2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 44
Alec Burns
- Position:
- Infielder/Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Amherst, N.H.
- High School:
- Souhegan HS
2020 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Played in nine games, including three starts
- Finished 2-for-12 on the season with a double, two walks and four runs scored
- Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter on Feb. 18, against Canisius
- Earned his first career start at William & Mary on Feb. 29, finishing 1-for-2 with a double and two runs scored
- Also collected a hit against Kent State on March 4
2019 (Freshman)
- Redshirted
High School
- Attended Souhegan High and played for coach Bill Dod, winning a state title in 2016 and serving as team captain in 2018
- Named a Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and to the Northeast All-Region Second Team in 2018
- Broke the school’s single-season home run record with 12 homers, was named an all-state honoree, the Perfect Game New Hampshire Player of the Year and a Perfect Game Underclass All-America Honorable Mention in 2017
- Ranked No. 2 among first basemen and No. 7 overall in New Hampshire by Perfect Game
- Member of the No. 26-ranked 2018 WVU recruiting class, the highest-rated class in program history at the time
- Also played basketball
Personal
- Son of Shaun Burns and Lauren Riccio
- Has two brothers and one sister
- Father played lacrosse at SMU
- Stepfather, Tony Riccio, played baseball at New Hampshire
- Birthday is November 21
- Majoring in sport management
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
Kentucky TV Highlights (NCAA Clemson Regional Final) | June 1
Monday, June 02
Clemson TV Highlights (NCAA Clemson Regional) | May 31
Saturday, May 31
BSB: Clemson Regional Game 1 Recap (vs. Kentucky)
Saturday, May 31
Kentucky TV Highlights (NCAA Clemson Regional) | May 30
Friday, May 30
