Amy Barton Class: Junior Hometown: Brisbane, Australia High School: St. Margaret's Anglican Girls School Birthdate: 04/23/1991

Meet the Spartans: Amy Barton

2012: Junior

Spring: Did not compete.

Fall: Won two singles matches and a doubles match at the Spartan Invitational... Defeated Louisville's Villajuan 6-0, 6-1... Edged Henestrosa of IPFW , 1-6, 6-2, 10-4... Captured a doubles win alongside Julianne Gruber against Forsyth and Huck of IPFW, 9-8 (7-0)

2011: Sophomore
Spring:Honored as a second team All-Big Ten selection ... Competed at the No. 1 singles position in 20 matches where she posted a 12-8 record ... Kicked off the spring season with a seven-match win streak which included a 6-4, 6-3 win over Recht of IPFW, a 6-1-6-3 victory over Westerink of Eastern Michigan and a 6-4, 6-1 win against Danesis of Miami of Ohio ... Came back to drop Johnson of No. 49 William & Mary, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 ... Ranked No. 121 in singles play after defeating No. 63 Hureau of Indiana, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch MSU's lone conference victory of the season ... Notched a Big Ten victory over Allin of Illinois, 6-0, 6-4 ... Compiled an impressive 16-8 doubles record at the No. 1 slot alongside partner Marina Bohrer ... The tandem was nationally ranked throughout the season with the highest ranking coming at No. 21 ... Went 5-5 in Big Ten play ... Defeated No. 11 Bolender and Muresan of Michigan, 8-5 ... Topped Johnson and Cepeda of No. 49 William & Mary, 8-6 ... Posted an 8-4 victory over Schmidt and Rabot of No. 58 Purdue ... Notched a win against Hois and Trgovich of Wisconsin, 8-4 ... Edged Pintusava and Umanets of Minnesota, 8-1 ... Downed Bidard and Simidian of Penn State, 8-2.

Fall: Did not compete.

2010: Freshman
Spring: Began the spring season with an 8-6 doubles victory over Zara Harutyunyan and Jeremie Benjamin of Akron... Combined with doubles partner Whitney Wilson for a total of 11 victories including ones over #75 Cal Poly's Steffi Wong and Alexa Lee (8-6) and Celine Donnet and Miriam Westerink of Eastern Michigan (8-6)... Tallied a total of six singles wins, with three coming against Big Ten Opponents... Captured the victory over Christina Tan of Syracus, 5-7, 6-3, 12-10... Then when on to defeat Pin Sorenson from Evansville, 6-0, 6-4... Overcame Karina Ahuja from Eastern Michigan, 6-4, 6-3... Topped Doron Muravnik from #54 Minnesota 6-3,6-4... Defeated Jessica Young of Iowa 6-4, 6-3... Won against Sarah Henderson from Penn State 6-2, 6-3.

Fall: Started off her career at MSU with two singles and two doubles wins in the 2009 Spartan Invitational... Posted a 7-6, 6-2 victory over Yumi Matsuto from Western Michigan at the ITA Midwest Regionals... At the Purdue Invite recorded a singles victory and a doubles victory with partner Whitney Wilson over Lauren McCarthy and Amy Simidian of Penn State.

High School
Earned a career-high ITF combined ranking of 1,107 ... Concluded her career at St. Margaret's Anglican Girls' School with an unblemished record, going 9-0 her senior year ... Led St. Margaret's to a Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA) crown her senior year and an undefeated record of 9-0 ... Defeated current Spartan Elena Ivanova, 6-3, 6-2, to advance to the round of 16 at Northern Territory ITF ... Defeated Erin Billett, 6-4, 6-0, in the semifinals of the 2008 Gympie RSL Open Events ... Partnered with Taylor Douglas to defeat Charlotte Fuller and Kristy Sinclair at the 2008 Gympie RSL Open Events, 8-3.

Personal
Born April 23, 1991 ... Daughter of Garry and Janet Barton.

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