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AUSTIN, Texas - Union University's Haley Barnette was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America second team, selected by CoSIDA. Barnette is the first Union softball player to earn academic All-America honors. 

Barnette, a chemistry major at Union, added this honor to a lengthy list of recognitions earned this past season. She was named D2CCA All-America honorable mentioned, D2CCA first team All-Region, NFCA first team All-Region, GSC first team All-Conference, and Google Cloud Academic All-District. She was also the first Union softball player to earn GSC Player of the Week honors since joining the league in 2013.  

Barnette, a 5-foot-8 senior from Franklin, Tenn., completed her record-setting 4-year career with the Lady Bulldogs. Barnette hit .407 with 66 hits, 15 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, and 53 RBI. She had a .753 slugging percentage with a .484 on-base percentage. She was also 4-of-4 in stolen bases and posted a .994 fielding percentage with just two errors in 309 total chances. Barnette's 13 home runs this season was just two shy of the record. She also moved into second place with 26 career home runs at Union. 

Barnette played a huge part in Union returning to the GSC Tournament for just the second time. Union earned its first GSC Tournament win in program history this year. Union softball earned an NCAA D2 South Region Top-10 ranking for two consecutive weeks, also a program best. 

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