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Burkart, Matt
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Jersey Number 10
Matt Burkart
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- 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
Head Coach Ed Lamb Press Conference 9/3/2025
Wednesday, September 03
Izzi Bennett and Bella LePore Post Game Press Conference vs Colorado State
Wednesday, September 03
Head Coach Lyndsey Oates Post Game Press Conference vs Colorado State
Wednesday, September 03
UNC volleyball coaches show episode 1
Monday, September 01
