Early Years
Barnes grew up in San Diego, California and attended Mission Bay Senior High School in San Diego. Over the course of her high school career, she amassed 1112 blocks, the most ever recorded by a female high school basketball player, 253 blocks ahead of second place Chris Enger.
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