2013: Led UALR in batting average (.340), hits (68) and on-base percentage (.444) as a senior … Played in and started 58 games at second base … Finished the season ranked eighth in the Sun Belt Conference in hitting (.340) and seventh in OBP (.444) … Was hit by 15 pitches as a senior, raising his career total to 30 and placing him fourth on UALR’s all-time list … Tied for the team lead with two triples and ranked third on the team with 15 doubles … Led the Trojans with 22 multi-hit games on the season … Ended the season by reaching base safely in 30-straight games (March 30-May 23), the longest such streak for any Trojan in 2013 … Ranked second on the team with 163 assists … Was 6-for-11 on stolen base attempts … Totaled a season-high four hits at Middle Tennessee (April 7), including two doubles and a triple … Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a stolen base against Louisiana-Lafayette (April 14) … Posted back-to-back three-hit games, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in UALR’s 5-0 win over Western Kentucky (April 26), and 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in the Trojans’ 16-6 win over WKU (April 28) … Went 3-for-4 with an RBI in UALR’s 1-0 win over FIU (May 11) … Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored in UALR’s season-ending loss to No. 6-seeded FIU in the Sun Belt Tournament (May 23).
2012: Started 48 games at second base as a junior, batting .277 with 40 runs scored and 30 RBI … Totaled six doubles, two triples and six home runs for a .439 slugging percentage … Had 10 multi-hit games on the year, including a season-high three hits on three occasions … Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two doubles against UAPB on Feb. 19 … Enjoyed a 3-for-3 day at the plate with two RBI and a season-high three runs scored at UT Martin on March 3 … Put together a 10-game hit streak from April 21-May 6 … Opened the year by reaching base in 24-consecutive games from Feb. 17-April 3 – the second-longest streak by a Trojan in 2012 … Had nine multi-RBI games, driving in a season-high two runs on nine occasions … Drew 23 walks and was hit by a pitch 15 times to help raise his on-base percentage to .408 … Was 7-for-10 on stolen base attempts … Led the team with 133 assists … Started all 30 Sun Belt games.
Prior to UALR: Helped Central Arizona win the Region I Championship and the NJCAA Western District Championship en route to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA World Series ... Hit .337 with four home runs, 33 RBI and 35 runs scored as a freshman in 2010 to earn Second Team All-ACCAC Conference and Second Team All-Region I honors ... Sported a .985 fielding percentage as sophomore in 2011 ... Played under head coach John Wente.
High School: Hit .400 or better in each of his three years at Peninsula High School, peaking with a .509 batting average in 2008 ... Named First Team All-League at the end of the 2008 and 2009 seasons, and was a Second Team All-League selection in 2007 ... Received the team most valuable player award in 2008 and 2009 ... Played for head coach Marco Malich.
Personal: Full name is Christopher James Burk ... Born Oct. 13, 1990 in Tacoma, Wash. ... Son of Evan and Debbie Burk ... Has one brother, Jason Hansen, and one sister, Jona Durousseau ... A criminal justice major.
