Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
All-CAA Team	2021-22
CRCA Scholar-Athlete	2021-22
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Career: Veteran member of the team who has competed 19 times during her collegiate career and has been a regular part of the lineup in the second varsity eight and varsity four boats … Landed All-CAA Team and CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors in the 2021-22 season … Named to both the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all eight semesters of her collegiate career.
 
2021-22: Named an All-CAA Team selection at the 2022 Championships … Competed in four events, racing with both the Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four throughout the season … Helped the V4 to be the highest-finishing crew at the CAA Championships, finishing third in 7:41.667 … Made it to the V4 Grand Final at the Mason Invitational for a fourth-place, 8:02.2 finish … Part of the 2V8 that finished second in the dual with Drexel and La Salle, posting a 8:28.1 time … Sat stroke for the 16^th place group that finished the Women’s Club Championship Eights in 14:03.497 at the Head of the Schuylkill.
 
2020-21: Rowed in the Wildcats second varsity eight boat in either 7-seat or the 6-seat at every competition during the season … After an exhibition against Drexel in the team’s return to the water, Villanova opened the season with a dual against Delaware and posted a time of 7:15.8 to beat the Blue Hens by a margin of 5.4 seconds … One of the other highlights of the year for the second varsity eight squad was finishing in third place with a time of 6:56.42 at the CAA Championships … Villanova came in second in its 2V8 heat at the Kerr Cup with a time of 6:49.4 … The team also won its heat in 6:47.8 at George Mason and came in seven-tenths of a second ahead of Jacksonville in a close finish … Villanova moved on to the grand final at George Mason and came in third in 6:59.7 … At the Kelly Cup the Wildcats tallied a time of 7:01.3 to finish in third place and come in ahead of Penn and Saint Joseph’s in the 2V8 race.
 
2019-20: Part of the team’s varsity four (stroke) lineup which tallied a 20^th place finish out of 48 teams at the Head of the Schuylkill … Helped the second varsity eight (7-seat) team finish second in competition against UCF and Duquesne at the Metro Cup Regatta.
 
2018-19: Competed eight times during her freshman season and was part of the Wildcats varsity four and second varsity eight squads … Helped the varsity four boat finish third at the CAA Championship and fourth in the Grand Final at the George Mason Invitational … Villanova also qualified for the Petite Final against strong competition at the Cooper Sprints, went on to finish fourth in the Grand Final at the same site a week later during the Cooper Invitational and tallied a fourth place finish in the final at the Kerr Cup … Helped the second varsity eight squad finish second at both the Rollins Invitational and in competition against Saint Joseph’s and Delaware … Competed in the Collegiate 8 at the Kings Head Regatta.
 
Club Rowing: Competed for Oakland Strokes Rowing Club for two years and was a member of the novice and varsity teams.
 
Bishop O’Dowd High School: Two-year member of the cross country and track & field teams … Named the Best Newcomer in both cross country and on the track as a freshman … Qualified for the North Coast Section championships in the 3200 meters as a freshman and was also a state championships qualifier in cross country her freshman year … Winer of the Biology Certification Award as a sophomore and English Certification Awards as a senior.
 
Personal: Born 4/2/2000 in Livingston, N.J. … Youngest of three children and the only daughter of Andrew and Jacqueline Burke … Has two older brothers, Sean (24) and Colin (24) … Both brothers were track & field and cross country student-athletes in college, Sean at Boston College and Colin at UCLA … Enjoys spending time with her siblings, listening to music and going to the beach in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for the school’s community, its academic and athletic excellence, and team spirit … Communication major.