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Burkart, Matt
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Jersey Number 10
Matt Burkart
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eaton, Colo.
- Prev School:
- Eaton HS
Bio
2019:
2018:
2017:
HIGH SCHOOL:
PERSONAL:
- STARTED ALL 46 GAMES
- HIT .256, WITH 11 DOUBLES, 3 TRIPLES, AND 2 HOMERUNS
- WAS SUCCESSFUL IN 5 OF 7 STOLEN BASE OPPORTUNITIES
- HAD 3 HITS AGAINST SACRAMENTO STATE ON 5/4/19
- DROVE IN 6 RUNS AGAINST SEATTLE U
- HOMERUNS WERE HIT AGAINST SACRAMENTO STATE AND SEATTLE U
- FINISHED THE SEASON HITTING .438 (14-32) OVER THE LAST 9 GAMES OF THE SEASON
2018:
- STARTED IN 51 GAMES
- HIT .307, SLUGGING 18 DOUBLES, 3 TRIPLES, AND HIT 8 HOMERUNS
- DROVE IN 38 RUNS
- LEAD THE BEARS WITH 105 TOTAL BASES
- IN WAC PLAY, HIT .320, 10 DOUBLES, AND 3 HOMERUNS
- HAD A 4 HIT DAY WHILE DRIVING IN 6 RUNS AGAINST REGIS UNIVERSITY ON 3/27/18
- HIT HIS FIRST HOMERUN OF THE SEASON AGAINST SAN JOSE STATE
- ALSO HIT HOMERUNS AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA STATE, NEBRASKA, UTAH VALLEY, REGIS UN., GRAND CANYON, CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD, AND AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY
- POSTED 3 RBI GAMES AGAINST MONTANA STATE BILLINGS, NORTH DAKOTA STATE, GRAND CANYON AND AIR FORCE
- STOLE 2 BASES AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3/9/18
2017:
- PLAYED IN 32 GAMES WITH 23 STARTS
- HIT .286 FOR THE SEASON WITH A TEAM HIGH .410 ON BASE PERCENTAGE
- SAW FIRST COLLEGIATE ACTION AGAINST UN. OF SAN FRANCISCO
- PICKED UP HIS FIRST HIT AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO STATE
- LAUNCHED HIS LONE HOMERUN AGAINST UN. OF COLORADO – COLORADO SPRINGS
HIGH SCHOOL:
- ATTENDED EATON HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN EATON, COLORADO
- WAS A 3 SPORT ATHLETE, LETTERING BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND FOOTBALL
- NAMED 1ST TEAM DENVER POST ALL-STATE ALL FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL
- PREP BASEBALL 3A PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2016
- NAMED A MAX PREP 1ST TEAM FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN IN 2013
- WAS A CAREER .501 HITTER
- TEAM WON THE COLORADO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2015 AND ALSO WAS AWARDED THE MAX PREP SMALL SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPION
- WAS AWARED THE TOUCHING HEARTS THROUGH ATHLETICS WHICH EXEMPLIFIES OUTSTANDING WORK, CHARACTER, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
- WAS RECRUITED BY NEBRASKA, KANSAS, WICHITA STATE, AND CINCINNATI
PERSONAL:
- SON OF HEIDI MILLETT AND SHAWN BURKART
- HAS ONE SISTER, HALLIE
- BORN IN TORRINGTON, WYOMING
- FATHER PLAYED FOOTBALL AT CHADRON STATE; MOM PLAYED BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL AT NORTHWEST CC
- MAJORING IN ECONOMICS AT UNC
- ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY FLY FISHING AND HUNTING, ALONG WITH GOLF IN OFF TIME
- MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE AS HIS FATHER, MOTHER, STEP-FATHER, SISTER, AND GRANDFATHER
Week 4 - Head Coach Ed Lamb Press Conference
Wednesday, September 17
Building Champions Campaign 2025
Wednesday, September 17
Week 3 - Head Coach Lamb Press Conference
Wednesday, September 10
Head Coach Ed Lamb Press Conference 9/3/2025
Wednesday, September 03
