Hometown: Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
College: Stanford University

U.S. National Team: Came into Residency Training Camp on trial during 2007, but played well enough to earn a contract and a place on the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Team … The youth national team veteran earned her first cap in goal and got her first career shutout with the full Women’s National Team on March 9, 2005, in a 1-0 victory over France at the Algarve Cup in Portugal … She actually earned her first cap, amazingly, as a field player, when the USA ran out of substitutes against Mexico at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Oct. 16, 2004 during the “Fan Celebration Tour” … Barnhart played the last four minutes plus stoppage time at forward next to Abby Wambach in the 1-0 win … Earned her second career goalkeeper cap in 2005, also a shutout, in the USA’s 7-0 win over Ukraine in Portland, Ore. … Youth National Teams: A member of the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 U-21 Nordic Cup Teams, she helped the USA to titles in Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden respectively … Also a member of the USA’s U-18 and U-16 National Team pools … First Appearance: Oct. 16, 2004, vs. Mexico … First Shutout: March 9, 2005, vs. France.

College / High School: Played in 71 games in her career at Stanford University, starting 66 … Played her senior season for Stanford in 2004, starting all 22 games while playing 2044 minutes and allowing just 10 goals for a 0.44 GAA, good for third in the NCAA … Earned 10 shutouts and was named First-Team All-Pac 10 (her third All-Pac-10 recognition) and honorable mention All-Academic Pac-10 … Also named First-Team NSCAA All-American, co-captain and a semifinalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy … In 2003 as a junior, she earned First-Team All-West Region and All-Pac-10 honors ... She co-captained the team, starting all 21 games while playing 1,947 minutes, posted a 0.79 GAA and recorded seven shutouts on the year … Named a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy ... Earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors ... Tops the Stanford record book with a 0.41 career goals-against average ... Ranks No. 3 in Cardinal history with 29 career shutouts … As a junior in 2002, she was named First-Team NSCAA All-American and earned First-Team All-West Region and All-Pac-10 honors ... Started all 23 games in goal, amassing 2,047 minutes on the season ... Finished the year as the nation's top goalkeeper with a 0.18 goals-against average ... She recorded 18 shutouts and allowed only four goals all season ... Set single-season Cardinal records in minutes played (2,047), total shutouts (18), goals allowed (4) and goals-against average (0.18) ... Also set the record for fewest goals allowed in the Pac-10 ... She posted career-high seven consecutive shutout games, shutting out Cal Poly, California, Notre Dame and Portland in the NCAA Tournament ... Earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors … Red-shirted in 2001 due to a torn ACL … In 2000, she made five appearances, picking up four shared shutouts and saw action in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against San Jose State ... Made her collegiate debut in the second half of a 4-0 win over Saint Mary's, playing 15 minutes … Played for the boys team at Boyertown High School for all four years, playing on the field a bit as well as in goal … Also played basketball and lacrosse, where she was an All-American.

Youth Club: Played for F.C. Delco, winning several state championships … In 2005, inducted into the FC Delco Hall of Fame … Also played for Souderton in her earlier club years, as well as with a boys’ club team from Boyertown ... Played a significant time on the field as well.

Personal: Full name is Nicole Renee Barnhart … Nickname is "Barnie" ... Finished high school academic career with a 4.2 GPA … Interested in working as a graphic artist in advertising or marketing … Earned a double major in studio art and psychology from Stanford ... Graduated in June of 2005 ... Also interested in art therapy and working with children in this field … Played three months of lacrosse for Stanford after the completion of her senior year of soccer eligibility, but stopped playing and became the team manager after turning professional with the U.S. team at the Algarve Cup … Studied American Sign Language for two years at Stanford and would love to further her studies ... Does not like chocolate ...In the fall of 2007, she will be serving her third year as volunteer assistant women’s soccer coach at Stanford … In her free time, enjoys drawing, creating digital artwork ... Enjoys cooking ... Most memorable soccer moment, so far, would have to be her four minutes of fame as a forward with the WNT during the 2005 Fan Celebration Tour.