Karin (Knutsen) Barrows
Graduating class: 2003
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2023
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
Karin (Knutsen) Barrows was an outstandingathlete who excelled as a four-year starter on the Girls’ Soccer Team where she scored 58 career goals and added 31 assists for a total of 89 career points. Coach Sam Galvam stated that Karin “was the team’s best player up front and a very tough competitor who knew no fear”. Karin was selected for the Standard-Times Girls’ Soccer Super Team during both her junior and senior seasons.
On the basketball court she was also a fierce competitor who was known for her aggressive defensive play averaging just under five steals per game. She captained the basketball team during her senior season and was nominated by her coach for the annual Dave Cowens Award for the outstanding girls’ basketball player on the south coast.
In the spring seasons of her freshman and sophomore years Karin was a member of the Spring Track teams, and then in her junior and senior seasons she played for the Girls’ Tennis team and she captained that team during her senior season.
Karin was chosen as the recipient of the Mel Entin Award as the outstanding senior female athlete after serving as team captain for all three of her senior year squads.
Karin went on to play soccer at Framingham State College where she was a four-year starter and team captain during her senior season. She was named to the All-Conference Second Team of the Mass. State College Athletic Conference. Karin went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Education at UMass-Boston specializing in Orientation and Mobility Training for the Blind. She is employed by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind and teaches Orientation and Mobility to both children and adults. She currently lives in Mattapoisett with her husband Colby and their two children Bodie and Reagan.