Arizona 2011
Will have to sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Kentucky Career (2009-10)
Combined to hit 18 doubles, three triples and 18 home runs in exactly 100 games played for the Wildcats in the SEC ... A .279 career hitter with a .499 slugging percentage ... Combined for 99 hits, 75 runs scored, 63 RBI and 10 stolen bases ... Followed up a stellar freshman season with a strong sophomore campaign ... Played in 50 games ... Hit 11 home runs to tie for second-most on the club ... Hit .271 overall with a .531 slugging percentage ... Of his 48 overall hits, 22 were for extra bases, including nine doubles and two triples ... Scored 37 runs and drove in 30 on the season ... Stole seven bases in 10 attempts ... Drew 19 walks and struck out 44 times ... As freshman, hut .287 with seven home runs ... Had an excellent freshman season, finishing strong during UK's push for the postseason after getting off to a slow start ... Played in 50 games with 45 starts, batting .287 (51-for-178) with nine doubles, one triple, seven homers and 33 RBI ... Hit better in SEC play then in non-conference action, batting .304 (31-for-102) with five doubles, five homers and 17 RBI ... Hit .263 (20-for-76) in non-league games, charting four doubles, one triple and two homers ... Hit .290 (29-for-100), with five homers and 22 RBI in games played at Cliff Hagan Stadium ... Hit .282 (20-for-71) on the road, with two homers and 10 RBI ... Led the team with 13 errors, while playing third base every day for the first time in his career ... Turned nine double plays, totaling 26 putouts and 55 assists.
Draft
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 25th Round of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
High School
Aflac All-American, two-time Colorado Player of the Year, Louisville-Slugger All-American and Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year ... Rated as the No. 38 prospect in high school by Baseball America as a senior ... First-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association ... Named the Colorado State Tournament MVP in both his junior and senior seasons, while leading team to the state championships ... Participated in the Perfect Game National Showcase, as well as the 2007 Area Code Games, as a member of the Cincinnati Reds team ... As a senior, hit .488 with 39 hits, 45 runs, eight doubles, 10 homers and 34 RBI ...Three-year letterwinner for coach Scott Bullock at Rocky Mountain High School ... In 2007, Burns was named MVP of the Colorado 5A tournament after leading Scott Bullock's Rocky Mountain High School team to the State Championship ... Burns batted .546 as a junior, setting school records for runs (45), hits (39), RBI (43), walks (34) and home runs (13) ... Burns finished his junior year with a staggering 1.181 slugging percentage and an equally impressive .649 on-base percentage ... During sophomore season, batted .500 with 30 runs scored, seven doubles, eight homers and 27 RBI ... Played football for three seasons and as a sophomore in 2006 he was named first team All-State and the team MVP ... Named Rocky Mountain High School Senior of the Year in 2008 ... A three-year Honor Roll Student and two-year academic all-state, Burns finished with a 3.92 GPA.
Personal
Full name is Andrew David Burns ... Son of Pat and Kim Burns ... Has one sister, Emily ... Born in Clemson, S.C., Burns lived in Lexington, Ky., for four years before moving to Fort Collins when he was eight ... Father got his post-graduate degree at Kentucky ... At the age of eight, Burns went to the MLB All-Star Game in Boston and competed in the MLB diamond skills championship and won the 7-8 year old level in 1999 ... Is enrolled in the Eller College of Management as a marketing major.
