Barron Selected as ASC West Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

(8/22/06) SU senior Whitney Barron was named the American Southwest Conference (ASC) West Division preseason Defensive Player of the Year.  The Richmond, TX, native was voted to the honor by conference coaches and SIDs.  The award comes after a junior season which saw Barron set school records in several defensive categories.  On Friday, Oct. 7, 2005 Barron set the school record for digs in a match, with 38 digs in a loss to LeTourneau University.  Her 420 digs over the course of last fall’s campaign were nine short of a school record for digs in a season, but were easily enough to break the Schreiner record for career digs. Barron’s 5.12 digs per game were second best in the ASC, and best overall in the conference’s West Division.  Her efforts helped the team to a record setting 19.5 digs per game.