Sheldon Barnes Class: Senior Hometown: Miramar, Fla. High School: St. Thomas Aquinas Height / Weight: 5-9 / 165 Position: Forward Experience: 3L

2000: Recorded 857 minutes of playing time after starting six of the 24 games he appeared in ... scored 21 points (third on the team) on eight goals and five assists ... two of his assists and one of his goals were game-winners ... recorded the first hat trick of his collegiate career when he posted three goals in Virginia’s 4-1 victory over Northeastern (9/13) ... his achievement marked the 45th time a hat trick was recorded in Virginia men’s soccer history ... scored Virginia’s second goal of the season in UVa’s 3-2 victory over South Florida (9/1) in the Virginia Soccer Classic when he gathered a loose ball in the box and posted a goal ... scored UVa’s second goal of the game when gathered a pass from Alecko Eskandarian and fired a shot from 14 yards out in Virginia’s 2-0 shutout victory over Maryland (11/3) ... scored UVa’s third goal in Virginia’s 3-1 victory over North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. (9/24) ... recorded an assist in Virginia’s 3-0 victory over Duke in the ACC Tournament Semifinals (11/10) when he found Ryan Gibbs with a cross that resulted in a goal ... posted his first assist of the season when he assisted on Alecko Eskandarian’s second goal of the game in UVa’s 7-1 victory over Jacksonville (9/3) in the Virginia Soccer Classic ... recorded the game-winning assist when he set-up Alecko Eskandarian’s goal in Virginia’s 1-0 overtime victory over VCU (9/20) ... recorded two assists in Virginia’s 6-1 victory over N.C. State (10/1) ... lettered.

1999: Named to the ACC All-Tournament team ... named to the All-Tournament team in both the Coca-Cola Classic and Pacific Soccer Classic tournaments ... started 19 of the 24 games he appeared in ... logged 1672 minutes of playing time ... tied Ryan Trout with with a team-high nine goals scored and was second on the squad with 22 points (nine goals, four assists) ... scored UVa’s third goal in the Cavaliers 3-1 victory over Brown (11/28) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament when he gathered a loose ball shot from teammate Ryan Gibbs and tallied a Virginia goal ... posted a goal and an assist in Virginia’s 2-0 victory over Maryland in the ACC quarterfinals (11/11) ... scored the game-winning goals against Mount St. Mary’s (9/15) and Ohio State (11/5) ... posted the game-winning assists in Virginia’s 2-1 victory over North Carolina (9/25) and UVa’s 2-0 win over American (9/29) ... scored Virginia’s first goal of the season in a 4-3 overtime victory over Seton Hall (9/3/99) in the Coca-Cola Classic Tournament ... scored a goal in four of UVa’s first five regular season contests ... posted a goal in three consecutive game against Seton Hall (9/3), Gonzaga (9/5) and Appalachian State (9/8) ... recorded the game-tying goal that eventually led to Virginia’s 2-1 comeback victory over Cal State Fullerton (10/29) in the Pacific Soccer Classic ... scored a goal in three of the Cavaliers last five regular season games against Marshall (10/20), Cal State Fullerton (10/29) and Ohio State (11/5) ... lettered.

1998: Played in 21 of 23 games as a freshman, starting 20 ... did not play in regular season games against Fairleigh Dickinson and Duke ... team’s fourth-leading scorer with 17 points, including six goals and five assists ... scored two of his six goals during the NCAA Tournament ... tallied game’s only goal in NCAA second-round victory over South Carolina ... found the back of the net 12:42 into the match, scoring from nine yards out on a pass from Chris Albright ... also notched a goal in UVa’s 3-0 NCAA first-round win over Rider ... scored on a header off a cross from Steve Totten to give Virginia a 2-0 lead 19:49 into the game ... posted first career goal in 4-1 win over Maryland ... notched one goal and one assist in 4-0 shutout over Marshall ... netted one goal and added an assist in 5-1 win over Buffalo ... assisted on Ryan Trout’s game-winning goal in 1-0 victory over San Diego in UVa’s season opener at the Fila Classic ... assisted on Chris Albright’s game-winning goal at the 60:48 mark in 3-2 win over VCU ... assisted on Steve Totten’s game-tying goal with less than three minutes left in regulation in 2-2 overtime tie with Wake Forest ... lettered.

High School: Set career scoring record at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, totaling 113 goals and 71 assists for 297 points over four years … an NSCAA and Parade All-American … also named state Player of the Year … team won three straight state titles and two national championships … twice named all-state … member of National Honor Society … played on state and regional ODP teams ... also played football and ran track.

Personal: Born December 21, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica … son of Hubert and Rhema Barnes.

Barnes by the Numbers

Year	GP/GS	Min	Sh	G	A	GWG/GWA	Pts
1998	21/20	1404	43	6	5	2/2	17
1999	24/19	1672	47	9	4	2/3	22
2000	24/6	857	35	6	5	1/1	17
Totals	69/45	3933	125	21	14	5/6	55