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Jersey Number 5
Erynn Barnum
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Little Rock, Ark.
- High School:
- Little Rock Central HS
- Previous School:
- Arkansas
- Pronunciation:
- Air-Rin
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2023-24 Preseason All-SEC Second Team (Media)
2023-24 Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List
2023 All-SEC Second Team
2022-23 Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List
2022-23 Katrina McClain Award Top 10 List
2023-24 • GRADUATE STUDENT
Played in 33 games with 30 starts … Averaged 9.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists on 50.0 percent from the field in 24.0 minutes per game … Her field goal percentage marked four out of five seasons that she finished 50.0 percent or better from the field … Converted on a career-best 70.4 percent from the free throw line and finished second on the team in free throws made and attempted … Her 9.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game were both third on the team … Recorded four double-doubles to match her career total over her previous four seasons … Scored 10-plus points 16 times and 20-plus once … Had her first 15-15 performance with a career-high 15 rebounds and 15 points against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) … Went 11-16 from the free throw line against Mississippi Valley State which tied the most free throws made by a Bulldog since Morgan William against Texas on Nov. 20, 2016 … Barnum scored 10-plus points in six-straight contests to start February and averaged 16.0 points on 62.5 percent from the field (40-64) and 4.8 rebounds over the stretch … Turned in 22 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, on 9-11 from the field with six rebounds in 31 minutes at Texas A&M (Feb. 4) … Recorded a 13 point and 11 rebound double-double in 23 minutes against Alcorn State in her Mississippi State debut (Nov. 6).
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE • ARKANSAS 2018-23
Rated as the No. 21 transfer recruit in the country by ESPN ... Earned All-SEC Second Team honors her senior season after averaging career-highs in points scored (15.0), rebounding (6.5), assists (66), blocked shots (38) and steals (47). During the 2022-23 season she played and started in all 37 games ... During the 2022-23 campaign, Barnum became Arkansas’ first Katrina McClain Award Midseason Top 10 List honoree, given to the best power forward in the country ... Scored in double figures 28 times with nine 20-point games, three 10+ rebound contests and two double-doubles ... In the SEC, she ranked third overall in field goal percentage, ninth in offensive rebounds (2.5), 11th in scoring and 14th in rebounding and free throw percentage (.644) ... Earned her first career 20-point game against Tulsa (11/14/22) when she scored 27 points with eight rebounds ...Scored a career-high 37 points against Ole Miss (1/29/23) off 13 field goals, six rebounds, three assists and three steals ... Earned her 500th career rebound against Ole Miss (1/29/23) ... Surpassed 1,000 career points at Georgia, finishing with 16 points and seven boards in Athens ... Barnum played in 114 career games making 47 starts ... She has scored 1,072 points (9.4 ppg) and grabbed 579 rebounds (6.5 rpg) with 103 career steals, 101 blocked shots and 100 assists and she comes to Starkville with a career field goal percentage of 53%.
HIGH SCHOOL
Before attending Arkansas, Barnum averaged 19.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.8 assists per game in her final year at Little Rock Central ... She earned a pair of all-state selections in 2017 and 2018, all-conference selections in 2016 and 2017, all-tournament team at the Fayetteville Lady Bulldog Classic, M.V.P. honors at the Camden Fairview Holiday Classic ... She also participated in the Metro Classic Game and was selected to play in the Mike Conley Jr. All-Star Game.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Brian Lockhart and Areal Barnum ... One of eight siblings – has one older sister, Brea, and five younger siblings, Kourtney, Kabian, Brylon, Calvin and Tyler ... Born in Pasadena, California and moved to Little Rock when she was five.
2023-24 Preseason All-SEC Second Team (Media)
2023-24 Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List
2023 All-SEC Second Team
2022-23 Katrina McClain Award Preseason Watch List
2022-23 Katrina McClain Award Top 10 List
2023-24 • GRADUATE STUDENT
Played in 33 games with 30 starts … Averaged 9.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists on 50.0 percent from the field in 24.0 minutes per game … Her field goal percentage marked four out of five seasons that she finished 50.0 percent or better from the field … Converted on a career-best 70.4 percent from the free throw line and finished second on the team in free throws made and attempted … Her 9.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game were both third on the team … Recorded four double-doubles to match her career total over her previous four seasons … Scored 10-plus points 16 times and 20-plus once … Had her first 15-15 performance with a career-high 15 rebounds and 15 points against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 29) … Went 11-16 from the free throw line against Mississippi Valley State which tied the most free throws made by a Bulldog since Morgan William against Texas on Nov. 20, 2016 … Barnum scored 10-plus points in six-straight contests to start February and averaged 16.0 points on 62.5 percent from the field (40-64) and 4.8 rebounds over the stretch … Turned in 22 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, on 9-11 from the field with six rebounds in 31 minutes at Texas A&M (Feb. 4) … Recorded a 13 point and 11 rebound double-double in 23 minutes against Alcorn State in her Mississippi State debut (Nov. 6).
PRIOR TO MISSISSIPPI STATE • ARKANSAS 2018-23
Rated as the No. 21 transfer recruit in the country by ESPN ... Earned All-SEC Second Team honors her senior season after averaging career-highs in points scored (15.0), rebounding (6.5), assists (66), blocked shots (38) and steals (47). During the 2022-23 season she played and started in all 37 games ... During the 2022-23 campaign, Barnum became Arkansas’ first Katrina McClain Award Midseason Top 10 List honoree, given to the best power forward in the country ... Scored in double figures 28 times with nine 20-point games, three 10+ rebound contests and two double-doubles ... In the SEC, she ranked third overall in field goal percentage, ninth in offensive rebounds (2.5), 11th in scoring and 14th in rebounding and free throw percentage (.644) ... Earned her first career 20-point game against Tulsa (11/14/22) when she scored 27 points with eight rebounds ...Scored a career-high 37 points against Ole Miss (1/29/23) off 13 field goals, six rebounds, three assists and three steals ... Earned her 500th career rebound against Ole Miss (1/29/23) ... Surpassed 1,000 career points at Georgia, finishing with 16 points and seven boards in Athens ... Barnum played in 114 career games making 47 starts ... She has scored 1,072 points (9.4 ppg) and grabbed 579 rebounds (6.5 rpg) with 103 career steals, 101 blocked shots and 100 assists and she comes to Starkville with a career field goal percentage of 53%.
HIGH SCHOOL
Before attending Arkansas, Barnum averaged 19.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.8 assists per game in her final year at Little Rock Central ... She earned a pair of all-state selections in 2017 and 2018, all-conference selections in 2016 and 2017, all-tournament team at the Fayetteville Lady Bulldog Classic, M.V.P. honors at the Camden Fairview Holiday Classic ... She also participated in the Metro Classic Game and was selected to play in the Mike Conley Jr. All-Star Game.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Brian Lockhart and Areal Barnum ... One of eight siblings – has one older sister, Brea, and five younger siblings, Kourtney, Kabian, Brylon, Calvin and Tyler ... Born in Pasadena, California and moved to Little Rock when she was five.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | Sam Purcell Media Session - 6/17/25
Tuesday, June 17
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | Second Round Post Game Press Conference vs. USC 03/24/25
Tuesday, March 25
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | Second Round Preview Press Conference vs. USC 03/23/25
Sunday, March 23
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA TOURNAMENT | First Round Post Game Press Conference vs. California 3/22/25
Saturday, March 22
