Hall of Fame
Diana Barreras was a four-year letterwinner for coach Jane Worthington's EKU softball team where she started at shortstop for the 2001-2004 seasons. She began her outstanding collegiate career in fine fashion by being named the 2001 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year when she batted .296 with two home runs, 17 RBIs, 23 runs scored and was successful on 12 of 14 stolen base attempts, while sporting an impressive .970 fielding percentage. She also received honorable mention All-OVC recognition that initial season and made the OVC all-tournament team. She followed that first year at EKU up with batting averages of .285, .307 and .330 her next three seasons while making first-team All-OVC notice her sophomore and senior years and being named to the second-team All-OVC unit her junior season. While being chosen as the OVC Player of the Year following her senior year, she hit six home runs with 30 RBIs, while stealing 21-of-23 bases and had a nifty .962 fielding percentage that 2004 season. Her career totals at Eastern include having played in 208 games with 204 hits in 669 trips to the plate for a .305 batting average. She also had 12 career home runs, 76 RBIs, scored 132 runs and collected 61 steals in 67 attempts. She is in the EKU record book as one of five Colonels who have knocked three doubles in one game. Following graduation, she served one season as a graduate assistant coach and one season as assistant softball coach at EKU.
