• Played for Wayland Baptist College (now University) from 1954-57, playing her first year on a full scholarship at Cisco Junior College
• Member of the Flying Queens basketball team, where the team amassed a 104-0 record. Barron scored game-winning free throws against Iowa to keep the win streak alive (1957)
• 3x National AAU Champion, First-Team All-American, and co-captain during her senior year
• Named Wayland’s Outstanding Woman Athlete (1956-1957)
• Member of Team USA, where she helped win the World Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, beating Russia in the finals before 35,000 fans (1957)
• First female administrator inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame (1992)
• Inducted to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association as part of the inaugural class
• First woman to serve on the Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Control
• Served on the NIAAA membership committee for five years and on the NIAAA Board of Directors for four years