Walker Barron

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-10
Weight:
187
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
IMG Academy
Major:
Communication

· No. 5 AAC Prospect For 2025 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft (Perfect Game)

2024: Played in 14 games with one start … Hit .455 (5-for-11) with six runs scored, one home run and three RBI … Made his lone start of the campaign as the designated hitter at UTSA (March 23) … Registered his first two collegiate hits in the 17-3 win over Columbia (March 15), adding two runs scored and an RBI … Logged two more hits, a pair of runs scored and an RBI at UTSA … Belted a solo home run versus Wichita State (May 25) at the American Athletic Conference Tournament to help lift East Carolina past Wichita State in the first game of the semifinals … Posted three two-out RBI and was 2-for-5 (.400) with runners in scoring position.

High School: Four-year varsity letterman for head coach Dave Turgeon at IMG Academy ... Rated the 51st-best prospect in the state of Georgia and second-ranked catcher according to Perfect Game ... Assigned a Perfect Game Grade of 9.5 (Potential top 10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect) ... Participated in the 2021 Junior National Showcase and 2022 National Showcase ... Earned Perfect Game Preseason All-Southeast Region Second-Team recognition in 2022 and 2023 as well as an honorable mention citation in 2021 ... Helped lead the 643 DP Cougars 15U Pedraza club to event titles at the 2019 PG Sophomore Fall Battle of the South and 2020 PG 15U Summer Blowout ... Was a WWBA champion with the Tg D-Backs Scout Team at the 2023 18U PG Southeast Elite Championship and with the IMG Academy Ascenders at the 2023 PG High School Showdown ... Selected to the Showcase Top Prospect Team/List at the 2021 Sunshine Southeast Showcase and 2022 Sunshine East Showcase ... Deemed to have the top pop time of any prospect at the 2021 Sunshine East Showcase ... Garnered all-tournament honors at the 2018 PG Super25 13U Georgia Super Qualifier, 2018 13U Perfect Game-East Cobb Invitational, 2018 13U PG Summer Showdown Protected by G-Form, 2019 WWBA 2023 Grads or 14U National Championship, 2019 PG 14U Spring Frost, 2020 WWBA 2023 Grads or 15U National Championship, 2020 PG 16U Southeast Elite Championship, 2021 PG 17U Southeast Elite Championship, 2021 WWBA 2023 Grads or 16U National Championship, 2021 PG 16U National Elite Championship, 2021 WWBA Southeast Qualifier #2, 2021 PG 16U WWBA National Qualifier, 2021 WWBA Underclass World Championship, 2022 WWBA 2023 Grads or 17U National Championship, 2022 PG 17U National Elite Championship, 2023 18U PG Southeast Elite Championship and 2023 18U PG Battle of the Southeast.

Personal: Full name is Robert Barron but prefers to go by Walker ... Son of David and Rachael Barron ... Has two brothers named Wyatt and Wilson ... Two-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member … Named to the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.