Cameron Burns

Height:
6-0
Weight:
175
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bellaire, Texas
High School:
Bellaire

Career: A solid catcher who provided depth at the position after being thrust into the starting role during his freshman campaign…a career .195 hitter across 90 games with 56 starts…scored 12 runs on 34 hits – including five doubles – while knocking in 15 runs…finishes his career ranked ninth in school history with 23 runners caught stealing, while tying for 24^th in most sacrifice hits with 13.

2016 (Senior): Appeared in 16 games with six starts, all at catcher…batted .375 with two runs, nine hits, one double, four RBI and four walks…notched a slugging percentage of .417 while posting an on-base percentage of .464…recorded three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game…had a perfect fielding percentage in 68 chances…made his first start of the season during game two of a doubleheader vs. Illinois State (3/26), posting two walks and an RBI-single...notched a single at UL-Lafayette (4/12)...was 2-for-4 with an RBI-single in a start vs. Southern Miss (4/19)...started against Southern (5/11), going 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI...doubled and singled while scoring a run during the second game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20)...walked once in a start vs. Utah during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).

2015 (Junior): Appeared in 19 games with eight starts, with all starts coming at catcher...batted .185 with two runs, five hits, one double, four walks and three sacrifice hits...notched a slugging percentage of .222 and an on-base percentage of .290...posted one multi-hit game...got his first start on the season behind the dish at Pepperdine (2/15)...went 2-for-2 with a double and two walks in a start against San Francisco (2/22)...collected singles against Creighton (3/1) and Gonzaga (3/8), both starts...scored a run while posting a sacrifice hit against Xavier (3/15)...scored a run as a pinch runner against Southeastern Louisiana (3/17)...collected a sacrifice hit against UConn (3/29)...singled against UNC Wilmington (5/29) during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regionals.

2014 (Sophomore): Appeared in nine games, including three starts (all at catcher)...batted .100 with one hit and one sacrifice hit...was a defensive replacement behind the plate against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/16), at Louisiana Tech (2/22), at San Francisco (3/9), at East Carolina (3/15) at New Orleans (3/19) and at Louisiana-Lafayette (4/1)...made his first start of the season against Middle Tennessee (3/23)...collected his first hit of the season in a start against UTSA (4/5)...posted a sacrifice bunt against Wichita State (4/26). Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors.

Freshman (2013): Appeared in 46 games, including 39 starts (all at catcher)...became the first freshman to start at catcher on opening day since 2006...batted .168 with eight runs, 19 hits, 3 doubles, 11 RBI, 21 walks and one stolen base...tied for fourth in Conference USA by throwing out 16 base runners on the year...totaled three multi-hit contests and two multi-RBI contests on the season...collected his first collegiate hit, walk and RBI versus Missouri State (2/17)...notched his first extra-base hit against Notre Dame (3/23) when he hit an RBI-double...went 2-for-3 with a run and a walk at Alabama (3/1) for his first career multi-hit game...notched his first extra-base hit against Notre Dame (3/23) when he hit an RBI-double...had a season-high three game hitting streak as he collected singles against ECU (4/12 and 4/13) and at Louisiana-Monroe (4/16)...had another three game hitting streak during the three-game series against Houston (5/3-5), collecting a double in game one and singles in the second and third games...went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a double at UCF (5/11)...plated two runs in a 1-for-2 effort against UAB (5/16)...went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the opening game of the Conference USA Championship versus Southern Miss (5/22)...scored a run and had an RBI versus East Carolina in the C-USA Championship (5/25). Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors.

About Cameron Burns

Prep: Lettered three times for head coach Rocky Manuel at Bellaire High School...selected as team captain and the team's Ray Knoblauch Award winner during his senior season...earned First Team All-State 5A laurels during his senior year...earned First Team All-District 20-5A during both his junior and senior campaigns...named Second Team All-Greater Houston as selected by the area head coaches as a senior...helped the Cardinals to the District 20-5A title as a senior and a 28-6 overall record...named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association's South Texas squad for the 4A/5A All-Star game...selected as a 2012 Player to Watch by Collegiate Baseball...was a member of the National Honor Society while at BHS.

Personal: Born Cameron Wesley Burns on February 10, 1994...the son of Rick and Kay Burns...has one brother; Trey.