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Perfect 10: Barnes edges Polk as Arizona's best ever

The guard is the lone Pac-10 Player of the Year winner in school history, a three-time first-team all-conference selection, a seven-time Pac-10 Player of the Week winner, the 1996 WNIT Most Valuable Player and was the 1995 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.

Barnes is also Arizona’s only All-American. She made the Associated Press' third team in 1998.

"I thought she'd be a good player, but even as a freshman, Adia exceeded my expectations," then-UA coach Joan Bonvicini told the Star in 1997. "The thing that sets her apart is her personal drive to be better and her ability to put pressure on herself.