Senior (2020): Started 13 of 17 games, seeing time at first and third base ... hit .220 (9-for-41) with two doubles, two homers and seven RBI ... drew five walks and struck out nine times, stealing one base and scoring 10 runs. Summer: Played for the Hutchinson Monarchs of the Sunflower Collegiate League … led the Monarchs in games (42), runs (31), doubles (14), home runs (9), RBIs (41) and hit by pitch (22) … ranked among club leaders in hits (1st, 34), walks (2nd, 40), batting average (3rd, .358) and at-bats (1st, 270). Link
Junior (2019): Appeared in 36 games with 22 starts for the Roadrunners … hit .253 (22-for-87) with seven doubles, 14 runs and 18 RBIs … went 4-for-5, including a double, scoring twice and driving in two … tallied a hit in only at bat in his first-career game as a Roadrunner … recorded five multi-hit games, while driving in two or more RBIs in four contests … owned a modest four-game hitting streak, reaching in each contests against Dartmouth, going 6-for-16, including four doubles, with three runs and four RBIs … reached base safely in eight consecutive games between April 9 and April 27 … converted 107-of-108 changes in the field, with 102 putouts and five assists.
Prior to UTSA:Played for Coach Andy Morgan at Northeast Texas CC … Hit .360 with a .453 on-base percentage, cranking 20 doubles and seven homers … Helped lead team to runner up finishes in the region … Named first-team all-conference and all-region.
High School:Played at Liberty Christian School for Coach Johnny Isom … Named first-team all-state, all-region and all-conference … Tabbed first-team all-region in 2014 … Also played football for three years … Played club for the Texas Stix.
Personal: Full name is Taylor Austin Barber … born in Plano, Texas … son of Sean and Julie Barber … has two sisters … father pitched at Missouri Valley.