Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Two-year letterwinner.

Senior (2013-14): Played 13 games, missing several games with an injury. ... Averaged 3.6 points and 2.5 rebounds. ... Scored a season-high 11 points in a 76-64 victory at Western Oregon on Feb. 22 that clinched a spot in the GNAC Tournament for the Falcons.

Junior (2012-13): Started 20 of 22 games, averaging 26.3 minutes. ... Missed six games with an injury. ... Averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds. ... Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds at Western Oregon, getting all of them in just 17 minutes, as that was the game in which she was injured. ... Established SPU high of 14 points on three occasions. ... Passed 800 career points and 300 career rebounds. ... Shot a career-best .744 from the foul line (29 of 39).

Sophomore (2011-12 at College of Southern Idaho): Started 24 of 31 games. Averaged a team-leading 13.7 points per game. Also averaged 4.6 rebounds. … Set or tied four career highs during a 16-day span in February: 5 assists (tied career high) on Feb. 9 against Utah State Eastern; 25 points (career high) on Feb. 11 vs. Colorado Northwest Community College; 2 blocked shots (tied career high) on Feb. 16 vs. Snow Collge, and 8 rebounds (tied career high) on Feb. 25 at North Idaho. … Set a career high with 6 steals against Northwest College on Nov. 25, 2011. … National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 18 second-team all-star. … Academic All-American. … Team co-captain.

Freshman (2010-11 at College of Southern Idaho): Started 24 of 29 games. Averaged 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds. … Also handed out 61 assists and came up with 65 steals. Team co-captain.

Bellarmine Prep High School: Four-year varsity starter for the Tacoma-based Lions, helping them win four straight Narrows League championships. … Three-time All-Narrows selection. … Team also earned two state tournament trophies during her four years: eighth place as a sophomore in 2008, and fourth as a senior in 2010. … Served as a team captain all four years.

Personal: Mechela Lanece Barnes. … Born Jan. 30, 1992. … Psychology/nursing major.

Fun facts: Has been playing basketball since kindergarten. … Would like to try volleyball or fastpitch softball. … Book she just couldn’t put down was “To Kill a Mockingbird.” … Favorite junk food is candy – but, she says she has never eaten anything chocolate. … Favorite psych-up music before a big game is anything by Chris Brown. … If she could be any action heroine, she would be Super Woman “because I would want to save anyone from harm, and because it would make my life 10 times easier. … Her friends call her Chay. … In 10 years, plans to be a neonatal nurse taking care of newborn babies.


STATISTICS
Year     GP    FG      3FG     FT    Reb  Avg  PF    A     TO  Blk  Stl   Pts    Avg
10-11    29    .413    .292    .649    93    3.2    39    81    60    1    65    284    9.8
11-12    31    .372    .296    .683  144    4.6    54    53    73    8    60    425  13.7
CSI       60    .387    .294    .668  237    3.9    93  114  133    9   125   709  11.8
12-13    22    .394    .271    .744    84    3.8    24    28    44    5    20    142    6.5
13-14    13    .378    .158    .556    33    2.5    14      4    17    0      3      47    3.6
SPU      35    .390    .239    .684  117    3.3    38    32    61    5    23    189    5.4
TOT      95    .388    .234    .672  354    3.7  131  146  194  14  148   898     9.5
2010-12 at College of Southern Idaho