Morehead State University Women's Golf

Barker led MSU to top-three conference finishes in each of her first four seasons and was named OVC Coach of the Year in 2011.  She has already mentored four OVC Golfers of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015), four OVC Freshmen of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015) and a pair of league-tournament medalists (2011 and 2012). Under her guidance, Morehead State won six events in 2010-11.  The Eagles also turned in six top-three efforts in 2011-12, four top-three finishes in 2012-13, five top-three performances in 2013-14, six top-three efforts in 2014-15, and six top-five finishes in 2015-16.  Barker has coached 32 OVC Commissioners Honor Roll recipients, 26 All-OVC performers and 24 National Golf Coaches Association Scholar All-Americans at MSU. Just the second coach in school history, Barker was hired in the fall of 2007 to revive the Morehead State womens golf program.  The Eagles had not previously competed since the 1982-83 school year. Barker came to Morehead State after six years (2001-06) as the head coach at the University of Kentucky, where her squads consistently finished among the nations top 60. Under her guidance, UK posted 21 top-10 finishes, 15 top-five efforts, three victories and two runner-up finishes.  Her 2005-06 team, which reached 35th in the national polls, set school records for lowest scoring average and best single-round score through the 2006 season. Barker coached numerous award winners at Kentucky.  The highlights include 20 Academic All-Southeastern Conference recipients, 12 NGCA Scholar All-Americans, eight Society of Character honorees and one All-SEC Honorable Mention. The Wildcats improved their scoring average by more than seven strokes under Barker's watch.  More than 80 percent of her golfers improved their scoring average and two individuals trimmed over seven strokes in a single season.  Through 2006, Barker had coached four of UK's all-time top 10 lowest stroke averages. Barker began her collegiate coaching career at Cal State Northridge, where her team collected several top-five finishes and finished the 2001 season in the nation's top 100.  Barker was named the 2001 Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year after leading CSUN to a second-place league finish, the schools best effort since the program was re-established in 1996. Before coaching, Barker played professionally on the LPGA, Australian, Futures and European LPGA Tours.  She posted two top-20 finishes on the European Tour, two top-25 efforts on the Australian Tour and two top-40 finishes on the LPGA Tour. Throughout her playing career, Barker notched one victory, multiple top-three performances and several top-five efforts on the Futures, Player's West and Telia Tours. In 1995, Barker was a qualifier for both the Womens U.S. Open and Womens British Open.  In 1996, she won the Colorado Open.  Barker is an active member of the LPGA and has been involved with its teaching division since 1996. Barker played collegiate at Oklahoma State, where she was a four-time NCAA Championship qualifier.  She earned First-Team All-America honors once and was a three-time Academic All-America honoree. In 1992, Barker received the Edith Cummings Munson Award, which is given to the First-Team All-American golfer with the highest grade-point average (3.67).  In 1993, she was named Woman Athlete of the Year for both the state of Oklahoma and OSU. In her four-year college career, Barker placed in the top 10 in 23 of 44 tournaments and finished in the top five in all four of her Big VIII Championships.  As a junior, Barker placed ninth at the NCAA Championship in Tempe, Ariz.  She left OSU ranking fourth all-time for single-season scoring average. Barker was a member of the Rio Mesa High School (Calif.) boys golf team.  She led the squad to two conference championships and won the Southern California High School Championship in 1989. A native of Carmel, Calif., Barker earned a bachelors degree from Oklahoma State in 1994 and masters degree from Kentucky in 2005.  She and her husband, Jamie, have three children -- Zack, Bailee and Alec Lee.