Holy Cross Athletics

• An Emerging Leader in the Holy Cross Leadership Academy.

Career Honors:
2015 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2015 (Freshman):
Appeared in 10 games with one start at second base … posted a .222 batting average (2-for-9) with two runs scored … saw first collegiate action at #23 Texas A&M (2/13) … recorded first career hit and run scored at Richmond (2/20) … went 1-for-2 with a run at Western Carolina (3/7) … earned first collegiate start versus Massachusetts (4/28) … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

High School:
Played two seasons of varsity baseball under head coach Jeff Baumgartner at Sandra Day O’Connor High School … captained team as a junior and senior … selected to Division I All-Section Academic team as a senior … named to Coca-Cola All-Academic team during senior season … team was nationally ranked in top-10 throughout career … played in state quarterfinals as a senior … team won the Coach Bob Invitational National Tournament during junior season … won the O’Connor Baseball Senior Scholarship Award as a senior … named team’s Rookie of the Year during junior season … was a career .336 hitter with a .446 on-base percentage … batted .458 as a junior … also a two-year member of the varsity golf team … played club baseball for the Arizona Athletics under head coach Eric Gardner … club team won the 2014 Perfect Game Memorial Day tournament and the 2013 National Prospect Wire and World Scout League tournaments … class valedictorian … student body president during senior year … was also student body treasurer as a junior and sophomore and freshman class president … earned the Principal’s Outstanding Senior Award … member of National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletics … also part of Harmon Killebrew Foundation and Valley Teen Leadership.

Personal:
Son of Tony and Cindy Burgarello … has two brothers (Nico and Noah) and one sister (Allie) … sister is a member of the Wheaton (Ill.) women’s golf team (Class of 2016) … majoring in Economics.