438 (7-for-16) with a triple and five runs scored over his final 10 games of the year (april 23-May 28), making five of his six starts over the stretch ... Scored nine runs as a pinch-runner ... Was 2-for-6 (.333 BA) as a pinch hitter on the year.

2010 (Freshman): Made four starts and 23 appearances in the Nicholls outfield in his freshman campaign ... Recorded three hits in 21 at-bats, one double, one RBI and ten runs scored ... Was 2-for-4 in stolen base attempts ... Made his collegiate debut at Louisiana-Lafayette on Feb. 20, going 1-for-1 with a run scored in one plate appearance as a pinch-hitter ... Made his first career start on Feb. 21 at UL-Lafayette ... Made an appearance as a pinch-runner on March 6 against Southern, stealing a base and later scoring a run ... Recorded his first career extra-base hit with a pinch-hit double at Sam Houston State on April 23.

Prior to Nicholls-

At South Terrebone High School: Named second team all-district as a junior and first team all-district as a senior at South Terrebone High School ... Lettered in football and baseball.

Personal: The elder of Stephen and Pam Barba's two children ... Has one younger brother: Jonathan (14) ... Also a member of the Colonels football team.