2016:
• Earned spot on America East All-Academic Team for second straight year with 3.73 GPA
• Team captain on defense, starting 14 times in 16 games played
• Finished season with 18 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers
• At least two ground balls and two caused turnovers in two straight victories over Cornell (3/5) and UMass (3/8)
• Two caused turnovers and three ground balls in win vs. Vermont (4/9)
• Caused two turnovers in overtime victory over #4 Yale (4/23)
2015:
• 2015 America East All-Academic Team with a 3.83 cumulative GPA
• Lone UAlbany close defenseman to start all 19 games, tallying 18 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers
• Caused two turnovers vs. Cornell in Dallas (2/28)
• Scooped three ground balls at Syracuse (4/2), tying career-high
• Two caused turnovers in road victory at Bryant (4/14)
• Three ground balls in NCAA game vs. Notre Dame (5/17)
2014:
• Led all freshmen in starts with 14, playing in 16 games on close defense
• Caused 15 turnovers and grabbed 13 ground balls
• Earned at least one caused turnover in his first six games, including four plus two ground balls in road win at Penn State (3/22)
• Two ground balls and two caused turnovers in road win over UMBC (4/19)
High School: Lettered four years in lacrosse and basketball, three in football at Penn Yan Academy... named a team captain in 2013, earning D&C All-Greater Rochester Super 16 and First Team All-Section Five honors... led Penn Yan to sectional championships in 2011 and 2013 and state class C finals in 2012... named US Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2013... Earned an athletic scholarship at the Italian-American State Legislators Conference... Class President and member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Intends to major is business administration... Son of David and Martha Burdette... Has two brothers, David and Daniel.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: N/A
Goals: N/A
Assists: N/A
Ground Balls: 3 (3x, last: vs. Vermont, Apr. 9, 2016)
Caused Turnovers: 4 (@ Penn State, Mar. 22, 2014)
CAREER STATISTICS
|
Year
|
GP/GS
|
G
|
A
|
PTS
|
GB
|
CT
|
FO
|
|
2014
|
16/14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
13
|
--
|
|
2015
|
19/19
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
12
|
--
|
|
2016
|
16/14
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
18
|
10
|
--
|
|
Total
|
51/47
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
51
|
35
|
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