- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice mainly because of the volleyball team. When I watched them play everyone seemed to get along well and everything meshed. Coach Hoover (Andrea) is a great coach and I wanted my experience as a student-athlete to include a strong sense of community and support. I also heard from several people that the academics were excellent and the professors are extremely caring"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Marymount University, McDaniel College and Stevenson University
Career Highs
Kills: 22 – (2x, most recent, Averett - 10/6/16)
Assists: 2 – (7x, most recent, vs. Marywood - 9/9/16)
Service Aces: 6 – (vs. Meredith - 9/11/15)
Digs: 22 – (2x, most recent, at Guilford – 9/17/16)
Total Blocks: 6 – (at Eastern Mennonite – 9/17/14)
2016 All-ODAC First Team
2016 Sea Gull Classic All-Tournament Team
2015 Honorable Mention All-American
2015 All-South Region First Team
2015 All-State First Team
2015 All-ODAC First Team
2015 Worthington Classic Tournament MVP
2014 All-ODAC First Team
2014 All-South Region Honorable Mention
2016 ODAC Player of the Week - Week 7
2016 ODAC Player of the Week - Week 6
2016 ODAC Player of the Week - Week 4
Senior (2016): Appeared in all 31 matches as a senior…All-around player that contributed on the front and back line…Led the squad with 363 kills and 44 service aces…Tallied 327 digs, the second-best total on the team…Matched a career high with 22 kills against Averett on October 6, while hitting .488 and contributing 16 digs…Posted over 20 digs in a match twice, including a career best of 22 at Guilford on September 17…Had double-digit kills in 22 of 31 matches.
Junior (2015): Played in 35 matches and all 119 sets… Led the team and was second in the ODAC, with 481 kills… Second on the squad with 407 digs… Led the Marlins with 54 service aces… Had 14 kills and 13 digs while hitting .722 against Hollins, the fourth-best hitting percentage in a match in school history… Had a career-high with 22 kills on a .457 hitting percentage against Randolph while adding 20 digs… Double-digit kills in 28 of 35 matches on the year… Earned ODAC Player of the Week honors twice.
Sophomore (2014): Barrett had an amazing sophomore campaign, playing in 34 matches and 118 sets… Led the Marlins with 372 kills while also accumulating 336 digs from her outside hitter position… Topped the 20-kill plateau for the first time with 20 against Widener on October 10… Had at least 10 kills in each of Virginia Wesleyan’s final four matches… Hit .467 with 16 kills against North Carolina Wesleyan College on September 3.
Freshman (2013): Played in 30 matches and 107 sets as a first-year… Second on the team with 234 kills… Posted 12 kills in her first collegiate contests against Staten Island… Double-figure kills in nine contests, including five of Marlins’ final eight matches… Season-high 18 kills against Gettysburg College on October 27… Had 136 digs.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Competed in volleyball for North Stafford… Selected as North Stafford's Most Valuable Player as a senior… 2012 team captain… Two-time all-district honoree, first team as a senior… 2012 Fredericksburg Free Lance All-Area 2nd team honoree… 2011 Fredericksburg Free Lance All-Area honorable mention after helping guide North Stafford to its first Commonwealth District championship.
Personal: Daughter of Blanche and Robert Barrett… Has a brother, Mark, and a sister, Victoria.
Get to Know Tiffany
- Enjoys any music with a good beat and spending vacation time in California
- Favorites include any book by Sarah Dessen, the movie "She's the Man," and the TV series "Teen Wolf"
- A fan of U.S. national volleyball team star Destinee Hooker
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "very timid at first, but hard-working"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "being on a team that gives a sense of community and support"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "communication"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to gain better communication skills, as well as become the best I can be in every aspect of the game"
- If I could spend a day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Martin Luther King, Jr. He always fought for what was right. He never once gave up"
- People might be surprised to know: "if I wasn't a volleyball player, I'd be a dancer. I love to dance and did it from first grade to 12th grade"
