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2023-24
Played in a career-high 23 games and finished her career with 77 appearances for Toledo… Set career highs with 100 points, 36 rebounds, 26 assists, 10 steals and three blocks on the season… Scored in double figures four times… Put up 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting at Western Michigan (Jan. 10)… Scored 14 points at Central Michigan (Feb. 7)… Contributed 14 points with four rebounds and two assists vs. Eastern Michigan (March 6).
2022-23
Played in eight games before suffering season-ending injury…Averaged 2.6 PPG and 1.4 RPG…Scored six points, grabbed four rebounds vs. Wright State (Nov. 7)…Season-best 10 points, was 4-for-4 from the floor in win vs. Missouri State (Dec. 4)…Saw the court in two MAC games: vs. Western Michigan (Jan. 4) and at Northern Illinois (Jan. 7).
2021-22
Missed first 13 games of the season due to injury…Played in 14 contests, averaging 2.1 PPG…Made season debut on Jan. 12 against Central Michigan, playing a season-high 13:59 minutes…Scored season-high nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc at Eastern Michigan (Feb. 26)…Scored five points and tallied one steal in the win over Bowling Green (Feb. 12)…Saw 9:44 of game action at Miami (Feb. 9).
2020-21
Played in 12 games…Missed first 12 games of the season due to injury…Averaged 5.2 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per game…Scored 19 points in her season debut at Buffalo (Jan. 23), making 6-of-11 shots from the field…11 points at home against Buffalo (Feb. 10)…Eight points and four rebounds at Central Michigan (Feb. 24).
2019-20
Appeared in 20 games off bench ... Missed final seven contests with PCL injury (Feb. 22-March 11) ... Averaged 3.6 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 0.1 steals in 10.3 minutes per game ... In MAC contests, tallied 3.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.4 apg and 0.1 spg in 10.1 mpg ... Finished fifth on team in three-point field-goal percentage (.250, 16-of-64) ... Contributed season-high 10 points, three boards and two dimes in season-best 19 minutes at Duquesne (Dec. 7) ... Posted MAC-season high seven points and two assists in 14 minutes at East Division leader Ohio (Feb. 19) ... Saw game action for first time in last four games, finishing with six points and three boards in eight minutes at Buffalo (Feb. 8) ... Tallied six points and season-high three dimes at Detroit Mercy (Dec. 14) ... Registered eight points and three rebounds in 18 minutes vs. Belmont (Dec. 3) ... Had five points, season-high five boards and two dimes in 13 minutes vs. arch-rival Bowling Green (Jan. 18) ... Converted traditional three-point play vs. Dayton in home opener to register first-collegiate points (Nov. 9).
High School (Southfield A&T & Nordonia)
As a Senior — Averaged 14 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals per game ...
Associated Press Division 1 honorable mention all-state as selected by panel of 11 Michigan sportswriters ...
Detroit News All-North first-team ... Helped team to 24-2 overall ledger, reaching Division 1 state finals ... Led squad with 14 points in state championship game ... Contributed 12 points in state tourney semifinals match-up against Muskegon ... Ranked No. 20 player in preseason-state poll according to Mick McCabe ...
As a Junior —  Averaged 14.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 3.2 steals per game ... Team captain ... Honorable mention all-state  ... First-team all-conference ... Second-team all-district ... Tabbed team’s Offensive and Defensive MVP for second-consecutive year ...
Career — Starred for head coach Michele Marshall at Southfield A&T High School ... Four-year letterwinner in basketball ... Played first three years for head coaches Michael Griffin and Julie Buckler at Nordonia High School ... Three-time all-league honoree at Nordonia.
Personal
Full name is Soleil Teresa-Sharon Barnes ... Parents are Steve and Danuna Barnes ... Has two brothers, Steven and Isaiah, and a sister, Samantha ... Father played basketball at MAC member Ohio (1990-91) ... Soleil and Steven are fraternal twins, with Steven being two minutes older ... Majoring in media communication.
