17 Mike Burdin
17 Mike Burdin
Nickname: Burdie
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Year: 2010
Hometown: Gardiner, ME
High School: Gardiner
Position: Second Base
Major: Marketing
Bats/Throws: R/R

2010: Played in 46 games with 42 starts at second base…registered career highs in batting average (.403), hits (58), at bats (144), runs (41) and triples (4)…drove home 34 runs and also belted 10 doubles and two home runs…selected as one of the Monks’ three team captains…led the team with 12 sacrifice bunts…also led the GNAC and ranked fourth in NCAA DIII in sac bunts…enjoyed an outstanding season defensively as well with six errors in 193 chances for a .969 fielding percentage…helped the 2010 Monks set a new season record for double plays turned (45)…notched 18 multiple hit games and drove in more than one run in eight different contests…closed out the season on an 11  game hitting streak…hit .727 (16-22) with 10 runs, two doubles and a triple with 6 RBI in seven games from March 28th to April 3rd…knocked home four and belted a long ball against Framingham State on April 8th…went 4-6 with six runs, a double, a homer and five RBI in a doubleheader sweep over Emerson on April 11th…was 3-3 with a triple, a run scored and an RBI against Thomas on April 13th…went 2-4 with four runs scored in a GNAC Tournament semifinal victory over Suffolk on May 1st…recorded a hit in all five of the Monks’ NCAA Regional Tournament contests, including two-hit efforts against Tufts on May 19th and Wheaton on May 21st…capped his career with a .377 (127-337) batting average, 87 runs, 22 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs and 76 RBI…ranks seventh all-time in team history in batting average…earned Second Team All-GNAC honors…received the team’s Coaches Award.

2009: Played in 41 games with 38 starts, 19 at both second and shortstop...enjoyed a breakout year with the bat, hitting .385 (50-130) with 37 runs, 37 RBI's, 10 doubles, five home runs and three triples...posted an impressive .623 slugging percentage, primarily as the Monks' #9 hitter...ranked third on the team in home runs and fourth in batting avg., slugging pct., hits and total bases...recorded multiple hits 14 times and drove home more than one run in eight games...posted an 11 game hitting streak, the second longest of the season for the Monks...hit for the cycle and went 4-6 with four runs and six RBI's against Rivier on April 6th...just the second SJC player to accomplish the feat...his home run against Rivier, a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning, was the first of his college career...caught fire in early April and raised his average 230 points with a 22-37 (.595) average over 10 games...went 12-17 (.706) with 12 runs, 11 RBI's, 4 doubles, a triple and a home run in four games against Rivier and Lasell April 4th & 5th...went 3-4 with a run and an RBI against Daniel Webster on April 9th...hit big flies in back to back games against Norwich and Colby on April 11th & 13th, respectively...hit a solo shot against Southern Maine on April 16th and went deep against the Huskies again on April 29th at home...selected as GNAC Player of the Week on April 6th and was one of eight SJC players to collect All-Conference honors.

2008: Was a two-way player again as a sophomore, with 13 starts in the field and 4 on the mound...had a 7.31 ERA and a 2-3 record in 32 innings...hit .250 (9-36) with four runs, three RBI's and two doubles as a hitter...went 2-3 with a run and two RBI's against Northland on March 6th and 2-4 with a run and a double against Suffolk on March 29th...started in both of the Monks NCAA Regional Tournament games at third base...set a new program record for most hit batsmen in a game with five against Rivier on April 19th.

2007: Filled a dual role for the Monks, making seven starts as an infielder and five as a starting pitcher...posted a 4.50 ERA and a 2-2 record in 34 innings on the hill and hit .370 (10-27) as a utility infielder...earned his first collegiate victory with a complete-game effort against Bowdoin on April 23rd...tossed 7 1/3 innings of one-hit ball and earned the win against Castleton in the NAC Tournament opener on May 5th...collected his first NCAA hit, a single in the eighth inning, against Daniel Webster on March 11th...went 2-5 with a run and an RBI against Daniel Webster on March 13th to notch his first multi-hit game...posted a 3-4 effort with a run scored against Elms on April 22nd...ranked fourth on the team in innings.

High School: Played four years of varsity baseball for Jim Palmer at Gardiner Area High School, making the Maine Principle's Association Class A Playoffs every year...was a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference First-Team and Second-Team All-Star his junior and senior years, respectively...was named team MVP senior year...career ERA of 1.30 with a batting average over .350...also played soccer and hockey...earned All Conference and All State honors for soccer.

Personal: Michael Thomas Burdin, born on September 12, 1987 in Gardiner, Maine...son of Douglas and Bobbi-Jo Burdin...majoring in Business Marketing.

 

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