Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2022-23 Men's Golf Roster
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Barnard, Michael
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Michael Barnard
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Hendersonville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Beech HS
Bio
2023-24 (Redshirt Senior)
Spring 2024: Placed in the top 15 in three of six tournaments... Finished the year with 71.7 stroke average... Was second on the team in birdies with 96 and led the team with four eagles... Registered 10 rounds of par or better out of 18 total rounds... Finished tied for fifth at the Conference USA Championship with a 1-under-par 215... Finished tied for ninth at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 5-under-par 211... Finished tied for 11th at the Schenkel Invitational with a 6-under-par 210.
Fall 2023: Placed in the top 10 in three of four tournaments... Was par or better eight times in 12 rounds... Tied for fourth at the Argent Financial Classic with a score of 210 (-6)... Tied for ninth at the Badger Invitational at 212 (-4)... Tied for ninth at the Daniel Island Intercollegiate with a score of 213 (-3)
2022-23 (Redshirt Senior)
Spring 2023: Named Second Team All-Conference USA... Finished the season second on the team with a 72.3 stroke average... Was par or better in 16 rounds... Led MTSU with eight eagles on the season... His round of 66 (-6) in the first round of the NCAA Salem Regional equaled the lowest mark of the year by a Blue Raider and tied the 15th-lowest in program history... Tied for third at the Schenkel Invitational with a score of 210 (-6)... Finished eighth at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a score of 208 (-5)... Defeated LA Tech's Hunter Battles 4&2 in the match play semifinal round of the C-USA Championship... Led the Blue Raiders with a score of 211 (-5) at the NCAA Salem Regional
Fall 2022: Started the fall with a top-20 finish at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, tying for 19th at 212 (-4)... Was par or better in all three rounds of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, carding a 68 (-4) in the third round... Closed the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 71 (-1).
2021-22 (Redshirt Junior)
2022 Spring: Won the Conference USA individual title with three identical rounds of 70 (-2) to finish at 210 (-6) at Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Texas... Earned First Team All-Conference USA honors... Tied for 52nd at the NCAA Norman Regional, where he played as an individual... His season stroke average of 71.83 was 0.13 above par, the fifth-lowest average relative to par for a single season in program history... Tied for 11th at the Pat Hicks Invitational with a 54-hole score of 212 (-4), helping lead the Blue Raiders to the team championship... Went under par in all three rounds of the Loyola Intercollegiate, finishing sixth at 209 (-7) to help the Blue Raiders to their second straight team title... Tied for 12th at the Mason Rudolph Championship, helping the Blue Raiders to a fourth-place finish while recording three straight rounds of 70 (-1) for a 54-hole score of 210 (-3)... Finished the season with a counting score in 25 of 27 rounds played as part of the Blue Raider lineup; one of those non-counting rounds was a 71 (E) in the first round of the JT Poston Invitational
2021 Fall: Entered the season coming off of an appearance at the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont... Led the team with an average score of 71.22 in nine rounds... Tied for 21st at the Island Resort Intercollegiate with a score of 224... Finished 14th individually at 209 (71-70-68) at the JT Poston Invitational, leading the team to a second-place finish... Placed fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational at 208 (-5), including a personal-low 65 in the third round, to lead the Blue Raiders to a tie for third place... Was named Conference USA Player of the Week on October 6 for his performance in Dallas
2020-21 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2021 Spring: Made six of seven trips for MT in the spring, averaging 74.3 strokes per round with six rounds of par or better ... Opened the spring with a Top 3 finish at the Raines Company Intercollegiate, carding a career low 54-hole total of 7-under par 209 (71-69-69) with three consecutive rounds of par or better ... Tied for 13th at the Southern Invitational with a 1-under par (71-77-67=215) performance ... Matched his career low round of 5-under par 67 to lead the Blue Raiders in the final round of the Conference USA Championship ... Went on to be the first Blue Raider to clinch his match in both the semifinals and finals, downing Charlotte’s Ben Woodruff 3&2 and North Texas’ Viktor Forslund 5&3 ... Competed in his first NCAA Regional as a member of the Blue Raider lineup in Stillwater … Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 Fall: Competed in the Blue Raider lineup in all three events in the fall with a 73.5 stroke average and team-leading four rounds of par or better ... Led Middle Tennessee at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) that earned him a share of sixth place ... Tied for ninth at the Intercollegiate of The Grove at 1-under par 143 (69-74).
2019-20 (Redshirt Freshman)
2020 Spring: Did not compete in MT’s lone spring event, the All-American Intercollegiate, before the season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic … Finished the season with the fourth best stroke average (74.0) on the team
2019 Fall: Played in four of five tournaments and had a 74.0 scoring average … Best finish was a tie for 17th at The Intercollegiate at The Grove with a 2-over par 146 (73-73) … Low round was a 71 at the White Sands Intercollegiate … Had two rounds of par or better.
2018-19 (Freshman at Tennessee): Took a redshirt season in his first collegiate campaign.
Beech HS: Ranked as the No. 43 overall recruit and the No. 26 recruit in the 2018 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... listed as the No. 74 overall player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and No. 28 player in the 2018 class ... finished second at the 2017 TSSAA State Championship ... tied for third at the Tennessee Junior AM and was third at the 2017 Under Armour/Scott Stallings Championship ... placed fifth at the 2017 Junior PGA Championship ... earned MVP honors for Team East at the 2017 Tennessee Junior Cup.
Personal: Born Nov. 27, 1999 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Son of Corey and Julie Barnard ... Has one sister, Cortney ... Mother played golf at Vanderbilt ... Majoring in Marketing.
