Career
- 2022 D3baseball.com Third Team All-Region
- 2x First Team All-SCAC (2021-22)
- 2x SCAC Champion (2019, 2021)
- 3x SCAC Pitcher of the Week
Senior (2022)
Appeared on the mound in 13 games for the Bulldogs, including 12 starts....posted a 7-4 record with a 3.89 ERA and career-high 83 strikeouts in 81.0 innings of work...Led the SCAC with 83 strikeouts and finished fourth in wins (7) and fifth in ERA (3.89)...earned his first win of the season in a 4-1 win over Sul Ross State (3/4), tossing a complete game (7.0 IP) allowing one run on four hits while fanning four...picked up the complete game (9.0 IP) victory in a 7-2 win over Centenary (3/18), allowing two runs on six hits while fanning 13...Struck out a season-high 14 batters in 7.0 innings of work, allowing five runs on eight hits in a 7-5 win over Austin College (4/8)...named SCAC Pitcher of the Week twice over the course of the 2022 season...earned a spot on the 2022 All-SCAC First Team as a starting pitcher...named to the 2022 D3baseball.com Third Team All-Region team.
Junior (2021)
Burch was a member of the 2021 SCAC Championship team that advanced to the NCAA Division III Baseball Wisconsin-Whitewater Regional...Burch was an SCAC First-Team selection as a right-handed starting pitcher...He was also named SCAC Pitcher-of-the-Week for week 7...Second in the SCAC and led all Bulldogs with (62) strikeouts...T-1st in the SCAC with (23) batters struck out looking...Was third in the SCAC with a (3.86 ERA). Led all TLU pitchers with (11) games started (T-4th SCAC)...Was fifth in the SCAC with a (.241 batting average against). Finished second in the SCAC and led all Bulldog pitchers with (67.2 innings pitched)...Team-high seven victories (2nd in SCAC). Finished the year with a (7-1) record, and compiled four complete games. Burch pitched the best game of his Bulldog career in the Wisconsin-Whitewater Regional. Pitched a complete game, five-hitter against Adrian (Mich.) (the eventual regional winner) in an elimination game. Went nine innings, struck out seven, allowed zero walks and only faced five batters over the minimum.
Junior (2020)
Made four starts for the Bulldog pitching staff. Finished his sophomore season with a (2-1) record and a (3.52) ERA. Struck out (17) batters in (23) innings pitched. Led the TLU pitching staff in total innings pitched in the shortened-season. Picked up a 6-5, road-victory over Hardin-Simmons, when he logged seven innings of work, struck out four and gave up four earned runs. Picked up a victory over New Jersey City when he pitched six innings, struck out six and only allowed three hits.
Sophomore (2019)
Burch was a member of a Bulldog squad that won the SCAC regular-season title, played for an SCAC Championship in the SCAC Tournament, and hosted the NCAA Division III Baseball Seguin Regional...Had 13 total appearances and made one start...Burch finished his freshman campaign with a 1-1 record and a 4.82 ERA over 18.2 innings of work...Picked up his first win for TLU in Shreveport over Centenary College...He struck out two, gave up two hits and did not allow a run in 1.1 innings...Made his first Bulldog start against Texas-Dallas, went two innings, giving up four hits, one run, but did not factor into the decision.
High School
Burch is a 2018 graduate of Navarro High School, where he played for Coach Chavez.
Personal
Son of Troy and Sherry Burch.
