Biography
2014: Fourth-year team member … 2013: Started 51 of 54 games played … hit .304 with four home runs, 11 doubles, 30 RBI and 29 runs … led team with 19 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games … team season-best 12-game hitting streak (19-52, .365) … fourth on team with a 12-game streak of reaching base … led team in hits (62), fielding chances (321) and putouts (276), while throwing out 16 baserunners … second on team in at bats (204), batting average and walks (12), third in slugging percentage (.417), on-base percentage (.351), home runs, RBI, total bases (85) and total plate appearances (222), fourth in runs and assists (44), and fifth in double plays (8) … 2012: Started 43 of 46 games played … hit .357 with seven home runs, a team-best two triples, 15 doubles, 35 RBI, 28 runs and 4-6 stolen bases … fifth on team with 13 multi-hit games … second on team with nine multi-RBI games … season-best nine-game hitting streak (15-31, .484) … second on team with a 17-game streak of reaching base … led team in hit by pitches (8), second in batting average, home runs, doubles, RBI, total bases (96), slugging percentage (.611), on base percentage (.445), fielding chances (244) and putouts (211), third in hits (56), tied for third in stolen bases and steal attempts, fourth in fielding assists (26), tied for fourth in stolen base percentage (.667), and fifth in at bats (157), runs, games played and starts … team season-best two hit by pitches at Coppin State (2.25) … 2011: Started 45 of 45 games … hit .270 with three home runs, nine doubles, 34 RBI, 24 runs and 2-2 stolen bases … 12 multi-hit games … team-best eight multi-RBI games … season-best nine-game hitting streak (16-35, .457) … led team in RBI, hit by pitches (5), fielding chances (335) and fielding putouts (296) … team season-best six RBI and three doubles vs. Le Moyne (3.20) … team season-best two hit by pitches vs. Cleveland State (2.19) … team season-best 14 putouts at North Carolina Central (3.2) … Longwood Scholar-Athlete Award … High School: Standout at Jamestown … three-time All-District … All-State and All-Region as a senior, hitting .431 with eight home runs … hit six home runs as a junior and four home runs as a sophomore … hit .445 with 18 home runs in high school … also participated in basketball and football, earning All-District in football as a junior … Personal: Son of Marcia and Bruce Burkett … helped the Peninsula Pilots to the 2013 Petitt Cup as Coastal Plain League (CPL) Champions (.238, one home run, four doubles, 10 RBI) … CPL All-Star was 4-6 with a stolen base in the two-game championship series … played in the 2012 Valley Baseball League for Woodstock (.259, 6 HR, 21 RBI), earning VBL All-Star honors … Academics: Majoring in business finance.
