Biography
2023: Split time as the starting catcher with 34 games played and 31 starts... Finished the season with a .181 batting average, a .325 slugging percentage, and a .358 on-base percentage... Totaled 15 hits, seven doubles, one triple, one homerun, 16 RBI, 17 walks, and one stolen base... Defensively, finished with a .987 fielding percentage on 238 chances with 223 putouts, 12 assists, two double plays, and four runners thrown out on stolen base attempts... Three games with at least two hits and five games with at least two RBI, including a four-RBI game in a win over East Central... Had a five-game hitting streak and a seven-game reached base streak... Selected to the GAC All-Academic Team.
2022: Tied for the team high in games played and games started at 56... Started 46 games as catcher, four games in right field, three games as the designated hitter, and one game each at second base, left field, and centerfield... Was the team's leadoff hitter in 24 games... Finished the year with a .262 batting average, a .451 slugging percentage, and a .400 on-base percentage... Totaled 42 runs scored, 51 hits, 10 doubles, nine homeruns, 40 RBI, 41 walks, and eight stolen bases... Led the team in walks (41) and sacrifice bunts (6)... Had 13 games with at least two hits, including two games with three hits... Had 11 games with at least two RBI, including one game with three and one game five... Went 3-for-5 in Ouachita's 9-3 win over Missouri Western with a three-run double and two-run single... Posted a seven game-hitting streak, and ended the year on a five-game hitting streak... Posted the second longest reached base streak on the team with 24 consecutive games... Also led the team in total putouts (324) and threw out nine runners attempting to steal a base... Named to the GAC All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Ouachita Dean's List.
2021: Started all 40 games at five different positions... Ended the season on a 26-game reached base streak... Fourth in the GAC with 29 walks... Led the team with a .312 batting average, a .448 on-base percentage, and two triples... Went 3-3 with two doubles and two runs scored in the season opener against Arkansas Tech (2/12)... Collected three hits and scored three runs against Harding (2/6)... Was 2-3 with two home runs and five RBIs against Southeastern Oklahoma State (4/17).
2020: Played in 12 games, making eight starts... Went 2-4 with a double for the first two hits of his career against Ecclesia (2/18)
AT WALNUT RIDGE: 2x All State selection in baseball, 3x All-Conference... Arkansas All-Star selection... 2x Best Under the Sun First Team selection... 2018 All-State football selection... Also played basketball
PERSONAL: Son of Hunter and Ashley Burris... Triple-majoring in finance, entrepreneurship, and sport management... Born March 23, 2001.
