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  Bear Burnett

Bear Burnett

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.

High School:
Oak Mountain HS

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 190

Position:
Catcher/Outfield

**2006 and 2007 All-OVC Tournament Team**

Returns for his fourth year as a starter . . . will make the transition from outfield to catcher for his senior season.

2007 (Junior): Started all 60 games in the outfield . . . finished fourth on the team with a .297 batting average . . . also fourth on the team with four home runs and 35 RBI . . . had 19 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games . . . named to the OVC All-Tournament team . . . went 5-for-9 with three doubles and three RBI in season-opening series versus Arkansas State . . . went 2-for-5 in final game of Kennesaw State series . . . 2-for-4 in game one at Mercer . . . 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in game one at UNC Asheville . . . 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in game three at UNC Asheville . . . 5-for-14 with a home run and five RBI in Purdue series . . . 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in game one against Murray State . . . went 2-for-5 in final game of Southeast Missouri series . . . 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI in win over Auburn . . . 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in game one against Eastern Kentucky . . . went a combined 5-for-9 in final two games at Morehead State . . . 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI in game three against Tennessee Tech . . . 2-for-4 in middle game at Tennessee-Martin . . . went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBI against Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament . . . 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and five RBI against Jacksonville State in the OVC Tournament.

2006 (Sophomore): Saw action in 58 games, starting 57 . . . batted .296, and placed second on the team with six home runs and 43 RBI . . . had 17 multihit games and nine multi-RBI games . . . went two for four with an RBI at Ole Miss . . . went two for four with a double at Montevallo . . . drove in two runs in each of three games against Longwood . . . went two for four with two home runs and four RBI at Arkansas State . . . went five for 12 with a home run and five RBI in a three-game series at Jacksonville State . . . went two for four with an RBI in the first game of the Austin Peay series . . . had six hits in three games at Southeast Missouri . . . went two for three with a home run in game one at Eastern Kentucky . . . went two for five in game three against Morehead State . . . went two for four in the final game at Tennessee Tech . . . went four for eight in the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went three for five with two RBI against Southeast Missouri in the OVC Tournament . . . went six for seven with a double, a triple and six RBI against Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament . . . went three for four with an RBI against Jacksonville State in the championship round of the OVC Tournament.

2005 (Freshman): Played in 53 games, starting 51 contests . . . led the team with a .331 batting average . . . had 10 doubles, two triples, two home runs and 23 RBI . . . appeared in 12 games on the mound, posting an ERA of 8.64 . . . went two for three with an RBI against Montevallo . . . went four for six with three RBI in game three at Southeastern Louisiana . . . went two for four in the third game against Butler . . . went two for three in game two against Dayton . . . went two for five with an RBI in game one against Jacksonville State . . . went two for three in game two against Jacksonville State . . . went three for five with a home run and two RBI against 24th-ranked Mississippi State . . . drove in two runs in game three against Southeast Missouri . . . went two for four with an RBI in a home game against 23rd-ranked Auburn . . . went two for three in game one at Eastern Illinois . . . went two for five with two RBI in a win over UAB . . . went two for three in the third game of the Eastern Kentucky series . . . went two for four with three RBI in game three at Morehead State . . . went two for four in a nonconference game at Jacksonville State . . . went two for three with an RBI in game three against Tennessee Tech . . . went three for three in game one of the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went four for five in game three of the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went two for four with an RBI in game one of the Murray State series . . . went two for three in game two against Murray State.

High School: Named to All-County, All-Over-the-Mountain and Honorable Mention All-State teams in baseball and football at Oak Mountain High School . . . named Over the Mountain Player of the Year for baseball.

Personal: Born Nov. 19, 1985 . . . son of Sandy Burnett and Cathy Burnett . . . majoring in finance.



 

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