Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2024 at Gardner-Webb: Was named to the 2024 Big South All-Conference First Team, and All-Academic Team…was named Big South Player of the Week on May 13…appeared and started in 46 games…led the Runnin’ Bulldogs in batting average (.341), hits (56), runs (37), home runs (16), RBIs (38), was second in walks (32), and had one stolen base…tallied a season high four RBIs against High Point on May 17…hit a pair of home runs in three separate games during the season.

2023 at Gardner-Webb: Named Big South Player of the Week (4/10) ... Started in all 47 games played in ... Batted .279 on the year while slugging .500, tied for the second highest on the team ... Had 48 hits on the year with 11 doubles and nine home runs, tied for the second most for GWU ... Got walked 29 times and hit by 15 pitches for a .422 on base percentage, 2nd best for the Runnin' Bulldogs ... Scored 39 runs and had 35 RBIs for 2023 ... Hit a pair of sac flies and stole two bases ... Played a role in 37 doubles plays from first ... Recorded 416 outs on the year with a .990 fielding percentage ... Put together an eight-game hit streak that mostly occured over conference play ... Tied her career-best in RBIs with four at App State (3/5) ... Had a pair of three-hit games against Elon (2/21) and Radford (3/31).

2022 at Gardner-Webb: Earned Big South Second Team All-Conference Honors...Played in 52 games with 47 starts...Batted .311 with 52 hits...Hit 15 home runs, the third most in the Big South...His slugging percentage of .647 ranked fourth in the Big South, while his OPS of 1.098 ranked third...Ranked ninth in the conference with 47 RBI...His on-base percentage of .438 ranked seventh in the Big South...Earned Big South Co-Player of the Week honors (5/18) after he batted .517 over four games, going 8-of-14 with three home runs, 11 RBI, a pair of doubles and three walks with a .357 slugging percentage and an eye-popping .2024 OPS, leading GWU to a sweep over Presbyterian

2021 at West Virginia: Academic All-Big 12 First Team ...Played in 24 games, including 17 starts ... Batted .250/.382/.589 on the year over 56 at bats ... Recorded 14 hits which including a double and six home runs ... Had 10 RBIs on the year and 12 runs scored ... Got walked nine times and hit by three pitches ... Belted a pair of home runs against Oklahoma (5/8) for the first time in his career for a career-best 3 RBIs. 

2020 at West Virginia: Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Played in nine games, including three starts ... Finished 2-for-12 on the season with a double, two walks and four runs scored ... Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter on Feb. 18, against Canisius ... Earned his first career start at William & Mary on Feb. 29, finishing 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored ... Also collected a hit against Kent State on March 4.
 
2019 at West Virginia: Redshirted 

High School: Attended Souhegan High and played for coach Bill Dod, winning a state title in 2016 and serving as team captain in 2018 ... Named a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and to the Northeast All-Region Second Team in 2018 ... Broke the school’s single-season home run record with 12 homers, was named an all-state honoree, the Perfect Game New Hampshire Player of the Year and a Perfect Game Underclass All-America Honorable Mention in 2017 ... Ranked No. 2 among first basemen and No. 7 overall in New Hampshire by Perfect Game ... Member of the No. 26-ranked 2018 WVU recruiting class, the highest-rated class in program history ... Played basketball.

Personal: Son of Shaun Burns and Lauren Riccio ... Has two brothers and one sister ... Father played lacrosse at SMU ... Stepfather, Tony Riccio, played baseball at New Hampshire ... Birthday is November 21 ... Majoring in sport management ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ... President’s List ... Dean’s List.