University of California, Santa Barbara

2025: Appeared in 19 matches and 60 sets as a sophomore middle blocker … named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (March 31) after dominant three-match week … totaled 69 kills on a .372 hitting percentage and was second on the team with 42 total blocks … held the highest hitting percentage among all Gauchos with over 100 total attacks … hit .889 with eight kills and seven total blocks in a standout performance against Cal Lutheran (March 25) … followed that up with six blocks, including the fourth set’s clinching point at 31-29 in an eventual five-set win at No. 8 CSUN (March 28) … four more blocks the next night at home in the win over CSUN (March 29), giving him 17 blocks on the week … matched a career-high eight kills on a .727 clip in a four-set match vs. No. 3 Hawai’i (April 18) … delivered seven total blocks in a three-set win at CUI (Feb. 20).

2024: Big West All-Freshman team … played in 22 of the team’s 27 matches this season as a middle blocker … ended his freshman season with 112 kills, 12 digs, four assists, 11 aces, 52 block assists and three solo blocks … had his best performance at UC San Diego (Feb. 23) posting six kills with only one error hitting at a .714 clip and adding 3 block assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mission Viejo High School ... three First Team All-Sea View League honors ... led his team to the CIF Quarterfinals in 2023 ... finished as the league runner-ups in 2021 and 2022 ... won the AAU Boys' Volleyball National Championship in 2022 with his club, Balboa Bay ... named to the JVA All-National team ... part of the 2022 UCA U19 National Training Team while also being a member of the U.S. National Team Development Program for the 2021-22 season ... ranked as the No. 3 recruit in his class by VolleyballMag.com. 

PERSONAL: Son of Heather Barney ... has eight siblings ... majoring in political science