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Jersey Number 5
Ashanti Barnes
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Hometown:
- Norfolk, Va.
- High School:
- Lake Taylor
- Previous:
- Trinity Valley Community College
- Major:
- Continuing Education
Career Highlights:
Top 10 Program Records (At time of graduation):
2025-26:
2024-25:
2023-24:
2022-23 at Trinity Valley Community College:
2021-22 at Old Dominion:
High School:
Personal:
- 2026 All-Sun Belt Tournament Team
- 2025-26 All-Sun Belt Defensive Team
- 2025-26 All-Sun Belt Second Team
- 2024-25 All-Sun Belt Third Team
- 2025 All-Sun Belt Tournament Team
Top 10 Program Records (At time of graduation):
- Single Season:
- JMU No. 8 in Rebounds: 317
- Career:
- JMU No. 7 in Rebounding Average: 7.9 rpg
- JMU No. 8 (Tied) in Rebounds: 825
2025-26:
- 2026 All-Sun Belt Tournament Team
- 2025-26 All-Sun Belt Defensive Team
- 2025-26 All-Sun Belt Second Team
- Sun Belt Player of the Week (12/16, 3/2)
- Started in all 35 games
- Averaged 14.9 points and 9.1 rebounds in 29.1 minutes per game
- Led the team in rebounds (317) and was third in assists (87)
- Produced 12 double-doubles, including two with over 20 points and 15 rebounds
- Tied for the best field goal percentage in the Sun Belt conference in league play at 53.7% (115-for-214)
- Tied her career high of 29 points against Liberty (11/12) and Coastal Carolina (2/27)
- Tied her career high of 16 rebounds versus George Mason (11/6), Virginia Tech (11/23), and Coastal Carolina (2/27)
- Recorded a stat line of 29 points, 16 rebounds, five assists, and three steals with zero turnovers against Coastal Carolina (2/27)
- Registered a double-double of 22 points and 13 rebounds versus No. 19 Notre Dame (12/14)
- Finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds, and four assists in the Sun Belt title game against Troy (3/9)
- Sun Belt Player of the Week (12/16, 3/2)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2026)
2024-25:
- 2025 All-Sun Belt Third Team
- 2025 All-Sun Belt Tournament Team
- 2024-25 Sun Belt Player of the Week (2/4)
- Started in 34 out of 35 games played
- Averaged 10.3 points and 7.9 rebounds in 26.1 minutes per game
- Second on the team in rebounding (7.9 rpg) and assists (69)
- Only player in the Sun Belt during the 2024-25 season to average at least 10 points and seven rebounds per game, while dishing out 50 or more assists
- Averaged 11.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in Sun Belt play
- Produced six double-double performances
- Scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds versus Marshall (1/9)
- Knocked down 4-of-4 from three for 18 points versus Ball State (2/8)
- Connected on 11-of-17 (.647) from the field for 24 points at Old Dominion (2/1)
- Brought in a career-best 16 rebounds against Old Dominion (2/15)
- Recorded a career-high six assists at Georgia Southern (1/29)
- Registered career-best four steals against Northern Arizona at the St. Pete Showcase (11/28)
2023-24:
- Appeared in 34 games, making nine starts
- Averaged 7.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game
- Finished second on the team in total rebounds (232), fourth in blocks (11) and tied for fourth in steals (23)
- Recorded 10 double-digit scoring outings and seven rebounding in double figures
- Scored a Division I career-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Arkansas State (1/4)
- Pulled down a Division I career-high 14 rebounds in the Sun Belt Conference semifinals against Louisiana (3/10)
- Rejected three shots at Southern Miss (1/11)
- Came away with four steals versus Georgia Southern (1/18)
- JMA Gold Star Award
2022-23 at Trinity Valley Community College:
- Played 22 games, starting in 12 for the Cardinals
- Averaged 10.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game
- Finished first on the team in field goal percentage at 54.2% (91-of-168), and second in rebounds per game (8.0)
- Recorded seven outings with double-digit rebounding
- Scored a season-best 21 points against Grayson College (12/3)
- Had a double-double performance with 13 points and 15 rebounds versus Northwest Florida State College in the NJCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship game (3/27)
2021-22 at Old Dominion:
- Appeared in 21 games at Old Dominion during her freshman year
- Averaged 2.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a Monarch
- Registered a season-best eight points and five rebounds at Florida Atlantic (2/24)… Dished out three assists at Towson (3/18)
High School:
- A top-150 rated player by ProspectsNation.com
- Helped guide Lake Taylor to a VHSL 4A state championship
- Named VHSL 4A All-State in 2020
- A former First Team All-Region and Second Team All-Tidewater honoree
Personal:
- Daughter of Brandon Williams and Tameta Barnes
- Has one brother, Zaire Barnes, and one sister, Bianca
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