Whitney Burks Season 2019

Career Accolades
• Four-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2016 & 2017 honorable mention, 2018 & 2019 second team)
• 2019 NFCA Scholar-Athlete

As a Redshirt Senior (2019)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Hit .211 with 24 runs scored, six doubles, a triple, a team-best seven homers and 31 RBIs while appearing in 49 games, including starting 48
• Slugged .447 while also drawing a team-high 28 walks to post a .380 on-base percentage
• Posted six multi-hit games and a team-high nine multi-RBI games, including three four-RBI contests
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two home runs and four RBIs on Opening Day vs. Bradley (Feb. 8)
• Drove in four runs as part of a 2-for-3 day that included two runs scored, a double and a triple vs. Pacific (Feb. 14)
• 4-for-5 with a double, a homer and four RBIs vs. Cal Poly (March 3)
• Scored three runs, drove in three more and collected a homer at California (March 24)
• Walked in all four plate appearances and scored a run vs. Saint Mary's (March 27)
• Finished 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs to help Stanford to a victory over Boston University in the NCAA Tournament (May 18)

As a Redshirt Junior (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• Appeared in 53 games and started 52
• Made 35 starts at first base, 12 in left field, three at shortstop and two as designated player
• Led team with 11 doubles, five home runs, 26 RBI, 22 walks and 227 putouts
• Second on the team with 67 total bases and .447 slugging percentage
• Finished with .273 average, .386 on-base percentage and .980 fielding percentage
• Season-high three RBI and a home run in win over Seattle (Feb. 9)
• Go-ahead, game-winning home run against Loyola Marymount (March 3)
• Went 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a walk in win over CSU Bakersfield (March 11)
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run against Cal (April 29)
• Reached base in a team-high 14 straight games

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2017) 
• Led team with seven home runs
• Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a run in a 6-0 victory at No. 7 Washington (May 6)
• Produced at least one RBI in four straight games, generating five in that span from April 22-29
• Hit a two-run home run to help lead Stanford to a 8-6 comeback victory in eight innings at Oregon State (April 23)
• Had a seven-game hitting streak (Feb. 23-March 4)
• Hit .300 (3-for-10) with four RBIs, two walks, a double and two runs in three games during the Stanford Nike Invitational (Feb. 18-19)
• Went 8-for-21 (.381) with two home runs, 11 RBIs, two doubles, two runs and three walks over six games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 9-12)
• Provided the game-winning hit to complete a 3-2 seventh inning comeback against Western Michigan (Feb. 10)

As a Redshirt Freshman (2016)
• Had a five-game hitting streak consisting of six hits from Feb. 28-March 6
• Hit .385 (7-for-18) with four RBIs, a home run, a double, six runs and four walks over five games at the Malihini Aloha Tournament (March 4-6)
• Hit her first collegiate home run against No. 17/12 Missouri, a solo shot to center field (Feb. 25)
• Made her collegiate debut in the season-opener, starting at third base against Portland State (Feb. 12)

As a Freshman (2015)
• Redshirt year

Prior to Stanford
• 2014 graduate of South County High School in Lorton, Va.
• First Team All-Metropolitan selection (2013)
• 2013 Second Team All-State
• Captained team to the 6A State Championship and Northern Region Championship in 2014
• Contributed to Patriot District championships in 2011 and 2012
• Earned Northern Regional Tournament Team honors in 2013
• 2013 First Team All-Northern Region
• Three-time First Team All-Patriot District selection (2011-13)
• Two-time Patriot District Player of the Year (2012-13)
• Holds high school’s career records in: batting average (.547), triples (14), on-base percentage (.632), slugging percentage (.846) and stolen bases (34)

Club
• Played for the Vienna Stars 18U Gold (2009-14)

Personal
• Daughter of Orlanda and Wanda Burks
• Has an older brother Oren
• Began working in a bio-nano technology lab on Stanford's campus during the summer of 2016 that became a company during her junior year. The lab focuses on engineering an innocuous pathway into cells through nano structures. She serves as the head of product design and product assembly, and works with other lab members to 3D print any designs they need to make their jobs easier.
• Took a nanomaterials synthesis class during her junior year that covered a variety of synthesis techniques. She chose to focus on nanotubes which have been used in a variety of sports equipment including softball bats.
• Member of the Leadership Core for SBSE BYTES - an engineering club that facilitates workshops that teach engineering skills and funds engineering projects for minority students on campus
• Co-Event Coordinator of the Stanford Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Engineering Carnival
• Designing and manufacturing a travel guitar through the Society of Black Scientist and Engineers (SBSE) BYTES Program during her sophomore year
• Recognized by the Central Intelligence Agency for her 2013 science fair project and was awarded a tour of CIA facilities at Langley
• Born in Alexandria, Va.