Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A returning letterwinner . . . played in 27 career games with 22 starts . . . owns a .377 lifetime batting average at NSU (26-for-69) . . . career totals include three doubles, two home runs, 13 runs batted in, 12 runs scored, and one stolen base . . . has five career games with multiple hits . . . most hits in a single game is three, which he has reached four times . . . owns three multi-RBI games, including a career-high four against Rogers State (March 11) . . . carries a career-best seven-game hit streak into his senior year . . . landed on the 2014 MIAA Academic Honor Roll . . . transferred to NSU after spending his first two collegiate campaigns at Labette Community College in Parsons, Kan.
 
Senior (2015) – Was injured prior to the season and was awarded a medical redshirt.

Junior (2014) – Competed in 27 games, missing a majority of the season with an illness . . . made 22 starts, all at third base . . . led NSU with a .377 batting average after finishing 26-for-69 at the plate . . . also registered three doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI, and 12 runs scored . . . posted a .507 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage . . . was 1-for-2 in stolen-base opportunities and tallied an .857 fielding percentage (15 putouts, 27 assists, 7 errors) . . . had five multi-hit games on the year, including four contests with three hits . . . had a three-game stretch from March 10-11 with three hits in three-straight games . . . scored three times in the first game of a doubleheader against Lindenwood (March 10) and drove home three in the nightcap . . . tallied a season-best four RBI against Rogers State a day later (March 11) . . . had three games with multiple runs batted in . . . ended the year on a season-long seven-game hit streak . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Labette Community College (2012-13) – Participated in 91 games in two years with the Cardinals, serving as the starting third baseman . . . LCC is a member of the NJCAA Division I . . . finished his two years with a .257 batting average (63-for-245) that included 14 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 27 runs scored, and 37 RBI . . . also stole four bases in his two years . . . compiled an .890 fielding percentage (57 putouts, 121 assists, 22 errors).
 
High School – Was a four-year letterwinner at Charles Page HS . . . named all-state, all-district and all-conference in 2011 for the Class 6A program . . . won the 2010 Don Mattingly World Series with his club team, the Burkburnett Blacksox, and was honored as the best hitter . . . carried a 3.8 grade-point average throughout his career and was a Sandite King nominee senior year.
 
Personal – Majoring in business management . . . son of Charles and Andrea Burgess . . . born Aug. 22, 1992.