Stacey Barr Explained

Stacey Barr
Birth Date:	12 November 1992
Originalteam:	(WAWFL)
Draftpick:	No. 68, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debutdate:	Round 1, 2017
Debutstadium:	VU Whitten Oval
Height:	170 cm
Position:	Defender
Years1:	2017–2018
Games Goals1:	12 (5)
Statsend:	the 2018 season

Stacey Barr (born 12 November 1992) is an Australian rules footballer and basketball player. She has played for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition, and has played in the Women's National Basketball League for the Perth Lynx.

Basketball career

Barr played four seasons of college basketball in the United States between 2011 and 2015 for the University of Idaho. After a stint in the SEABL with the Geelong Supercats,^[1] Barr joined the Perth Lynx for the 2015–16 WNBL season. In 2016, she played in the SBL for the Kalamunda Eastern Suns. In 2017, she continued on in the SBL with the Willetton Tigers. She split her 2018 season with a stint with the East Perth Eagles in the SBL before finishing the year with the Frankston Blues in the SEABL.^[2] After a season abroad in Luxembourg with Basket Esch, Barr returned to Perth for the 2019 SBL season and helped the Warwick Senators reach the grand final, where they lost 85–56 to the Rockingham Flames despite Barr's team-high 16 points.^[3] She was subsequently named the SBL MVP.^[4] She continued to play with the Senators in 2020, 2021 and 2022.^[5] She won the NBL1 West MVP in 2022^{[6] [7]} and helped the Senators win the NBL1 West championship^[8] and NBL1 National championship at the NBL1 National Finals.^[9] On 2 June 2023, she scored 51 points in an 87–58 win over the Perth Redbacks.^[10]

Football career

Barr was drafted by Fremantle with their ninth selection and sixty-eighth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.^[11] She made her debut in the thirty-two point loss to the at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2017 season.^[12] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven matches.^[13] She was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2018 season.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barr adds depth . supercats.com.au . 4 June 2015 . 7 September 2019.
2. Web site: Arsenis . Damian . Stacey Barr aiming for WNBL return . pickandroll.com.au . 19 May 2018 . 7 September 2019.
3. Web site: GRAND FINAL SPOTLIGHT | DEEP FLAMES TOO HOT FOR SENATORS . SBL.asn.au . 30 August 2019 . 30 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 Women's MVP . Twitter . 7 September 2019 . 7 September 2019.
5. Web site: Stacey Barr . australiabasket.com . 12 August 2022 . subscription.
6. Web site: Stacey Barr MVP. facebook.com/NBLOneWest/. 13 August 2022. 13 August 2022.
7. Web site: AWARD WINNERS 2022 . basketballwa.asn.au . 17 August 2022.
8. Web site: WARWICK SENATORS CROWNED NBL1 WEST CHAMPIONS. nbl1.com.au. 2 September 2022. 2 September 2022.
9. Web site: O'Donoghue. Craig. Warwick Senators and Rockingham Flames crowned as NBL1 National Champions in big day for WA basketball. TheWest.com.au. 11 September 2022. live. https://archive.today/20230103080308/https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/warwick-senators-and-rockingham-flames-crowned-as-nbl1-national-champions-in-big-day-for-wa-basketball-c-8200308. 3 January 2023.
10. Web site: Warwick vs Perth. nbl1.com.au. 2 June 2023. 2 June 2023. live. https://archive.today/20230602130541/https://nbl1.com.au/games/6f242f91-747f-11ed-ad05-f31e0463632f/west. 2 June 2023.
11. News: 100 per cent WA talent drafted to Freo. 12 October 2016. FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 1 September 2017.
12. News: AFLW Teams Round 1: Full sides named for inaugural round of AFL Women's competition. 3 February 2017. Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. 1 September 2017.
13. Web site: Stacey Barr. AustralianFootball.com. 1 September 2017.
14. News: AFLW: Delisted Docker goes coast to coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20180611085244/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-07/aflw-five-way-deal-ends-trade-period. dead. 11 June 2018. Black. Sarah. 7 June 2018. AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 25 June 2018.