Concordia Career: Is Concordia's career leader in blocked shots per game (1.2) and offensive rebounds per game (2.5) entering 2011-12 season (40-games minimum) ... ranks fourth in career rebounds per game (6.9) and defensive rebounds per game (4.4) ... tied for fifth with 67 blocked shots.
2011-12: Played in 22 and started 18 games for the Golden Bears ... ranked 12th in the NSIC in rebounding (6.2), 10th in field goal percentage (.542), fifth in blocked shots (1.45-74th in Division II), 13th in offensive rebounds (1.77), and 11th in defensive rebounds (4.41) ... in conference-only games, Barz ranked 13th in rebounding (5.7), eighth in field goal percentage (.549), fifth in blocked shots (1.33), 10th in defensive rebounds (4.11) ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.8), second in field goal percentage (.542), and led on the team in rebounding average (6.2) and blocked shots (1.5) ... recorded 2]two double-doubles on the season, including a season-best 18-point, 12-rebound game on 8-11 shooting against MSU Moorhead (1/20/12) ... registered double-digit rebounds in 4 games, including 15 in a game against Waldorf College (11/22/11) ... scored in double-digits in 11 games on the season, scoring 15-plus points six times ... blocked one or more shots in 15 games and tied his career high with five blocks against Minnesota Crookston (1/21/12) ... had 3-plus assists in five games including a season-high five in the season opener against Judson (11/15/11) ... shot over 50% from the field 15 times in 22 games including an 8-13 shooting night (16 points) to go along with three rebounds and a blocked shot against St. Cloud State (12/17/11) ... scored 18 points on 8-10 shooting against Augustana (1/27/12) ... registered 16 points (7-11 shooting) along with eight rebounds and a blocked shot while tying a season-high in minutes played (31) ... scored 16 points (8-11 shooting) for the second straight game while also recording 12 rebounds and two blocked shots against Minnesota State (2/11/12) ... ended his Golden Bear career with a season-high 19-point, 7-rebound effort against St. Cloud State (2/25/12).
2010-11: Named All-NSIC Second Team for second consecutive season ... a five-time CU Male Athlete of the Week selection ... played 27 games with 26 starts ... ranked 15th in the NSIC and 293rd in the NCAA in scoring (14.0), eighth in rebounding (7.1 - 126th in NCAA) and field goal pct. (54.0% - 61st in NCAA), fourth in blocked shots (1.22 - 94th in NCAA), seventh in offensive rebounds (2.67) and 10th in defensive rebounds (4.44) ... he finished second on the team in scoring and tied for the team lead in rebounding while leading the team in blocked shots and field goal percentage ... in conference-only games, Barz ranked 11th in scoring (14.9), sixth in rebounding (7.7), fifth in field goal pct. (54.7%), third in blocked shots (1.36), fifth in offensive rebounding (2.91), ninth in defensive rebounding (4.77) and 30th in playing time (28.91) ... on the year, his 33 blocked shots ranked as the eighth highest total in a season in school history while his average of 1.22 per game was the fifth highest ... registered four double-doubles including a season-best 23-point, 13-rebound effort on 8-15 shooting and 7-8 free throw shooting with a pair of blocks against U-Mary (2/19/11), the 23-points and 13-rebounds were both the second highest totals of the season ... had five 20-point performances including three in a row late in the year at Southwest Minnesota State (21 in 42 minutes, 2/11/11), at Minnesota State (26 on 11-13 FG, 2/12/11) and 23 against U-Mary (23, 2/18/11) ... the 26-points at MSU tied his career high set as a junior at SMSU ... scored in double-figures in 22 of 27 games and had at least five rebounds in 20 of 27 games ... had career-highs of 14 rebounds in back-to-back games in road wins at St. Cloud State (12/18/10) and Wayne State (1/3/11), notching double-doubles in both with 16 points and four blocks at SCSU and 17 points at WSC, shooting a combined 14-24 in the two games ... tied career-high with five blocked shots, adding 19 points and nine rebounds with three assists against Bemidji State (1/15/11) ... finished season strong at the foul line, making 22-31 (71.0%) in the final four games.
