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Jersey Number 33
Kiana Barney
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Cedar Falls HS
- Hometown:
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bio
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22)
Played in 19 games and averaged 4.8 minutes per game … Totaled 16 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks … Shot 26% from the field (6-23), 21.4% from the three-point arc (3-14), and 50% from the charity stripe (1-2) … Notched career-highs in scoring (6 points), made three-pointer (2), rebounds (6), steals and minutes (19) against Graceland (12/6)... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Appeared in 16 games...Finished the season with 13 points, 11 rebounds, two assists, and four blocks...Shot 50.0% (5-of-10) from the field and 50.0% (3-of-6) from three-point range...Tied her career high of three rebounds and recorded a new personal best with two blocks at Indiana State (1/23)...Led the team in three-point percentage for the season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Saw action in 14 games...Finished the season with 10 points and averaged 0.7 points and 3.6 minutes per game...Scored a season-high three points at Bradley (1/24) and at Evansville (2/15)...Grabbed three rebounds against Indiana State (1/19)...Tallied one block in five games including against Loyola (1/31)...Season was cut short due to COVID-19.
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time All-Metro, three-time IBCA All-Region and two-time First Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference honoree at Cedar Falls High School...2018 IGCA Senior All-Star Game selection and IPSWA Third Team All-State honoree as a senior...Averaged 11.2 points per game to finish her prep career with 1,111 total points...Led the Tigers to Class 5A state tournament berths in all four seasons including a state runner-up finish as a junior...2017 Class 5A All-Tournament Team honors along with Second Team All-State nods (IGCA and INA)...Named All-USA Iowa Honorable Mention during her junior season...Team-high 13.3 points per game and 53 blocks as a junior while also posting 5.1 rebounds per contest...Averaged 11.0 points, 2.0 assists and 1.4 blocks per game as a sophomore starter for Cedar Falls...Back-to-back conference championships in 2016 and 2017.
PERSONAL
Born on April 2, 2000 as Kiana Grace Barney...Daughter of Willie and Jody Barney...Father, Willie (T.C.), was a defensive lineman at UNI from 1993-96...Mother, Jody, competed in track & field at UNI…Has five siblings, Isaiah, Derek, Anaya, Christian and Jasmine…Older brother, Isaiah, was a sprinter and hurdler on the UNI men’s track & field team...Younger sister, Anaya, is currently with the UNI women’s basketball program...Chose UNI because it felt like home after growing up attending Panther sporting events and because she wanted to be close for her family to attend games...Majoring in elementary education... Also recruited by South Dakota State and Northern Illinois.
CAREER HIGHS THROUGH 2020-21
Points: 3 [5x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
Rebounds: 3 [2x], last at Indiana State (1/23/21)
Assists: 1 [4x], last at Indiana State (1/23/21)
Steals: 1 vs. Evansville (2/27/21)
Blocks: 2 at Indiana State (1/23/21)
FG Made: 1 [9x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
FG Attempts: 4 vs Indiana St. (1/19/20)
3FG Made: 1 [5x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
3FG Attempts: 2 [2x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
FT Made: None
FT Attempts: None
Minutes: 12 at Indiana State (1/23/21)
Played in 19 games and averaged 4.8 minutes per game … Totaled 16 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks … Shot 26% from the field (6-23), 21.4% from the three-point arc (3-14), and 50% from the charity stripe (1-2) … Notched career-highs in scoring (6 points), made three-pointer (2), rebounds (6), steals and minutes (19) against Graceland (12/6)... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
Appeared in 16 games...Finished the season with 13 points, 11 rebounds, two assists, and four blocks...Shot 50.0% (5-of-10) from the field and 50.0% (3-of-6) from three-point range...Tied her career high of three rebounds and recorded a new personal best with two blocks at Indiana State (1/23)...Led the team in three-point percentage for the season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Saw action in 14 games...Finished the season with 10 points and averaged 0.7 points and 3.6 minutes per game...Scored a season-high three points at Bradley (1/24) and at Evansville (2/15)...Grabbed three rebounds against Indiana State (1/19)...Tallied one block in five games including against Loyola (1/31)...Season was cut short due to COVID-19.
FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time All-Metro, three-time IBCA All-Region and two-time First Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference honoree at Cedar Falls High School...2018 IGCA Senior All-Star Game selection and IPSWA Third Team All-State honoree as a senior...Averaged 11.2 points per game to finish her prep career with 1,111 total points...Led the Tigers to Class 5A state tournament berths in all four seasons including a state runner-up finish as a junior...2017 Class 5A All-Tournament Team honors along with Second Team All-State nods (IGCA and INA)...Named All-USA Iowa Honorable Mention during her junior season...Team-high 13.3 points per game and 53 blocks as a junior while also posting 5.1 rebounds per contest...Averaged 11.0 points, 2.0 assists and 1.4 blocks per game as a sophomore starter for Cedar Falls...Back-to-back conference championships in 2016 and 2017.
PERSONAL
Born on April 2, 2000 as Kiana Grace Barney...Daughter of Willie and Jody Barney...Father, Willie (T.C.), was a defensive lineman at UNI from 1993-96...Mother, Jody, competed in track & field at UNI…Has five siblings, Isaiah, Derek, Anaya, Christian and Jasmine…Older brother, Isaiah, was a sprinter and hurdler on the UNI men’s track & field team...Younger sister, Anaya, is currently with the UNI women’s basketball program...Chose UNI because it felt like home after growing up attending Panther sporting events and because she wanted to be close for her family to attend games...Majoring in elementary education... Also recruited by South Dakota State and Northern Illinois.
CAREER HIGHS THROUGH 2020-21
Points: 3 [5x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
Rebounds: 3 [2x], last at Indiana State (1/23/21)
Assists: 1 [4x], last at Indiana State (1/23/21)
Steals: 1 vs. Evansville (2/27/21)
Blocks: 2 at Indiana State (1/23/21)
FG Made: 1 [9x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
FG Attempts: 4 vs Indiana St. (1/19/20)
3FG Made: 1 [5x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
3FG Attempts: 2 [2x], last vs. Evansville (2/28/21)
FT Made: None
FT Attempts: None
Minutes: 12 at Indiana State (1/23/21)
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