Charlotte 49ers

Women's Basketball

  Danielle Burgin

Danielle Burgin

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Asheville, N.C.

High School:
Asheville

Height:
6-5

Position:
Forward/Center

Birthdate:
02/06/1987

Needs 186 points to become the 16th player in school history to score 1,000 points in their career. Has recorded 115 career blocked shots which is the sixth highest total in school history.

Junior Year (2007-08): Named honorable-mention All-Atlantic 10...Led the team in scoring with 344 points (10.8 ppg)...Earned A-10 Player of the Week honors for the second time in her career (November 12) after her two double-doubles in the WBCA Classic...Tallied a career-high six blocks at Duquesne and against Massachusetts which is tied for the ninth highest single-game total in school history...Recorded five blocked shots to go along with 15 points at Saint Louis...Has 11 career double-doubles (eight of them this season)...Her 20 point scoring game at Penn State was the third 20 point scoring game of her career...Played a career-high 39 minutes at Wake Forest...Went a perfect 7-for-7 from the field on the way to scoring a game-high 18 points against Minnesota... Scored in double-figures in 20 of the 49ers' 32 games...Fifth in the A-10 with a team-leading 8.3 rebounds per game...Grabbed 13 rebounds three times and double-figure rebounds 10 times on the season and 17 times in her career...Has grabbed at least eight rebounds 32 times in her career.

Sophomore Year (2006-07): Named third-team All-Atlantic 10... Named second-team NCCSIA All-State... Earned A-10 Co-Player of the Week honors (Feb. 5) after scoring a career-high 24 points on 10-for-12 shooting with seven rebounds and a career-high tying four blocked shots in the 49ers win a Saint Louis...Led the team and ranked sixth in the A-10 in rebounding at 7.5 boards per game...Her 342 boards is the eighth highest single-season total in school history... Ranked fifth in the A-10 with a team-leading 48 block shots which is tied for the fourth highest single-season total in Charlotte history... Recorded her first career 20-point scoring game with 22 points against Xavier...Recorded her first career double-double and the 49ers first of the season with 14 points (including two free throws with 11 seconds left) and a career-high 16 rebounds (which is the most rebounds by a 49er since Alicia Abernathy grabbed 19 rebounds at Houston, January 24, 2003) at Clemson...Enjoyed one of her best peformances of the season with her second career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in a career-high tying 30 minutes of action in the 49ers win at Richmond...Recorded her third career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in 19 minutes against High Point in the WNIT...Scored in double-figures in 20 of the 49ers 32 games...Her career-high entering the season was 13 points and she scored at least 13 points 12 times this season...Grabbed at least five rebounds in 31 games including double-figure rebounding games (16 boards at Clemson, 11 boards at Davidson, 10 rebounds vs. Tulsa, 10 rebounds at Richmond, 12 rebounds at UMass and 11 against High Point)...Recorded a career-high four blocked shots against Virginia Tech, Old Dominion, at Saint Louis and High Point.

Freshman Year (2005-06): Scored a career-high 13 points at Duquesne, Feb. 12... Recorded five double-figure scoring games (at Western Kentucky, Murray State, Saint Joseph's, St. Bonaventure and at Duquesne)...Recorded the 49ers first double-figure rebounding game of the season with a career-high 12 boards at UNC Wilmington, Dec. 2... Grabbed at least six rebounds five times...Collected her second career double figure scoring game with 10 points against Murray State, Dec. 28 ...Had five multiple block shot games after recording three blocked shots against James Madison, March 17....Led the team with 20 blocks, which is tied for the fifth highest freshman total in school history...Had one of her better all-around performances of the season with six points (3-for-4), six rebounds and three blocked shots in only 15 minutes of action against James Madison, March 17, in the WNIT.

High School: Two-time Street and Smith honorable mention All-American...Named to the All-Western team in 2003 and 2004...Played in the North Carolina East-West and Blue-White All-Star games...Top 100 finalist for McDonald's All-American...Named MVP of the state championship game as a senior and a junior... Scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the 2005 state championship game... Led team to a 110-11 record with three straight state championships ...Scored 1,409 points, grabbed 1,024 rebounds and blocked 361 shots in her career... As a senior, averaged 13.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game ... Named all-conference three times... Ranked the 77th best prospect in the nation according to Roundball Journal... Ranked as the nation's 87th best prospect and the 22nd best center prospect by All-Star Girl's Report ...As a junior, she was MVP of the state tournament western regional...Played for the highly successful Georgia Lady Sixers AAU team.

Personal: The daughter of Howard and Anna Burgin ... Major is Criminal Justice ... Born February 6, 1987.