Darwin Barney

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Darwin Barney (born November 8, 1985 in Portland, Oregon) is a baseball shortstop who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball with the 127th overall pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[1]

[edit] College

Barney attended Oregon State University and played for the Beavers for its back-to-back NCAA Division I Baseball Championships in 2006 and 2007,[2] and was named to the all-tournament team in 2007.[3]

He was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2005, and earned Freshman All-American honors.[2] In 2006, Barney was selected to Team USA by USA Baseball, where his team won the gold medal at the World University Championships.[2]

[edit] High School

Barney graduated from Southridge High School (Oregon) in Beaverton, Oregon, where he led the school to its first baseball state championship in 2003.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 MLB.com Draft Tracker. MLB.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  2. ^ a b c Darwin Barney. OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-21.
  3. ^ OSU in first and last Division I games of season. OregonLive.com (June 25, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-25.
  4. ^ Eggers, Kerry. "‘Little twerp’ grows into Southridge star", Portland Tribune, May 18, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-07-16. 
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