University of San Francisco Athletics

2009 SEASON: Appeared in 12 games with onestart as a sophomore... finished the season 0-2, 8.76 ERA... struckout nine batters in 12.1 innings... made season debut at theUniversity of Texas - San Antonio, tossing 3.1 innings of reliefwith on strikeout (2/21)... threw 1.1 innings in first start of theseason, striking out on at California (3/4)... struck out two in1.0 inning at Pacific (4/7)... struck out two in 1.0 inning atStanford (4/27).

2008 SEASON: Started on game and appeared in 26games as a freshman... finished the season 1-1 with a 7.36 ERA and15 strikeouts... earned first win in 1.2 innings of relief versusFairleigh Dickinson.

PREP CAREER: Played three years of Varsitybaseball at Clayton Valley High School... sophomore year had a0.653 ERA, earning League Honorable Mention... junior year earnedFirst Team All-League after posting 0.750 ERA... senior year earnedMVP League honors as well as Contra Costa Times Baseball Player ofthe Year with 1.865 ERA.

PERSONAL: Born in April of 1989 in Pittsburg,CA... son of Ken and Cindy Burns... nickname is Burnzy... goal forthe season is to gain strength and help the team... chose USFbecause it's close to home and seemed to be a good fit... thinksthe best thing about being a student-athlete is learning timemanagement... likes the diversity in San Francisco... would like tobe Greg Moore for a day... the best advice he could give toyoungsters is never settle for anything but the best... favoritequote is "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the sizeof the fight in the dog"... favorite movie is Snatch... favoritebook is A Million Little Pieces... favorite musical artist isQueens of the Stone Age... favorite food is Deli Sandwiches...hobbies include snowboarding, wakeboarding, and attendingconcerts... majoring in Communication Studies.