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Jersey Number 20
Kirby Burkholder
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Bridgewater, Va.
- High School:
- Turner Ashby
Bio
Career Rank (at end of 2012-13 season)
- Points, 27th (995)
- Double-Figure Rebounding Games, 9th (20)
- 3-Pointers, 2nd (181)
- Rebounds, 18th (626)
2013-14:
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- Fall Semester President's List
2012-13:
- All-Conference (CAA) First Team
- Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State Second Team
- All-State (VaSID) First Team
- CAA All-Academic Second Team
- College Sports Madness All-CAA First Team
- CAA Player of the Week Jan. 28 (20 points at George Mason, 28 points vs. Hofstra)
- CAA Player of the Week and NetScouts POW Jan. 6 (27 points vs. Georgia Southern, 15 points at UNCW)
- Preseason All-CAA Second Team
- College Sports Madness Preseason All-CAA Second Team
- Among CAA leaders in free throw percentage (2nd), overall rebounding (3rd), defensive rebounds (3rd), 3-pointers (4th), minutes played (6th), scoring (8th), offensive rebounds (8th), 3-point percentage (9th) and steals (12th).
- Team leader in rebounds, steals and 3-pointers and second in points, assists and minutes played
- JMU Team's Co-Most Valuable Player Award
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
2011-12:
- WNIT All-Tournament Team (16.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg)
- All-CAA Third Team
- CAA All-Academic Second Team
- Team leader in steals and 3-pointers, second on team in scoring and minutes played and third in rebounding and assists
- Among CAA leaders in 3-pointers (4th), defensive rebounds (6th), steals (8th), average rebounds/game (13th), 3-point percentage (15th), and scoring (19th).
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
- School Records:
- Season 3-point attempts by a sophomore (281)
- Season games played by a sophomore (37)
- Season games started by a sophomore (tied, 34)
- Season minutes played by a sophomore (1,231)
2010-11:
- JMU Team's Most Improved Player Award
- JMU Team's Newcomer Award
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar Athlete
High school:
- Coached by Rob Lovell at Turner Ashby
- Associated Press group AA all-state (First Team 2010)
- Three-time all-state (First Team 2010, Second Team 2009, Honorable Mention 2008)
- Region 3 Player of the Year (2010)
- Massanutten District Player of the Year (2008, 2010)
- Harrisonburg News-Record Player of the Year (2009)
- Four-time All-Massanutten District (First Team 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Three-time All-Region 3 (First Team 2008, 2009, 2010, Second Team 2007)
- VHSCA Senior All-Star Game and West Team MVP (2010)
- Averaged team-highs of 16.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.6 steals, 3.8 assists and 1.2 blocked shots and shot a team-high 56.7 percent from the field as a senior (2010)
- Team offensive MVP (2010)
- School records for career points (1,657), rebounds (985), games played (110) and field goals (630) and season field goals (178)
- The Knights were state semifinalists, Region 3 runners-up and Massanutten District champions 2010, state runners-up 2009 and region semifinalists 2009
- Her AAU team won two national championships
- Graduated with honors and a 3.9 grade-point average
Personal:
- Daughter of Jennifer and Kenton Burkholder
- Dean's List student majoring in sport & recreation management with a minor in business
- Has an older sister, Jordan a 2011 graduate of NCAA Division III Bridgewater (Va.) College, where she scored a school career-record 1,764 points and was the 2011 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year
- Has a younger sister, Cassidy, a sophomore basketball player at Bridgewater (Va.) College
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