Michael Barros
Watch Mike's Induction Ceremony Starting with Comments from teammate Mark Reeves here..
Michael Barros began his remarkable athletic career at ORR his Jr. year after transferring back from Old Colony. Mike “Big Sky” Barros had two of the most dominant seasons of all time for Old Rochester Basketball. In his two seasons, Mike scored 900 points and averaged over 15 rebounds per game. However, it was his Sr. season that Mike took his game to another level. In his senior campaign Mike averaged 23 pts, 18 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game while adding in a steal per game as well. The word often used to describe his play was “dominant”. According to Mike’s teammates not only was he incredibly unselfish on the court, he was a great teammate as well. Had they kept track of assists when Mike played, he would have had a lot of those as well. Mike’s teams also excelled, only losing five games in the two years he was at ORR. Mike led the bulldogs to the Eastern MA Division 3 state championship his senior year beating their rival Wareham Vikings in the championship game. Mike was selected as first team all-conference in both seasons. Mike was also selected as a coach’s top 48 all star in his senior year for the state of Massachusetts. | |
In his senior year, Mike's statistics, his team play, and gamesmenship were not negotiable at ORR. He scored 521 points, he grabbed 412 rebounds. He also had 79 blocked shots and he had 24 steals. For his two years at ORR Mike score over 900 points.
After graduating ORR, Mike took his talents to Stonehill College where he continued to display his dominance as a basketball player. Mike played all four years while attending college and was named all-conference in three of those seasons. He was named first team all-conference his junior and senior year. Mike lead the league his senior year in scoring and rebounding, averaging 22.9pts and 9.6 rebounds per game while leading his team to a league championship. He finished his collegiate career as the 5th all-time leading score r at Stonehill, amassing 1,679 points. | |
After graduating from Stonehill College in 1988, Mike was drafted by the Topeka Sizzlers in the 5th round of the Continental Basketball Association’s draft. In 2014 Stonehill honored Mike by inducting him into their Athletic Hall of Fame where he still stands as the 5th all time leading scorer.
Michael currently lives in Mattapoisett where he’s lived his entire life. He is a proud Father and Grandfather to his daughter and grandson that live with him as well. Mike is employed as the lead criminal investigator at The Insurance Fraud Bureau and has been employed there for the past 27 years. He also volunteers as a member of the board of directors with New England Community Services. In Mike’s free time he enjoys following sports,especially basketball, football and baseball, as well as writing and recording music.
Welcome Michael Barros! to the Old Rochester Regional Athletic Hall of Fame |