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COLLEGE STATION, TX - April 12, 2025 - Mac Barbara #31 of the Texas A&M Aggies during the game between the LSU Tigers and the Texas A&M Aggies at Davis Diamond in College Station, TX. Photo By Evan Pilat/Texas A&M Athletics
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Mac Barbara Season 2025

#31
Pos.INF
Ht.5-9
ClassGraduate Student
HometownLong Beach, Calif.
Previous SchoolSan Diego State
ExperienceTR
B/T

Season & Career Highs

SEASON

  • Hits: 3, 3x last vs. Marist (5/17/25)
  • Runs: 2, 7x, last vs. Marist (5/17/25)
  • HRs: 1, 12x last vs Liberty (5/18/25)
  • RBI: 5, 2x, last vs. Marist (5/17/25)
  • Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. South Carolina (5/8/25)
  • SB: -

CAREER

  • Hits: 4 at Colorado State (3/18/23)
  • Runs: 3, 4x, last at UNLV (5/4/24)
  • HRs: 2, 7x, last vs. Boise State (5/11/24)
  • RBI: 5, 4x, last at Purdue (2/9/25)
  • Walks: 3, 4x, last vs. South Carolina (5/8/25)
  • SB: 1, 16x, last at New Mexico (4/3/24)
  • Italics denotes at San Diego State

ACCOLADES

  • 2025 NFCA All-America Second Team
  • 2025 NFCA Centra All-Region First Team
  • 2025 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2025 SEC Co-Player of the Week (4/22)
  • 2025 USA Softball Top 53 Player of the Year Watch List
  • 2025 Preseason Top 100 Player (Softball America, D1 Softball)
  • 2024 Mountain West Tournament MVP
  • 2024 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
  • 2024 Mountain West Co-Player of the Year
  • 2022 NFCA Third Team All-American
  • 2022 Mountain West Player of the Year
  • 3x All-Mountain West First Team (2022-24)
  • 3x First Team All-NFCA West Region (2022-24)
  • Italics denotes at San Diego State
*last updated 6/23/25
2025 (GRADUATE): Garnered NFCA All-America Second Team honors, NFCA Central All-Region First Team recognition and was an All-SEC Second Team member in her lone Aggie season ... Averaged .366 at the dish hitting 60-for-164, while adding 12 home runs, nine doubles and 68 RBI, while posting a .640 slugging percentage, .472 on-base percentage and drew 30 walks while striking out only 11 times ... Against ranked opponents, she led the Aggies with 34 RBI batting .378 at the plate with five doubles and five home runs, while adding 17 runs ... In SEC action, she ranked second in the league with 28 RBI and led the team with 25 hits, while adding five home runs, three doubles and 14 runs to earn All-SEC Second Team honors ... She started 57 games, including 46 at designated player and the last 11 games of the season at catcher ... Made her first start at catcher since March 3, 2023, in the series finale against No. 9 Arkansas ... Blasted a team best 86.2 mph exit velocity homer against No. 24 Alabama ... Was 4-for-7 with one double, three RBI and two runs, while boasting a 1.381 OPS in the series sweep at No. 22 Auburn ... Drove in the game winning run in a 3-2 walk-off of No. 3 Florida in the SEC Opener ... Hit her first Aggie home run in the season opener against Utah State, while finishing opening weekend 7-for-16 with three home runs and 13 RBI.

PRIOR TO TEXAS A&M: Has appeared in 175 career games, including 163 starts between San Diego State and Ole Miss ... Owns a career .368 batting average and 1.200 OPS with 179 hits, including 45 home runs, 31 doubles and 104 walks, while driving in 156 RBI and adding 100 runs ... In three seasons at SDSU she set career program records in on-base percentage (.490), slugging percentage (.746) and OPS (1.236), while ranking second in batting average (.378), RBI (155) and third in home runs (45) ... During her time as an Aztec she was a two-time Mountain West Player of the Year (2022, 2024), three-time All-Mountain West First Team member, three-time First Team All-NFCA West Region honoree and a NFCA Third Team All-American in 2022 ... In 2024, she led the Mountain West in on-base percentage (.508), while her 14 home runs were fifth-most in the league as she led SDSU to a 31-20 record that included a Mountain West Tournament title and a third-straight NCAA Regional appearance ... Began the 2023 season on the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List before totaling 16 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games to finish .358 at the dish with 45 RBI and 13 home runs ... Had a breakout season in 2022 earning NFCA All-America honors and was a finalist for the NFCA Freshman of the year after finishing 16th in the nation in RBI (61), 18th in total bases (138) and 25th in slugging percentage (.802) ... In two seasons at Ole Miss she appeared in 16 games with four starts.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters at Saint Joseph High School in Lakewood, California, after spending one year at Long Beach Wilson High School in Long Beach, California ... Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and was selected as the league player of the year all four years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Don and Corrie Barbara ... Graduated from San Diego State with a degree in public health and is pursuing a masters in sports management ... Father, Don, played minor league baseball in the Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers organizations ... Sister, Madison, played soccer for four seasons at West Alabama.