2022 Baseball Roster
Burns, Connor
Jersey Number 22
Connor Burns
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Major:
- Business Management
- Hometown:
- Chino, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Lugo HS
Bio
2023 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
2023 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Finalist – Catcher
2023 Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
2023 ABCA All-West Region Second Team
2023 All-Big West First Team
2022 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
2022 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Finalist – Catcher
2023 (Junior): Selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds, 141st overall ... Named a Semifinalist for the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award … Also named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist for the second consecutive season … Made history becoming the first player in Big West history to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award multiple times, winning the award for a second consecutive season … Also named first-team All-Big West … Was the Big West Player of the Week on April 10 … Started all 55 games behind the plate for the Dirtbags … Enjoyed a career year, slashing .307/.374/.608 in 199 at-bats … Totaled 61 hits, 30 of which went for extra bases including 14 home runs which ranks tied for sixth most in single-season program history … Also scored 38 runs and recorded 50 RBI … Registered 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … Owned a team-high 12 game hit streak from March 26 to April 15 … Recorded the first four-hit game of his career on April 28 against Grand Canyon … Best game of his season came on April 14 against UC Santa Barbara, where he went 3-for-3 with his first career multi-homer game and posted career-highs with three runs, five RBI, and nine total bases … Posted a .991 fielding percentage making just five errors in nearly 600 chances … Threw out 15 of 17 would-be base stealers.
2022 (Sophomore): Was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year, just the third in program history … Also named as one of three finalists for the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award for catcher … Appeared in 48 games, making 42 starts behind the plate … Slashed .162/.214/.215 in 130 at-bats … Posted a .993 fielding percentage, making just three errors in 402 chances … Threw out 54% of would-be base stealers … Recorded back-to-back multi-hit performances at Cal Poly, including a 3-for-6 game with a career-high three runs scored and three RBI.
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 29 games, starting 21 of them behind the plate ... Hit to a .149/.216/.299 slash line in 67 at-bats ... Made just one error behind the dish (.995 fielding percentage) while throwing out seven of 15 would-be base stealers … Recorded his first hit in the third game of the season at Hawaii … Notched his first home run and RBI with a three-run homer on April 18 at Pacific.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in baseball at Lugo High School and a three-time All-League selection … Led his team to three straight league titles before the 2020 campaign ended early … Earned Honorable Mention All-League honors as a freshman … Hit. 250 with 17 RBI, earning second-team All-League honors as a sophomore … Had his best season as a junior, hitting .349 with 27 RBI and four home runs … Chosen as the Mt. Baldy League MVP … A four-time honor roll member and a three-time Academic Merit Award recipient.
Personal: Majoring in Business Management.
2023 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Finalist – Catcher
2023 Buster Posey Award Semifinalist
2023 ABCA All-West Region Second Team
2023 All-Big West First Team
2022 Big West Defensive Player of the Year
2022 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Finalist – Catcher
2023 (Junior): Selected in the fifth round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds, 141st overall ... Named a Semifinalist for the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award … Also named an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalist for the second consecutive season … Made history becoming the first player in Big West history to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award multiple times, winning the award for a second consecutive season … Also named first-team All-Big West … Was the Big West Player of the Week on April 10 … Started all 55 games behind the plate for the Dirtbags … Enjoyed a career year, slashing .307/.374/.608 in 199 at-bats … Totaled 61 hits, 30 of which went for extra bases including 14 home runs which ranks tied for sixth most in single-season program history … Also scored 38 runs and recorded 50 RBI … Registered 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … Owned a team-high 12 game hit streak from March 26 to April 15 … Recorded the first four-hit game of his career on April 28 against Grand Canyon … Best game of his season came on April 14 against UC Santa Barbara, where he went 3-for-3 with his first career multi-homer game and posted career-highs with three runs, five RBI, and nine total bases … Posted a .991 fielding percentage making just five errors in nearly 600 chances … Threw out 15 of 17 would-be base stealers.
2022 (Sophomore): Was named the Big West Defensive Player of the Year, just the third in program history … Also named as one of three finalists for the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award for catcher … Appeared in 48 games, making 42 starts behind the plate … Slashed .162/.214/.215 in 130 at-bats … Posted a .993 fielding percentage, making just three errors in 402 chances … Threw out 54% of would-be base stealers … Recorded back-to-back multi-hit performances at Cal Poly, including a 3-for-6 game with a career-high three runs scored and three RBI.
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 29 games, starting 21 of them behind the plate ... Hit to a .149/.216/.299 slash line in 67 at-bats ... Made just one error behind the dish (.995 fielding percentage) while throwing out seven of 15 would-be base stealers … Recorded his first hit in the third game of the season at Hawaii … Notched his first home run and RBI with a three-run homer on April 18 at Pacific.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in baseball at Lugo High School and a three-time All-League selection … Led his team to three straight league titles before the 2020 campaign ended early … Earned Honorable Mention All-League honors as a freshman … Hit. 250 with 17 RBI, earning second-team All-League honors as a sophomore … Had his best season as a junior, hitting .349 with 27 RBI and four home runs … Chosen as the Mt. Baldy League MVP … A four-time honor roll member and a three-time Academic Merit Award recipient.
Personal: Majoring in Business Management.
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