UC Santa Barbara
2020-21
• Destin Barnes will be eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer to UCSB.
• Likely to play at a wing/forward position.
Jacksonville University
• Barnes played one season at Jacksonville University.
• Selected Atlantic Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year.
• The lone Dolphin to play in, and start, all 32 of his team's games.
• Averaged a team-leading 12.1 points per game, including 12.7 per game in ASUN play.
• Also averaged 3.4 rebounds per outing.
• Led the team with 62 three-point baskets.
• Scored in double-figures 19 times, going for 20 or more four times.
• Made 5-of-8 three-point attempts and tallied a season-high 25 points against New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• Made 4-of-5 threes and scored a team-high 24 points in Jacksonville's ASUN Tournament game against North Florida.
• Hit a season-high five three-point baskets four times and had four on two other occasions.
• Barnes had five or more rebounds eight times, including a season-high eight against Bethune-Cookman.
Florida Southwestern College
• Barnes played one season at Florida Southwestern Community College.
• Named First Team All-Suncoast Conference.
• Averaged 8.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game for FSCC.
• Played in all 33 games, starting 32.
• Shot 39-percent from outside the three-point line.
• Scored in double-figures nine times in FSCC's final 12 games during a run to a Suncoast Conference title and, ultimately, a fifth-place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament.
Boston University
• Was at Boston University for two years.
• Appeared in two games as a sophomore in 2017-18 before suffering a season-ending shoulder surgery.
• Had 10 points, seven rebound and two assists vs. Albany.
• As a freshman in 2016-17, Barnes appeared in 10 games, averaging 5.5 points 2.0 assists and one assist in 15 minutes per game.
• Reached double-figures three times, and had season-highs of 12 points and five assists against Western New England.
• Hit a season-high three three-point baskets vs. Western New England.
• Had a trio of threes and 11 points in the season opener against Northeastern.
• Had 10 points against Maine.
• Made his lone start at UConn.
High School
• Played at Don Bosco Prep (Ind.) as a senior in 2015-16.
• Averaged 24.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and shot 42.3% from three-point guard as a senior.
• Also played at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Illinois.
• Helped his school claim a pair of regional championships.
• Averaged 15.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in 2014-15 while shooting 45.0% from the field to earn Second Team All-State and First Team All-Area honors.
• Was a two-time all-conference and all-area honoree.
• Also earned an All-Academic award.
Personal
• Destin Barnes was born Sept. 18, 1996 in Chicago, Ill.
• Parents are Lesia and John.
• Has two sisters, Kori and Brittany.
• Is in the Graduate School of Education at UCSB.