2009-10: Named All-NSIC Second Team ... a three-time CU Male Athlete of the Week selection ... finished 22nd in the NSIC in scoring (12.0 ppg) and sixth in the NSIC in rebounding (6.6 rpg - 198th in Div. II) ... 55.6% field goal pct. ranked ninth in NSIC ... 1.21 blocks per game ranked sixth in NSIC and 111th in Division II ... his 2.32 offensive rebounds per game was sixth in the league and 4.32 defensive rebounds ranked eighth ... is Concordia's leading returner in scoring, rebounds and blocked shots ... started 24 of his 28 games played ... had 16 games with double-digit scoring and five games with double-digit rebounds ... had four double-doubles, the first coming in the season opener with 11 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 5-10 from the floor in a win over UW-Parkside (11/21/09) ... had second double-double in 37 minutes against Winona State (12/5/09) with 12 points and 13 rebounds (seven offensive) with three blocked shots ... had third double-double against St. Thomas (12/22/09) with 19 points on 6-9 shooting with 11 rebounds ... final double-double of the season was in a big win at SMSU (1/16/10) with season-high 26 points on 11-17 shooting and 10 rebounds against Mustangs ... the 26 points was the most he'd scored in college career ... three games later, he was a perfect 8-8 from the floor, scoring 22 points with nine rebounds and a season-high five blocked shots in a big win over Augustana (1/29/10) ... he scored 19 points on 5-7 shooting with nine rebounds in 34 minutes at Minnesota Duluth (2/6/10) ... in their second meeting against SMSU (2/13/10), he scored 16 points on 7-10 shooting in a triple overtime win over the Mustangs ... made 8-10 from the floor and 8-10 at the stripe for 24 points against MSU Moorhead (2/20/10).
Tyler Junior College:
2008-09: Played one season for the NJCAA Division I Apaches, competing in 26 games as a freshman while helping them to a 24-6 overall record ... posted solid 9.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game ... registered 1.5 blocked shots per game ... racked up five double-doubles on the season, three coming consecutively in last four games ... had a season high 12 rebounds against Southwestern Christian College while adding seven points and three assists (11/1/08) ... had second 12 rebound performance in first career double-double with nine offensive rebounds and 11 points against Texas Wesleyan JV (11/15/08) ... had a third 12 rebound performance with 18 points on 9-16 shooting against Angelina College (2/28/09) ... had nine offensive rebounds in a game twice, doing it again against Paris Junior College while adding eight points (11/25/08) ... scored in double-figures 10 times and scored five or more points 23 times including each of his first 20 games played ... had nine double-digit rebound performances including three in a row during last four games of the season ... had at least five rebounds in 21 of 26 games ... in first career game scored a season-high 19 points with seven rebounds, shooting 6-9 from the floor, 2-2 from three-point range and getting to the stripe nine times against North Lake College (10/31/08) ... matched his season-high 19 points with nine rebounds on 8-10 shooting with season-high five assists against SFA Club Team (11/12/08) ... also matched season-high of five assists against Kilgore College (1/7/09) with 13 points and seven rebounds ... also posted double-doubles against Lee College (1/24/09 - 14 points, 11 rebounds), Bossier Parish Community College (2/25/09 - 15 points, 10 rebounds) and Blinn College (3/7/09 - 12 points, 10 rebounds).
Johnston High School: Lettered three times on the court for the Dragons ... invited to play at the Nike All-American Camp ... was the 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year ... a three-time Iowa All-State selection ... an Iowa Mr. Basketball Finalist.
Personal: Born April 8, 1989 ... son of Kurt and Amber Barz ... has an older sister, Tiffany, who is attenting law school at Florida State University ... will major in sports management ... his career goal is to pursue graduate school so he can puruse coaching at the collegiate level.
