Sarah Ashlee Barker

Barker played basketball for Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama.

She was the 2020 Alabama Gatorade player of the year, 2020 Alabama Sports Writers Association Miss Basketball, and a two-time ASWA Class 7A state player of the year. She averaged 23.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and scored more than 2,000 points. {{cite web|title=Girls Basketball - Alabama

|url=https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/sarah%20ashlee-barker|website=Gatorade|access-date=April 3, 2024}}

On October 8 2018, she committed to Georgia. {{cite web|title=Spain Park's Sarah Ashlee Barker commits to Georgia basketball

|url=https://www.al.com/sports/2018/10/spain_parks_sarah_ashlee_barke.html|website=AL.com|date= October 8, 2018|access-date=April 3, 2024}}

In her freshman year, Barker played in 24 games, averaging 5.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. She had career highs against App State, with 12 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. Barker was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. As a sophomore, Barker started every game and scored 14 points in a win against Notre Dame. {{cite web|title=Sarah Ashlee Barker

|url=https://georgiadogs.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/sarah-ashlee-barker/4932|website=Georgia Bulldogs|access-date=April 3, 2024}} At the end of the season, she transferred to Alabama.{{cite web|title=Alabama Women’s Basketball Signs Georgia Transfer Sarah Ashlee Barker, North Dakota State Transfer Ryan Cobbins|url=https://rolltide.com/news/2022/3/28/womens-basketball-alabama-womens-basketball-signs-georgia-transfer-sarah-ashlee-barker-north-dakota-state-transfer-ryan-cobbins|website=Alabama Crimson Tide|date= March 28, 2022|access-date=April 3, 2024}} At Alabama, Barker started and played in 33 games, and surpassed 1,000 career points on February 18. She scored a career-high 34 points against Kentucky on January 28. Barker was named to the first-team All-SEC. In her senior year, Barker led Alabama with 17.2 points per game and 2.0 steals per game. She tied her career-high of eight assists against Georgia, Mississippi State, and Green Bay. She was named as a top 10 finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year. {{cite web|title=Sarah Ashlee Barker |url=https://rolltide.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/sarah-ashlee-barker/12040|website=Alabama Crimson Tide|access-date=April 3, 2024}} In a double-overtime loss to Maryland in the 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament, Barker scored a program-high 45 points. {{cite web|title=Sarah Ashlee Barker's Alabama career over, but her NCAA Tournament impact lingers|url=https://www.tidesports.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2025/03/28/sarah-ashlee-barker-alabama-womens-basketballcareer-over-ncaa-tournament-impact-lingers/82703296007/|website=Tide Sports|date= March 28, 2025|access-date=April 3, 2024}}

On April 14, 2025, Barker was selected ninth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2025 WNBA draft.{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Andrew |date=2025-04-15 |title=Spain Park alum, Alabama star Sarah Ashlee Barker drafted by WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks |url=https://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/2025/04/14/spain-park-alum-alabama-star-sarah-ashlee-barker-drafted-by-wnbas-los-angeles-sparks/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Shelby County Reporter |language=en}}

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|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21

| style="text-align:left;"| Georgia

|24||0||16.7||33.3||27.8||58.8||2.7||1.2||0.8||0.2||1.5||5.1

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22

| style="text-align:left;"| Georgia

|31||31||25.3||35.9||30.7||72.7||4.0||2.4||1.3||0.4||2.1||7.7

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23

| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama

|31||28||23.4||38.2||29.3||64.8||4.8||2.3||1.5||0.6||2.3||6.9

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24

| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama

|33||33||30.0||49.1||35.3||71.1||6.3||2.9||1.9||0.5||3.1||16.8

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25

| style="text-align:left;"| Alabama

|28||28||31.7||51.4||37.5||70.9||6.3||3.9||2.0||0.8||3.3||18.2

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|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

|147||120||25.8||44.3||32.9||69.0||4.9||2.6||1.5||0.5||2.5||11.2

|- class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/sarah-ashlee-barker-1.html|title=Sarah Ashlee Barker College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}

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Barker is the daughter of former professional football player Jay Barker, who was the starting quarterback of Alabama's 1992 national championship winning team, and stepdaughter of country music singer-songwriter Sara Evans. Barker is a Christian.{{cite web |last1=Doering |first1=Joshua |title=Sarah Ashlee Barker drafted 9th overall by L.A. Sparks, finds ‘strength’ and ‘peace’ in the Lord |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/basketball/2025/04/15/sarah-ashlee-barker-sparks-strength-peace-lord/ |website=Sports Spectrum |access-date=20 April 2025}}

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