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Grace Barry

Guard
Class
Senior
Height
5-7
Hometown
Lincoln, Neb.
Previous School
Lincoln East HS / Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney
Honors and Awards

-2019-20 Second Team All-America
-2019-20 First Team All-GPAC
-2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year
-2019-20 CoSIDA Academic All-District
-2019-20 GPAC Player of the Week (Dec. 17)
-2020 CIT Tournament MVP
-2019 NAIA National Tournament Most Valuable Player
-2019 NAIA National Tournament First Team
-2018-19 Second Team All-GPAC
-2018-19 Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska First Team

#55

Grace Barry

Guard
Senior, 5-7

2019-20: Senior
Played in all 34 games, making 33 starts ... average of 25.0 minutes per game led the team ... averaged 13.9 points, 5.28 assists, 3.21 steals and 2.9 rebounds ... shot 45.8 percent (185-for-404) from the floor and 74.8 percent (86-for-115) from the free throw line ... ranked in the top 10 nationally in both steals and assists ... notched a career high 20 points versus Concordia-Michigan and Morningside ... turned in a triple-double (20 points, 10 assists, 10 steals) at Morningside on Dec. 11 ... named the CIT MVP ... including two seasons at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, totaled 1,081 points, 521 assists, 302 rebounds and 291 steals over 126 collegiate games ... first player in program history to ever be tabbed CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year.

2018-19: Junior
Started all 38 games while serving as the team's point guard ... averaged 11.5 points, 5.68 assists, 3.66 steals and 2.8 rebounds per game ... shot 47.2 percent from the floor, 29.7 percent from 3-point range and 80.6 percent from the foul line ... led all NAIA Division II players in total steals (139) while ranking second nationally in assists (216) ... posted a season high 19 points on three occasions ... dished out a season best 13 assists in the win over Mount Marty on Dec. 8, 2018 ... pilfered eight steals in the win over Briar Cliff on Nov. 10, 2018 ...  over the five national tournament games, averaged 14.2 points, 4.8 assists and 3.4 steals while making 25-for-48 (.521) shots from the floor on the way to being named Tournament MVP.

Previous School
Grace played for The University of Nebraska at Kearney for the last two years. She averaged 14.3 minutes per game, averaged 2.2 points per game, 2.2 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game. She had the highest assists to turnover ratio on the team at 2.64. She was on the Dean’s list both semesters and finished her sophomore year with a 3.98 GPA.

High School
Grace played for Coach Dennis Prichard at Lincoln East High School. She was a three year letter, two year starter for the Spartans. She was also voted captain for one year. She was named the Lincoln Journal Star Super State First Team. She was selected to play in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star game. She holds the school record for singles season assists at 205, career assists at 417, singles season steals at 125 and career steals at 258. In her senior season she let her team to a conference title and Class A State Championship. She also played soccer in high school for all four years and softball for two years.

Personal
Grace was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Tammy and Doug Barry. She has one older brother named Andrew. She enjoys hanging out with friends, exploring the outdoors, and going on spontaneous adventures.

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