Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll	Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2020, Spring 2021

Career: Has competed in eight races during her career, primarily as the coxswain for the Wildcats third varsity eight team … Three-time selection to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and two-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll selection.
 
2021-22: Coxswain for the Wildcats group that finished in 16^th with a 14:03.497 time at the Head of Schuylkill.
 
2020-21: Had a successful start to her collegiate career and was the coxswain for the third varsity eight squad … Helped the Wildcats tally a first place finish in the 3V8 race at the CAA Championship where the team posted a winning time of 7:07.31 to beat runner-up Delaware and pre-race favorite Northeastern by a margin of three seconds … The win helped Villanova finish third overall at the conference championship to match the 2017 squad for its best CAA finish since joining the league … Opened the season with a dual against Delaware where the 3V8 boat posted a time of 7:45.6 … The squad won a close race at the Kerr Cup where it posted a time of 7:04.2 and edged Drexel by just a tenth of a second … Villanova also won the 3V8 race against George Mason in 7:04.8 and came in 4.1 seconds ahead of Delaware and Jacksonville … Was the coxswain for a second varsity four boat at George Mason and directed the Wildcats to a third place finish in the race with a time of 7:59.7 … The 3V8 squad posted a time of 7:19.2 at the Kelly Cup and was awarded a first place finish when Temple was disqualified from the race.
 
Oakland Catholic High School: Four-year member of the rowing team and earned three varsity letters as a coxswain … Four-time winner of the Scholar-Athlete Award … Inducted to the National Honor Society and the Joan of Arch Society of Scholars.
 
Personal: Born 2/22/02 in Pittsburgh, Pa. … Older of two daughters of Everett and Carleen Burns … Has a younger sister, Kate (17) … Chose to attend Villanova because it felt like home when she stepped on campus … Noted that the campus community felt like a second home and she also was drawn to the strong Nursing program that would set her up for success … Plans to major in Nursing.