Quincy University Hawks

2025-26 (Junior): Barton put together another strong season for the Hawks as a junior, finishing with a 24-15 overall record and a .615 win percentage. Competing at 138 pounds, she climbed as high as No. 8 in the national rankings during the season. Barton went 4-6 in dual action, including a 3-2 mark in conference duals, while scoring 19 dual points. She recorded 13 falls, six tech falls, five decision victories, and five ranked wins.

Barton continued to find success in tournament action, opening the season with a third-place finish at the Luther Hill Open (11/1/25). She later placed sixth at the Missouri Valley Open (11/21-22/25) and second at the Missouri Baptist Open (1/16/26).

Barton closed the year with a second-place finish at NCAA Women’s Wrestling Regional #5 (2/20-21/26), qualifying for the national tournament for the third consecutive season. She went 2-2 at the inaugural NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships (3/6-7/26).

Overall Record: 24-15
Falls: 13
Tech Falls: 6
-    National Qualifier
-    NWCA Scholar All-American
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference

2024-25 (Sophomore): Barton followed her historic freshman campaign with another strong season for the Hawks, finishing with a 33-15 overall record and a .688 win percentage. She went 9-3 in dual action with a .750 dual win percentage, scoring 48 dual points on the season. Barton recorded 11 falls, 15 tech falls, and six decision victories, with her tech falls and decisions both tying for the team lead. She also added two ranked wins, which tied for the team high.

Barton continued to be one of Quincy’s most consistent tournament performers, winning the Luther College Open (11/9/24) for the second straight season. Competing at 138 pounds, she went 5-0 with four tech falls and one fall to earn the third tournament title of her career. She also placed fourth at the Missouri Valley Open (11/22-23/24), third at the MBU Open (1/27/25), and third at the NCWWC Women’s Region VI Tournament (2/23/25).

With her third-place regional finish, Barton qualified for the national tournament for the second consecutive season. She went 2-2 at the NCWWC National Championship (3/7-8/25).

Overall Record: 33-15
Falls: 11
Tech Falls: 15
-    National Qualifier
-    NWCA Scholar All-American

2023-24 (Freshman): Barton put together a historic freshman season for the Hawks, finishing with a team-best 44-12 overall record to record the first 40-win season in Quincy women’s wrestling history. She also led the team with a .786 overall win percentage, while going 13-4 in dual action to tie for the team lead in dual wins. Barton added a team-best .765 dual win percentage and scored 63 dual points on the season. She recorded a team-high 22 falls, along with 16 tech falls, four decision victories, and five ranked wins, which tied for the team lead.

Barton made her collegiate debut at the Luther Hill Open (11/4/23), where she went 4-2 and placed fifth in the Fresh/Soph 136 division. She followed with the first tournament title of her collegiate career at the Luther College Open (11/11/23), going 4-0 at 136 pounds with a ranked win. Barton continued to find the podium throughout the season, placing third at the Missouri Baptist Open (1/20/24), first at the Spire Classic (1/26/24) after going 4-0 with a ranked win, and third at the Grand View Open (2/3/24).

Barton closed the season by making program history at the NCWWC Region V Tournament (2/23-24/24), placing third to become one of the first three Hawks to qualify for the national tournament. She went 1-2 at the NCWWC National Championship (3/8-9/24), becoming the first Quincy women’s wrestler to win a match on the national stage.

Overall Record: 44-12
Falls: 22
Tech Falls: 16
-    National Qualifier
-    NWCA Scholar All-American
-    H.A.W.K. Award Winner
-    QU Chuck Brady Award Winner

Personal: Barton is from Ballwin, Missouri, where she attended Marquette High School. She is the daughter of Ben and Anna Barton and has three siblings: Samuel, Jacob, and Lucas. Athletics run in her family, as her grandfather, Tom Smith, wrestled at Southeast Missouri State from 1975-1978 and later served as the Athletics Director at Missouri Baptist. Her uncle, Jon Smith, also wrestled at Missouri Baptist from 2000-2004, while her second cousin, Koryn VanGilder, played basketball at Concordia, Nebraska.

At Marquette, Barton was a four-year member of both the cross country and varsity wrestling programs. She served as a wrestling team captain from 2021-2023, earned more than 100 varsity wins, and helped lead her team to a second-place finish at the 2023 Class 2 Girls State Wrestling Championships. Individually, she placed sixth at state in 2022 and third in 2023 at 130 pounds, becoming one of the first girls from Marquette to place at the state tournament. She also earned several team awards, including Marquette Girls Wrestler of the Year in 2021, the Heart of the Mustang Award in 2022, and the Workhorse Award in 2023.

In the classroom, Barton was an Honor Roll student throughout high school and was involved in National Honor Society, Orchestra, and AFJROTC. She was also named Student of the Quarter in Fall 2020 and received the Marquette Winners Circle Award in Spring 2022. Outside of school, Barton was a Girl Scout for 12 years and volunteered annually at Camp Chic-A-Wa, where she helped mentor younger Scouts. She also served as President of Venture Crew 2319 from 2021-2023.

In her free time, Barton enjoys running and spending time with her family. Her favorite athletes include Gabby Douglas, Helen Maroulis, David Taylor, Kyle Dake, and Simone Biles. She is a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues, and was also a 2022 Team Missouri member, qualifying for and attending Fargo Nationals.