2015: PBC all-tournament team selection ... Led the team with a .444 average … Started 32 games on the year … Second on the team with 46 RBI … Eighteen extra-base hits … Earned Peach Belt Conference all-tournament team honors … Pounded out four hits, driving in three runs and scored twice in the win over Lincoln Memorial … Went three-for-five with a triple, double and single, while driving in two and scoring twice in the victory over the Railsplitters … Singled and drove in one in the win over LMU … Drove in a pair of runs in the victory over Trevecca Nazarene … Tallied a hit, drove in one and scored twice in the win over the Trojans … Had three hits and scored three times in the win over TNU … Launched a homer, had two hits and drove in three against Florida Tech … Blasted a solo round-tripper in the series opener at Armstrong State … Smashed a two-run homer in the finale against the Pirates … Posted three hits, including two doubles, to go along with three RBI and scoring three times in the win over Paine … Drove in a pair of runs in the series opening victory at Lander … Had a pair of hits and drove in one against the Bobcats … Pounded out two hits and drove in one in the series finale win over Georgia College … Singled and scored the game-winning run against Georgia Southwestern … Had two doubles, three RBI and scored three times in the victory over the Hurricanes … Homered, doubled and singled while driving in four runs in the series finale win over Georgia Southwestern … Singled and scored the game-winning run against Chowan … Drove in one in the victory over Chowan … Tied the school record with five hits while scoring three runs in the win over Emmanuel … Posted three hits, drove in three and scored twice in the win over Paine … Drove in two in the non-conference win at GRU Augusta … Scored the game-winning run in the series-opener against Flagler … Homered and doubled while driving in three in the victory over the Saints … Drove in five runs in the series finale against Flagler … Had a hit against Catawba … Posted two hits against the Indians … Tallied three hits, drove in one and scored twice in the PBC Quarterfinal win over Flagler … Singled and drove in one in the PBC Semifinals against Georgia College.
2014: Posted a .343 average while starting all 53 games … Led the team with 10 homers … Drove in 58 runs and scored 50 runs … Posted a .593 slugging percentage and recorded 429 putouts … Was two-for-four with a double and one RBI and a run scored in the win over Lincoln Memorial … Notched a double and a triple, driving in one and scoring twice against Lincoln Memorial … Launched a homer and had two RBI in the win over Shepherd … Drove in one against Tampa … Scored once in the win over Mount Olive … Had a double and scored a run in the win over Belmont Abbey … Launched a three-run homer en route to a six-RBI day in the win over the Crusaders … Was two-for-four with a three-run homer and four RBI in the win over Francis Marion … Went three-for-four with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in the second game against the Patriots … Launched a two-run homer against Flagler … Had one RBI in the win over Paine … Had the game-winning hit in the win over Armstrong … Posted two hits and had one RBI … Homered and scored twice in the win over Chowan … Tripled, drove in three and scored twice against Chowan … Doubled and drove in one in the win over Young Harris … Recorded a solo homer in the victory over Paine … Drove in a pair on two doubles in the win over North Georgia … Doubled and scored in the win over North Georgia … Posted three hits, two RBI and scored twice in the win over North Georgia … Recorded four hits and drove in two against Montevallo … Had a pair of hits, driving in one and scoring one in the win over the Falcons … Pounded out three hits, including a homer, drove in two and scored twice in the series finale over Montevallo … Doubled against No. 2 Lander … Drove in a pair in the win over No. 2 Lander … Belted a two-run homer in the win over Catawba … Had two hits, two RBI and scored three times in the win over the Jaguars … Blasted a two-run round-tripper in the win over GRU Augusta … Drove in one and scored twice in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Registered two hits in the victory over the Hurricanes … Tripled home two runs in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Tallied a pair of hits and scored once in the NCAA Tournament game against Lander.
2013: Named preseason All-Region by NCBWA ... Tabbed to the ABCA/Rawlings Southeast Region Gold Glove Team ... Honored as a Capital One Academic NCAA Division II Baseball District Three First-Team and Peach Belt Conference All-Academic Team selection for work in the classroom … Received Peach Belt Conference First-Team All-Conference plaudits … Chosen to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region and ABCA All-Southeast Region Second-Teams … Started all 55 games for the Pacers at first base … Hit .361 (83-for-230) on the season, second-best on the Pacers and 15th in the PBC … His 83 hits tied for the team lead and were tied for eighth-highest total in the nation … Led the team in home runs with 10 (third in PBC) and RBIs with 56 (tied-eighth in PBC) … Had a team-best 23-game hitting streak during the year … Collected 24 multiple-hit games and 15 multiple-RBI games during the season … Had 13 doubles and three triples for a team-best 132 total bases, leading to a .574 slugging percentage, team second-best and 14th in the PBC … Scored 44 runs during the year … Owned a .990 fielding percentage while collecting a PBC-best 478 put outs … South Carolina Education Lottery USC Aiken Athletic Department Student-Athlete of the Week on May 19.
2012: Chosen USC Aiken Athletic Department Freshman of the Year ... One of three players to participate in all 55 games, starting 54 of them ... Batted .353 with 76 hits, which was third-most on the team ... Slugged a team fourth-best .484 with six home runs and 10 doubles driving in 38 runs and scoring 29 ... Named PBC Freshman of the Week on April 16, 2012.
Palmer Ridge High School: Owned a .560 batting average with 15 home runs and 59 RBIs as a senior ... First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Colorado … Colorado Springs Player of the Year.
Personal: Ty is the son of Tyrone Barkell and Linda Barkell … Born March 12, 1993 ... He is majoring in Business Administration.
