Honors
- Drafted 19th overall (First Round) in MLS SuperDraft 2025 by Real Salt Lake
- MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist: 2024
- United Soccer Coaches All-American: 2024 (First Team)
- United Soccer Coaches All-West Region: 2022 (First Team), 2023 (Second Team), 2024 (First Team)
- MLS SuperDraft Eligible Player List: 2024, 2025
- MLS College Showcase Invite: 2024
- MVC Player of the Year: 2022, 2024
- MVC All-Conference: 2022 (First Team), 2023 (First Team), 2024 (First Team)
- MVC All-Freshman Team: 2020-21
- MVC All-Tournament Team: 2023
- MVC Offensive Player of the Week: 10/12/2021, 11/8/2021, 10/31/2023, 9/3/2024, 10/22/2024
- CSC Academic All-American: 2024
- CSC Academic All-District: 2022, 2023, 2024
- MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2023 (First Team), 2024 (First Team)
- MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23
- MVC Honor Roll: 2020-21, 2022-23
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
2024
Played and started all 18 matches…Played 1,382 minutes for third-most on team…Scored 15 goals to tie for fourth-most in Division I…Scored 34 points to tie for fifth-most in Division I…His 15 goals were tied for second-most in a single season in Bears history…Opened season with eight goals in first five matches…Scored four braces against Pacific (8/26/24), Kansas City (9/2/24), at Central Arkansas (9/10/24) and at Memphis (10/15/24)...Scored four assists to tie team-high…Led nation in shots on goal per game (2.78) and was third in shots per game (4.50)...Named MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist…Named to United Soccer Coaches All-America first team and United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team…Named College Sports Communicators Academic-All American and to Academic All-District Team…Became first Bear to be named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in two different seasons…Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team…Was MVC Offensive Player of the Week (9/3/24 and 10/22/24)...One of two Bears to make MLS SuperDraft 2025 Eligible Player List...Tied for sixth in DI in shot accuracy with 50 of 81 shots being on goal (.617)...His 81 shots were third-most in team history across one season…Ended Missouri State career as program leader in shots taken (261), second in starts (85), tied for second in goals (34), third in career points (87), tied for fifth in game-winning goals (10) and tied for sixth in assists (19)...Drafted in first round (19th overall) in MLS SuperDraft 2025 by Real Salt Lake.
2023
Played and started all 19 matches...Played 1,454 minutes for fifth-most on team...Led Bears with 16 points and 48 shots...Tied with Gijs Hovius for team-leading six goals and tied with Kian Yari for team-leading four assists...Scored in consecutive games in two separate instances, against VCU (9/9/23) and at Northern Illinois (9/16/23), also at Bowling Green (10/27/23) and vs. Drake (11/1/23)...Scored opening goal in NCAA Tournament Second Round at Stanford (11/19/23)...Named to MVC All-Conference First Team for second straight year and named to MVC All-Tournament team...Named to United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team...Was MVC Offensive Player of the Week (10/31/23)...Was fourth in all of Division I in shot accuracy with 29 of 48 shots being on goal (.604)...In MVC, fifth in shots (48)...Second in shots on goal per game (1.53)...Tied for sixth in goals (6)...Tied for third in game-winning goals (3)...Was CSC Academic All-District and made MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team...One of three Bears on MLS SuperDraft 2024 Eligible Player List.
2022
Named the MVC Player of the Year as well as All-MVC first team and United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team...Started all 18 games for the Bears, quickly becoming a key part of the team’s attacking core...Scored goals against UC Santa Barbara (8/25/22), Lindenwood (9/5/22) and two scores against Cal State Northridge (9/16/22)...His four goals tied for third-most on the team...Produced four assists which tied for second-most on the team and fifth-best in The Valley...Part of a scoring offense that ranked 18th in the nation scoring 38 goals over 18 matches...Awarded the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and named to MVC Honor Roll for 2022...Named to College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team...Earned MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll status for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.
2021
Appeared in all 19 games with 17 starts...Logged 1,350 minutes during the season...Ranked second of the team in goals (5), which also ranked sixth in the MVC... Assisted two other goals...Ranked 10th in the conference in total points (12)...Was part of the strong squad that ranked No. 3 in the nation for goals against average.
2020-21
Named to MVC All-Freshman Team...Appeared in all 14 matches with 13 starts…Tied for second on the team with 13 points on 4 goals and 5 assists…Ranked second in the MVC in assists (5), third in points (13) and fourth in goals (4)…Made his collegiate debut in the season opener versus Bradley (2/27/21) where he recorded his first career goal…Assisted on the game-tying goal against Maryland in the NCAA Tournament second round (5/2/21).
High School
Spent the 2019 season playing for Putnam (Conn.) Science Academy where he scored a team-high 8 goals for the Mustangs...Prior to PSA, he was a member of the youth squad for his hometown club, Cádiz CF, for three years where he led the team in goals all three seasons while helping Cádiz CF secure league championships in 2016 and 2018.
Personal
Jesus Barroso Barea was born 4/28/02 in Cádiz, Spain...Son of Rafael Barea and Ma Jesús Barrosa Calzada...Has one sister, Sarah...Earned degree in Exercise & Movement Science with Foundations of Nutrition Undergraduate Certificate with cum laude honors.
Updated: 3/3/2025
