Becky Barrett

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
Defensive Specialist
Class:
Junior
High School:
Athens
Hometown:
Athens, Ill.

• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

2024: Played in all 32 matches during her sophomore season, appearing in 114 total sets … Finished the season with 230 digs … Had a season-high 19 digs against Robert Morris (Sept. 28) … Totaled 21 assists … Assisted on two kills against IU Indy (Oct. 1) … Scored all 30 of her points on service aces with a season-high four against UIC (Sept. 6).

2023: Played in all 30 matches during her freshman season, appearing in 105 total sets … Finished the season with 235 digs … Totaled 23 assists … Scored all nine of her points on service aces with two against both Oklahoma (Aug. 25) and Manhattan (Sept. 2) … Had season-high 15 digs and three assists against Niagara (Sept. 8) … Assisted on three kills against Miami (OH) (Sept. 15) … Dug out 15 attacks against Northern Kentucky (Nov. 11).

High School: Was a four-time All-Tomahawk Conference honoree, an honorable mention in 2019 and a first teamer in 2020, 2021 and 2022 ... Earned News-Gazette All-State Honorable Mention honors in 2020 and 2021 after leading her team to third in the state in 2019 ... Played club volleyball for the Illini Elite Volleyball Club from 2016-22 ... Finished her career with 1,356 digs ... Member of the National Honor Society, Math Team, Worldwide Youth Science and Engineering Academic Challenge Team ... Earned High Honors in all four quarters in each of her first three years of high school.

Personal: Daughter of Jason and Elizabeth Barrett ... Has three sisters, Adrien, Chloe and Devan ... Mother, Elizabeth and sister, Adrien played volleyball at Southern Illinois ... Majoring in education.