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2014 Baseball Roster

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23 Zack Burling

  • Position OF
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carthage, Ill.
  • Highschool Illini West

Biography

Awards and Recognition:
2014 Second Team All-League
2013 College Sports Madness First Team All-League

Senior (2014): Only player on the 2014 roster that started every game... made 53 starts in center field... led the team and finished second in The Summit League with 20 stolen bases... team-high 32 runs scored... scored twice on 2/22 vs. Louisiana-Monroe... three hits and one RBI on 3/1 at Evansville... recorded two hits and scored once in back-to-back games at Illinois State (3/15) and vs. Butler (3/21)... three hits vs. Butler on 3/23... two hits vs. South Dakota State to open conference play on 3/28... had a memorable day on 3/30 vs. North Dakota State... scored the winning run on a walk-off sacrifice fly in game one vs. NDSU and hit a walk-off single in game two... finished the second game with a career-best four hits, including his first career triple... two hits and two RBIs on 4/9 vs. Illinois-Springfield... recorded four hits and scored eight runs in four games at Fort Wayne on 4/12 and 4/13... notched a hit in each game of the four-game set at North Dakota State... two hits and a run on 4/26 vs. Fort Wayne... two hits and two RBIs on 4/30 vs. St. Ambrose... hit a two RBI single in the seventh-inning of the weekend opener vs. Illinois State on 5/2, WIU won the contest 2-1... two hits, including a double and run scored on 5/3 vs. ISU... six hits, two RBIs and three runs scored in the four-game set at South Dakota State... five hits in the four-game set vs. Omaha to conclude the regular season... two hits, three walks drawn and three runs scored vs. Fort Wayne in the opening round victory at The Summit League Championship... recorded a double in his final game vs. North Dakota State in The Summit League Championship game...14 multiple-hit games during the season... ends his WIU playing career with 107 appearances and 102 starts in two seasons... 112 career hits, 32 multiple-hit games and 39 career stolen bases, which is tied for 10th on the career stolen bases list.

Junior (2013): Appeared in 54 games with 49 starts in the outfield... recorded first career hit on 2/16 at Arkansas... made first career start in right field on 2/17... had one hit and scored one run on 2/17 against the Razorbacks... had one hit on 2/23 at Arkansas State and an RBI on 2/24 against the Red Wolves... had two hits and scored a run on 3/2 vs. Iowa... two hits and a run scored on 3/13 at Saint Louis... recorded five total hits, two runs scored and an RBI in the doubleheader at Missouri State on 3/16… three hits and two runs scored at Michigan on 3/23… four hits and two RBI in the Illinois-Chicago series… three hits, one RBI and one run scored in the doubleheader vs. Fort Wayne on 4/7… first career double on 4/12 vs. Omaha… also drove in two on 4/12… two hits and two runs scored on 4/14 vs. Omaha… recorded a total of four hits and scored five times on 4/21 at Blackburn and vs. MacMurray… six hits, four RBI and four runs scored during the series at Fort Wayne… two hits on 5/5 vs. South Dakota State and on 5/10 vs. North Dakota State… also picked up first career walk-off hit on 5/10 vs. North Dakota State on an infield single… two hits and one run driven in on 5/12 vs. North Dakota State… first career home run came on 5/14 at Omaha… matched career high in at bat’s with six and hits with three on 5/18 at Oakland… one hit and two runs scored in opening round win over South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament on 5/23… two hits, one RBI and one run scored in second meeting vs. South Dakota State of Summit Tourney… did not make an error all season in 86 attempts in the outfield… ended the season with a team high 57 hits and 33 runs scored… also led the team with 18 multiple-hit games and hit safely in 25 of the final 30 games of the season.

John Wood Community College: Played two-years... 2012 Region 24 Gold Glove Winner... 2012 First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Region... .391 Batting Average, .459 OBP, 79 Hits, 40 RBI, 59 Runs in 2012... 2011 Region 24 Gold Glove Winner.

High School: Played football, basketball and baseball... First Team All-Conference baseball in 2009 and 2010... First Team All-Conference football player in 2009 and 2010.

Personal: Son of Mark and Jani Burling... born April 10, 1992...  number one sports highlight was being named the 2008 KHQA Defensive Player of the Year... enjoys playing guitar and listening to music... favorite musician is Kenny Chesney... majoring in Agriculture Business.

Statistics

Season:
2014

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2013Junior

    OF
    6'3" 200 lbs
    12
  • 23

    2014Senior

    OF
    6'3" 200 lbs
    23