Barnes (then Erika Hanson) played first base at the UA from 1998-2001, winning a Women’s College World Series championship as a senior. Barnes played professionally for the New York/New Jersey Juggernaut of National Pro Fastpitch, working for the team’s marketing department during the offseasons. Barnes has been involved with the Wildcats’ softball program in one way or another since her return to the UA in 2005. For a time, Barnes served as the color analyst on Arizona’s radio broadcasts.
She started with Mike Candrea’s Cats
Arizona first base person Erika Hanson stretches for the throw that snagged Tennessee's Amanda Venable in the third inning of Sunday's game.
