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  • 2022 Second Team All-Conference USA
  • 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
  • 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

Senior (2022): Slashed .343/.405/.474 across 56 games with 53 starts between shortstop and second base … was 79 of 230 at the dish and scored 49 runs … tallied 14 doubles, two triples and four home runs (matching his total from a year ago) … Barry led the team in batting average for the second straight year … notched 24 multi-hit games, with 12 of them having at least three hits … had three separate seven game hit streaks … was the hero in UTSA’s game against No. 2 Stanford, as he cranked a walk-off base hit to give the Roadrunners a massive home upset … recorded five RBI at Middle Tennessee – a season high – as part of his two home run game … his batting average ranked top 10 in C-USA … currently sits in the top five all-time for career batting average in UTSA annals.

Junior (2021): Finished with a .382 average over 31 games and 29 starts … was 39-for-102 at the plate with 25 runs scored … had eight doubles, one triple, four homers and 27 RBI, stealing three bases … led the team with a .416 (32-for-77) average in C-USA play, making 22 starts with seven doubles, one triple, four homers and 20 RBI, stealing three bases … owned 14 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI outings … had a stretch of reaching safely in nine games … made starts at second (seven), leftfield (21) and DH (one) … went 3-for-3 with two RBI and his first homer of the year at No. 21 Charlotte … had homers vs. Charlotte, UAB, Old Dominion and Louisiana Tech … went 4-for-5 with five RBI, two doubles and a homer in the finale at UAB … had four RBI in two hits vs. WKU in the season finale. 

Sophomore (2020): Played in 13 of 17 games in 2020, hitting .353 (18-for-51) with a double, two triples, three homers and 14 RBI ... drew six walks and struck out 12 times, stealing three bases in five attempts ... scored 11 runs. 

Freshman (2019): Appeared in 24 games, starting three during his freshman campaign … hit .087 (2-for-23) with three runs scored and two RBIs … tallied his first career run and RBI against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Feb. 19 … notched first career hit in a win over No. 21 Southern Miss March 30.

High School:Hit .430 as a senior at IMG Academy [Fla.], with 13 doubles, five triples, slugging .721 with a 1.281 OPS, stealing 30 bases … posted a .288 batting average with a pair of doubles and triples, sporting a .779 OPS as a junior … batted .372 with a double, .395 slugging and .895 OPS in 2016 … named 2018 IMG Academy Varsity Gray MVP, winning the service award and IMG Academy Ascender Award … won the 2016 IMG Academy gold glove at shortstop and was named most improved hitter … coached by Dan Simonds and Chris Sabo … played club for the Austin Wings … also played football in middle school.

Personal: Full name is Leyton Giles Barry … born July 18, 2000 … son of Van Barry and Kim Benson … has an older brother, Shea … both parents played tennis in college … mother earned All-America accolades at Texas A&M before playing seven years on the professional tour, earning a top-100 ranking.

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Freshman
2019

Infielder
6-2 / 180 lbs
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Sophomore
2020

Infielder
6-2 / 185 lbs
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Junior
2022

Infielder
6-2 / 195 lbs
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Senior
2023

Infielder
6-2 / 185 lbs