Spring 2024: Placed in the top 15 in three of six tournaments... Finished the year with 71.7 stroke average... Was second on the team in birdies with 96 and led the team with four eagles... Registered 10 rounds of par or better out of 18 total rounds... Finished tied for fifth at the Conference USA Championship with a 1-under-par 215... Finished tied for ninth at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate with a 5-under-par 211... Finished tied for 11th at the Schenkel Invitational with a 6-under-par 210.
Fall 2023: Placed in the top 10 in three of four tournaments... Was par or better eight times in 12 rounds... Tied for fourth at the Argent Financial Classic with a score of 210 (-6)... Tied for ninth at the Badger Invitational at 212 (-4)... Tied for ninth at the Daniel Island Intercollegiate with a score of 213 (-3)
2022-23 (Redshirt Senior)
Spring 2023: Named Second Team All-Conference USA... Finished the season second on the team with a 72.3 stroke average... Was par or better in 16 rounds... Led MTSU with eight eagles on the season... His round of 66 (-6) in the first round of the NCAA Salem Regional equaled the lowest mark of the year by a Blue Raider and tied the 15th-lowest in program history... Tied for third at the Schenkel Invitational with a score of 210 (-6)... Finished eighth at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a score of 208 (-5)... Defeated LA Tech's Hunter Battles 4&2 in the match play semifinal round of the C-USA Championship... Led the Blue Raiders with a score of 211 (-5) at the NCAA Salem Regional
Fall 2022: Started the fall with a top-20 finish at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, tying for 19th at 212 (-4)... Was par or better in all three rounds of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, carding a 68 (-4) in the third round... Closed the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 71 (-1).
2021-22 (Redshirt Junior)
2022 Spring: Won the Conference USA individual title with three identical rounds of 70 (-2) to finish at 210 (-6) at Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Texas... Earned First Team All-Conference USA honors... Tied for 52nd at the NCAA Norman Regional, where he played as an individual... His season stroke average of 71.83 was 0.13 above par, the fifth-lowest average relative to par for a single season in program history... Tied for 11th at the Pat Hicks Invitational with a 54-hole score of 212 (-4), helping lead the Blue Raiders to the team championship... Went under par in all three rounds of the Loyola Intercollegiate, finishing sixth at 209 (-7) to help the Blue Raiders to their second straight team title... Tied for 12th at the Mason Rudolph Championship, helping the Blue Raiders to a fourth-place finish while recording three straight rounds of 70 (-1) for a 54-hole score of 210 (-3)... Finished the season with a counting score in 25 of 27 rounds played as part of the Blue Raider lineup; one of those non-counting rounds was a 71 (E) in the first round of the JT Poston Invitational
2021 Fall: Entered the season coming off of an appearance at the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont... Led the team with an average score of 71.22 in nine rounds... Tied for 21st at the Island Resort Intercollegiate with a score of 224... Finished 14th individually at 209 (71-70-68) at the JT Poston Invitational, leading the team to a second-place finish... Placed fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational at 208 (-5), including a personal-low 65 in the third round, to lead the Blue Raiders to a tie for third place... Was named Conference USA Player of the Week on October 6 for his performance in Dallas
2020-21 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2021 Spring: Made six of seven trips for MT in the spring, averaging 74.3 strokes per round with six rounds of par or better ... Opened the spring with a Top 3 finish at the Raines Company Intercollegiate, carding a career low 54-hole total of 7-under par 209 (71-69-69) with three consecutive rounds of par or better ... Tied for 13th at the Southern Invitational with a 1-under par (71-77-67=215) performance ... Matched his career low round of 5-under par 67 to lead the Blue Raiders in the final round of the Conference USA Championship ... Went on to be the first Blue Raider to clinch his match in both the semifinals and finals, downing Charlotte’s Ben Woodruff 3&2 and North Texas’ Viktor Forslund 5&3 ... Competed in his first NCAA Regional as a member of the Blue Raider lineup in Stillwater … Member of the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 Fall: Competed in the Blue Raider lineup in all three events in the fall with a 73.5 stroke average and team-leading four rounds of par or better ... Led Middle Tennessee at the Graeme McDowell Invitational with a 54-hole total of 2-under par 214 (71-71-72) that earned him a share of sixth place ... Tied for ninth at the Intercollegiate of The Grove at 1-under par 143 (69-74).
2019-20 (Redshirt Freshman)
2020 Spring: Did not compete in MT’s lone spring event, the All-American Intercollegiate, before the season was cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic … Finished the season with the fourth best stroke average (74.0) on the team
2019 Fall: Played in four of five tournaments and had a 74.0 scoring average … Best finish was a tie for 17th at The Intercollegiate at The Grove with a 2-over par 146 (73-73) … Low round was a 71 at the White Sands Intercollegiate … Had two rounds of par or better.
2018-19 (Freshman at Tennessee): Took a redshirt season in his first collegiate campaign.
Beech HS: Ranked as the No. 43 overall recruit and the No. 26 recruit in the 2018 class by Junior Golf Scoreboard ... listed as the No. 74 overall player in the Rolex AJGA Rankings and No. 28 player in the 2018 class ... finished second at the 2017 TSSAA State Championship ... tied for third at the Tennessee Junior AM and was third at the 2017 Under Armour/Scott Stallings Championship ... placed fifth at the 2017 Junior PGA Championship ... earned MVP honors for Team East at the 2017 Tennessee Junior Cup.
Personal: Born Nov. 27, 1999 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Son of Corey and Julie Barnard ... Has one sister, Cortney ... Mother played golf at Vanderbilt ... Majoring in Marketing.
Middle Made Moments with Head Coach Alexa Keckler
Saturday, September 06
Raider Report Week 2 - MTSU vs. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, September 05
Derek Mason LIVE: Presented by The Boulevard Bar & Grille Week 2
Wednesday, September 03
Blue Raider Notebook Presented by TOA - September 1st
Monday, September 01
