Awards and Recognition:Â
United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team (2020)
CUSA Player of the Year (2020)
CUSA Midfielder of the Year (2020)
All-CUSA First Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
All-CUSA Third Team (2023)
CUSA All-Freshmen Team (2018)
United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team (2019, 2020)
Preseason All-CUSA Team (2022)
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team (2020)
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region First Team (2020)
Weekly Awards:
CUSA Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/23)
CUSA Offensive Player of the Week (10/8/19, 3/16/21)
Features:
Emerging Leader - Ambere Barnett
Hilltopper Spotlight - Ambere Barnett
Beyond The Hill Podcast (10/24/23)
WKU Career: Finished with the ninth most career goals (20)…Fourth most career assists (17)…Seventh most career points (57)…Fourth most career shots (177)…Tied for the eighth most game-winning goals (6).
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2023 (Graduate): Named to the All-CUSA Third Team and was named to the Preseason All-CUSA Team…Earned CUSA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17…Played the fourth most minutes of any WKU field player (1,229)…Made the switch from midfield to backline in August and helped lead the WKU defense to eight shutouts and a 0.833 goals against average for the season…That GAA was the second best in CUSA and the team’s 50.0 shutout percentage was the 36th best percentage in the country…Scored goals against Siena and Louisiana Tech, which was a game-winner…Assisted on a goal against Middle Tennessee.
2022 (Graduate): Did not see action in 2022 due to injury.Â
2021 (Senior): Did not see action in 2021 due to injury...Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2021-22 academic year.
2020-21 (Junior): Became the first Lady Topper in WKU history to earn All-American honors when she was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team…Earned Conference USA Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year honors…Tabbed C-USA All-Conference First Team for the third consecutive season…Was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region for the second straight season…Earned C-USA Offensive Player of the Week honors on March 16…Led the team in goals with six total in nine games played…Also led the team in points earned with 14 on the season…Her 0.67 goals per game ranked second among all C-USA players and 32nd nationally…The 1.56 points per game mark Barnett had on the season also ranked second in C-USA and 40th in the country…She had a 0.654 shot accuracy on the season which led the league and was 25th in the nation…Barnett put on 1.89 shots per game on goal which was the 38th best mark in the NCAA…Scored goals in her first three matches of the season, including two against FIU…In that game against FIU, she also earned an assist, giving her a 5-point game against the Panthers…Notched game-winners against Middle Tennessee and FIU…Finished with two assists on the season…Scored goals against Southern Illinois, Middle Tennessee, FIU, Florida Atlantic and Old Dominion…Named to the 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named to the Dean’s list in the fall of 2020.
2019 (Sophomore): Tabbed United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team and All-Conference USA First Team…Took the most shots in a single season in WKU history with 77 on the season…Led the team in assists with six and had the second most goals with five for a team-leading 16 points…Got the starting nod in every match…Scored the 600th goal in program history against Charlotte on Oct. 3...Had four points in the Lady Toppers season opener against Belmont with a goal and two assists…Scored the Golden Goal in a double overtime win against Southern Miss…Also netted goals against Southern Illinois, Alabama A&M and Charlotte…Had two assists at Samford…Also recorded assists against Southern Illinois and FIU…Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Earned President's List honors for the spring semester.
2018 (Freshman): Had one of the top individual seasons by a freshman in program history, becoming only the second Lady Topper freshman to earn First Team All-Conference honors… Appeared in all 17 matches with 16 starts… Finished her debut season with seven goals, eight assists and 22 points… Her eight assists were the third-most in WKU single-season history, and her 22 points were tied for seventh-most and were the most by any WKU player since 2012… Became just the second Lady Topper with multiple matches of five or more points in a single season… Had two goals apiece at Evansville (Aug. 23), vs. UTEP (Oct. 7) and vs. Marshall (Oct. 26)… Also added two assists against UTEP for a six-point match… Finished the season with at least one point in each of WKU’s final six matches… Named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week one time (Oct. 8).
